WinterFest 2025

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

22 minutes ago, SonofBaconator said:

I’m not trying to sound cynical, but I’ve seen front yard Christmas displays that look better than what guests watch on the train. 

I’m not saying there isn’t any physical effort being put in putting up the lights around the route but it’s been the same thing since 2017. Paramount went through the effort of pouring concrete footers and putting up huge billboards and having a show scene. 

Oh yes I'm agreeing with you!

[CoasterJack]

On 11/28/2025 at 8:12 PM, Diamondback_Is_King said:

It looks as though the string lights are not up in Coney Mall. Don't they normally have them up for opening night?

Yes, however they never even went up for Haunt this year. They're usually a carryover from Haunt, just programmed and themed differently. If they weren't put up for haunt, then I don't think they'd have the time to put them up between haunt and winter fest unfortunately.

[SonofBaconator]

There is some stuff that I think they could overlay between Haunt and Winterfest- for example how the Rivertown scare zone gets repurposed for Winterfest.

You could keep the drive-in that you see for Winterfest- just put it up earlier and just play classic Halloween movies instead, so it’s less effort to switch over come Winterfest time.

[brenthodge]

12 hours ago, SonofBaconator said:

There is some stuff that I think they could overlay between Haunt and Winterfest- for example how the Rivertown scare zone gets repurposed for Winterfest.

You could keep the drive-in that you see for Winterfest- just put it up earlier and just play classic Halloween movies instead, so it’s less effort to switch over come Winterfest time.

That’s a good idea actually. Dollywood makes the swap out in a matter of days by having some easy swaps like this  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DonHelbig]

KIC members were guests for a Tower Topics Roundtable show about this year’s WinterFest hits, misses, and must-dos. 

 

 

[kingsislandfan1972]

Sadly I don't think we'll be able to make it for WinterFest... due to our busy holiday schedule but next year for sure! 

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

Tonight's visit to Winterfest was short and sweet! We only popped into the park for dinner, but still got to experience some of the magic of Winterfest during our time there. I used my Six Flags app in the park for the first time since the big v5.0.0 update and it worked every time I used it. We got to see about the first minute of Yuletide Follies on our way over to the Tannenbaumhaus for Swingin' Into Christmas. The line for LaRosa's felt a little long, but not enough to warrant opening the second line. We saw the show twice and I noticed that two of the performers were wearing the same costume. That's odd because normally all of the performers are wearing outfits that go together, but nobody normally has the same exact outfit. It's just something I noticed was different and led me to believe that someone else might've called in sick with this being a quick change. (Side note: I think I heard that the Cedar Fair costume department is based out of Worlds of Fun/Kansas City in general. Is that true?)

I really enjoyed Swingin' Into Christmas and thought it was very energetic! The live band really helped and might be what was missing from Ghouls Gone Wild that made it feel so bland for me. 

[Timchat2]

From my understanding the Worlds of Fun costume department aka "The Sparkle Factory" produces (or produced if that's no longer the arrangement) the costumes for the major seasonal events like Grand Carnivale and WinterFest at the legacy Cedar Fair parks. The individual parks likely take care of their own park-level productions, particularly at larger parks like Kings Island and Cedar Point.