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Kings Island to close Boo Blasters in September 2025

Jarrett

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Kings Island will be closing their Boo Blasters On Boo Hill shooting omnimover dark ride Labour Day weekend, with last rides in September 1st.

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We’re all thinking it but I really hope this is a return of Phantom Theater. Taking it out for Scooby-Doo made sense at the time, however, leaving it gone from the park for a cheap generic black light ride with broken blasters and effects doesn’t. And if they badly need people through the gates, this is a good family attraction that’s going to shake the ground locally and get people and their kids to the park.

If it is a retheme of any kind, however, I wouldn’t expect them to go full Efteling with the new dark ride. With their financial situation the way it is, I doubt they have the budget for all the bells and whistles. Would be nice to see it have a place to switch a car off added, though, as I recently learned this ride can be hell to board with a wheelchair. Hell, even a wheelchair car where you just roll it on, lock it down, and go would be better than what they have currently.

And with this being so last minute, I can’t help but wonder if this is a plan B to whatever “family thrill attraction” is likely delayed/cancelled from the initial plans.
 
Kings Island will make an announcement on 8/28 a week from today, the video all but confirms it’s something to do with Boo Blasters and almost certainly Phantom Theater’s return.


(Admin, please embed this, it won’t let me on mobile and I don’t want to make another six million character post.)
 
Kings Island will make an announcement on 8/28 a week from today, the video all but confirms it’s something to do with Boo Blasters and almost certainly Phantom Theater’s return.


(Admin, please embed this, it won’t let me on mobile and I don’t want to make another six million character post.)
Almost more notably, the old Crypt/Tomb Raider building is also in the video. Are we looking at two new rides here, or is one just a red herring?
 
Almost more notably, the old Crypt/Tomb Raider building is also in the video. Are we looking at two new rides here, or is one just a red herring?
Word on the street is that this is where Conjuring is going. Though I'd mentioned earlier this season that it would be the perfect place for Vekoma to just throw up a Madhouse and I was told it's actually a rumor so maybe that was the original "family thrill attraction" planned for 2026 and now it's delayed.

Wanted to go say goodbye to Boo Blasters but the significant other is gonna be in town this next couple of weeks and she doesn't have a pass (yet) so I guess I'm taking what memories and photos I have of this and pretending it was my favorite ride ever on social media on the 1st. :P
 
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