ParkTrips

Because enthusiasts think its what the cool kids do or something.. There are bad SF parks, but then there are good and even a couple of great ones. People just generalize the whole chain as being bad when in fact its not.

$4+ in some places of north Georgia. Most I saw in person was $3.99 in Douglassville

I believe so. In a field in which name recognition is key, though they may not say "Mr. Six" I hear a lot of chatter about "that old guy" at the park. The song, whether or not you personally like it, is quite catchy and I always see the kids trying to emulate Mr. Six's moves at the park when the music comes on. Sounds like a fairly successful campaign to me, now if that directly correlated with an attendance increase then they would be in business.

^They already tried that. I don't think a SF would really fit the Florida "vibe" well anyways. Right away I would sell Darinen Lake, Elitch's and Astroworld. I would then raise season pass prices across the board by 25% or so over the period of the first two-three years (with MM and the two "Great's" being the exception because they are already pretty high). Contrary to the belief of one person who posted here, their SP prices are under-priced. I would however lower concessions fees. I would then try to market to families better, and add a Paramount-esque kids area to each park, or greatly improve existing areas. I would also add at least a water play area if not a full-blown park because they bring people in big time. I would then raise wages and be more stingy regarding who I hire. IMHO just adding some grass beneath Scream wouldn't do too much, it would still be a coaster just plopped down in an empty space, a la Canada's Wonderland.

Wow, I enjoy the Scream Machine a lot being in my home park and all, but never have seen it ranked above Phoenix :shock: edit -lol, its funny to see how much a list can change in a year, especially the wood one after a couple of trips through the midwest Guess that will do for now

Got it. Hope this works:

Meh, I suck at photoshop but tried to work with the idea... oh crap I forgot the word "over"

Express passes are what, $20 or so?

I've was going to go the preceding week, but to see the antics of the TPR crew in person I may reconsider and go that day. I can't guarantee though..

I understand that I just thought some people were speculating whether new ownership would sell off some parks after they bought it.

I highly doubt that Six Flags Over Georgia is on the table, and the same for Over Texas, though a Texas park would fit well for Cedar Fair. However, the only one I can fathom them picking up is Fiesta Texas (Since Over Texas is the original, Astroworld is such a dump), and it seems to do fairly well in the books so I'm not sure SF Inc. would part with it. I think Six Flags New England could fit well too, being a park in the relatively un-corporate North East. However, if parks are sold, I think they will be split up among numerous buyers.

I just think the board of execs (likley big-time shareholders) are doing this to see if anyone outside of Snyder & Co. will give them even more money. It doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me.

Plain and simple: Dragster's theme fits the Accelerator Coaster motif better, Kingda Ka's themeing is more elaborate and well-done. I prefer Ka myself.

I can't wait. Finally, after years, we're getting our B&M Hyper

^About 50-60 I think.. I was browsing the parks earlier... Agreed. Flight prices are working out well from what I've found -- You can fly out of NYC for as little as $610 (including fees!). I'm going to check my student travel agency too, last year flights to London got as low as $200, but I think right now they are around $400-500, and I think that's from Atlanta, I'm not sure. Nonetheless, I am quite excited, now I just need my mother to get back in town to discuss it with her 8)

Sounds interesting.. I will have to look into this further and try and figure out if I can afford it I'm sure I'll be able to come up with the $$ though... This is a good deal though, better than what ACE would try to charge