Kings Island Announces Adventure Port for 2023

[TombRaiderFTW]

Listen, Kings Island. You might be new around these parts, but there's this little thing we like to call the Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not mess with Adventure Express, or now you will pay.

...And I think I have a lot of faith that Adventure Express is going to be in top shape next year.

I'm over the moon about this. I can't wait for next year.

[KIEagle33]

So the new theme for AE explains why those trees were removed.

[KIghostguy]

I'm very pleased about this! Retheming the land to fit in with Adventure Express is brilliant, and the new flat rides are definitely needed. Adventure Express fit well into the park when it was installed in Wild Animal Habitat, but now that it's grouped in with Oktoberfest, it's great to see it re-contextualized to fit in. We will still have German representation in the park with the Festhaus and Emporium. The overall land looks like the love-child of Jungle X-Pedition and the new Fiesta Village, which means this should also turn out great.

[Old_Bearcat]

Seems like there is a 3rd ride or something back there:

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[CoasterJack]

Just now, Old_Bearcat said:

Seems like there is a 3rd ride or something back there:

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I noticed that as well, maybe a future expansion?

[Shaggy]

1 minute ago, Old_Bearcat said:

Seems like there is a 3rd ride or something back there:

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Nope - that's the queue line for Cargo Loco.

[CoasterJack]

Just now, Shaggy said:

Nope - that's the queue line for Cargo Loco.

Ah, you're right, that's the water tower featured in the concept art, my bad

[purdude86]

Sad to see Oktoberfest cut back greatly when we were hoping for an enhancement/expansion, but this concept art looks fantastic as well so I'm very happy. Been hoping for more flats and these two were both towards the top of the list. Is funny that despite losing the Oktoberfest area we are basically getting the return of Der Spinning Keggers. 

Do wonder if they will just annex Viking Fury and Festhaus into International Street. They would fit right in with it and really don't think is enough with the two of them to really be its own mini-land even so think incorporating them into IS would be the best.

Most excited to see what they do with Adventure Express. Love the coaster but it has needed some TLC. Really hope they add theming to the third tunnel. The other three all have great theming in them then just have a wooden shed with a red light for it. I know it was supposed to be a volcano and the red light for lava or something but just felt so cheap compared to the rest of the ride.

[KIBeast]

2 hours ago, Oldiesmann said:

Fox19 says Skylab and Flying Dutchman were coasters... https://www.fox19.com/2022/10/19/new-adventure-port-area-coming-kings-island-2023/

Thanks for the assist on beefing up my coaster count, Fox19!

[BoddaH1994]

1 will this still be the tshirt place?

2 looks like the thing at Jungle Xpedition. Will we have a show there?

3. What’s that?

[Benjamin22]

4 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

1 will this still be the tshirt place?

2 looks like the thing at Jungle Xpedition. Will we have a show there?

3. What’s that?

3 is the Coke freestyle? 1 the concept art shows it still being T shirts.

[CoasterManiac48]

This going to be a great addition for the flat ride lineup at KI. The theming in the renderings looks great too. I also found the announcement on the website very interesting. Could , “If asked the locals will tell tales of those who came before you and vanished. Did they unwittingly disturb ancient spirits and fall victim to an age-old curse?” be teasing/foreshadowing at a future attraction for 2024 and beyond? First thought that came to mind would be a B&M surf coaster recreation of King Cobra. It could just be a hint at the updates to AE but it’s at least something to think about. Can’t wait to see how Adventure Port fits into the park in 2023! 

[silver2005]

The ride placement looks a little iffy in that the new rides look like they create a bottleneck in a highly used midway.

I'm happy KI has an Enterprise type ride again after Slylab left.

[WoodVengeance]

Looking at the concept art, it seems the area that held the VIP area/the ladder game is getting removed.

[Imperial79]

Here is the new entrance to Adventure Express, I wonder why they depict guests going in 2 separate ways. 

[Old_Bearcat]

1 hour ago, Shaggy said:

Nope - that's the queue line for Cargo Loco.

