RailRider Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 $12??? Are you kidding me? Pricing integrity has gone out the window, soon to be followed by bare minimum park staffing, reactive maintenance and up keep. I wonder if FoxNews would like to team up with SEAS and do a BlackFish 2 documentary or CNN might want to tell the other side of the story. Ohh wait SEAS was given that offer and refused. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 14, 2014 Author Share Posted November 14, 2014 Next up--anyone in middle management up will be sending out resumes and trying desperately to get out before they become a part of the $50,000,000 annual savings. A great theme park chain is being ripped asunder. Hopefully, the sale is soon. If not, irreparable harm may result. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricsun Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 My oldest nieces and I went to Busch Gardens Tampa almost two years ago and had a great time. I was hoping to convince them to go again when I visit in May. It will be interesting to see how these cuts change the guest experience. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 And now, a hedge fund is leaking to a New York newspaper that it may bail: SeaWorld Stock Down 50% In 2014: http://nypost.com/2014/11/16/seaworld-stock-sinks-50-in-2014/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=NYP%20180%20Day%20Openers%20and%2030%20Day%20Signups&utm_campaign=NY%2520Post%2520Newsletter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Wykoff Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Interesting. Cheap park assets may be coming to market. Sooner rather than later. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Darn. My first thought is to the animals- will they get top care? I wanted the park to thrive in spite of its bad decisions so the animals wouldn't do without. What will happen to them? I don't want them turned out to sea. That would be like setting my ten year old Scottie out in farmland to fend for himself. What plans have been made for them? Why in God's Pink Hell did they allow PETA so many shares? They did drop the ball in not addressing Blackfish, which is back on Netflix, by the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Shares are available on the open market. Anyone can buy them. As to the animals, any new owner would decide that. For now, current management remains. No management change appears imminent, but that can change on a dime...or a billion, a hostile takeover, a bankruptcy, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I'd hope the families wouldn't be split up. What will happen to the sea rescue program, I wonder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Could this be a blessing in disguise? Maybe the parks in their current state go ka-blooey, but maybe a reorganised, better run, with even better animal care will emerge from this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Cheap park assets may be coming to market. Sooner rather than later. Or expensive park assets. Some companies choose to sell assets that can fetch top dollar immediately, focusing resources on turning their riskier investments around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanna Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 PETA's protest this year about the Macy's float involves getting naked, painting themselves black and white, and piling into a bathtub in front of Macy's. Is taking off their clothes all these people know to do? How are they going to keep warm until they get to Macy's, wear the furs of all the shelter animals they've killed with their "no kill shale tear policy? They brain is divided in two for a reason, so we can have both empathy AND reason. These PETA persons rely solely on their emotional outrage. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Highly recommended: Saving SeaWorld: http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-20/facing-blackfish-backlash-seaworld-tries-to-save-itself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Great article and offers some interesting insights. I had to read the following sentence multiple times, How we care for those animals may make me feel good morally, but that is also my fiduciary responsibility. Cash SeaCow? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I know we like to emphasize silence from any given park around here, but has anyone noticed that Busch Gardens Williamsburg has hardly promoted their new coaster? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted December 3, 2014 Share Posted December 3, 2014 I have, yes. There's speculation on some BGW fan sites that the lack of promotion is due to a last-minute theme change. I'm not sure if I buy that or not--I would think the amount of theming that's gone into Busch Gardens' most recent additions wouldn't be something you could change within a year of the ride opening. If that is the case, then I think it says a lot about how much theming to expect out of the ride and out of SEAS at this point. But I'm still chalking that rumor up to wishful thinking. Why the park hasn't said anything at ALL, regardless of theme, about the ride continues to confuse me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faeriewench Posted December 4, 2014 Share Posted December 4, 2014 including the 2010 death of popular San Diego SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau Uhh...someone needs to practice better fact checking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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