Today, Kings Island announced a new addition to their park for the upcoming 2016 Season. The 43 year old park’s Soak City waterpark will be opening “Tropical Plunge”, a complex of six different water slide experiences towering nearly seven stories. Three of the slides on the 65-foot tall complex will start with guests climbing inside an…
Cedar Fair CEO Matt Ouimet has announced plans earlier this year for their chain of parks to get a dark ride in the near future. As we told you back in April, Ouimet says that we should eventually see dark rides in all Cedar Fair parks. While this is no new category of entertainment for…
In addition to new family rides and the region’s largest Starbucks, Kings Island is adding their very own beer line! Three new beers debuted for the 2015 season at Kings Island. Banshee Brew, Beast Bock, and Diamondback Ale are all being brewed and branded specifically for the Warren County amusement park. Park spokesman, Don Helbig said: “Visitors…
Special events at theme parks are hard to come by unless you are part of the media or a member of a coaster club. As of late, amusement parks have been adding more and more events for club members and season pass holders. On May 16-17, 2015, Kings Island hosted the inaugural Coasterstock event, that was open…
In addition to new family rides and the region’s largest Starbucks, Kings Island is adding their very own beer line! Three new beers debuted for the 2015 season at Kings Island. Banshee Brew, Beast Bock, and Diamondback Ale are all being brewed and branded specifically for the Warren County amusement park. Park spokesman, Don Helbig said: “Visitors…
Kings Island opens for it’s 44th season this Saturday, April 18 2015. This season, Kings Island will debut two new family rides in the 14-time, award-winning Planet Snoopy kids’ area; Woodstock Gliders, Snoopy’s Space Buggies, and a handful of additions and upgrades to International Street, including the largest Starbucks in the Tri-State at 3,650 square feet….
Cedar Fair plans to debut a new dark ride concept throughout all of it’s parks including Cedar Point. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks, three outdoor water parks, one indoor water park, and five hotels across the United States. Cedar Fair also manages Gilroy Gardens under contract with the city of Gilroy, California. Cedar…
Cedar Point; The Roller Coaster Capital of the World is working on adding free in park WiFi for their guests! Jason McClure, Cedar Point GM, spoke with a reporter and said: “the challenge is providing a strong signal throughout the 365-acre park. We already offer free WiFi for guests at our hotels, so now it is just a…
Kings Island will be kicking off their 2015 opening day on Saturday, April 18th. Just one season after adding Banshee (one of the best roller coasters in the world) the Mason Ohio park is adding two new family rides, the largest Starbucks store in the Tri-State, interactive maps, and many other improvements. The first of the new rides…
FINALLY!! The Opening Day for Kings Island is almost upon us with the 2015 season beginning Saturday, April 18th. It’ll be great to see old friends like The Beast, Viking Fury and Vortex after the hiatus and mastering the massive task of surviving Winter. If you’ve been keeping up with Kings Island’s social media channels, you…
It was an incredible debut season for Kings Island’s Banshee, the World’s Longest Inverted Roller Coaster, becoming a smash-hit for the Cedar Fair park. The most exciting addition to the park since 2009’s Diamondback, the lady inspired coaster screamed and scared up an impressive 2,000,305 rides in it’s first season! This is the first coaster at Kings…
Cedar Fair, the parent company of Cedar Point, Kings Island, Carowinds, and Knott’s Berry Farm, had increases in 2014. The publicly traded company, with the trading stock symbol “FUN” (how cool is that?), held a conference call last week in which Cedar Fair President and CEO Matt Ouimet provided a report for performances for their…