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BoddaH1994

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  1. SP revenue was down slightly as a result of the change in the program with the All Park Passport. That tells me that Prestige didn’t do well, since they would have mentioned it as an offset.
  2. “Decrease in per capita as a result of a change in admissions mix.” Sounds like what I heard about a too big of a SP mix in Q4 was correct. They also mention they saved operating expense due to cutting seasonal and entertainment costs. If Grand Carnivale comes back, it’ll look a lot more like 2023 than 2019.
  3. I do most of the things that you are mentioning. My favorite part is the beach. I just don’t have the patience to wait in Cedar Point lines at my age. lol
  4. The characters were problematic. Spongebob was the timeless one, but I feel like we are way of his hump in popularity. Wild Thornberrys was off the air in the U.S. when the log flume was rethemed. Many of the characters are live action, which doesn’t help. The heyday of Nickelodeon was ending when Splat City was coming in. All the Gak, “kids rule” etc stuff was great, but they don’t do stuff as much anymore. It would be cool to have Star Trek, Mission Impossible, and so on back though. Unfortunately, the extend of their theming was often to drop a movie name on an off-the-shelf ride. Of course, it’s been a very long time…
  5. Or it stacks, but only for certain things. They had 60% off “select” 50th merch toward the end of the season. No one seemed to be sure what it was good for. My friends and I tried several times to buy 50th things, only to find out it didn’t qualify. Finally, it was consolidated to a few shelves. When we went to purchase something from one of the shelves, we were told that it was good for anything on the shelves except what we wanted to purchase, which happened to be sharing the shelf with the sign advertising the 60% off. Based on what we saw this past season, as well as the many displays this offseason, I imagine this level of competence to continue this year with the Pass Perks. Option 2 will be that it’s for something of zero value to passholders. For example, a small discount on food that’s on the dining plan. I don’t know what part of the new app would make anyone think that this absurd five-year-old program that has not delivered would begin to do so. It’s very evident that they don’t know what to do with it. The person they hired to manage it doesn’t understand the business, and the “as adorable as it is predictable” etc statements made by park officials demonstrates how they think of the season pass base anyway.
  6. I THINK the arrangement is a revenue share. Skycoaster may own the equipment. Not sure. If that’s true, they’ll keep it until they find a more profitable use of the land.
  7. Great article out of CP Food Blog. He’s writing about CP, but I imagine the story will be relevant to Kings Island too. https://cpfoodblog.com/2024-modification-to-pass-perks/?fbclid=IwAR0wn0ViPBiGoOgDapQHjICwFBoLMu00tvmUsZP8-CROHnaiqPQD9AhEF4A_aem_AZF_SRQO2gRGReQrjNrN8UJkmawSzR-mcw7mQnV1dpv79GdAELzakaaJutOqFn-3fgQ
  8. I’m good for about three days at CP before I’m over it.
  9. Or just convince ourselves that we missed the parade. To be fair, I don’t think laziness is the reason why some streamers are still around.
  10. She talks about everything Holiday World, including that Good Gravy! Will be the first Vekoma Family Boomerang to open in the U.S. Listen or watch: https://linktr.ee/attractions_group
  11. What’s odd is that KD is doing it, Carowinds is not. But I share in your sentiment. The food wasn’t as good last year as previous years. Plus if I recall the card was far more expensive. This was in addition to all of the other cuts that took place with GC last year. I love the opening ceremony and the parade, but having them as essentially two Al la carte events, it loses its allure compared to when GC was a full blown event.
  12. Will we see the same out of Kings Island? https://themeparksbydon.com/a-guide-to-thrills-events-and-family-fun-at-carowinds/?fbclid=PAAaYKIzFZGbiOpw_VWs1SRBeRZYiZS9o6xTzSxvGmlK6fsHvzhY4tpTbtevU_aem_ATVEFZrgPu6Hr9ChgSUWVQkd5GaxHzs8nI87OCM72U62j6gEdoUqDDBM328Vd1UIZNM
  13. Those with preferred stock get to sit in the VIP lounge. edit I received a prospectus for anyone with a ton of time on their hands: https://materials.proxyvote.com/Approved/150185/20240124/NPSPR_559684.PDF
  14. I posted this in the Other Parks thread. The thought of it going to KD does add some hope for KI.
  15. To be fair, we don’t know that. The thing that needs to be clear is that, especially with the 51/49 thing, this isn’t necessarily Six Flags becoming Cedar Fair. In the long term, there will be no “business as usual” as we know it now
  16. Kings Dominion announced their lineup, including Grand Carnivale.
  17. How long until your one time FL isn’t good on TT2 with Prestige?
  18. Yeah, I’m sure it has language in the prospectus. Like I said, my guess is it was entered when they added the poison pill. That was before 2011, so the timeline checks out. By the way, if anyone is taking solace in the 51/49% thing, that’s nonsense. Very much on paper. In fact, if what @DispatchMaster is saying is accurate (and I do believe them) then they may have done that to specifically bypass the hurdle of a CF equity vote. Just speculation. This won’t be CF taking over SIX. It’s simply not going to look like this. Almost every aspect of the business will change - for better or worse.
  19. I feel like we are on the same page with the last part. Don and I discussed something similar with the cutting of the three shows for Winterfest. Very few people would be upset that Four Drummers or HJ Trolley didn’t come back, but people may leave thinking that there wasn’t as much to do, without being able to put their finger on what. Likewise, without the PAs people may see the customer service at KI as going downhill, although they wouldn’t be able to cite the PAs as a reason why.
  20. I’m not sure why CF having a 51% stake would negate the unit holders’ vote. Honestly, people are reading WAY too much into the 51/49 thing. It’s very much a merger of equals. My theory is that when they added the poison pill measure in 2009-ish to combat the Jeffrey Reynor/Q Investments hostile takeover involving the Apollo leveraged buyout that they also added a measure that allowed them to merge without an equity vote. This would prevent what happened last time. I know it’s not new news, but I felt like the article laid out the opposition pretty well. The benefits are obvious, the opposition is a little more clunky.
  21. VERY interesting article... https://sanduskyregister.com/news/502802/rotten-deal-raises-concern/#:~:text=The proposed merger is a,a way that hurts them." Any guesses why the unit holders don't get a vote? I have theories.
  22. I try not to spam up these forums about Tower Topics that often, but this one may not be common knowledge. When The Beast was announced in July of 1978, it was announced without a name! It wasn’t until February of 1979 that the name, “The Beast” was unleashed on the world. What is the story behind this? What other names were considered? This, plus how could Kings Island pay tribute to Coney Island in the latest Tower Topics: https://linktr.ee/towertopics
  23. Saw this online: Notice: one time through for daily FL+. I know this will be controversial; however, I think it’s a really good thing for crowd management.
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