LovinMeSomeBanshee

The vast majority of us that are critical of the park are critical because of their communication (or the lack of it) and their transparency into the reasons of taking the webcam down. Not that the webcams are actually down. First it was "software upgrades" - those don't take a darn week, nor do they necessitate downtime in order an upgrade. Then it was electrical issues for preparation of Winterfest - but the tower lights, elevators, etc. have been running and no evidence of power issues exists. And if it IS power issues, that doesn't explain why the Mystic Timbers webcam is down too - that cam is nowhere near the Eiffel Tower. And to this minute, the park is still completely mum on the subject - they're hunkering down and refusing to budge.

Which people? Because it appears the only people arguing or stirring up crap are the ones trying to perpetuate the "KI can do nothing wrong" agenda.

Ah yes, we should never question anything in society. If a superior authority tells us something...it's always the gospel truth!

Welcome, random poster that just created an account 23 minutes ago just to chastise others about a webcam.

Cedar Fair chose to make webcams a routine addition to their marketing campaigns. Banshee, Mystic Timbers, Fury, Copperhead Strike, Valravn, etc. all had construction cams. Kings Island promised one for Orion. They provided one. Then, in the middle of construction, just before the highlight of the entire thing, they take it down without absolutely any official word on why they were doing so. Again, this is THEIR fault.

When working on websites, you don't need to take down features in order to work on/improve on them. In my business, we develop applications and test everything in UAT environments. Because of this, we don't have to bring down anything completely. Upgrades are made during non-business/non-peak hours to limit user impact. And we're a rather small enterprise. You're telling me that Kings Island needs to bring down some simple webcam streams for what, going on 6 days now, in order to so some "software upgrades"? Please.

I wasn't referring to you in particular. I was referring to a lot of different users in general. But if the boot fits..

I'm so tired of people here kissing the park's ass. They're clearly in the wrong here.

And do we still have an OFFICIAL statement from the park regarding the webcams being down and the reason? All I see are third parties saying, "according to park sources..." They completely botched the execution of whatever it is they're doing.

We're going to completely miss the topping off. This is ridiculous.

^ And half the comments are about needing to fix the webcams.

Ah, so NOW you think the taking down of webcams is deliberate? Interesting.

Just don’t post the photos here. They’d get deleted within 5 minutes.

How are the lights working without power?

The only drama I see here are the ones coming in complaining about those that are disgruntled with KI PR's handling of this whole issue. It's been a complete clusterf**k. There is not one person who can come here and say with complete honesty that Kings Island's PR staff didn't completely botch this week up. If the park indeed installed software upgrades, and are having electrical issues due to Winterfest, SAY IT. Communicate with your customers! Give us video and photos of the progress! Go the extra mile since we can't watch it ourselves. Instead, we have NOTHING. So for those that viciously defend KI's PR team like they can do nothing wrong - give it a darn rest. It's ridiculous. They screwed up.

This ****'s hilarious. You have those of us who actually pay attention to the construction cam complaining about it, and rightfully so because of the conflicting information we're getting/seeing, and then you have three fly-by posters that very rarely contribute to this thread, complaining about the posters complaining. Get over it.

Who are you to tell us to get over it? You're no more important than any of us, nor does your opinion matter more. So stop acting like you are. Quit worrying about everyone else.

My level of disappointment just keeps going up.

We’re in the most exciting phase of construction, and the most anticipation in watching the lift hill go up. And we’re getting nothing. Just crickets from Kings Island’s PR team. What a disappointment and lost opportunity.

Agreed. If that happens, I'd take every statement from KI PR with a grain of salt forever.

That is a fantastic idea.

So they're going to install the whole darn lift hill/drop and we're going to miss all of it. Way to go, Kings Island.

Ugh. This sucks.

By the time they get the cam back up, the darn lift hill and drop will be completed. Who wants to take bets?

I believe it'll be noticeably taller from this vantage point, but not to the point that it dwarfs Diamondback.