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From a 30,000 foot view and without digging deeper, SeaWorld's, ahem, United Parks & Resorts balance sheet is not all that leveraged. Presuming that these Parque Reunidos parks are parks are generating cash flow/income or United Parks & Resorts feel they can make these parks profitable, the...

2023: Matugani - Lost Island Zambezi Zinger - Worlds of Fun Wild Mouse - Cedar Point ArieForce One - Fun Spot Atlanta ---------- Rode within 12 months of opening but not in the opening year: Pipeline - SeaWorld Orlando - January of 2024. Artic Rescue - SeaWorld San Diego - April of 2024. Had...

I could be talking out of my rear but here it goes... Cedar Fair (now Six Flags) is a publicly traded company with a duty to provide returns to its shareholders. It is not going to "cut ties" with a manufacturer because the manufacturer's coasters that pushed the envelope at Cedar Fair's...

To be clear, voting records are anonymous (as far as I know) but party affiliation is not. But, party affiliation is really meaningless as one could flip back and fourth with relative ease in order to alter primary elections. For instance, my state is conservative/Republican dominated state...

It appears he's fine. https://x.com/margbrennan/status/1812254899671052480?s=46&t=Fcopc9n_5i_WiYfwhQbnqg And regarding your clarity qualifier, I know/knew. You seem to be a lot calmer and measured than me which I'm jealous of, haha!

It appears that there was an assassination attempt on Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania tonight.

I am aware of Sotomayor's dissent. But its problem is that it ignores the limits of the majority's analysis. Chief Justice Roberts, "As for the dissents, they strike a tone of chilling doom that is wholly disproportionate to what the Court actually does today" The implications of this...

No you couldn't. You're just either reading the nonsensical dissent or some narrative of the nonsensical dissent and running with it. It's fear mongering and you're taking it hook, line and sinker.

Six Flags has reduced some operations but by the start of Q2 of this year, the transaction had been fully underwritten so there would be no need for Six Flags to improve its bottomline for purposes of the merger. As long as its Q1 & early Q2 earnings weren't a disaster case scenario, the...

I think this is tongue in cheek but Cedar Fair parks aren't going to add the Six Flags "courtesy title" to existing parks name. The main question I have is what parks, if any, are going to be sold. I know the company wants to further delever its balance sheet and I could see some less...

If it makes your heart break less, I thought Skyrush was a gem for the reasons you mentioned when I rode it on June 18. These were all back row wing seat rides, 2x on left wing and 1x on right wing. I have heard that the new restraints have neutered the ride to an extent but I quiver to think...

I had been waiting to post on this until my most recent trip was complete as I added a lot of Intamin's. 24 Intamin's in total. Coaster Park Date 1st Ridden Maverick Cedar Point 6/16/2022 Millennium Force Cedar Point 6/17/2022 Steel Venom ValleyFair! 6/16/2023 Matugani Lost Island...

I just got home from my trip yesterday and including the coasters above I notched 69 new credits from the following parks: Six Flags America Kings Dominion Busch Gardens Williamsburg Hersheypark Dorney Park Knoebels Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags New England ... I screwed up and was...

208 - Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion Holy cow! I had high expectations and was still blown away. Positive Gs rarely get to me but I started to feel my vision deteriorating towards the end of that first 270 degree turn. Then airtime and snappy transitions, oh the snappy transitions! 10/10...

That if Intamin did submit a bid on the project, I think that it would've been a swing launch similar to the Zamperla's TT2. But there is a chance that Intamin could've opted for a more forceful LSM launch that tried to get over the top hat on a single launch similar to the design of Red Force...

To your first bolded point, I would be shocked if Cedar Fair did not send a RFP to Intamin. Cedar Fair is a publicly traded company with a duty to maximize returns to its shareholders and given what Intamin has done over the past decade, one cannot deny the quality of work it has delivered. If...

I was not a fan of choosing Zamperla for the TTD/TT2 makeover but am I the only one that thinks Cedar Point's continued name dropping of Zamperla in its Tweets is immature and unprofessional? I think saying simply "We are continuing to work on..." would be enough. I get that the closing isn't...

Amusement parks/chains aren't reducing CAPEX, at least in North America. Herschend opened Big Bear Mountain last year and Fire in the Hole this year. BBM was probably a >$20 million investment and FitH was reportedly a $30 million investment... not small investments. Cedar Fair had $220...

Queuing for any material amount of time is a non-starter for me. I will almost always "happily" spring for a skip the line pass. The closest park to me is about a two and a half hour drive or five hours round trip. And that is the fastest way to access the park. I also often travel by...

It is hard to do these high speed, high heights projects but Intamin has proven it can done right with Red Force that opened 7 years ago. Zamperla hasn't even proven it can do a coaster at half the scale of TT2s speed or height. The fact that Cedar Fair chose Zamperla almost certainly had to...