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Even though it’s disappointing to see something that was once including costing extra now, I much prefer this as an alternative to what some other parks do where they close the park at 5 or 6 and you can’t stay for the rides without an event ticket.

I have tried to have a conversation with people about this. Its like any other time a business buys someone. You need to see what was making money and what wasn't. At some point you don't need 30 people doing the same job you need 2 people to do. Need to stop bleeding money first then make changes to grow. I know people are sad about Holiday in the park being cancelled but im sure if it is being cancelled then it was losing money. I do want to know what the reason for the ride being delayed. Limit spending, Just construction timeline, People want to blame Cedar fairs but the last two coasters had a delayed opening and that was pre Cedar fairs.

Six Flags Mexico has officially started its MVP Sale of the 2026 Season Passes The Gold Pass is $949 MXN (roughly $50 USD) and the Prestige Pass is $1999 MXN (around $108 USD)

I’m not sure what the per park attendance is I don’t think they released that in the call. But I’d still wager the bulk of the loss is indeed at Great Adventure. That was an avoidable collapse - people have very much noticed the ride closures. That’s not necessarily an issue with the merger itself because Cedar Fair was already doing this in their own parks, but instead overzealous cost cutting with the company in general. We know Wonderland numbers are up the park itself wanted to brag on it. The drop is probably heavily concentrated in the 2-5 US parks with the highest typical international visitor counts. Make of it what you will the 2 closest to DC saw a closure and the removal of Winterfest respectively - plus the NYC and LA coasters being pushed to 2027, those are three huge international tourist markets. And those rides plus the Carowinds water ride are rumored to be imported from Mack and Vekoma which now will have increased import costs. Meanwhile the only newly announced ride is in Mexico, not the US, where import costs and tourism haven’t changed. That could have easily have originally been planned as another Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers. SFOT’s dive is already largely fabricated, and is fabricated in Ohio. I wouldn’t be surprised if only that, Mexico and the Canadian parks received 2026 rides. PS: Given the current climate it’s also not surprising that IF tariffs and tourism are the reasons for the changes they’d choose to not announce that as the reason. Companies have been attacked for calling those factors out.

Well the GAdv coaster to 2027 thing already seemed to be a budget move - a reasonable 2026 opening was still possible with them pouring footers in August. The problem is they’ve left that park in a sorry state of affairs so keeping it in that state is only going to make it worse. And it’s likely responsible for a large amount of the attendance drop as it is. I’m a bit shocked they decided to abandon a 2026 open for it considering the importance of replacing TWO coasters. There’s also a non-zero chance that political issues surrounding import costs and international tourism collapse play into this too. The thing is I could still see them investing in dining upgrades. Potentially even fast tracking them. PS: I’m about 90% sure RMC uses imported steel. And with domestic steel production experiencing a factory explosion I’d expect domestic steel’s already paltry market sheet to fall even more. It’s a bad time to build coasters. PPS: I understand how taboo that topic is. But the drastically increased costs of building rides cannot be ignored.

Take it for what you will, but over at another "site", it's reported due to the poor numbers after the earnings call, SF will cut CapEx for 2026. We're seeing little/no work on SFMM's coaster and also GreatAdv. I want to say it was projected to be $475ish mil for capital next year and is reported to be sub-$400 mil now. Given our park not being even mid-tier in the larger portfolio, I'd expect more "landscaping and infrastructure" for 2026. As we all know, we're desperately due for SOMETHING coaster-wise. Meanwhile, SDC is adding more to their park (we see clearing happening), WoF got a new woodie and Holiday World should be brewing something in the next year, as well. I hope we can get something that helps draw more people to our spot. But we've all been saying that for years. With the way Cedar Fair was taking out Arrows, I thought when they merged Ninja would be next to be removed. Such an old, terrible ride. I know it's not extravagant, but a single rail from RMC would likely go well there, bring some new people and look good in the front of the park. Those are also on the cheaper side. No clue how expensive it is to clear out a plot and remove Ninja.

One more thing I want to do now that I've ridden every American B&M Hyper is rank them and also rank them based on what my wife calls them 1. Raging Bull, 2. Goliath, 3. Diamondback, 4. Nitro, 5. Thunder Striker, 6. Apollo's Chariot, 7. Mako, 8. Candymonium (if we're including gigas, Fury 325 would rank under Raging Bull and Orion would rank under Nitro for me). My wife is Nitro's #1 fan, so she calls each B&M Hyper the following: Bovine Nitro, Y'all Nitro, Snake Nitro, Nitro, Earnhardt Nitro (guess that needs a new one lol), Mythological Nitro, Shark Nitro, and Chocolate Nitro.

I think they're just going through a transition and going to reinvent with quality over quantity, while cutting costs from expensive rides to maintain. It's like when a sports team goes through a rebuild. It takes time.

So, Cedar Point is getting a family boomerang next year?