They ended Winterfest before I was a PKI loyalist. I was just wondering what went on? Most rides can't operate in the winter (well, they can, but I'm sure they're no fun) so what were the attractions? I'll assume that they attracted people with shows, if so, what were they like?

--Ryan

My dad says it was pretty much like all the shops on International street sold winter things and the fountain was frozen to ice scate on and the Ferris wheel was the only ride that was operating. I'm too young so this is from my dad don't like yell at me if my dad is wrong.

And it was only like a dollor to get in that's awesome.

I remember Winterfest. It did have the fountain froze, and the effel tower was dressed up like a tree with lights. I remember seing maintainance brushing snow off The Vortex too.

The year i went there, Phantom Theatre and the Train were operating. There were shows in what is now the Paramount Theare and Festaus. An interesting thing about the ice skating is that you were allowed to bring your own skates into the park.

I was there the last year they had it. They had some Bengals giving away autographs. One of them let me cut in line. It might have been Harold Green.

I was a little kid when I went, but I remember that the area where the Flintstones bumper cars was frozen over for ice skating, as well as the fountains in the front. I also vaguely remember eating roasted nuts and drinking hot chocolate.

I wish that I could've experienced WinterFest. The Beach Water Park has something similar - so maybe PKI will not be interested in competing with them. Time will tell.

If there were a "Winterfest" returned, FoF, SpongeBob Square Pants in 3D, the Eiffel Tower, Scooby Doo & the Haunted Mansion, and Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad would be the only rides that could operate.

If you think about bad weather, one can hope that PKI will get more indoor rides in the future.

Yeah they can always come out with more indoors rides for any park really.

Here is a link to a Winterfest brochure. They only had part of the park opened during the winter, and the Eiffel Tower was also deemed as the world's largest Christmas tree (at just over 300 ft )

http://www.themeparkbrochures.com/1991/pki1991.html

Winterfest Brochure

Hey, thanks for the info. Winterfest seemed like a good time, but I'm sure Fearfest is much better.

--Ryan

Yes, Fearfest is so much better than Winterfest ever was.

Maybe they could make it better by making it a Festival of Lights like at the Cincinnati Zoo...that would draw in more people. Looking at the brochure, it wasn't made for thrillseekers or ride-lovers, but more the family to get into the Christmas spirit.

Yeah they should have it like the zoo does it would be awsome with lights all over the park and it would bring in a lot of people.I miss Winterfest soo much it was very neat when I was a kid and went.