Coaster101 » haunt http://www.coaster101.com Experience the Coaster Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Closing day at Kings Island http://www.coaster101.com/2009/11/03/closing-day-at-kings-island/ http://www.coaster101.com/2009/11/03/closing-day-at-kings-island/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:31:50 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=1110 With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, many parks final day of operation for the season was Sunday, Novemeber 1st. Forum member DropZone99 got some great pictures from the last day.

]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2009/11/03/closing-day-at-kings-island/feed/ 0 Kings Island Haunt 2009 http://www.coaster101.com/2009/09/27/kings-island-haunt-2009/ http://www.coaster101.com/2009/09/27/kings-island-haunt-2009/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:21:27 +0000 John http://www.coaster101.com/?p=882 Coaster101 recently returned from a trip to check out Kings Island’s 2009 Haunt! The guys over there sure do know how to put on a spectacular event! See for yourself:

]]> http://www.coaster101.com/2009/09/27/kings-island-haunt-2009/feed/ 0 Kings Island Haunt Controversy http://www.coaster101.com/2009/09/24/kings-island-controversy/ http://www.coaster101.com/2009/09/24/kings-island-controversy/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:06:52 +0000 Nick http://www.coaster101.com/?p=860 There’s been a big controversy at Kings Island surrounding a Halloween display that depicted the deaths of celebrities including former NFL quarterback Steve McNair. A promo video for the “Halloween Haunt” shows McNair sitting up on a couch with Kazemi lying across his lap. There is a hole in the top of McNair’s football helmet. Kazemi fatally shot McNair before killing herself July 4 in Nashville. Another skeleton resembled Heath Ledger and had pill bottles around it. Ledger died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in 2008. A number of other celebrities were featured in the display including Billy Mays, Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy, and Ed McMahon

Halloween Haunts opens to the public on Friday.  Kings Island spokesperson Don Helbig released a statement after pulling the display. “Kings Island has removed the celebrity scene from its Halloween Haunt event.  We were not intending to be distasteful, and we apologize if we offended anyone.”

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The controversy surrounding the display has received national attention. News of the McNair skeleton led to angry calls on the radio in Nashville (McNair played for the Tennessee Titans). The article was also posted on the homepage of Yahoo! and blogged about on Yahoo! Sports pages.

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