Call me loco for not noticing :-0

 

5 minutes ago, Imperial79 said:

Here is the new entrance to Adventure Express, I wonder why they depict guests going in 2 separate ways. 

Left entrance is to the  Sol Spin

[IndyGuy4KI]

4 minutes ago, Old_Bearcat said:

Left entrance is to the  Sol Spin

 

Not according to the press release I just received 30 minutes ago.

 

[Timchat2]

28 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

2 looks like the thing at Jungle Xpedition. Will we have a show there?

I'd imagine we'll see a version of Let's Get Wild from Kings Dominion. It looked be very well-received there.

[DoomPlague]

23 minutes ago, Benjamin22 said:

3 is the Coke freestyle? 1 the concept art shows it still being T shirts.

3 is the Freestyle. Maybe it will now have the real-sugar Coke that they have in much of latin america.

Funny how the basketball game appears in the art.

[BoddaH1994]

10 minutes ago, IndyGuy4KI said:

 

Not according to the press release I just received 30 minutes ago.

 

You got the PR from the 10:00am announcement at 1:00pm?

[westcoaster]

Great addition. 

[Shaggy]

Here’s the big question.   Will Rinkel’s Rock be relocated to the new entrance plaza, or stay put where it’s been for 30+ years?

[Coasterteam]

separate from the announcement, thank you IndyGuy4KI for merging the thread over to a new one from the original teaser discussion thread

[Bansheelover]

The new themed areas of Cedar Point, Kings Island, Carowinds, and Knotts Berry Farm for 2023! 

[brenthodge]

9 minutes ago, Bansheelover said:

The new themed areas of Cedar Point, Kings Island, Carowinds, and Knotts Berry Farm for 2023! 

Cool to see them all together-we definitely got the weakest of the three, but since this is more of a “retheme” of existing assets and a couple of adds, I’d expect that. Bodes well for the future. Main complaint is that of the three, ours has pretty much nothing to do with local culture or history. I guess it’s more tying into park history, but I love that the others feel very indigenous to the locations they are in. 

[flightoffear1996]

1 hour ago, silver2005 said:

The ride placement looks a little iffy in that the new rides look like they create a bottleneck in a highly used midway.

I'm happy KI has an Enterprise type ride again after Slylab left.

I don;t think these rides would generate that much extra traffic in that area after the first season or so.  They are not major attractions.  Im glad to see a new ride added that the kids will enjoy.  Can't wait for next season.

[purdude86]

31 minutes ago, brenthodge said:

Cool to see them all together-we definitely got the weakest of the three, but since this is more of a “retheme” of existing assets and a couple of adds, I’d expect that. Bodes well for the future. Main complaint is that of the three, ours has pretty much nothing to do with local culture or history. I guess it’s more tying into park history, but I love that the others feel very indigenous to the locations they are in. 

From these aerial shots ours looks the weakest of the 4 but the ground level concept art they showed looked really good and feel like our could potentially be better than CP or Cw.

[silver2005]

7 minutes ago, flightoffear1996 said:

I don;t think these rides would generate that much extra traffic in that area after the first season or so.  They are not major attractions.  Im glad to see a new ride added that the kids will enjoy.  Can't wait for next season.

Not by popularity, but more by that they take up a lot of room for the area they're at.  It's similar to my issue with the Haunt clutter they're currently doing in Area 72.

[KIghostguy]

1 hour ago, BoddaH1994 said:

You got the PR from the 10:00am announcement at 1:00pm?

I’m surprised they didn’t do some sort of in-person announcement. They’ve done announcement events for more minor additions, and this would have been very well-received in-person.

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

15 minutes ago, KIghostguy said:

I’m surprised they didn’t do some sort of in-person announcement. They’ve done announcement events for more minor additions, and this would have been very well-received in-person.

CF didn't do any in-person announcements this year. I honestly hope this isn't CF trending away from in-person announcements. The atmosphere of the Orion announcement was top notch and I hope that for whatever coaster they build next, they do a similar announcement at night.