CoasterGeek101

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Fury 325. New at Kings Island in 2015.

I won't be needing a season pass next year since I'll have a Kings Island employee ID for admission instead....

Is this a joke? Like seriously... Really? Think about what you said.... You are on a theme park and roller coaster enthusiast site and you "don't care for the relentless inversions without a break?" You sir need some serious help....

Just an FYI, Don has granted permission to livestream. Tune into http://www.ustream.tv/channel/OnTheRunKI 5 minutes before the media presentation to watch.

Anybody recall my live stream of the Banshee announcement? I didn't get permission for that and Don didn't have a problem with it. I have a better program now to live stream in 720p HD.. Which should make the picture look even better. Don reads these forums... So Don... If you have a problem with this just let me know...

If I would live stream the media presentation, would anybody watch it?

Pretty sure testing won't begin the first week of April....

Hey, Swag. And no....... you said it would start testing the first week of April, so who's the stupid one here?

If Kings Island puts on a similar event to Busch Garden's Christmas Town, I can EASILY see them making more money than they do from Halloween Haunt. There's tons of Halloween events in the Cincinnati area, but there is nothing much to compete with as far as Christmas goes. Kings Island is very scared to put all the work into this kind of event because of how much Paramount failed at it. If you have the good food, lights, ice skating included with admission, flat rides, 1 roller coaster (Busch Garden's Christmas Town usually opens 1 roller coaster, weather permitting.) Racer is the Kings Island classic, so I think opening racer with a lot of Christmas lights covering it would be great. As far as weather goes, Ohio weather is NEVER predictable. Yes, it will most likely be very chilly. But that's really what Christmas is, isn't it? If it was 80 degrees would it really feel like Christmas to you? I think they SHOULD have some rides open. I don't know why people complain all the time. There have been PLENTY of Halloween Haunt nights where it's been winter-like temperatures and I still saw tons of people riding the rides, all happy. They just bundle up, it's not that hard people. As far as staffing goes, they should have NO problem getting enough people to run such an event. It would require less than half of the employees they need during the summer. I think running it starting the 1st week of December and running it through the last weekend would be a huge success. Just my thoughts. Kings Island could have something really special, if they use their brains.

Believe it or not, T-Mobile has AMAZING 4G coverage at the park. Even on crowded days, data and texts load fairly quickly.

How was the stream?

Yes, I have the android app on my phone. And yes, it will save the video once the stream is offline.

I'll be streaming the event LIVE right here at 9:55 PM EST. I'll be at the park tomorrow testing this out, so I know what quality to set it at, etc. Live streaming video by Ustream

So long as T-Mobile has working 4G coverage in the area the night of the announcement, I will 100% for sure be streaming the announcement LIVE starting at approximately 9:55 PM EST. Tune into the channel 'coastergeek" on Ustream to watch it live.

I will be streaming the event LIVE the night of the announcement on UStream. Tune into the channel "coastergeek" at 9:55 PM EST.

With so many people posting to YouTube, Twitter, and other sites all at once - even LTE is bound to be slow. (Not trying to discourage you, just be prepared for the stream to cut out!) By the way, if Ustream gives you any issues, you can always push to my icecast server and post that link. Yeah, well aware of that. I'll still give it a try though, and if it doesn't work, so be it.

I get 4g LTE. I am not worried about getting a signal.

I am thinking about streaming the announcement live from the park using UStream. Would those not attending be interested?

These kind of posts are really irritating and getting on my nirves. Please everyone most of you, stop posting usless posts and start talking like you have an IQ above 50. Thats all I am saying. You set the example of what people expect when joining the site or when guests read through. Golly... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

Any chance I can just stop in for the FOF tour without paying for the other perks?

Count me in!

I'd expect moderate to heavy crowds. I think early in the morning won't be too bad, but crowds will increase as the day goes on.

Just thought I would share some recent photos from the plant in Bativia. Photo Credit to Ben Gehring

Yes, really. All they have are a few footers. If this was a giga, they should have a lot more work done by now. I still think it's a giga, but I'm beginning to doubt it.