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I would like to see an S&S Screamin' Swing in the Invertigo space if it is, in fact, removed.

I would like to point out that I believed the new attraction was going to be a replacement for Boo Blasters and was correct. I also honestly believe Looney Tunes will be coming in, while Peanuts will be out. I don't believe that the license will be renewed at the end of the 2025 season.

The chain, as a whole, needs to focus on guest experience and operations. Seems to me that this has taken a back seat, chain wide. Kings Island seems to be more along the lines of the exception, but even they aren't what they used to be. Now, I have not lost hope with the merger. I knew that they would experience some growing pains. Zimmerman was just not a good choice. As others have mentioned, they need someone similar to Matt Ouimet to step into that leadership position. I still think we won't know the actual results of the merger for 5 years. However, we can take notice of when the chain is being moved in the right direction.

I would just like to add that opinions on the Six Flags/Cedar Fair merger are going exactly as I had predicted. Many opinions are doom and gloom while I maintained that it would be 5 years minimum before you would see the actual results of said merger. I told my son that it would take less than a year for the complaints to start rolling in and here we are.

Which one is more delusional...for Phantom Theater to make a return or for the older crowd wishing it was Enchanted Voyage making a comeback?

My son and I went on a trip to Kennywood and Hersheypark the 1st week of June. We left early Tuesday, the 2nd, and arrived by opening at Kennywood. This was our 1st trip ever to Kennywood. I do like the location and size of the park. It's not as big as say Kings Island or Cedar Point, but not real small either. We immediately went to Steel Curtain, even though it was located at the back of the park. It was the one I was looking forward to most. The line was fairly short and we only waited 15-20 minutes. Steel Curtain is by far the best coaster at Kennywood, in our opinion. My only issue with it is I'm an Eagles fan and the logos made me want to barf. It seems the issues with the supports has been fixed and seems to be running consistently. We rode every coaster except Exterminator. I had considered it, but it's not easily visible from the midway and I kind of forgot about it. Jack Rabbit is by far my favorite wooden coaster that they have. The double down is really cool and the 1st time I experienced that. We visited a gift shop nearby, and my son picked up a piece of the Jack Rabbit that was being sold there. Pretty cool at a cost of $50, which I thought wasn't too expensive. Phantom's Revenge was really nice, up until after the 2nd drop. Then it turned into a very painful to ride Arrow. Thunderbolt was pretty cool with the old trains that they use, but I found that one to be pretty rough as well. Sky Rocket was a really good launch coaster, even though it doesn't have much in the way of capacity. Racer was a good coaster. Thought it was cool that it's one of the last mobius coasters in existence. I talked him into riding the Turtle, so that he could experience the ride I loved when I was very young...Kings Island's Tumble Bug. He thought it was cool. Overall, we did enjoy Kennywood, although we did leave before park closing. I was bored after riding most of the coasters more than once. We did ride Steel Curtain 5 times. We stayed at a hotel in Pittsburgh that was really nice. Last time I hit 2 parks, I didn't schedule a day in between, which I did do this time. On Wednesday, we drove over to the Days Inn Hershey (where we stayed in 2019) and checked in. The only thing I did not enjoy about the Days Inn was that they no longer offer shuttle service to the park. We did enjoy the indoor pool and hot tub before going to Hersheypark for a couple of hours. If you don't know, if you present your ticket at the gate and you stay at one of their approved hotels, you can enter the park for a couple of hours. We went in at 5, since the park closed at 7. Even though it was pretty far from the front gate, we went almost all the way to the back of the park to ride Wildcat's Revenge. 2019 was the year that this coaster closed. I have to say, after having been on Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, Wildcat's Revenge is now my favorite. I mostly like Steel Vengeance, except for the few moments that I get slammed into the lap bar. I did not get that with Wildcat. The one thing SV has over WCR, is traveling on the wrong side of that hill. We rode Wildcat twice that evening while getting a lap on Lightning Racers and Farenheit (we did not ride Farenheit the next day. Line was always long and it's terrible a capacity). The following day, we arrived at park opening and went straight for their latest coaster installation, Candymonium. From a distance, it looks like your standard cookie-cutter B&M hyper. It was a pretty good one though, that packed a pretty good punch. It seems they have a wave turn similar to Orion, but it's not nearly as fun and not sustained as long. We pretty much rode all of their other coasters, except for Great Bear. Great Bear is by far my least favorite invert. We did manage to ride Twizzlers Twisted Gravity. I've only been on Skyhawk at Cedar Point. I didn't really notice that this is the largest S&S swing to date. However, I did like the location. It is fairly near Skyhawk and Comet. If you haven't been, I would highly recommend Hersheypark. I had a Nathan's Famous Hotdog for late lunch and it was the best hotdog I've had to date.

