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Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival Guide 2026: Berry Best Bites & a Beautiful Bird Cage Revival

Returning this year to the Bird Cage Theater is the (now improved after a major restoration) old-fashioned melodrama, The Great Bank Robbery. The audience is encouraged to cheer on the hero, boo the villain, and sigh for the heroine. It’s fun for the whole family and cannot be missed during your visit.

Just in time for the festival, the Bird Cage Theater has undergone an extensive refurbishment. It’s quite the glow up. What they’ve done here is absolutely gorgeous and should be applauded. The stage has received extensive upgrades, especially to the lighting and sound. The former is even evident in photos— take a look at just how sharp and brilliant the photos turned out.

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Monday, March 16, 2026

Bird Cage Theatre

Friday, March 13, 2026

Kings Island Phantom Theater Opening Nightmare | NEW Ride Construction Preview

Knott's News: Looks good overall and I hope it's a hit. Tony says this is a litmus test and could lead to other similar projects based on the success of the tecnology and popularity. My biggest concern is the ride capacity remaining unchanged. When they converted from Phantom Theater to Scooby Doo they removed 28 doombuggies and majorly reduced capacity from 2160 p/h to about 650 p/h. They said at the time this was to allow for the interactive elements to reset but I'm not sure I buy that. The Buzz Lightyear attraction at Magic Kingdom is far older and is a continuous stream of ride vehicles without the need for any resets. It hasn't been a problem in years due to the lack of interest in Boo Blasters, but like with the new Bear-y Tales, I'm afraid this is going to lead to artificially inflated wait times come opening.

Monday, March 9, 2026

Kings Island Boo Blasters props up for auction

👻 The ghosts are clearing out their attic…

Props and pieces from Boo Blasters on Boo Hill have escaped the manor! From eerie set pieces to ride memorabilia, you can take home a haunting piece of the attraction with our online memorabilia auction.

🗓️ Bidding starts March 18… pic.twitter.com/idJViqLGFx
— Kings Island (@KingsIslandPR) March 9, 2026

Knott's News: Gives you a good idea of what - if any - props are being reused.

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Boomerang now sits atop a Mall in Indonesia

Six Flags Entertainment shedding seven parks to EPR Properties

Six Flags Entertainment (FUN) has sold seven parks to EPR Properties for $331M as part of the company’s efforts to optimize its portfolio and bolster its balance sheet.

Included in the transaction are Valley Fair in Minnesota, Worlds of Fun inKansas City, Michigan’s Adventure, the Schlitterbahn Waterpark in Galveston, Texas, Six Flags St. Louis, Six Flags Great Escape in Queensbury NY, and Six Flags La Ronde in Montreal. These parks all generate ~$260M in net revenue and ~$45M in adjusted EBITDA.

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Knott's News: It'll be nice if they can continue to trim their portfolio down and make significant investments in what remains. Right now the company is just too spread out with limited resources and with only a few parks carrying the whole company, wasting those resources on low performers with no growth potential just hurts the company as a whole. I'm hoping the scaling back allows the forgotten parks like Knott's to start receiving the attention it previously received.

Financially, this sale of 7 parks only nets them $331 million, which goes straight towards paying off that $5.18 billion debt. For prospective, when Paramount sold their 5 parks, Cedar Fair paid $1.24 billion and even now one of those parks (California's Great America) was sold off for $310 million.