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I would certainly hope they show an animatronic and ride vehicle but at the very least an animatronic, I am curious what the surprise will be

The red eyes were quite literally just two red lights taped onto the busts head, somewhere I have a good picture of them I’ll look for, I also wish they would’ve been left for SDATHC because the spookiness of that show and the busts would’ve merged fine

To my knowledge, two of them were still intact as of a month ago when boo blasters was still open, and two of them were removed and never reinstalled after they were displayed at the Phantom Theatre play, somebody can correct me if I’m wrong about that, but I believe that is the case

Nothing would “ruin” this ride for me as I’m just excited to have the IP back at the park with phantom but Too many cardboard cutouts and screens would make this subpar, i also really hope they use the original PT soundtrack as that’s a certified banger.

I’m actually mainly just interested in seeing how the flashlights work and how much of the ride will be animatronic based and how much will be screen based

Good question, I actually do not know although I agree that Woodstock Express would also be a good ride to have open but honestly just being at the par for an extra two months is nice

Hopefully this year Adventure Express is open for Winterfest it’s gonna suck not having boo blasters this year, hopefully next year, we’ll get to have a phantom theater Christmas

I agree from what we have seen so far the new Phantom Theater has much more of a cartoon looking design than the old PT and therefore probably not a good idea to market it at Haunt considering that it is first a ride for families and you don’t wanna deter them from thinking it’s too scary for children

1. Hoping that theirs lots of animatronics and that the queue has the Maestro and moving bust, I would like to point out that two of the bust in the walls are still there so that would be easy to install. 2. Having said that i think the peppers ghost effect may not be included due to emphasis on shooting targets or also the Maestro in the lobby as Kings Island may put more of an emphasis on the actual ride and not the queue. 3. Keep this ride a staple at Kings Island, in the future if a new dark ride happens then build it somewhere else, leave phantom theater at the park just like disney would haunted mansion or pirates of the carribean

I kind actually hope that get some use out of Boocifer and reuse him for the Phantom Theater, i think hes an awesome animatronic that i hope doesnt just go in the garbage

Cool to see boo blasters behind the scenes and also cool to see that at Sally Headquarters you can still shoot at the scooby doo and the haunted castle props, new Phantom Theater Maestro looks slightly more cartoonish but still looks good, I wonder how many Maestros their will be, im excited for the expo soon

Hopefully we will see someone updates soon, I’m getting antsy

It wasnt from The dipping dots guy was it shaggy? :) Yes, that would be a cool façade for sure and also to answer your other question. Yes, they used to play music and noise outside the queue.

If the ride is anything like that facade then I think we’re gonna have a really nice time on it, I hope we have some sort of preshow, but if we don’t, then that’ll be OK as long as the ride is good

That’s pretty cool. Do you have any photos from the inside from the time?

I wish they did something like that for all the rides, I like it how The Beast sorta has a story especially when you had Son of Beast and Beastie, The Racer does feel very generic in that category

I see thanks for the info, it’s something that I never really thought about, I do wonder if they’ll save any parts of boo blasters and reintegrate them into phantom theater. I hope boocifer stays around

Something that I never really thought about is who tears down the ride does Sally come in and do it or does Kings Island themselves do it?

The lack of updates is making me anxious, i hate waiting!

Anywhere to see a picture of that?

That’s a good idea, Cedar Point really does need one dark ride, I think that would solidify them even further as the goat

Courtesy of the Kings Island instagram page, love that they are talking about the Maestro like an old lost friend. Also they stated that more updates will be coming soon in the comments

Maybe I’ve just been reading too much of the news lately but this Six Flags money issues just have me worried about the future of Kings Island and our new Phantom Theater, I’m a worrier, can’t help it

Does anyone worry that Six Flags recent financial struggles will cheapen the ride or possibly even delay its opening?

Here’s a picture of the original Phantom theater production, courtesy of theme park University. Happy to have the Phantom theater back again, especially in an animatronics.