Last night, I watched a documentary about Kings Island on Youtube and they talked a lot about the creation of International Street. They mentioned that the shops were originally themed to different countries. 

I rarely go and explore the different stores anymore, other than the occasional visit to the 80's shop. I don't remember any internationally themed stores, so I was curious of what were some of the shops originally on International Street. When did International Street start changing?

 

Sorry if there's already a topic for this.

I noticed IS changing shortly after Paramount took over.

First, it was the music changed to Paramount movie music, then the shops became more "corporate" as opposed to "unique".

As a store merchandiser, I wonder what has sold better or if it's purely contracts. 

The most notable - and memorable - shop to me was always the Bavarian Toy store.  It was a specialty toy store that featured exclusives and foreign toys that were not available at *regular* US toy stores.  Things made in West Germany, Sweden, Norway etc.

That would be wonderful! 

How were the shops transformed for Winterfest in the past?