The Maestro is back, and the curtain is finally rising! We had the incredible opportunity to get a first look at the highly anticipated Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare at Kings Island. This ...

Kings Island opens for the 2026 season on Saturday, April 18. The park will debut a new ride, Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare, on opening day. The iconic wooden roller coaster, The Beast, has been ...

Park manager Tony Carovillano said the new iteration of Phantom Theater is much more fun than the original. “It’s crazy to think of what it was and what it has evolved into,” said Carovillano, who has ...

Key art for the Kings Island dark ride Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare. Staff Writer, Lifestyles Kings Island’s dark ride Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare Kings Island’s newest attraction, ...

With a nod to its past, the all-new Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare invites guests into its hallowed halls on a dark and stormy night, setting the tone for its grand (and ghostly) re-opening.

A classic dark ride set in a haunted theater on a dark and stormy night will return to Ohio’s Kings Island in 2026 with a cast of familiar characters, a new storyline involving the Maestro’s famed ...

Kings Island's in-park Starbucks has introduced two secret menu drinks only available inside the gates. The new drinks are inspired by the park's newest attraction, Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare.

Kings Island opened its newest attraction at the start of the 2026 season, and the in-park Starbucks is taking inspiration from Phantom Theater: Opening Nightmare for the newest drinks on its "secret ...