Cedar Point retires Monster after 56 years

PR is hard. A park three hours away under the same ownership doing exactly what you said you can't do (refurbishing their Monster ride) makes it harder. :)

I don't see any claim of "can't." Just "won't."

And that could make sense at one park in a way that it does not make sense at the other.

I will miss it, but more because it was fun to watch vs. "I enjoyed riding it." I mean, I did enjoy it, but I skipped it more often than not.

That prediction/speculation guy on YouTube says that this is the beginning of removing and replacing Gemini. They could easily replace Gemini without removing Monster.

I am pretty sure that the Monster rides are expensive to maintain. And as most of us already know, Cedar Point have their ridership to cost ratios down to a science. Removing Monster can only mean that the ride did not give enough rides to justify the cost.

Kings Island's Monster must be more popular with guests. It is one of the original rides that opened with the park. Kings Island guests are kind of nerdy about the park's history. Maybe that's one reason it is still there.

Over on Pointbuzz, Rideman, Dave Althoff Jr., has a good explanation as to why CP’s Monster is different from the others and why they are out of options in terms of repair and re-welding.
Which is why KI’s Monster is getting a reprieve.