Kings Island General Discussion 2025

[Diamondback_Is_King]

On 5/10/2025 at 8:14 PM, BeeastFarmer said:

Thanks to groundbreaking and intelligent marketing. I get bombarded by ads for cheap silver passes daily. 

Any guesses on what ride this is? 

I don't really understand the mass advertising for Silver Passes...how many people actually buy these? Everyone I know just gets the Gold Pass

 

[BeeastFarmer]

1 hour ago, Diamondback_Is_King said:

Any guesses on what ride this is? 

I don't really understand the mass advertising for Silver Passes...how many people actually buy these? Everyone I know just gets the Gold Pass

 

Someone in a land far, far away (corporate) probably thinks that if they buy the pass now, they will upgrade to gold in three months for 2026. That may be the case, but they will likely downgrade to silver in 2027 and so on and so forth.  That would save about $10 per year, correct?

That's how out of touch people in this land far, far away might be. Or, this could be something conceived by a outside consultant.

[disco2000]

37 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Someone in a land far, far away (corporate) probably thinks that if they buy the pass now, they will upgrade to gold in three months for 2026. That may be the case, but they will likely downgrade to silver in 2027 and so on and so forth.  That would save about $10 per year, correct?

That's how out of touch people in this land far, far away might be. Or, this could be something conceived by a outside consultant.

 

It likely keeps them buying as they think they are pulling one over on big corporate LOL

[Tr0y]

6 minutes ago, disco2000 said:

 

It likely keeps them buying as they think they are pulling one over on big corporate LOL

"Canada's Wonderland has entered the chat." 

[disco2000]

15 minutes ago, Tr0y said:

"Canada's Wonderland has entered the chat." 

Exactly, especially in years past with all their pass offerings LOL.  And of course the exchange rate thing.

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

1 hour ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Or, this could be something conceived by a outside consultant.

How about something conceived by their insider FUNsultant  The coaster in the picture is almost definitely a stock photo from one of the parks galleries. Putting together one ad campaign and changing the park name is certainly cheaper than spending money on 20+ campaigns. Hopefully we'll see better once the merger has calmed down and some parks have dropped the "Six Flags" from their name. Great Adventure, Great America, Fiesta Texas, Discovery Kingdom, and a few others would be good contenders for that. Bonus points if Fiesta Texas gets its fun logo back. 

I think the Silver Pass is there so the parks can have a "budget option". That being said, it's still good to have it available! If someone just goes to the park occasionally or doesn't have the money for a Gold or Prestige Pass, they can get the Silver Pass now and go do all of the rides and shows from mid-April to Labor Day. Add in the Pass Perks program and that's enough for a family who only goes for a few days each year. 

 

On a different note: did anyone get to see what kind of pavement will be used under the new festival structure? All of the pictures make it look like the edges have been prepped with asphalt. I haven't seen anything that would indicate concrete going down, so my guess would either be pavers or asphalt (the latter of which would be a big mistake for a park that normally prides itself for its beauty). There needs to at least be a little planter on the corner nearest the Eiffel Tower and maybe another one near the lamps by the carousel. Looking back at a recent image it looks like it'll be asphalt around the edges. There is space for at least another tree or two and some pretty flower beds! (Unless that's actually very dark mulch I see, but I doubt it.)

[disco2000]

Since they made the conscious decision to go with the name Six Flags, even though Cedar Fair is the slight majority, I do not think we will see the Six Flags named dropped.

They went with Six Flags for the branding and name recognition.  If they didn't want to take advantage of name recognition, they would have gone with the better reputation name of Cedar Fair.

Over time, it may evolve to like Kings Island, a Six Flags park or something like that instead of Six Flags over Kings Island.  I would be shocked if Six Flags is removed from park names completely and not added in some fashion to the FUN parks.

[BeeastFarmer]

Great adventure must be a trial park. They have left out Six Flags at times. For example...it wasn't Six Flags Holiday in the Park, it was Great Adventure's Holiday In The Park.  They also have opened up a Sweet Spot and installed refresh stations very similar to CF. 

And what's the deal with the Funsultant?  The new one looks like a mean lady. I wonder if they are purposely building this campaign around the Funsultant not being fun so that Mr. six can come save the day and be the face of six flags again?

[Orion-XL200]

Please bring back Mr. Six!!! 

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

Great Adventure is almost certainly a trial park for what's to come. They lost a lot of stuff over the off-season, so I think they have a little extra money to "fix" more things. It also helps show more investment in the park so guests don't immediately think the park is on its way out. Magic Mountain also got a fresh marquee sign refurbishment this year and put up an old logo. "Six Flags" is on that sign, but is secondary to "Magic Mountain" and less visible than the park name. 2025's FrightFest/Haunt and Holiday in the Park/Winterfest will be a good way to gauge how quickly things will move over the next few years. The initial growing pains might be done by then and corporate can move forward with their future plans. 

Those parks are also one of the reasons why I think "Six Flags" will be dropped from some of the park names. If the Legacy Cedar Fair method sticks then I think we'll see "A Six Flags Park" stick at only a few of the Legacy Six Flags park logos and not come to any Legacy Cedar Fair park logos. SF Over Texas, SF Over Georgia, SF St. Louis, and SF New England aren't going to get rid of it unless they change their names (unlikely). I also think they only went with the Six Flags name for corporate purposes Most of these parks can speak for themselves, especially once the Legacy Six Flags parks are brought up to the higher standards. I could be completely wrong. That's the fun part about all of this. Nobody knows what may happen next. 

 

I think the Funsultant character is supposed to say We're serious about FUN — although I don't know that it's working. That line might have been a direct quote. The only ads I've seen with her (and the Funtern) have been the first ad where they didn't show her face and the ones that I looked up online. None of the actual Funsultant ads have naturally popped up on my no-ad-blocker and higher-than-most YouTube/social media screen time. Bringing back Mr. Six would be great as long as he isn't held back and is not used to directly sell Silver Passes. I think it'd be a better way to re-introduce people to Six Flags. So many things could be done. Send out a fleet of new Six Flags busses on a US tour. Those things are like the Weiner Mobile in how recognizable they are. Advertise all of the investment being put into each park. Post those to the big corporate social media account. Get the word out that Six Flags is back, new and improved (whether we on here think so or not). 

[calakapepe]

Agree. Mr. Six wouldve been a much more exciting and effective character to appeal people.. heck.. I would volunteer to be Mr.Six! I need a reason to dance around again :p

i think fun-sultant isnt the most interesting thing.. BUT that doesnt matter too much to me since Im going to the parks already anyways.

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I didnt see a specific thread for this.. but Queen City Coaster (there's no more stunting, Ive declared :p) ... having no sound, no visuals, and no fire is... as the kids say... kinda lame, dawg.

 

If they dont want the original look, and somehow loved spending money they dont need to (which I know sometimes can happen).. id love for the walls to make it seem like you're inside the great american ballpark (without the great american brand)... and the fire... can come out of the smoke stack that the fireworks come from..

 

That or we arrive in skyline and the tunnel has the real skyline kitchen's smells pumped into the tunnel XD

 

Or- or none of that.. thats fine too.. I guess.