Kings Island General Discussion 2026

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

I think the fountain will start to be filled on Monday at the earliest, or maybe sometime the week after. They might be waiting for the weather to be consistently warmer and for the rest of the lights/nozzles to be repaired. 

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

A look at Carowinds' Spring Break activities. It just amazes me that KI can't have activities like this during the early portion of the season or even during the season. Minus the Easter stuff of course as the park opens after Easter. But a cornhole tournament, a bubble party, a paint show (which the park did in 2021 btw), and a peanuts dance party would not be that hard or expensive to do. 

[BeeastFarmer]

Why would they spend the extra money when people show up to Kings Island in droves, because it is a pass heavy park?

When pass sales significantly fall, they will consider doing things like this I think.

[disco2000]

^This exactly.  Nice weather and KI will pull 30k attendance daily during the weekend ops.

For good or bad, we are a pass heavy park where people come regardless of the product being offered...

[DonHelbig]

5 minutes ago, disco2000 said:

^This exactly.  Nice weather and KI will pull 30k attendance daily during the weekend ops.

For good or bad, we are a pass heavy park where people come regardless of the product being offered...

I feel a change in the wind. 

[chad_1138]

1 minute ago, DonHelbig said:

I feel a change in the wind. 

If the change is less passes, you can count 3 (Prestige) from our family.  Been passholders since 2016 and Prestige since its inception.

[CedarPointer]

I think there will also be an increasing number of people who buy a pass, but don't spend a dime in the park the whole season since the in-park experience has declined so badly. Shame they decided to give away the gate.

[Hawaiian Coasters 325]

16 minutes ago, DonHelbig said:

I feel a change in the wind. 

I doubt we see pass sales drop that much. In fact I think we see the exact opposite. While there may be some people choose not to renew, I don't think it'll be enough to really have an effect on attendance numbers. 

59 minutes ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Why would they spend the extra money when people show up to Kings Island in droves, because it is a pass heavy park?

When pass sales significantly fall, they will consider doing things like this I think.

I don't think doing things like bubble parties, dance parties, or a cornhole tournament comes down to KI being a pass heavy park. The cost of doing things like that would be very minimal. It's more along the lines of people high up at the park not really thinking outside the box and using the whole "ok, good enough" mindset. 

I even think doing stuff listed above along with tie dyeing shirts and/or a sidewalk chalk drawing party in Camp Snoopy (where kids can draw on the CS concrete for fun) would be a cool idea for late May/June as kids start getting out of school for the summer.