Planet Snoopy (Kings Island)

Entrance to Planet Snoopy.

Planet Snoopy is the children's themed area located at Kings Island in Ohio, which opened on April 17, 2010.

History

With the opening of Kings Island in 1972, the park included a dedicated kids area, which was called The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera (later named Hanna-Barbera Land), named after the production company that Taft Broadcasting, the then-owners of the park, owned. The area consisted of various leftover rides from Coney Island, the park where the footprint of Kings Island stood on, all rethemed to Hanna-Barbera properties. Throughout the years, the area was expanded and given more rides.

In 1993, after the sale of Taft (Then named Great American Broadcasting)'s Theme Park division to Paramount Communications, the company would begin to add their IP's to the park. In 1995, a new themed water area named Nickelodeon Splat City opened up nearby Hanna-Barbera Land. The Nickelodeon theming expanded in 2001 when portions of Hanna-Barbera Land and Rivertown were re-themed into Nickelodeon Central. The area included a new Roller Coaster, a rethemed Log Flume and a stage in addition to the water area already there.

In 2006, Kings Island merged both Hanna-Barbera Land and Nickelodeon Central into one massive themed area known as Nickelodeon Universe, with all the rides existing in the Hanna-Barbera Land themed area becoming themed to Nickelodeon. The theming remained even after the CBS Corporation sold the Paramount Parks to Cedar Fair in the same year.

In 2010, Cedar Fair's contract with Nickelodeon had expired and wasn't renewed, so the company rethemed all the Nickelodeon areas into Planet Snoopy, as the company already had a long-term contract to use the Peanuts characters in their other parks.

In 2014, Snoopy's Splash Dance (the former Green Slime Zone) was closed and demolished to make way for two new rides that opened for the 2015 season - Snoopy's Space Buggies and Woodstock Gliders.

On August 10, 2023, Kings Island announced that Planet Snoopy with the addition of a Camp Snoopy subarea containing two new rides; a roller coaster named Snoopy's Soap Box Racers and a play area named Beagle Scout Acres. A small number of Planet Snoopy attractions were repurposed for the area.

Attractions

Current

Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Former Names	Thrill rating
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill	2003	Sally Dark Rides	Scooby Doos Haunted Castle (2003–2009)	1
Character Carousel	1982	Chance Rides	Hanna-Barbera Carousel (1982–2005) Nick-O-Round (2006–2009)	1
Charlie Brown's Wind Up	1992	Zamperla	Pixie and Dixie's Swingset (1992–2005) Backyardigans' Swing-Along (2006–2009)	1
Joe Cool's Dodgem School	1976	Jurgen Scmidt, Rivervaze, NJ	Flintstones' Boulder Bumpers (1976–2005) Jimmy Neutron's Atom Smasher (2006–2009)	2
Kite-Eating Tree	2006	Zamperla	Plankton’s Plunge (2006–2009)	3
Linus' Beetle Bugs	1972	William F. Mangels	Screecher Funky Phantom Alley Cat 500 Swiper's Sweepers (2006–2009)	1
Peanuts 500	1979	Venture Ride Manufacturer Inc.	Mr. Jinks Jalopies (1979–??) Kiddie Turnpike Fender Bender 500 (??–2005) Nick Jr. Drivers (2006–2009)	1
Peanuts Off-Road Rally	1972	Hampton Amusement Corporation	Pee Wee Raceway Motor Mouse Go Diego Go! (2006-2009)	1
Peanuts Playhouse	2006	Paramount Parks	Nickelodeon Theater (2006–2008) Putz HQ (2009)	1
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown	1972	Arrow Development/Hopkins Rides	Kings Mills Log Flume (1972–1999) The Wild Thornberrys' River Adventure (2001–2009)	4
Sally's Sea Plane	1998	Zamperla	Atom Ant's Airways (1998–2005) Timmy's Airtours (2006–2009)	2
Snoopy vs. Red Baron	1992	Zamperla	Dick Dastardly's Biplanes (1992–2005) Blue's Skidoo (2006–2009)	2
Snoopy's Junction	1982	Mack Rides	Quick Draw's Railway (1982–2005) La Adventura de Azul (2006–2009)	1
Snoopy's Space Buggies	2015	Zamperla	none	2
Surf Dog	2006	Zamperla	Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006–2009)	4
The Great Pumpkin Coaster	1992	E&F Miler Industries	Scooby Zoom (1992–1997) Top Cat's Taxi Jam Little Bill's Giggle Coaster (2006–2009)	2
Woodstock Express	1972	Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters	Scooby Doo (1972–1979) Beastie (1980–2005) Fairly Odd Coaster (2006–2009)	4
Woodstock Whirlybirds	1998	Caripro Amusement Technology	Yogi's Sky Tours (1998–2005) Lazytown Sportacopters (2006–2009)	1

Former

Name	Opened	Closed	Manufacturer	Former Names	Thrill rating	Reason
Flying Ace Aerial Chase	2001	N/A	Vekoma	Rugrats Runaway Reptar (2001–2009)	4	Moved to Camp Snoopy area, renamed Woodstock's Air Rail
Linus' Launcher	2006	N/A	Zamperla	Danny Phantom's Phantom Flyers (2006–2007) Phantom Flyers (2007-2009)	3	Moved to Camp Snoopy area, retains name
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown	1972	N/A	Arrow Development/Hopkins Rides	Kings Mills Log Flume (1972–1999) The Wild Thornberrys' River Adventure (2001–2009)	4	Moved to Camp Snoopy area, renamed Charlie Brown’s Rushing River Log Ride
Snoopy's Splash Dance	1995	2014		Nickelodeon Green Slime Zone (1995–2005) SpongeBob SquarePants Bikini Bottom Bash (2006-2009)	1	Removed, replaced with Woodstock Gliders and Snoopy's Space Buggies
Woodstock Gliders	2015	N/A	Larson International	None	3	Moved to Camp Snoopy area, renamed Franklin's Flyers