Kings Island
Cincinnati, Ohio
Six Flags Entertainment
---- THE LATEST BUZZ ----
(8/1/2026) New Ride Rumors and the Jason Universe Is Coming
(5/30/2026) A Look At the Tech Inside The Returning Phantom Theater at Kings Island
(4/18/2026) Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare Videos
(4/4/2026) New Phantom Theater Said To Be Ready For Opening Day
(3/28/2026) Cedar Point and Kings Island To Reclassify Their Disk'O Coasters
(3/15/2026) Get A Sneak Peek Inside the new Phantom Theater
Park News - (8/1/2026) Six Flags has announced that the Jason Universe will arrive at select parks this Halloween season with the creation of a “Jason Blood Reign” haunted house experience. The post on social media tagged Kings Island, Six Flags Great Adventure and Carowinds, so we can only assume the new Jason attraction will be at just those parks.
2027 - Nothing is known at this point in time...
???? - New Attraction Development - Rumors - (8/1/2026) Longtime park fans of Kings Island will remember the Son of Beast roller coaster that dominated the park’s landscape when it opened back in 2000. Numerous issues with the ride made for a short lifespan, with the coaster running only until 2006 before being modified to remove the loop and replace the trains, then it ran again from 2007 to 2009 before shutting down for good, but it took another three years before the structure itself was demolished. These days the only thing really remaining from the old coaster is the station building that has remained standing all this time, and as I understand it the structure was only used occasionally as a haunted house location from time to time.
Now it’s in the headlines this week as the park has appalled for a permit to “condemn” the ride station structure, which many assumed would lead to a quick demolition as well. Kings Island says that is not the intention… at least not yet. The permit to condemn the structure was filed as part of the process required “to remove and discontinue monitoring of an existing sprinkler system in an unused structure.”
The final fate of the structure, or future plans to repurpose the site it sits on for something else have yet to be determined. While the park has been granted the approval to remove it, they are just not ready to do so at this time. The interesting thing is that the site of the station building really is somewhat boxed in by The Bat and Banshee roller coasters, making any sizable redevelopment here difficult… which leads me to my next rumor.
When Six Flags and Cedar Fair first merged there was a period of re-evaluation of the attractions at each park by the newly established management team. What rides were popular… what rides were problematic… and what rides were just old and nearing the end of their lifespan. A lot of roller coasters were removed following this process across the chain such as Nighthawk at Carowinds, Kingda Ka and Green Lantern at Six Flags Great Adventure, Anaconda at Kings Dominion, and la Vibora at Six Flags over Texas, just to name a few. At the time it was rumored that a short list was made for each park indicating which rides they would likely have to retire soon… if not in 2024, then in the years that followed.
I mention this simply because that rumor mill is starting up once again, and the end of the 2026 season may very well result in another culling of old rides at park’s all across the chain. Some parks that lost a lot of attraction before may be spared this time around, while others parks that got off light may be losing something big this year. This brings me to Kings Island… and the rides that were listed as possible closures in 2024. As a park that currently has 15 roller coasters, Kings Island was spared in 2024 as the park had already cut two coasters back-to-back in 2018 and 2019… Firehawk and Vortex. In 2024 we had heard rumors that corporate was looking into options to close down either Invertigo (1999), Flight of Fear (1996) or The Bat (1993).
Arrow Suspended coasters are a rare breed, and currently Six Flags is in control of the last remaining four of them in North America: Iron Dragon at Cedar Point, The Bat at Kings Island, Vortex at Canada’s Wonderland and Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain. There has never been a lot of love for Iron Dragon at Cedar Point and rumors out west has suggested that Ninja may be leaving Magic Mountain when they open their yet-to-be-announced 2027 “Thrill Glider” coaster that will offer a similar experience. With Kings Island taking the steps so they can clear out the Son of Beast station at any time now, I do have to wonder if this really is the first step towards a possible plan to remove The Bat as well. So get your rides in while you still can, just in case.
???? - New Attraction Guest Survey Concept - (10/18/2025) Six Flags has begun sending out surveys to select guests to get feedback about possible future addition concepts that may be in the works. Keep in mind that not every concept they pitch for any given park may actually be intended for that particular park, as sometimes the chains will pitch ride concepts to other markets as well to gain some broader feedback on certain concepts. With that said… let’s dig into what is currently being pitched for the various parks.
The guest survey or Kings Island pitches concepts like a “Story Driven Experience” that sounds like one of those family car rides being updated to include dinosaur animatronics. They also mention other story concepts that include traveling into outer space or to the bottom of the ocean. Other ideas include an “Indoor-Outdoor Coaster” concept, where they show off a picture of Mack Rides “Arthur” coaster at Europa Park, the Stunt Show concept and a Vekoma Multi-Launch Thrill Coaster, showing off artwork of Vekoma’s ‘Ghostrider’ model that the prototype is currently under construction in Brazil at the new Cacau Park.
(4/28/2024) A new guest survey was sent out by Kings Island to get opinions on possible new ride concepts for the park. Similar surveys were also sent out to guests about Carowinds and Cedar Point, though the style though not all the rides were the same.
Rides proposed for Kings Island include a strange sounding ‘Tower Coaster’ that would launch riders out on outwards-facing circular cars, through an upside-down launch and up a 200 foot tower with a spiral at the top, only the roll backwards through the course again.
Also proposed is a 4,500 foot long family launched shuttle coaster, a 300 foot tall B&M Dive Coaster, and unique to Kings Island was a proposal for an Indoor/Outdoor Dark Ride Coaster. Described as taking riders “through a high themed mysterious adventure, part dark ride, park coaster. Encounter multiple scenes and show elements through darkened passages where you’re never quite certain of what lies ahead. Experience surprise track switches, speeds reaching up to 40mph, snaking riders indoors and out, with unexpected moments and a startling finale.”
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