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Two words: Cinnamon bread! I was so happy to read this news. If they can bring all of these parks up to Dollywood levels, that would be amazing.

Iron Wolf should be going to the scrap heap.

That's a cute spin on things.

Either way, they must be interlocking LOL.

Dueling Larson Loopers.

This sounds positive but I wonder what they can do to save Castle Park, in Riverside, California? Does Herschend have enough money to fix Palace in enirety or will they sell parks to find changes for the top parks?

continued. . . LOL. .this pic was clearly taken before we left the station on Antelope. . we look so happy compared to the onride for some reason - didn't seem to fit with the *idea* of the crowd for the park - they had a pretty great inhouse built Haunted Mansion walkthru continuing on to the right side of the park - which again, was much bigger than I had first thought, there was a smaller section called "Gully's Gears" which had a small steel coaster that was themed to drag racing (tho was still basically a wacky worm or roller skater). I believe there was also a swing ride in this section - that for some reason i have NO pictures of in this area. The pics must be mixed up and in another file. I'll post em later if I can find them. and then you get to the largest area of the park - a huge section themed to Africa/ Jurassic Park / Lost World. this circular maze was interesting. and this appeared to be a small boat ride that was down for refurb (tho luckily the flume ride close by to it was open) there was Mini Golf over here too with tons of animal sculptures and a shooting dark ride. and then suddenly? no more Africa, but lots of Dinosaurs! whee! we were literally the ONLY people over here, and the operator still insisted that we all ride together (for "capacity"). so we just shrugged and climbed aboard. I don't recall if these were regular slides, or water slides. but I know I didn't do them, so I'm guessing they were water slides. (the kind you sit in a raft to go down) gahhhh!!!!! what in the name of gawd is this? a Sabertooth Thing???? Noted! oh. . I did get a pic of the flyers from across the lake. not a great pic, but at least I have one. Andrew enjoying the log flume. it didn't seem TOO wet. . so I got a ride on it too. it was getting to be almost time for the Antelope ERT, but I had noticed the train that went around the perimeter of the park, and wanted a quick ride on that. so I headed over there before meeting up. you know it's Klassy when there are rainbow lights in your train compartment! it really does give you a nice view of the grounds of this lovely park. passing rides that didn't really stand out when walking by them. and random stuff - like a giant head in the woods. I did make time to go into the gift shoppe to try and find a fun magnet (which I did. . one with princess and jewels floating. . will post in the Swag thread after done) but found other interesting stuff too: heading over to Antelope, I discovered a second carousel in the park - this one more adult friendly. So, I mean, I had to stop and grab a ride. and then it was time to meet up with the group to ride Antelope! I know this is supposed to be a bag of chips eating itself. . but WTF??? it DID ride smoother towards the front.. not near as bad as the back row had been earlier. hence the smiles. so many tapped out due to roughness, that those that loved riding got near zen rides on the coaster for part of the ERT but then Robb called all the "big" folks up - for SCIENCE! we ran a "fat train". . with all the heaviest riders, filling every seat (and of course it started raining, cold rain too, that's why so many are bundled up in these pics). if we filled the train with heavy riders, would it run faster?? for Science! (I'll answer that question shortly) here's regular train. and "Fat Train" it was great, we all chanted "Fat Train, Fat Train" as it ran the course. If someone had Robb's video he posted on Insta of the Fat Train, would love to have it added to this report.. as it really was a great time! and yes, we ran faster than the "regular" train. . by a good 7 seconds! *(they timed it. . told ya, it was for Science!) and then it was time to head out. we had to get back on the road to head to Blackpool Pleasure Beach. So we said our goodbyes to Gulliver's World - which really is quite the charming place - and continued on our journey.

Dueling used boomerangs, hopefully.

I am quite intrigued by this news. I have yet to decide if it's going to be a net positive, neutral, or negative thing. I know a lot of people don't like Palace. But aside from Steel Curtain being down for my day at Kennywood and a Karen encounter at Idlewild, I've had positve experiences at their parks. While SDC is the only Herschend park I've visited yet, I can not spend enough time there. Herschend doesn't do High Thrill Halloween events. As soon as they bought Kentucky Kingdom, it got axed a year or two after it began. Will the relevant Legacy Palace park (Kennywood, Adventureland, Lake Compounce) keep their events, or will they switch to the more family friendly events? Herschend has done very little with Wild Adventures since picking it up in 2007. They're really only now touching Kentucky Kingdom. Show of hands: who remembers they had Darien Lake for a minute? How are they going to treat the new parks? I'm a big fan of the Palace Potato Patch fries. I hope they keep those/spread them to Legacy Herschend parks. Also, spread the Cinnamon Bread to Palace. Prior to this news, I would've put money down that Herschend would have acquired Six Flags Frontier City and/or Lost Island. Adventureland recently announced they're converting the onsite Adventureland Inn to employee housing (accompanying campground and restaurant will still be public). Depending on how long this deal was in the works, I wonder which company made that decision; and if it was Palace, will Herschend reverse it?