A while back Cedar Fair announced their new in-house television network. Any information as to what exactly this will include? Will it be at all the parks? And when exactly is it being implemented? What will be shown on them?

In house tele, I would love to be a part of that!

Think about it, BB1's review on the lines at Kings Island during the day.

(Please tell me, why hasn't someone on this forum made a unofficial/official podcast/video feeds for KIC?)

Apart from the Cedar Fair quarterly reports (which only vaguely mention that Cedar Fair will use in-park television at some point), I haven't heard anything.

The in-park television at Six Flags mainly just has advertisements--both for Six Flags itself and SIX's corporate partners. Occasionally, I've seen little 30-second games you can join in with your cell phone, but for some reason I only remember seeing that at SFStL and not SFOG, SFGAm, SFFT, or SFGAdv. Here's hoping FUN's in-park TV entertainment is more than that.

The television network will be around sooner than you may think.

Plus, a recent press release by Cedar Fair mentioned the promotion of Matt Shafer, former marketing director for Kings Island. He will pilot this project.

I'm hoping it won't have ads on it. It would be really cool if it had little trivia questions about the park inside the ride queues.

Example:

What is the track length of Diamondback?

a. 5,670 ft

b. 4,109 ft

c. 5,282 ft

d. 6,001 ft

Then show some off ride footage, on ride footage, some more trivia, some random facts. Stuff like that.

I'm hoping it won't have ads on it. It would be really cool if it had little trivia questions about the park inside the ride queues.

Example:

What is the track length of Diamondback?

a. 5,670 ft

b. 4,109 ft

c. 5,282 ft

d. 6,001 ft

Then show some off ride footage, on ride footage, some more trivia, some random facts. Stuff like that.

Been trying to pry information out of people for months, but have gotten some - but not much. I think that details have yet to be finalized. With that being said, I'm sure that there will be ads, but it won't exclusively be ads. Additionally, I would recommend not passing judgement on Opening Day, as the content will grow progressively throughout the season.

A return on Queue TV or am I misunderstanding the concept?

A return on Queue TV or am I misunderstanding the concept?

Not exactly. More interactive than that.

Hmmmm....now I'm intrigued...

Please. Anything but QTV.

Please. Anything but QTV.

It won't be. Again, once it launches, don't judge it from day 1. It's a work in process.

Like Fun Perks?

Oopsie.

I actually liked QTV, but this sounds like it could be pretty cool

-MDMC, who still remembers watching that Chaka Khan cat video while waiting in line for a ride

Great Adventure had a TV network in El Toro's line. It had trivia that people could play with their smart phones and it would show their score on the TV.

Still, any way you slice it, standing in line sucks.

Probably just be one giant loop of a Fast Lane commercial...haha.

What would ultimately be cool, is if your own phone prompted you to watch...since everyone has their nose buried in it anyway.

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I think it will be implemented at all parks in time for their opening this spring. It sounds like the TVs are designed to encourage guest spending on money-makers like Fast Lane, restaurants, and Dinosaurs Alive. It will also inform guests of park offerings like live entertainment and provide ad space for park sponsors. Additionally, the network is promised to somehow entertain guests. More information was probably released in the third quarter earnings conference call. I listened to that call but forgot a lot of the information. Hopefully that helped.

It sounds like the TVs are designed to encourage guest spending on money-makers like Fast Lane, restaurants, and Dinosaurs Alive.

OMG....hope not....who wants to be bombarded with commercials all day. Been there...done that...

Still, any way you slice it, standing in line sucks.

Probably just be one giant loop of a FastPass commercial...haha.

What would ultimately be cool, is if your own phone prompted you to watch...since everyone has their nose buried in it anyway.

Not everyone. I have NEVER taken my phone in a park as a paying guest. It is my goal never so to do.

Very true Terp.

I guess my post was irritation to the fact that many around us have their nose 'buried' in their phone. Even at such ludicrous places as the grocery store.

I take my phone into the parks, but I leave it in a locker with the girlfriend's purse upon arrival. I might check it once or twice if she is in need of her purse.

Girlfriend takes her bag with small stuff she wants through the day or needs...she is the pack mule..with her not working there it will hopefully change haha

I guess my post was irritation to the fact that many around us have their nose 'buried' in their phone. Even at such ludicrous places as the grocery store.

Not too ludicrous. I have a grocery list app that I use just about every time I go to the store to make sure that I've got everything. Not sure that I have my nose buried in it while I'm walking around though.

Pshhh who needs mules when you have........wait I'd rather not finish that sentence.

Still, any way you slice it, standing in line sucks.

Probably just be one giant loop of a FastPass commercial...haha.

What would ultimately be cool, is if your own phone prompted you to watch...since everyone has their nose buried in it anyway.

I doubt it'll be a Fastpass commercial, since that's not a service offered at the CF parks... Fast Lane, on the other hand...

Still, any way you slice it, standing in line sucks.

Probably just be one giant loop of a FastPass commercial...haha.

What would ultimately be cool, is if your own phone prompted you to watch...since everyone has their nose buried in it anyway.

I doubt it'll be a Fastpass commercial, since that's not a service offered at the CF parks... Fast Lane, on the other hand...

Oh you!

[Heads up to edit]

Did you really expect him to pull a fast one and give you a pass on that?

What I really learned was to just edit when I first see something incorrect...instead of just thinking...'They got The Point!'

::mumbles: freakin' enthusiasts::

Some get to The Point.

Others see life as a Great Advencha.

This is a FUN place. For more than SIX reasons.

And not everyone here is a thoosie.

I was saying that in good FUN.

When people hear it called Fastpass, they might expect it to work like Disney's Fastpass, which it does not... at all. And that can be a problem.

Televisions you say.

Dancing and singing cats, I say.