It’s that time of the year when amusement parks around the world start to announce and tease their plans for next big attraction. Some parks choose to announce projects via simple press releases to the media, while others like to host announcement events. But, before those events take place, there’s usually lots of speculation from…
Cedar Fair has officially implemented a new (long time rumored) rewards program into many of their amusement parks. Now, guests can get rewards simply by having fun! For the 2019 season, Cedar Fair is has debuted a new pass member loyalty system called Pass Perks—a new rewards program exclusively for Gold and Platinum Passholders. Each…
From 1972 until 2004, Kings Island provided guests with the opportunity to stay at a campgrounds resort. It seems that guests may once again have that option. The proposed Kings Mills Outdoor Resort is a 52.7 acre resort directly adjacent to Interstate-71. The plan calls for 334 sites consisting of 182 sites for recreational vehicles, 114 …
In 2019, Kings Island will open a new restaurant in the Rivertown area of the park. The Miami River Brewhouse will be located in the former Reds Hall of Fame Grille directly across from Mystic Timbers and feature beers from local breweries as well as appetizers, salads, gourmet sandwiches, and premium burgers. The menu, personally…
The Dorney Park celebration of 2018’s National Roller Coaster Day was pretty remarkable. The now “lost” video that was posted on the official Dorney Park socials featured Park GM Michael Fehnel and Park PR Manager Tana Bartek-Korpics having a jogging exercise around the park in between riding Dorney’s signature coasters. In the beginning of the…
Late last year, we learned that Firehawk would be closed and removed at the end of the 2018 season. Up to the end of the season, it was implied that the ride would be dismantled, with the hope the ride would be saved by a park purchasing the ride from Kings Island. However, that is not…
It’s that time of the year again! It’s New Year’s Eve and 2019 is just hours away. We here at Coaster Nation are incredibly thankful for another great year and we’re proud to spend another year as your source for theme park news. As holiday events wind down at all the parks, we’d like to…
This year, Kings Island is offering a brand new way to celebrate New Year’s Eve with a family-friendly alternative: New Year’s Eve at WinterFest! Join Snoopy’s Rockin’ Countdown Party, see Charlie Brown’s New Year’s Eve Celebration, and finish the night with fireworks at the stroke of midnight! Tinker’s Early New Year’s Extravaganza • 7:30– 9:30PM…
Kings Island crews have been taking advantage of the nice weather this week to get the amusement park ready for WinterFest. The annual holiday tradition in Mason features more than five million lights, ice skating on the famous Royal Fountain, select rides, and live shows. WinterFest opens in just 14 days, the day after Thanksgiving. …
In any industry there’s always hypothetical “what-ifs” that could have potentially created interesting scenarios. In the amusement park industry, there’s a ton of them: what if Michigan’s Adventure built their hyper coaster, what if Six Flags sold Magic Mountain, and what if Sea World Ohio never sold to Six Flags. However, the most fascinating what-if…
On Monday Kings Island confirmed that rumors surfacing over opening weekend of Halloween Haunt were true- a ride was leaving, and it would be one of the park’s 16 roller coasters. The coaster leaving is Firehawk, a steel roller coaster located in the Coney Mall area of the park. While still popular with many guests, park…
Today Kings Island confirms that rumors surfacing over opening weekend of Halloween Haunt are true. Guests to the annual Halloween event on Friday evening were the first to see a new gravesite in the park’s annual ‘ride graveyard’ display, all set-up for a funeral service and containing a sign with the message, The air is…