SonofBaconator

The Racer helped get KI started: The Beast helped KI grow

I don’t know about the sign but I know vulture is in storage.

Well^ I’m not trying to be conspiracy theorist here but…. With this announcement, the kids area is going to be nearly perfectly split into 2 halves. I know the Camp Snoopy theme ties into the Apple TV show and we also see this with Knott’s, but here’s my question: Why not go all the way with it? It could simply be a budget thing to just update the back part of the kids area but for some reason this reminds of of what Paramount did in the 90s…but in reverse. In the 90s the back part of Hanna Barbera Land became Nickelodeon with both sections coexisting up until the Nickelodeon Universe rebrand. With the upcoming merger of FUN and SIX, could the park be leaving the front part of the kids area open for a rebrand? Could we see “Bugs Bunny Boomtown” or “DC Superfriends” take over the “old” Planet Snoopy? Could we see Woodstock Express and Boo Blasters return to Scooby Doo IP? If they overhauled the whole kids section I wouldn’t even bring this up, but the fact that they split the kids area into two halves leaves the possibility open for the the “older” section to be considered for a rebrand that doesn’t involve Peanuts LLC.

Not to be critical at all but how much longer until companies quit using the pandemic as the reason to cut budgets? I acknowledge that during the pandemic and the years following there was a huge financial struggle across the board but are we going to be hearing pandemic well into 2030?

I’m sure there are a few parks SEAS wouldn’t mind acquiring from either FUN or SIX.

I wonder if they changed RFYLCB due to people not knowing about the 1970s film and making negative assumptions.

I’ll start. Aside from International Restaurant, the second floors of the buildings along International Street can’t accommodate people in a hospitality capacity. If there was one thing I wish they had some foresight on, it would be the potential revenue they could’ve earned by making the second stories of I-Street fully accessible for parties or special events like they do for International Restaurant.

Backlot. Remove all the city theming and plant grass and some trees. I don’t care what it’s themed too as long at the Hollywood stuff goes away.

I honestly still think a 150-200ft tower complex would be a cool addition.

I’m just worried about attractions down the road. Are CF parks going to get Larson Loops, and other six flags esque installs?

I know you’re going to get budget cuts with mergers across the board but I hope this isn’t the theme of the new company for the rest of the decade.

Coincidence?

So any updates on Camp Snoopy? Photos, videos, any sort of update from the park?

Big Thunder Mountain

Tire propulsion?

So in order to have an opinion and criticize someone, you have to have applied for their position in the past?…. By that logic, I can’t criticize a Bengals wide receiver for dropping a pass because I never tried out for the team. I can’t make a complaint about a meal I ordered at a restaurant because I’m not the chef. I can’t criticize a politician because I never ran for office. I could go on. Maybe if you want people to not criticize you, don’t do things that would warrant criticism.

For some reason I always wish they expanded on Adventure Express’s layout if they do decide to keep it around in the next 10/20 years.

Loch Ness Monster is getting some major attention with BGW choosing to preserve the ride by retracking it. That being said, could this be a sign of hope for all existing Arrows across the globe? Let me be clear, parks are going to make decisions based off of a number of factors such as ride popularity, maintenance, etc, so of course it’s not likely that every current Arrow is going to last for decades to come….but still, it does make you think.

Ironic choice of words since they were manufactured my Crown Metal Products

https://cpfoodblog.com/good-any-day-fast-lane/ CP Foodblog is the only park page I pay attention to anymore so I’m sure there are more links out there.

Q4 for amusement parks can be a hit or miss in my opinion depending on the region they’re in. For example, you can’t keep CP or MA open in November/December.

https://cpfoodblog.com/good-any-day-fast-lane/?fbclid=IwAR3w4d_CP1JnU9nDznwG0xzMRJWlXsFNkTYA5xBXLeH8Q30ahN6PZCTIm3E_aem_ASz70N9vgRpw1J1pXOVRawpgCYvnCHZ5MkYkkfC7HbJbsq4gTGXg_d-lB4FLm9MXp2E#google_vignette This is a good idea.

I read somewhere that when the original raptors were $2-$3 mil so I’m honestly sure any big chain would rather just build a new one as opposed to cutting up and relocating one while risking further maintenance costs.

In all honesty, RMC is a good talking point. Since 2018, CF has not worked with RMC and with the chains combining you now have almost 15 of them. I wonder how Cedar Fair’s safety standards will affect the current Six Flags RMCs. I also wonder if the difference in trains will play a factor since all but two of the Six Flags parks that have hybrids utilize 1st gen RMC trains (both Texas parks have Gerstlauer) while the CF hybrids feature 2nd gen swing axel trains.

Here’s my thought process. CF and SEAS adding a small amount of RMCs was a testing ground for their other parks. CF took it a step further by adding 3 different types of RMCs in the same year: a hybrid hyper, a traditional hybrid, and a single rail. Had RMC been able to deliver reliable attractions, I’d have no doubt you’d see more of them across both chains. It doesn’t surprise me that SEAS is going with B&M and I’ll be interested to see what Cedar Flags will do considering the merger resulted in the addition of more RMCs that the whole chain is going to have to do maintenance on over the years.