I understand what you mean, but I have not seen any reports that any welding has gone on.

If it's a crack in a support, I would presume the ride would be closed longer than a few days. Fury was closed like over a month.

Well, I guess we shall see. If, in fact, the reason the Crypt building has been emptied out is for a new family attraction, then I am all for that. Out of curiosity, does anyone know the dimensions of this building? That would kind of narrow down the possibilities of what could be added.

I am of the opinion that the new family attraction winds up in the Boo Blasters building. That ride hasn't been overhauled in ages. What, since 2010?

Try having Michigan's Adventure as your home park and then get back to me.

And strictly for entertainment purposes only, it could be named as if it is part of The Beast family...

I notice several differences. Seems they should have stuck with this design, although with the subpar making of this coaster, it likely wouldn't have mattered anyway.

I do have a bucket list for amusement parks and I have visited quite a few of them since 2019. Up for this year is Six Flags Over Georgia.

I also believe AZ becomes DCU within the next couple of seasons. Why wouldn't they use a highly popular IP that they already own? AZ theming doesn't even make sense any longer.

I rode Anaconda 2 years ago and I did not find it to be a fun coaster at all. The dive under the lake was cool, but beyond that I was not impressed. Although I am dismayed that the recent trend is to not make any announcement on ride closures. I figured with CF management being in control, it would not be a thing.

I wouldn't mind a Snoopy Space family friendly dark ride in that area. I'm sure they can come up with something really cool in that building. I would also like to see a re-theme of this ride since it's been a very long time since we've had one. I would very much like a new coaster in the old Vortex spot, but I would be pleased if we received a new indoor ride.

I agree about no notice for ride closures. They did the same thing with Kingda Ka. I never got to experience it and was hoping to make the trek there some day. I still want to go. I was just surprised that there was no announcement about the ride closing for good.

I truly don't feel like the 2026 project will be in Vortex's old spot. I know nothing of what or where, but that's just my gut feeling on it. I could definitely be wrong.

I am also in the camp of a family thrill attraction going in to the Boo Blasters on Boo Hill building. I'm pretty sure it's been far longer for something new there as opposed to the old Vortex plot of land. It's entirely possible that 2027, we will receive a coaster in that area.

I am going to express some disappointment in the closure of KK. As we have seen previously, an announcement was made so that guests could get one last ride and this was not done. I would not have made a special trip to ride on it, but I'm betting there would have been several of their loyal guests that would have done so, similarly to what happened with The Vortex.

Apparently I was mistaken about Kingda Ka. It is definitely being removed. Now why Zumanjaro wasn't mentioned is not clear to me. I am hopeful that Intamin will make a return to the Cedar Fair side of this Six Flags chain one day. It seems their reliability issue is not as bad as once was. The other big sticking point was how they kind of blew off safety concerns after what happened at Cedar Point. I understand that building attractions is an international business, but I would think not having one of the largest regional chains purchasing your rides would have to be a huge oversight. I would be making extra effort to bring them back into a business relationship.

Six Flags Investments Some notable items for 2026: Carowinds will introduce a record-breaking water ride Canada’s Wonderland will add a new record-breaking water attraction King's Island will introduce a new family thrill attraction Knott’s Soak City will receive a water park refresh and aesthetic enhancements Six Flags Magic Mountain will debut a first-of-its-kind coaster in North America Six Flags Great America will celebrate its 50th anniversary, debuting a new kids’ area, commemorative events and park enhancements Six Flags Great Adventure will unveil a record-breaking launch coaster Six Flags Over Texas will unleash a record-breaking dive coaster Six Flags Mexico will introduce a family thrill boomerang coaster So, as far as Kingda Ka, I have noticed that there is no mention of the removal of Zumanjaro. Now, that could mean it will still be announced or, it could also mean that it will also be a re-imagining similar to TT2. However, there's no saying that Zamperla would be the one to do so. Other manufacturers presented bids for TT2 as well, including Intamin. My wish is for Intamin to handle it and if successful, being re-considered for future attractions in the chain.

And that is purely speculation on your part, with no evidence to back your claim.

This coaster is not being built as some sort of appeasement for TT2. From what I understand, the hotels have been full and the park has been busy despite it being closed. Does anyone seriously think Cedar Point thought oh no! A few people on an online message board are upset about TT2, we better pull a new coaster out our you know where to make them happy!