Camp Snoopy Arrives in 2024 at Kings Island

[KIBeast]

This is a great addition! So now Planet Snoopy has 4 kids' coasters. That's really good. I'd love to see something like Big Bear Mountain added to that lineup.

[BoddaH1994]

39 minutes ago, DispatchMaster said:

Looks nice, but seems like a lost opportunity to not have included Aerial Chase and RFYL in Camp Snoopy, especially because it would serve as a natural transition to Rivertown. I mean, RFYL is a perfect fit for Camp Snoopy.

It appears that Aerial Chase will be integrated:

Look to the left. At the least, it’s getting painted. Not sure if RFYL is going to be part of it, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it is.

I couldn’t be happier with this!

[johnjniehaus]

My only concern is that they will require you to have a kid to ride this... hopefully it's like flying ace and Woodstock Express where adults can ride too without stealing someone's kid

[Imperial79]

From one of the videos, we can see a Camp Snoopy sign what looks to be near the Surf Dog coaster, so Camp Snoopy might be a small new area instead taking over all of Planet Snoopy as I thought.

[disco2000]

14 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

It appears that Aerial Chase will be integrated:

Look to the left. At the least, it’s getting painted. Not sure if RFYL is going to be part of it, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it is.

I couldn’t be happier with this!

 

And if Aerial Chase is getting repainted....let's remind everyone when it was last repainted...

Kinda seems like another short-sided decision to repaint so soon when other rides need a paint job and painting coasters isn't cheap.  What else could have been done by not repainting the same ride less than 2 years apart?

[cdubbs727]

26 minutes ago, johnjniehaus said:

I'm curious as to where the line is drawn on what rides are in Camp and what rides are in Planet. I would love to see flying ace and log flume in camp but I think they could also repaint Linus launcher and Woodstock gliders to incorporate them into camp snoopy so that everything in that back corner from Soap Box to Log flume would then be in camp snoopy 

I hope that the new additions can make that back portion of the park a bit less disjointed, particularly when it begins to blend into Rivertown. I feel like Race for Your Life and Linus Launchers feel like they're more in Rivertown, cut off from the rest of Planet Snoopy. I hope they can make it feel a bit more cohesive, but I'm not quite sure how (I think the bathroom is the thing that throws me off, and you can't really eliminate that). 

[WoodVengeance]

Vekoma let's go

[cdubbs727]

This is a fun addition and should make that area of the park even more fun for kids (just as my kids are starting to age out of it, but oh well). 

I'm a bit bummed there's still nothing being done in the Boo Blasters area. That ride could use a major overhaul and/or gutting. I know everyone wants to retheme it to Phantom Theater, but if that ever happens, I'd rather it happen elsewhere in the park. A Peanuts-themed dark ride would be a better fit. But it's really showing its age. 

[Gordon Bombay]

Is this a Halloween Haunt announcement?

Because Vekoma is back from the dead!

[WoodVengeance]

I'm thinking Knotts is getting this as well. The fact this ride has "soapbox racers" in the name probably alludes to that.

[BoddaH1994]

7 minutes ago, Gordon Bombay said:

Is this a Halloween Haunt announcement?

Because Vekoma is back from the dead!

More of an Easter vigil. 

[Gordon Bombay]

Just now, BoddaH1994 said:

More of an Easter vigil. 

Even after the crowd cheered: "Give us, Barabbas B&M!"

[Taylor.B03]

43 minutes ago, johnjniehaus said:

My only concern is that they will require you to have a kid to ride this... hopefully it's like flying ace and Woodstock Express where adults can ride too without stealing someone's kid

Fingers crossed. It would be a shame if so. This ride looks pretty cool!

[BoddaH1994]

10 minutes ago, Gordon Bombay said:

Even after the crowd cheered: "Give us, Barabbas B&M!"

Nah, in this reality, only the people specifically looking at Pilot’s web site today knew about the events of the early afternoon. 

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

Probably one of the few instances with KI where my jaw hit the floor and I needed to find it lol. Definitely was not expecting anything like this to happen in 2024 especially with TT2. My main question is will this reset our coaster clock another few years? Like instead of 2025 being the next big thrill coaster will it now be 2026/27? Who knows. I'm also interested in will it be like Snoopy's Racing Railway where adults have to have a kid to ride? I hope not as Flying Ace and Woodstock Express do just fine without any such requirement and I don't think any other family boomerangs have such requirement. Definitely looking forward to this addition as this back area of Snoopy needed a facelift badly. 

[WoodVengeance]

1 minute ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

Probably one of the few instances with KI where my jaw hit the floor and I needed to find it lol. Definitely was not expecting anything like this to happen in 2024 especially with TT2. My main question is will this reset our coaster clock another few years? Like instead of 2025 being the next big thrill coaster will it now be 2026/27? Who knows. I'm also interested in will it be like Snoopy's Racing Railway where adults have to have a kid to ride? I hope not as Flying Ace and Woodstock Express do just fine without any such requirement and I don't think any other family boomerangs have such requirement. Definitely looking forward to this addition as this back area of Snoopy needed a facelift badly. 

If the rumors of Canada's Wonderland getting a coaster in 2025 are true, then probably not.

