Benjamin22
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34 minutes ago, FUN&ONLY! said:
That 80% of revenue figure is correct. I followed Cedar Fair’s conference call yesterday, and Brian Witherow conformed that statistic. For what it’s worth, Cedar Point, Kings Island, Canada’s Wonderland, and Knott’s Berry Farm all reported record performance last year.
I’m honestly guessing he misspoke and meant it was 80% EBITDA and not 80% revenue. When you look at this chart you can see the Big 4 probably make up 60-70% of revenue. Given the recent M&A I’d be very surprised if the Big 4 grew in revenue that much to make up 80%. Some of these people’s questions were worded poorly. (Note the graphs are from 2016). If those parks did account for 80% then they experienced some insane growth then.
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^ I didn’t say Canada’s wonderland was like Astroworld. I was referencing the fact that Six flags plan to sell Astroworld for land did not turn out so well given the fact they spent 20 million on demolition costs and only received 77 million for the land.
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^ Based off of what was said today Knotts Merry Farm & Canada’s wonderlands Winterfest events are profitable enough to justify opening. The company very much sounded open to hosting those events at those two parks.
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At the very least I’m expecting Canada’s wonderland to be open for Winterfest. As Fun&Only mentioned Canada’s wonderland is one of Cedar Fairs most important parks and brings in nearly the same amount of revenue as Kings Island. Also the land is not as valuable as you’re thinking as demolition costs alone would make it not viable to be sold for land. Let’s not forget what happened to Astroworld.
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1 hour ago, King Ding Dong said:
So if the parks are able to operate profitably at 15% attendance the profit margins at 50% capacity in “normal times” must be enormous, but they aren’t. What gives?
I don’t believe the company itself is profitable currently. The parks Individually maybe profitable however the corporate overhead costs are not being accounted for. Also minor nitpick but they’re currently at 20%-25% attendance (In park spending is also up around 5% however up-charge spending Is down aka fastlane)
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Based off of the Cedar Fair conference call the event is indeed family oriented however it does seem like the event will also be focusing on food offerings. Can’t wait to see more information.
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I’d like to see flatrides added to Oktoberfest, Rivertown or A72. I’d love to see more high thrill flat rides such as an S&S screamin swing or a Mondial Top Scan.
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3 hours ago, coaster sally said:
Intamin's Storm Runner up until this year has been running very consistently since 2004.
Correct me if I’m wrong but it can’t even open this year due to not having a part..... Intamin accelerator coasters are not what comes to mind when I think of reliable rollercoasters.
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50 minutes ago, IceePirate said:
On a side note, why does it seem that B&M is the only manufacturer that features a rattle? There's plenty of other older coasters that are just fine. Could it be that B&Ms supports aren't as good as they could be?
This is far from the truth. Plenty of coasters from other manufacturers have rattles / vibrations. Vortex for example had a noticeable vibration. I’m guessing B&M rattles are more noticeable due to how smooth and comfortable the restraints are. Also Clermont steel produces rollercoaster track just fine, the steel fabrication is likely not the issue.
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4 minutes ago, silver2005 said:
^^KD will lose spectacularly in a theming war with BGW.
To be fair Cedar Fair recently has been theming their attractions more and more. Weber group, who did theming for Copperhead strike frequently does work for SEAS, could maybe work with KD.
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There’s a photo of Freespin track on the KD parking lot, I’m not sure if the photo was taken on park property so I won’t be posting it here.
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4 minutes ago, Shaggy said:
I'm ready to volunteer to get on top of the awning over the Diamondback storage bay, as well as The Beast's final brake run, to sweep off all those hair/wrist bands. I mean, what the heck is that about? Why is it a thing? And why on earth have they been there for years and years?
Its like the "gum trees" that used to be in lines. There's no purpose and its unpleasant to look at.
Yeah it’d be nice if they get around to cleaning all that stuff off. I’m happy Orion won’t have that same problem.
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9 minutes ago, coaster sally said:
Probably schools are delayed from opening
I don’t think he’s going to delay school opens, he’s already left it up to districts to decide how they’re going to handle reopening. It’s likely a statewide mask mandate or certain counties are going to be put on lockdown.
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25 minutes ago, King Ding Dong said:
^ On the Meal Plan?
I believe it’s on the meal plan
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1 hour ago, coaster sally said:
-0.5 g's proves there is no strong airtime even on the speed hill. Rides like skyrush and el toro have moments of ‐2.0g's.
Out of all the giga coasters you’ve ridden which has -2.0g’s of airtime? Just because it’s not ejector airtime doesn’t mean the airtime isn’t good.
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Bit of a bump but one of the more Interesting names on the list was of course Ride Entertainment. While whatever plans for new attractions they had is most likely out the window the reason Ride entertainment was on the notice of commencement likely was due to this
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13 minutes ago, bjcolglazier said:
I'm not on team lock-people-up to stop the spread. I'm just not. I can tell you the daily number of deaths has been plummeting nationwide on a sharp downward line.
907 people died from covid yesterday, if 907 people died everyday for the next 6 months thats 160,000 lives lost. That’s not a number to just shrug off.
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26 minutes ago, dbackdreams said:
My friend went today and said Daimonbdack is rough is it
I thought Diamondback seemed to ride as it usually does, I personally don’t find it to be rough.
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Another weird waterpark placement is Hershey Park, it’s kind of the middle of the park.
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3 minutes ago, coaster sally said:
There is already a rattle of Orion. I have ridden in first two rows and the second row was more noticable.
Its a slight vibration on a 91 mph coaster... In almost every review for Orion people talk about how smooth the ride is, the rattle currently is not much of a problem imo (I personally haven't even noticed a rattle)
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I seriously doubt FoF is going anywhere anytime soon, they just rethemed a whole area based off of FoF, if they were going to remove it soon why theme a whole new area to it.
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14 minutes ago, Shawn Meyer said:
They have two RMC's?
There is a rumor they may get an RMC raptor in the near future, but it’s just speculation.
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Favorite - Diamondback, sentimental reasons
Least favorite - Xtreme Skyflyer, I think it’s a very ugly looking ride.
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My favorite memory at KI will probably always be riding Diamondback for the first time (which is what made me get over my fear of rollercoasters and become an enthusiast). I still remember how terrified I was when I saw the restraint was just a simple lap bar with no seatbelt. Going up that lift hill for the first time was absolutely terrifying for me due to how steep it was.
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Markers Placed by Old Columbia Rd.
in Rumors
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Kings Island has spent probably around 45 million dollars in park improvements in the past two years. I don’t think the park is going to be investing in large capital improvements for next year. I could see a small flat in Planet Snoopy or a new waterslide like Baconator said but I don’t think anything larger then that will come in 2021. Id love to be wrong though.