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News Kings Island Project 2024: Camp Snoopy & Snoopy's Soap Box Racers
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Yellow markers by the abandoned petting zoo.. and Snoopy’s birthday is tomorrow.. maybe something?
Could be a clone of Snoopy's Racing Railway from Canada's Wonderland. Knotts is also teasing a Camp Snoopy ride, so it could be the same thing?
Such a bad ride to put into these busy parks. It has one 20 person train.
It’s a family coaster with restrictions. Not a ton of ppl are going to ride it. Who cares if it has one train.
Most kiddie coasters have one train. This doesn't seem like a reasonable objection to me.
Love this for Kings Island. The play area looks huge (and partially covered!) and the Vekoma junior boomerang is a nice solution for the coaster. Scenic package looks fantastic too.
It…it…it can’t be!! Cedar Fair working with VEKOMA!!!
This annoucement makes me think King's Dominion will split it's kiddie area (Planet Snoopy) up too? Maybe bring in Camp Snoopy for the area by Peanuts Showplace?
Man Holiday World has to be like "WTF" to another family boomerang opening that close. But very exciting to see Vekoma and Cedar Fair talking again.
Nashville Zoo is also supposed to get one.
Isn’t Nashville getting dueling? Two times the fun!
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But yeah no, shocked but happy to see Vekoma working with CF. Hopefully this is also coming to Knotts, especially with the Soap Box Car theming itd be a great homage.
https://www.visitkingsisland.com/blog/2024/january/camp-snoopy-construction-update
Kings Island has released a construction update on this project.
Kings Island has released a construction update on this project.
Looks like we're getting some name changes too. Wonder what they'll do in terms of theming.
Race for Your Life Charlie Brown was an odd choice from the start since it references a Peanuts film that most younger generations probably wouldn't know. While still a mouthful Charlie Brown's Rushing River Log Ride at least gives some sense of what the ride actually is.
Gotta give props to KI/CF for these name changes. At face value, they’re totally superfluous. For the renamed rides, they’ve basically swapped one Peanuts name for another — and on paper, the new names aren’t necessarily any better than the old ones.
But when you read the descriptions and look at the concept art, it’s clear that the names are being changed to fit the lore of the new Camp Snoopy. The new aesthetics and names have been chosen so that names that would have been incongruous with the camp theme, like the Flying Ace, become more fitting. That’s a totally unnecessary and unexpected level of attention to detail that KI certainly didn’t have to do — but the fact that they did, shows that they really care. Even about a kids’ area.
Quick note: I always thought Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown was an insanely clever name because it referenced a super obscure 80s Peanuts special where the characters ride a log down a river, just like the actual ride. It was a perfect fit. I only knew about the episode because I looked it up to understand why the ride was named that. Someone had really done their homework when picking that name, and I think it made for a better name than just the “[Character Name]’s [Noun]” naming convention that most IP-themed kiddie rides at major theme parks employ.
But when you read the descriptions and look at the concept art, it’s clear that the names are being changed to fit the lore of the new Camp Snoopy. The new aesthetics and names have been chosen so that names that would have been incongruous with the camp theme, like the Flying Ace, become more fitting. That’s a totally unnecessary and unexpected level of attention to detail that KI certainly didn’t have to do — but the fact that they did, shows that they really care. Even about a kids’ area.
Quick note: I always thought Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown was an insanely clever name because it referenced a super obscure 80s Peanuts special where the characters ride a log down a river, just like the actual ride. It was a perfect fit. I only knew about the episode because I looked it up to understand why the ride was named that. Someone had really done their homework when picking that name, and I think it made for a better name than just the “[Character Name]’s [Noun]” naming convention that most IP-themed kiddie rides at major theme parks employ.
I thought Race For Your Life Charlie Brown was a made for TV movie or special? There's been quite a few though most people only seem to recall Christmas (there's at least two of them) and maybe Thanksgiving, Easter if you're lucky. I also recall there being one where they went to Europe?
Just updated my coaster count, which I usually keep current with name changes. It's weird there's now:
Woodstock Express (Junior PTC)
Woodstock's Air Rail (Vekoma Suspended)
Wonder if they are gearing up to restore the Beastie (or Scooby Doo?) names to the junior woodie? Or even just "Snoopy Coaster." They missed an opportunity to do this for the ride's 50th year.
Woodstock Express (Junior PTC)
Woodstock's Air Rail (Vekoma Suspended)
Wonder if they are gearing up to restore the Beastie (or Scooby Doo?) names to the junior woodie? Or even just "Snoopy Coaster." They missed an opportunity to do this for the ride's 50th year.
Kings Island is holding a construction tour for media this weekend. That's quite late for a hard-hat-required tour, which indicates to me that this area will be not ready for KI's opening day on April 20. If it were, KI would probably be holding a media preview of the ride instead of just touring the construction site.
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