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  1. Looks great. But I have questions about what that coaster is doing...
  2. Ah, you're right. My bad. The age old problem of reading tweets too quickly. Considering the things capacity, that seems like a lot for a season but I've never seen how packed it can get on weekends.
  3. What's the math on its profitability? It looks like it had 50k riders in...15 years? Seems like with the cost of staffing it and maintaining it, it can't be bringing in much. And considering that number of riders, it doesn't have much value attracting people to the park.
  4. Same here. But not only that, any time I walk back there I decide to get at least 3 or 4 rides, to make the walk seem worth it. So that's probably my number one. If we go just by the past few years, Orion might be number one. I think there was one day where I hit it 8 times because the line moves so fast and on light days you can repeat it easily.
  5. Paramount Global is currently in talks to merge with Warner Bros Discovery. There may be an alternate universe where park fans are currently sweating over Six Flags and Paramount Parks being combined.
  6. This year I went on one of those 8PM-close/midweek days that they cut from next year and was surprised (disappointed) at the crowds. Lines were noticeably longer than previous years for that week. And they were far from the "why are they even open?" level that I remember back when they had a weekdays operating in late August in the 90s.
  7. Honestly, the more I think about it the more open I am to a retheme to Gotham City or especially Arkham Asylum. The Bat: half the villains in Arkham call Batman "The Bat" Banshee: doesn't completely fit but its close enough Delirium: fits already with Arkham Invertigo: Honestly, I always kind of liked Two-Face: the Flip Side as a name and its no longer in use. Is anyone actually attached to the name Invertigo? Its not even the original name. Two-Face certainly beats theming it to a movie no one saw. Drop Tower: Not sure but pretty much any name is better than "Drop Tower." Congo Falls: eh...don't really care what happens to that one
  8. I'm having trouble seeing any park treated like Geauga Lake. Knott is too profitable as it is. SFMM is too big (probably) and does well enough. CGA is already closing. Dorney is a different kind of park from SFGAdv and does well enough from what I hear. SFA is probably far enough away from KD. Geauga Lake was a unique case in many ways. First SF stripped away its old identity and dumped too much money into the park, then depending who you ask CF either gave up trying to win back the local market or they never intended to in the first place. Consider who was running Cedar Fair at the time and his attitude regarding Cedar Point's place in the chain.
  9. I haven't been there but I've heard people compare Fiesta Texas to CF parks, though maybe just because they're impressed with Siebert's running of the park.
  10. You're definitely right about kids IPs. These days you have so many streaming options, many with exclusive IPs. But "back in the day" everyone was exposed to Disney, Looney Tunes, HB, and even Nickelodeon because they dominated the airwaves/cable. Too bad Universal has Nintendo wrapped up because that's pretty universal and enduring.
  11. The idea that this somehow means The Beast is getting removed or RMCd is just irrational hysterics. Even if Six Flags were taking over the park (they aren't), that would be super unlikely. Anyways, I would prefer Hanna Barbara back in the kids area but I would be okay with Looney Tunes. Is anyone particularly attached to Peanuts? I know kids aren't. I don't want to see DC theming at KI but it might be preferable to Action Zone just staying the generic area it is now (as long as Banshee isn't rethemed).
  12. I'm sort of hoping they are going with the Six Flags name just to throw a bone to the SF board/investors. Otherwise it seems like CF is taking the lead here. Then again, there seems to be this idea in the corporate world that brand "recognition" is all that matters regardless of reputation. Reminds me of when SBC decided to take on the name AT&T which people had little love for.
  13. Good news everyone, Cedar Fair is getting a brand new Intamin next year. Definitely a lot of concern with this news. A lot of potential downsides and few if any real upsides. But I'll try to stay positive: 1. Cedar Fair is the majority holder here. The HQ will be at CF's property in Charlotte and it seems that they are intent with keeping a lot of CF strategies (for better or for worse...but compare that to the the how Six has been ran recently...) 2. Maybe we potentially get Hanna Barbara back? 3. That all parks pass (or whatever might replace it...) may eventually get you into a ton of parks Plus none of us actually know how this will play out. We aren't prophets. Also keep in mind that neither chain, from my understanding, dictates everything about each park. Parks get some level of autonomy at both. Other parks, like Dorney, have been discussed but am I the only one that thinks major changes might come to Magic Mountain? That park continually underperforms for its size, location and continual investments.
  14. If its an option, removing or cutting back on trim brakes on certain rides would be my first choice, particularly The Beast. Retheming Backlot would be my next choice. After that, any general theming improvements to other rides (and how bout some station/queue music?). Or maybe a tunnel or two on Orion. Based on my most recent rides on Raptor, I would much rather keep the vests. It would be nice to see B&M just put some modern lapbars on some of their inverting rides.
  15. It's extreme because it spins at all while on a ride with strong forces and inversions. As badly as I want them to improve Action Zone, and least its not just a big empty plot of land in spot of the park that needs a major attraction to even things out. The Vortex plot has to be the priority...unless they are still somehow catching up on projects planned before Vortex's removal (but I doubt that includes an Action Zone overhaul).
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