New KI Commerical:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZo9djosjbs

Oh Lord, what will happen when people here spot that 1 second POV of Son of Beast? At least it didn't have the loop... Imagine the firestorm after that!

Overall, not as catchy as the more "dramatic, darker" Ride Warrior commercials from the Diamondback era, and not as catchy as the "Fun & Only" commercials... Just my opinion!

This is why Kings Island (now) fails at making commercials:

• They never use roller coaster from KI. I counted several coasters from other parks.
• Terrible slogan. 'BRED TO SHRED'? What, are they trying to get more teens in the park? How about families? Fun and Only sounds better now!

Screams 1980's, which is what passes for retro these days. I guess Mr. K thought it was trendy....I miss the FUN & ONLY (Did *I* just say that?)

Break Dancing, obvious CG animation... This would have ROCKED in 1987.

Honestly, it just looks like it's trying too hard.

Why can't they just have a commercial showing the highlights of the park?

Why I LOVE Holiday World is the commercials for it are funny, and actually show whats at the park.

I honestly really really like it. Call me crazy for actually supporting the park!

My biggest peeve is that I'm sure this is the exact same commercial and words (sans KI) they're using for every other CF park. Why not just do a little bit more personalization than this.

What that coaster at the 10 seconds mark? Looks amazing

They would like you to think that's Vortex, a great American scream machine.

I honestly really really like it. Call me crazy for actually supporting the park!

I understand and agree with your growing frustration towards people putting the park down. But speaking for no one but myself, saying I don't enjoy this commercial as much as I have past ones by no means should be read as me not supporting the park.

EDIT: To clarify, I just don't think that this commercial is as catchy or interesting as the past ones. It doesn't have the instantly catchy hook from the Fun & Only commercials, and lacks the intensity of the Diamondback Ride Warrior ones.

I'm actually really amazed they choose to use a Son of Beast clip.

Here's the thing though: most of the GP wouldn't care less if there was some wooden coaster for one second on the commercial. As enthusiasts, we know how crazy it is!

Why can't they just have a commercial showing the highlights of the park?

Why I LOVE Holiday World is the commercials for it are funny, and actually show whats at the park.

That is an owner who takes pride in her park and about cleanliness. When was the last time if ever Kinzel appeared in a CP ad, or ever talk about how clean the park is?

Allow me to count the problems I have with this commercial...

• Bred to shred sounds like either a slogan for a skateboard or a paper shredder.
• The rap is cheesy, to say the least.
• Most of the CGI animations are for coasters at other parks.
• The rap is really, really cheesy. I almost seems like they tried to make it cheesy.
• Son of Beast, the ride which the park is (seemingly) trying to make the general public forget about, is featured in it.
• Did I mention the rap is cheesy?
• The kid at :05 can apparentl shoot a CGI WindSeeker out of his knuckle.
• Finally, the rap is exponentially cheesier than the entire 'Fun and Only' idea.

Oh, and also, the rap is cheesy.

And Pat Koch is the same wonderful woman whether there are tv cameras rolling and media around...or not. She is what she is...a fine woman who cares deeply about people and the park family.

Shredding is also a term in the Guitar World. I'm rather fond of that particular use:)

Only time I will see this commercial is on here. They don't play them down here, maybe up in Louisville though.

When I first saw that, I thought it said "Born to Shed".

Meow.

This new KI TV commercial makes me want to hasten to where my wallet lies, make sure there is $15 for a parking spot within its pouch as well as $51.99 for admission to the park for a day and speed on over to Mason, Ohio..........NOT!!!!

What did I just watch? That commercial brings to mind an old, old, ancient relic of the far, far distant, archaic past: any "Vanilla Ice" video.

That commercial just quickly flashes clips of KI's rides and actually provides very little information to the viewer.

Why can't they just have a commercial showing the highlights of the park?

Why I LOVE Holiday World is the commercials for it are funny, and actually show whats at the park.

Is this commercial supporting child labor? Dude, thats screwed up.

But Holiday World wins.

I picture a bunch of middle aged, balding, white guys in suits sitting around a board room table, trying to figure out "what the kids will think looks 'cool.'"

^^Disney and countless other corporations do it everyday.

^^Disney and countless other corporations do it everyday.

But they produce multi-million dollar works that people enjoy... In other words, perhaps they do that, but they succeed.

It's too bad that Cedar Fair (and others) won't listen to the young people who are telling them exactly what they want. Why not use Twitter, Facebook, blogs, or any of the countless other social networking sites that parks insist on running all at once (to the benefit of none) to take note of what's hip? If they'd asked, "What should be in the 2011 Kings Island commercial," people would've answered... And I don't think any combination of their answers could've developed into the commercial we see before us without a serious miscommunication occurring.

Again, it's not deplorable or awful. But it's yet another commercial by Cedar Fair that seems to have a blurry target audience, a lack of a 'hook,' and a serious lack of any real information... Eh, to each his own. Hopefully this does its job. And if it doesn't, they'll change it next season... or not.

GYK, who thinks people might be more impressed by the statistics of WindSeeker, immensity of the Dino Park, high-quality food, reminders about Planet Snoopy and Boo Blasters, and flashbacks to Diamondback than these commercial makers seem to think...

WINNING! (Had to be done; I love my SoB )

WINNING! (Had to be done; I love my SoB )

This picture looks old. Look how dark the wood is and you can somewhat see the loop. You can also tell is a little older just from all the trees, there are not that many back there anymore.

I could care less about what rides are in the commercial but the commercial overall is LAME. Bred to shred? Seriously?

BTW, stop over analyzing the SOB segment.

Only took one reply before the SOB entered the thread, this should be a game. Like the quiet game, how long can a thread go before SOB enters.

I could care less about what rides are in the commercial but the commercial overall is LAME. Bred to shred? Seriously?

BTW, stop over analyzing the SOB segment.

So you DO care about what rides are in the commercial...at least a little, perhaps almost as much as you could:

http://incompetech.c.../care_less.html

Terp, on a caring crusade