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It's almost like, and hear me out, casting some chains as "the impossibly good ones" and others as "the irredeemably foolish ones" was never the appropriate lens for enthusiasts to view the industry through. Not least because the largest "irredeemably foolish one" is, at the moment, operated by a large majority of people from a former "impossibly good one." Theme park chains don't operate how y'all play RollerCoaster Tycoon. Anyway, back to your regularly scheduled "[park with slow ROIs] deserves a new coaster."

M&M's!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DPgd0V5k_bZ/?igsh=Zm5id3FybDU1MHNi Looks like there's some painting on the pad now?

You are correct sorry if I worded that poorly - I meant that family owned parks close for reasons other than corporate greed or profit driven decisions. ZDTs wasn't a victim of a large cooperation it was simply another factor such as the family wanting to retire and not finding a buyer. Some family parks can't survive hard financial times or other things happen like big competition moves in etc. My comment was only to encourage folks to value and visit their mid size and family owned parks because they might not be there 10-25 years down the road

Looks like AI nonsense quickly thrown together in hopes of getting investors. Would love to be wrong, but nothing about that website screams specifics or invites confidence.

It depends on the configuration of the speed of the conveyor and how many buggies return to the ride. buggies: Right now we have seen photos of all the buggies from Boo Blasters moved to a new spot at TimberWolf. This leads me to one of two thoughts. I don’t believe they will be trashing them based on the concept art buggies looking the same with new colors. So second option, they are getting ready for modification work. Additionally I don’t see the park shelling out for 30 additional vehicles to return it to its previous capacity. Sorry, but I think they are gone forever. ride speed: Not sure what the speed is at the moment but from my time working at SDATHC I do recall the turntable/ride speed has 2 speeds. Speed 1 is normal ride, and 2 is super slow. In some cases the ride would stop if a delay in the station occurs. I hope KI figures a way to allow the seamless transition on and off the turntable platform that eliminates the overcrowding at the exit point and quicker loading to prevent turntable stops. These two factors make me believe we’re looking at a full indoor queue always at 45+ wait on most days. With FL I imagine the normal queue will reach 90+ minutes most summer days. I really would love to see KI extend the outdoor queue section. Also don’t underestimate indoor AC popularity.

The line will certainly be twice as long thanks to Paramount massacring the capacity by removing every other ride vehicle. All of that for Phantom to make a comeback. Ha.

So maybe we actually don't want hershlend purchasing additional parks? Just think it's ironic that the company everyone praised to the sky is doing the same thing six flags is. What it comes down to is that any of these big corporation chains are not afraid to close parks they don't feel represents their goals. It always comes down to money. I'm not saying that independent ownership is always 100% fail proof as we've seen plenty of small independent parks close over the years but at least most family owners do care about their parks and fight for them till the very end. I love Herschend and think they have done a lot of good for some of their parks but it always makes me worried when we start to see closures like this. Maybe it is also a testament to the economy and that some people just don't go to smaller parks anymore

Yall realize that sign isn't new right? It was just finally fixed to work like it used to. Sent from my SM-S936U using Tapatalk