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The properties listed in the trademarks are as follows: Enchanted Parks St. Louis (Six Flags St. Louis) Enchanted Parks Michigan Adventure (Michigan's Adventure) Enchanted Parks Water Safari (Enchanted Forest Water Safari) *Already owned by IAM Enchanted Parks Oceans of Fun (Oceans of Fun) Enchanted Parks Galveston (Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston) Enchanted Parks Water's Edge Inn (Water's Edge Inn) *Already owned by IAM Enchanted Parks Great Escape Lodge (Six Flags Great Escape Lodge) Enchanted Parks Camping Resort (Old Forge Camping Resort) *Already owned by IAM Interesting that it lists Oceans of Fun and the Great Escape Lodge without Worlds of Fun and Great Escape, so I imagine those trademarks haven't been finalized yet.

As far as a potential sale goes: Interesting, and not unexpected. If true (and if WoF and Great Escape are being sold with their respective water parks), I didn't expect Six Flags to pull out of Missouri entirely. Then again, none of the major Missouri parks except maybe Silver Dollar City have been meaningfully growing over the last 20 years, so I do kinda get it. One could extrapolate from the lower-cost investments at SFSL and WoF over the years that there isn't a strong ROI there, for any number of reasons. As far as that name goes: Oof. "Enchanted Parks" is the least compelling name I've ever heard, lol. United Parks used to take the cake, but it at least falls in that realm of Tacky Corporate Names where you could conceivably imagine, if incorrectly, "Yeah, okay, maybe the first owner decades ago wasn't super imaginative and they've just stuck with the name." "Enchanted Parks St. Louis" sounds like the first-draft name of a long-closed amusement park from a Scooby-Doo episode where the gang gets chased out by Old Man Peabody in a ghost costume. It should be noted, IAM seems to make their money by "flipping" parks that aren't doing great, then selling them. They seem to have largely owned small water parks and FECs. WoF, SFSL, MA, and Great Escape would likely be some of the largest properties they've ever owned. I'd be extremely curious to see what about them gets "flipped" if the plan is to resell them. One could assume that Herschend has already had their opportunity to make an offer on any properties they want, so the questions that immediately come to mind are: 1. Who would be the remaining prospective buyers once these parks are flipped? 2. What kind of operating budget would prospective buyers be able to commit to these parks? (I assume it would be less than what is currently needed, or else those buyers would presumably have already offered to purchase them directly from Six Flags.) 3. What additions/removals will be needed to make those parks and their operating budgets more appealing for prospective buyers? Not to beat a dead horse, but as someone who thinks that Michigan's Adventure overexpanded years ago and that's why it doesn't get significant additions, I will be extremely curious to see if some rides disappear there or have further measures taken to reduce operating costs. RMC is comparatively cheap and they've already started replacing track on Shivering Timbers, so I look for the rest of the ride to get I-Box track but keep the same profile. Presumably something similar will happen with Wolverine Wildcat. I wonder what the future holds for Corkscrew, Thunderhawk, or Mad Mouse. Camille Jourden-Mark, whose father bought MA in the 1960's and who had been VP and GM of MA from 1988 till 2024's Six Flags corporate restructuring, has been replaced by Carson Weingart, who had previously been director of food and beverage at Cedar Point. Camille has been quoted as saying that Dick Kinzel told her after the purchase to "run the park as her own," so one could assume that the corporate team has largely been hands-off with MA for a significant amount of time. That being said, the Jourden family is, as I understand it, no longer involved in major decisions at MA for the first time in decades, so I wonder what happens now that people with presumably less of an emotional attachment to the park are calling the shots, especially if those people are incentivized to make the park seem more appealing to a new buyer.

Some new trademark applications by Enchanted Parks. (see attached image) EDIT: Found a trademark for Enchanted Parks Great Escape Lodge. This appears to be a park sale to Innovative Attraction Management and they are rebranding these parks and the parks in Old Forge, NY that they purchased in 2024 to the Enchanted Parks brand.

It could quite easily be reconfigured with the train station and path to have it wrap around to the front gate area, or have separate check in station for those with existing tickets to scan before entering the water park. Simplest solution would be to just eliminate the water park stop for the train and walking path all together and have all admissions off the parking lot entry. Maybe add some set pieces to hide the walking path (now only for employee use) a bit and add landscaping to disguise the station area, but keep it funtional in case ever needed again. I could see having it be included for GOLD passes but being a separate gate charge for day tickets and maybe an add-on for SILVER SUMMER passes. I think its time to do that honestly.

Is the site made by Intamin or something?...jk it just feels like every couple of days the site crashes lol

Too much skyline, or too much Panda Express?

As a hat collector, im hoping to see a Phantom Theater Opening Nightmare hat in the gift shops, if they hadn't already sold them yet. Also a nice Racer hat, The Bat, and Sol Spin hat would be nice to see. I was surprised to see a Flight of Fear hat this year, I would like to see more rides featured on KI hats.