The Interpreter

Now, now, Mr. Stupendous. Those who truly love a place see not only its pluses and grand things, but also its shortcomings and places where there is room for improvement. The park no doubt appreciates honest, sincere assessments, not just fanboy fawnings....The former is of use, the latter is syrupy pablum which soon grows tiresome.

Jasper like rainbow slides and Smurfs with family and friends!

Er, no. CBS Corporation is leasing the land in exchange for a 16 percent interest: http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2006/c...ary06031603.htm So, 16 percent of the profits from that lodge go directly to CBS...

That would be another reason for a Gold Star: Barr none!

Let me say this about that. If any park chain can fix Son of Beast, it's Paramount. And I sure do hope they get this done before any sale. I can just imagine what Cedar Fair would do that thing. Actually, I'd rather not. Hercules or Mean Streak, either way, it's not good news. Paramount can make it right and may very well do just that. Others, I doubt would.

Having ridden a Robocoaster several times over the years at IAAPA, I feel I can say this. They are a lot less fun than they look. Or at least so I thought. I'd rather ride a really great woodie or conventional steel coaster any day.

I take it comments about last hills on The Racer and The Flying Eagles aren't really what you were looking for, right?

The new Six Flags is probably more interested in saying that Six Flags Great Adventure has the grandest and best kids area in the United States, Bugs Bunny National Park. I don't think you will see Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Snyder striving for coaster records. At least for a while. But they do refer to El Toro as having a "beastly finale." It's in the original press release.

I think it can fairly be said that without Mr. Disney's unrest, Mr. Eisner would still be safely ensconced. (defined: safely in place, comfortable). Mr. Disney was an irritant to Mr. Eisner, and gradually wore him down and won others to his cause. And his public withdrawal from his campaign to drive out Eisner did not necessarily mean that he was no longer still working to get him out. He was. No, it wasn't the only reason. But it was almost certainly a reason that without which, Mr. Eisner would have survived to keep doing what was he doing to Disney.

It'd be very smart, in my opinion, to also have a Gold Star. . .

And yet, Mr. Disney was successful in getting Mr. Eisner gone....

Actually, in many companies the selling company's stockholders would have to vote...but not here. CBS Corporation is controlled by Sumner Redstone, who has majority control of the company. My comment about Cedar Fair had to do with the fact that that company is set up as a limited partnership...in that type of arrangement, common stockholders share in the profits, but not the operations of the company.

First, RailRider knows wood coasters! But, the Six Flags we knew is GONE. How the new Six Flags will maintain rides is simply not known. And the correct comparisons for El Toro are not in this country. This is a prefabricated coaster, built with INTAMIN Plug N Play track. As such, Colossos and Balder are the comparisons: http://www.rcdb.com/installationresult.htm...r=1,2&model=191

Cedar Fair is a limited partnership. Common stock owners have virtually NO say in the operation of the company. Only the limited partners would get to vote on any acquisition, not the common stockholders.

Excuse me, but where is this airtime you see 100 feet in the air? El Toro will have airtime, but it will NOT be 100 feet in the air..that'd cost more money than Six Flags had under old management...and new management might not have built it at all. This coaster has drops that go to the ground. I have NO idea what you are talking about. Or better yet, where is the airtime AT ALL on Son of Beast? And SFGAd has its B and M's. Medusa. Nitro. Batman. Where is PKI's? Hmmmmmmm. In the entire chain, I know of Top Gun at PGA (Grand!), Top Gun at Carowinds (even more grand) and Vortex at PCWi and PGA. At PCWo, PKD or PKI? Nada.

It really doesn't matter how WE deal with it. It matters how little kids and parents deal with it. I suspect they will love it. In which case, don't be expecting major investments in the short term future if minor investments get the same, or even better, returns. I am SURE NU will pay for itself a LOT more quickly than, say, Son of Beast.

Nopers. Camden got ITS Kite Flyer several seasons ago.

Carnival rides? Nah. It's major rides. Pictures, row 2, picture 1...See? http://www.camdenpark.com/major_rides.html

The pizza I saw was at Wings. Ninety degree angles? NO WAY. Try more like 45 degree angles, as in 8 slices to the pie. Ninety degrees would be 4 slices to the pie. No way. I will say this. The pizza was very good! (At CBS Cafe, the pizza was burned, both days I was there. It was much better at Wings) Games may well have been three dollars last year. I know many are five at some parks. I date to the fifty cents days! In any event, food prices are higher at Paramount's Carowinds than they are MOST places at Disney. And they are even higher still at Six Flags Over Georgia. At least PCWi food is good. That's more than I can say about any place at SFOG except Panda. And the Subway IS gone. I never said the building was, just the business.

I would bet any sum of money that there are fewer than 50 people who know the details of what is going on with this sale. The ones who do are lawyers, board members of any acquiring company, investment bankers and government regulators. I would be shocked if ANY of them reads this board. I would be even more shocked, as would the Securities and Exchange Commission, if any of them posts anything about the sale here. Doing so would be a serious violation of the disclosure portions of securities law. Not something to be sneezed at. Ask Martha. Martha who? Stewart. Then again, they didn't get her for violating securities law...they got her for lying to the FBI when they came to call to ask her about alleged violations!

Six Flags Great Adventure. Jackson, New Jersey. And no, it ain't Magic Mountain. Nor is it Marine World.

Hurler was running better than it has for years!

The press release: http://www.rcdb.com/document189.htm The stats from rcdb: http://www.rcdb.com/id3183.htm Son of Beast is taller and faster. El Toro has the steepest drop of ANY wooden coaster.

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On the net, Carowinds tickets are $36.99....$33.99 if purchased three days in advance. Children and senior tickets are less. There were signs everywhere advertising WinterFest tickets for sale now at $9.99, limited time offer. And on May 21, Platinum season passes will no longer be sold this season.