Dog Days of Summer
Attention, Campers!
The summer fun at Kings Island might be winding down, but mark your calendars for next season, because the park is already prepping for next year with an expansion of its award-winning kids area, Camp Snoopy!
The immersive Camp Snoopy area will also be home to the park’s new family boomerang coaster, Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers.
Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers takes the classic fun of a soapbox racing derby to a whole new level as both parents and kids climb aboard their favorite Peanuts-decorated soapbox coaster car and are hoisted up a 70-foot hill to the starting line. As Snoopy waves the checkered flag, riders will be released and launched forward onto a track full of exhilarating twists and turns, passing the camp lookout station, racing toward the finish line up ahead.
With the addition of Snoopy's Soap Box Racers, Kings Island will become the Kids Coaster Capital of the World, offering five different coaster experiences for the littlest thrill seekers. This will be the park’s first family boomerang coaster, that races riders both forward and backward on the same track.
At Camp Snoopy, kids of all ages will also have the chance to become full-fledged Beagle Scouts.
“Camp Snoopy is just what families visiting Kings Island have been looking for,” said Mike Koontz, vice president and general manager of Kings Island. “We’ve designed this new immersive area to feel like a day at camp where families can spend time with each other in a variety of ways, from the thrill of a new coaster to exploring and relaxing in the great outdoors with their favorite Peanuts characters.”
Beagle Scout Acres, the official headquarters of the troop, will provide more outdoor summer camp fun and activities. In this new shaded, nature-themed play area, kids and their families will be able to explore and play on their own among turfed mounds and grassy areas, filled with camping equipment to play in, climb over and through. Eager Beagle Scouts can also work to earn merit badges for sharing, working together, trying new things and helping someone in need.
In Beagle Scout Acres, kids can run, crawl, play or relax with the family in a shaded comfortable space. They can also explore a campsite filled with turfed mounds and grassy areas, interactive equipment to makes noise, tents to climb through or over and footprint paths made by Woodstock and his friends.
Construction on Camp Snoopy, including the coaster and Beagle Scout Acres, begins this fall.