[BoddaH1994]

1 minute ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

Probably one of the few instances with KI where my jaw hit the floor and I needed to find it lol. Definitely was not expecting anything like this to happen in 2024 especially with TT2. My main question is will this reset our coaster clock another few years? Like instead of 2025 being the next big thrill coaster will it now be 2026/27? Who knows. I'm also interested in will it be like Snoopy's Racing Railway where adults have to have a kid to ride? I hope not as Flying Ace and Woodstock Express do just fine without any such requirement and I don't think any other family boomerangs have such requirement. Definitely looking forward to this addition as this back area of Snoopy needed a facelift badly. 

I doubt it. This likely isn’t “that type” of capitol year. 

[Gordon Bombay]

5 minutes ago, BoddaH1994 said:

Nah, in this reality, only the people specifically looking at Pilot’s web site today knew about the events of the early afternoon. 

Old Pontious prefers Flying Ace Aerial Chase.

You know... because he's a Pilate.

[Sonofbeast2.0]

Based on the information I see on Kings Island's website, it looks like just an expansion (at least for now) of Planet Snoopy. Super excited for this nonetheless! 

 

[Cardsrun]

Looks great, and will be an awesome addition.  My only hope is this is like Wild Mouse at Cedar Point and doesn't reset the clock for a coaster. 

[Taylor.B03]

For scale, on the right is flying ace. The spike is physically larger than it. I'm hoping with this shear size that they will let anyone ride. 

[Oldiesmann]

1 hour ago, johnjniehaus said:

My only concern is that they will require you to have a kid to ride this... hopefully it's like flying ace and Woodstock Express where adults can ride too without stealing someone's kid

I did a little research on that because I was curious as well. I looked at two of the Vekoma Family Boomerang coasters listed on RCDB - Raik at Phantasialand in Germany and Boomerang at Energylandia in Poland (which is the exact same model as the one we're getting). The minimum height for both is 1 meter/100cm (a little over 39 inches) and anyone under 1.2m/120cm (a little over 47 inches) has to ride with an adult, but there is no height limit. That leads me to believe that KI's will have a minimum height of 40 inches with anyone under 48 having to ride with an adult.

[Taylor.B03]

2 minutes ago, Oldiesmann said:

I did a little research on that because I was curious as well. I looked at two of the Vekoma Family Boomerang coasters listed on RCDB - Raik at Phantasialand in Germany and Boomerang at Energylandia in Poland (which is the exact same model as the one we're getting). The minimum height for both is 1 meter/100cm (about 39 inches) and anyone under 1.2m/120cm (a little over 47 inches) has to ride with an adult, but there is no height limit. That leads me to believe that KI's will have a minimum height of 40 inches with anyone under 48 having to ride with an adult.

Is there a way to find this same information on the cw ride. It could help us determine what they will do here.

[OverlandTaxis30]

1 hour ago, cdubbs727 said:

I hope that the new additions can make that back portion of the park a bit less disjointed, particularly when it begins to blend into Rivertown. I feel like Race for Your Life and Linus Launchers feel like they're more in Rivertown, cut off from the rest of Planet Snoopy. I hope they can make it feel a bit more cohesive, but I'm not quite sure how (I think the bathroom is the thing that throws me off, and you can't really eliminate that). 

Interestingly enough, you are not wrong. RFYL used to be a part of Rivertown when it opened with the park. 

[Oldiesmann]

1 minute ago, Taylor.B03 said:

Is there a way to find this same information on the cw ride. It could help us determine what they will do here.

The coaster of the same name at Canada's Wonderland was made by a different company (ART Engineering out of Germany) so I don't think that one comes into play here, since the height requirements are usually set by the manufacturer rather than the park.

[johnjniehaus]

28 minutes ago, Hawaiian Coasters 325 said:

My main question is will this reset our coaster clock another few years? Like instead of 2025 being the next big thrill coaster will it now be 2026/27?

I personally think that we will see something big for 2025 but it won't be a rollercoaster. I think the park is in no hurry to replace Vortex at this point and 2026/27/28 is probably more likely. I could see them doing Phantom Theater 2025 as a big expensive addition or perhaps they do a new dark ride with the tomb raider building. Obviously we have no Idea what rides could be removed in the coming year....

[Taylor.B03]

15 minutes ago, Oldiesmann said:

The coaster of the same name at Canada's Wonderland was made by a different company (ART Engineering out of Germany) so I don't think that one comes into play here, since the height requirements are usually set by the manufacturer rather than the park.

What I'm meaning is that if the minimum requirements set by the manufacturer were let's say the same with this vekoma we're getting. That would mean Cedar Fair enacted a higher requirement than the manufacturer for only letting adults with kids ride. That's really what I'm looking for.

[silver2005]

Is the entire kids area being relabeled as Camp Snoopy or is it apart of the overall Planet Snoopy?

Either way, its a much needed update to that area.   I'm hoping for a bit more shade in that area to come as well. 

[BoddaH1994]

46 minutes ago, Gordon Bombay said:

Old Pontious prefers Flying Ace Aerial Chase.

You know... because he's a Pilate.

I see what you did there!!

[Imperial79]

That little boat with the water and what looks like Snoopy in the theatre, looks like a nice touch, it adds to the atmosphere of the new area. Good job KI!