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I think some of this might be part of a roof repair. The spacing of the lines feel like they're either for patches in the roof seams (?)(I don't know how that roof was done) or for something like solar panels as was suggested in another post. The width of each line seems a little too wide to be anything besides that. BryanJay, you might be right about the electrical and ventilation work. It's probably time for some upgrades, especially if the new ride will need more power than SDatHC and BBoBH with the new features it's supposed to have.

The park looks absolutely great. There are even more lights this year than previously. There are lights in the trees. There are lights on the shrubs. There are plenty of live Christmas trees. So far this year, I have been to both Dollywood and Busch Gardens and I think Kings Island does the lights better than either one of those. The lights at Kings Island are the most immersive being low on the shrubs at eye level and above you on trees.  The only park I have seen with better lights was Carowinds but they have destroyed that event thus year    The only 2 things that I noticed missing this year are the plastic (purposefully tacky) retro decorations in Tinseltown.   They have been replaced by the cartoony trees that were previously in Planet Snoopy And none of the trees are up-lit this year on the train ride   That is definitely a downgrade. A lot of  live Christmas trees are big 7/8 ft trees.   I do wish that since they go to all the effort to get these quality trees that they would light them properly with more than 50 lights on a tree One thing I do not care for this year is the change in music.  Gone are most of the songs that Winterfest has played every year  and i associated with the event. Plus, the the music is being broadcast at rather low volume this year. Finally Songs of the Nativity got a sitdown venue   This also is the time of year when the food actually is good instead of just edible      Overall this is a great event, and it is my favorite Christmas event because of the immersive lighting    

Do you have an Android or an iPhone? I've noticed that the show times only tend to show on my iPhone app while my group member (an Android user) does not have them in the app. I thought the park was not packed when looking at the midways, but any time we wandered into a building or went along the parade route there were already a ton of people packed in there. The Festhaus, Brewhouse, and Kings Island Theater[house] were all packed and standing-room-only. Enrique's had a line out the door with only one side open, but they were working (a little slower than I'd have liked) to open the other serving line. There was somehow already a mountain of ice under both dispensers on the soda fountains. It would be nice if someone could come around and do something to clear those out before it starts falling off and onto the floor.   My review of the night to come in the next post.

There was a time when Kings Island had four indoor ride through attractions operating at once. Flight of Fear, Tomb Raider or The Crypt, Action Theater, and the kids dark ride all brought something different to the park, and together they created a level of variety that made the indoor lineup feel complete. When you compare that to today, where Flight of Fear and Phantom Theater are the only true indoor rides, it is easy to see how much that part of the park has shrunk. A third indoor attraction would not be unusual for Kings Island. It would simply move the park closer to the variety it once offered. Phantom Theater is a great addition, especially for families, but it cannot represent every type of indoor experience on its own. Kings Island used to offer several different styles of indoor attractions at the same time, and there is still plenty of room for something with a different style or tone. An interactive ride, a more modern concept, or a lighter themed attraction would fill a space that the current lineup does not fully cover, and it would give guests another option that fits outside the coaster focused offerings. This is where Action Theater naturally comes up. The original ride is gone and the inside is now used for a haunt, but the type of attraction that once operated there filled a role the park no longer has. Kings Island already has many haunted houses, so using that space only for seasonal events does not bring much to the main season. If the park ever found a way to bring back Action Theater in some form, or create a new indoor attraction with a similar purpose, it would reintroduce a style of experience that is currently missing. Adding another indoor ride would not repeat the past. It would simply expand the lineup in a way that feels natural for Kings Island. A new attraction inspired by the spirit of Action Theater, or a completely new concept altogether, would round out the park in a meaningful way and bring back a type of variety that used to be one of its strengths.

This one is a new favorite for me! I really liked the lettering and block-y style. The tree does feel a little like it was made to be put over an interchangeable background, but that doesn't hurt the shirt.