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Looks similar to the part that came off Top Thrill Dragster.

You should give Kentucky Kingdom a second chance. The park is doing a lot better under Herschend.

Hersheypark is reopening Candymonium after they did their inspections of the ride. Statement: “Candymonium plans to operate when Hersheypark opens to the public on Friday, October 16. Our thoughts remain with the guest’s family and everyone affected by Monday’s incident at Six Flags Over Georgia. Before making this decision, we had Candymonium thoroughly inspected. Our ride inspection team, which includes state-certified ride inspectors, and an independent external ride safety inspector each confirmed that the ride is operating as intended and that Candymonium remains safe to operate. We have also been in contact with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which oversees Amusement Park operations in the Commonwealth regarding our decision to operate the attraction. We also consulted with the ride’s manufacturer. Based on the information presently available, the manufacturer has not identified an engineering basis to recommend shutting down similarly designed coasters solely because of the incident in Georgia. Candymonium was custom-built to its own specifications, with multiple redundant safety systems, including a seatbelt at every seat in addition to the lap restraint. Safety is the foundation of everything we do, and we take that responsibility seriously.”

That was not a message from our Park president. It’s a message from Arlington:

Yep. And now the Cedar Fair executive group is basically gone. I’ve always been biased against Six Flags. And that’s just my own personal reasons… every time I tried Kentucky Kingdom it was a horrible experience. It was a small snapshot, but from the ride maintenance, to the absolute poor customer service… I just never felt like this merger was ever going to be a good idea. Cedar Fair was taken for suckers.

When the merger went down and when the questions were answered about why go with "Six Flags" due to "brand recognition" I considered it lipstick on a pig. When the X2 story broke a few months ago and finding out knowledge issue goes back YEARS and combined with the company downturn in value the thought did enter my mind that "Six Flags" was used to fail and "Cedar Fair" could come back and rebrand the company. Now- even worse news with the fatality that isn't going anywhere -especially with new information coming out that a kid had similar restraint locking issue on Goliath earlier in the day (obviously we don't know what seat). Unfortunately these stories are going to continue. Most of us here can decipher a park issue vs. guest issue but to the majority of the public- they don't care. Put up or shut up. We know lack of staffing is why Gemini is closed on Fridays during Halloweekends. Does the once-a-year guest know that or care? No. The see a large coaster not operating and other coasters with 90 minute wait times. Granted- it's a "conspiracy theory" type thought and does do not answer the question about making poor business decisions up till now and obviously a name change will mean squat until leadership changes or long term goals change. Sorry for the rant. I just never felt good about SF even before the merger and with each passing incident/ story etc. my desire to hear "Cedar Fair" grows.

Seat belts alone aren’t going to save lives when the geriatric, corporate board of executives are more concerned with lining their pockets than they’re are with guest safety. This merger is starting to reveal itself as an abhorrent example of predatory capitalism that’s resulting in injury and death. Disgusting however you look at it. I’m embarrassed for the park and myself for being a member.

Blondy, blessing your thread with memes during this trying time in Kings Island's history.

I don't think that is possible for legacy CF executives to buy the parks. With debt, those parks would likely command billions. They don't have the resources and debt capacity in my opinion. My opinion is that either the entire thing ( besides some continued non core assets) will be sold off to PE, or they will file bankruptcy and keep the money makers and cast the rest into a different operator as a fire sale or close parks. If meta, Google, anthropomorphic etc would offer SF an insane amount of money for kings Dominion for a data center, with it being tucked away and having plenty of electrical capacity it could be a possibility. If offered enough, carowinds could be sold for industrial and retail.

Or we see a new chain formed like what we saw with Enchanted that picks up both Kings Parks, Carowinds, Fiesta Texas, Dorney, and a few other parks. OR we could see some legacy CF people step in and try to buy all the legacy CF parks back that weren't sold to Enchanted.

Oh I should clarify I’ve since returned after Six Flags left. Yes, it’s leaps and bounds better. They’re operating within their scale and they’re focusing on families (that’s where the true money is made, not extreme rides in my opinion).

Full message: https://www.sixflags.com/kingsisland/park-update?fbclid=IwdGRjcAU_LAVjbGNrBT8rzmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHBkb2YBc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEewOckdmPgEf9K1Io1vJ2BUNfxaX9vPs4h5tJJ26tMzcK-E0t3cGu4ngnFVvQ_aem_l5_O0_jBopSNAOrOzKZnng Source: https://x.com/KingsIslandPR/status/2111123541168910511

I believe keeping any Six Flags execs around post merger was a serious mistake. The entire company leadership seemed to be incompetent at best.

Anyone interested in organizing a peaceful protest to try and urge a sale of Kings Island/the company? I know it's unlikely to result in anything, but at least we can attempt to make our voices heard.

I doubt the Six Flags corporation is done. Maybe they re-brand as the Cedar Fair corporation and address the safety issues from there.

Funny you mentioned airplanes. My wife is absolutely terrified of them because naturally when an accident happens its major news. So we never, ever fly anywhere. It's always drive, no matter the distance. And yeah, from what I'm seeing the corporation is doing a pretty poor job of at least attempting to do damage control with all these news outlets. I think I saw that same ranking on Facebook that you're talking about... Wasn't it provided by a law firm that specializes in amusement park lawsuits? Makes me wonder if the end game is to just eliminate theme parks all together... of course there goes their job security!

Exactly. Every ride death has been attributed to human error - either guest error, design error, ride op error, or maintenance error. The media is running rampant with articles about amusement park deaths and ranking parks based on number of deaths and the list goes on and on and on. If all that negativity is not countered with facts that people can relate to, then panic wins and people quit going to amusement parks and the industry fades away. Actually I am shocked there haven't been more posts here or elsewhere on social media pointing out the overall safety record. I think that graphic I posted is the only mention in this forum about the accident rates. I know I haven't seen many posts elsewhere about the overall industry safety record. It is no different than when an airplane crashes and people point out that airplane travel is safer than automobile travel.

They are safer than cars, what’s there to be aggravated about? Also, human decision error will always be a factor as long as a humans have some level of input, that’s with most things in life. It is more harmful to incite panic than it is to speak facts. As people have pointed out theme parks are, for the most part, incredibly safe.

Of the three parks that have been heavily rumored for AF1, I think Carowinds makes the most sense. It's the closest park to the Atlanta area, and it's in the same region as Six Flags Over Georgia. When I went to Six Flags Over Georgia back in July, I noticed that they specifically highlighted Carowinds being included with the Gold Season Pass. If they were to build AF1 in that area where the south gate is at Carowinds, it would also give the park a reason to expand their Aeronautica Landing section to include both Afterburn and AF1.

I miss the meet & greets with the Hanna-Barbera characters and especially the Hanna-Barbera carousel! 🎠