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I have the feeling that Scandia knew about this for a couple of months. The rides were originally listed up for sale on Nov. 2, 2018, and doesn't appear that anything has sold yet. Since the drop tower, Tilt-a-whirl, and carousel have not been offered for sale, I am guessing that is all that they were planning to keep those few attractions. Current advertisement Original advertisement from November 2, 2018

Go less than a mile down La Palma to Portillos. They have a Combo sandwich that is like a French Dip with a giant link of spicy Italian sausage on it. Then they dip it for you in the beef gravy. That with a frosty schooner of beer. Yum! Good price and one of the tastiest things I have eaten.

It looks like there is an "Under Review" Developmental Plan with the City of Ontario to turn Scandia into a 178,462 SF industrial building.

I visited last Friday, Feb 1st, to get some photos of the park in case it closed. These could be the last ones. Exterior Arcade Several games have been removed. Mini golf Mini golf Mini golf and carousel in the distance Mini golf Mini golf Batting cages Go carts Bumper boats Coaster time Ride park Ride park Coaster time Ride park Coaster time

I don't think Colorado people are the biggest amusement park fans. Every time I visit Denver, they just want to get in the Subaru and see what's at the top of that mountain over there. Some friends and family state they went to Elitch in high school and Lakeside is too close to the corner of Crack and Pipe for them to want to visit.

Thanks for all the info. I think I like the original "Confederate Critter Show" name better. How very PC... "The origins of The Rock-afire Explosion can be traced to Tennessee. In 1977, Fechter sold his first animatronic bear to Magic World in Pigeon Forge. He subsequently created the Confederate Critter Show, a pre-Rock-afire animatronic band, for the East Tennessee theme park. (Fechter has said that part of Billy Bob's "backstory" is that he's a country bear from Tennessee.)"

Does anyone remember The Rock-afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza? I remember these as a child and sorry they are gone now. They had the best pizza restaurant animatronics ever.

Is it generally a good idea to own stocks for companies whose products/services are based solely in the elastic area of the demand curve at 10+ years into an economic expansion? Most experts state that we are overdue for some type of recession or depression and these stocks always have their best percent-off sales at that time. Does anyone have an argument otherwise?

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If Elitch closes, they need to send the Arrow shuttle to Frontier City in Oklahoma City and reassemble Lightnin' Loops. https://rcdb.com/151.htm#p=22413

I want to say I am upset at this but I have visited Denver several times and Elitch doesn't appeal to me. It is a bad ride catalog in prime real estate with a good view of downtown Denver and the Platte River. Casa Bonita and Elitch will end up as the only attractions that I will probably never visit in the area, yet I have made it to both Lakeside and Water World multiple times. I am not saying Lakeside is much better than Elitch but it has some flat rides I can't find in bigger parks.

I can think of a couple reasons water rides might have lost popularity besides maintenance costs and water scarcity: Most amusement parks have their own waterparks now, so if they are going to invest in a water ride; they might as well put it in the waterpark. Amusement parks are trying to stay open more year-round and water rides have limited appeal outside hot summer days. Trackless water rides are limited in height and speed and since we have hit those limits; it is hard to break any water slide or flume records without it getting too dangerous. A new 50' or 60' tall slide sounds more impressive for a waterpark than an amusement park, as amusement parks are already full of bigger drops.

Did you mean Timber Falls in Wisconsin Dells is demolishing Avalanche and the log Flume? https://www.timberfallspark.com/

A few photos from Friday, Nov. 16th. The rapids ride has a new sign but not much other work showing. Hollywood Hits pizza is now Beachy Keen's Pizza and serves Dole Whips. There is quite a bit of Christmas decoration up now. New rapids sign Bend where dynamite water effects should be added Hollywood Hits is gone New place has Dole Whips Christmas on the boardwalk Christmas burgers Christmas ghost town

My plan of attack would be to visit on a Friday and go on the coasters during the day before the park gets busy at night.

Elon Musk will be boring an underground tunnel network from SFMM to Universal to Knott's and then to Disneyland/DCA. It will be nicknamed the Underground River with Knott's being the Calico River Territory stop on the line. The other stops along the line will be condos and apartments designed to take theme park enthusiasts for every penny that they make. Either that or I have been taking Ambien and reading the internet again.

What cost savings? Does CA force them to pay for health insurance on those 6 week positions or something? I doubt there are any cost savings. Typically employers will go to a temp agency when they were not able to find enough employees on their own or their HR department couldn't handle the volume of work. I am guessing with low unemployment and competition with retail and delivery industries for seasonal workers that the talent pool is slim and temp agencies have a greater volume of people that jump job to job and might be available. I am positive there is a cost savings. I would assume they are paying ESP a flat rate for the maze hosts instead of their own variable costs for training, wages, workers comp insurance, wardrobe, administrative costs, etc. The temp agency takes those costs from the employer but they add it on to the hourly rate. Then they add on another 30% or so for profit that the employer wouldn't have to pay if they direct hired themselves. Every time we have had to order temps for our insurance claims offices; management complains about the obscene rates they pay per hour for the temps. Then you ask the temp and they are getting like a third of what the agency charges per hour.

The tower does have safety features including water tanks in the tower and evac areas under the observation floors that are bare concrete and steel construction with low chances of burning or producing smoke. The problem becomes that the elevators may not open immediately after the fire and you may need to run downstairs to pee and refill your alcohol and beers

now if anyone is bored, you can time the dispatch intervals on ghostrider. No joke, but I am now going to look at that video in the morning to determine if they are running one or two trains before I visit. Typically Haunt weekdays have two train operations and lesser waits to weekdays with no Haunt operations.

What cost savings? Does CA force them to pay for health insurance on those 6 week positions or something? I doubt there are any cost savings. Typically employers will go to a temp agency when they were not able to find enough employees on their own or their HR department couldn't handle the volume of work. I am guessing with low unemployment and competition with retail and delivery industries for seasonal workers that the talent pool is slim and temp agencies have a greater volume of people that jump job to job and might be available.

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I am sure the stairs are there for people to escape the tower in the event of an emergency that knocks out the elevators. The fire dept may have to climb them but most people would be running down them if they were ever put to use.

A wooden coaster next to a lazy river. Will lifeguards be able to hear screams?

My guess is that these coffins are not airtight. This is a photo of one of them. https://www.riverfronttimes.com/artsblog/2018/09/25/8000-people-want-to-spend-30-hours-in-a-coffin-just-to-earn-300

According to this Alabama site that is covering the addition of the coffin challenge to SFOG, over 25,000 people applied for the challenge in St Louis, so they extended the challenge to the rest of their parks. I didn't think $300 was much money but 25,000 applicants states otherwise. https://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2018/09/six_flags_over_georgia_spend_3.html