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I would also imagine the price that Darien Lake would sell for would also be pretty high and I somewhat doubt Premier would have the capital on hand or even be able raise enough to purchase it.

While CNL Lifestyle is looking to sell of their properties, I don't believe they have a deadline they must meet. It's not going to be like when Six Flags declared bankruptcy and had to sell off several of their assets as soon as possible. So therefore, I don't think anyone should be too worried that the park will close, even if it doesn't find a new owner by next year. Coasterkid124 - You are right that clean bathrooms won't bring in troves of new people, but if a new ride is added and brings in a lot of people, the park is going to need clean bathrooms to make them stay and continue coming back.

It was really busy the days that the park was open with its Halloween events, so I would assume they did good during that. Lets not get ahead of ourselves with DL Guy's post that management is already shifting hands. No reputable official news or documents supporting his claim have been made. The line added to Wikipedia that someone quoted has no reference listed and was edited in by an anonymous user, so that's not reputable either.

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They actually can't as they need to sell the properties to repay the investors their original investment back plus whatever they made on it. For investors who purchased into this portfolio, it was almost like buying a bond. You invest an initial amount of money, the investment makes money over awhile, and then once it reaches its maturity, you get your money back plus whatever was made. CNL's portfolio of lifestyle properties reached that maturity point, and is now repaying the investors. No, its a different company. It is however managed and owned by people who used to be apart of Six Flags.

The information regarding the liquidation of the REIT was discussed a few pages back. The investment portfolio has reached its maturity, which basically means its time to repay the investors of the portfolio. As Thedarkmaxim said, there was two ways they could have done that, and it appears they choose the first option he listed.

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I saw The Maze Runner last night and thought it was pretty good. I actually am looking forward to going to watch the sequel as well, which will be out next year.

From a new countdown timer on the website's homepage the 2015 opening day has been announced. It will be May 9th. This is the same weekend the park has opened recently - the second weekend of May.

Ride of Steel isn't necessarily a bad name... the steel industry was huge at one point in WNY so I think it could work. However, the colors would need to be changed to reflect a theming in that direction. I also don't understand why some people put a retheme so high on their priority list. Sure it would be nice, but its not anything new and won't affect attendance.

In regards to the concert venue - it is owned by Darien Lake, but it is leased and completely managed by Live Nation. So the owners of Darien Lake do not necessarily have control over the day-to-day ops of the venue, such as for example, alcohol sales. If HFEC was to purchase DL, I don't think HFEC would want to take over ops of the concert venue anyways. Having it leased out to and operated by a company in the music industry makes much more sense.

It indicates that it likely will, albeit likely a lot more low-profile than its last sale. My understanding of the statement is that CNL reached its investment goal and will now start the process of liquidating its assets to repay the investors. The question now is will CNL be willing to sell its properties piecemeal or as a group (which currently, sounds like they prefer the 2nd way - since they sold the golf course portfolio in a package).

No. Other rides will still be open but the ones you listed are the only ones that will be Halloween themed.

Darien Lake will be offering both parts of their Halloween festivities again this year, including Fall Family Fun days (similar to last years stuff for younger kids) and a haunt called Outbreak. A sign for it was posted just today along with pushing the new season pass upgrade price of $19.99. Outbreak sounds like it will be pretty cool and their should be an official announcement about it coming soon.

I thought Scrambler would come back in 2015, but what's going to replace, the 3 Point Challenge game? Who said anything about replacing the 3 point challenge game? He said it will be going NEAR it.

I think what people seem to forget is that Amusement parks are private property so they think that they can bring anything in, say whatever they want, etc.

I really like this park. I think it has a certain charm to it, especially with its small size. Whens the next update coming?

The in park/on property locations for the tournament have not yet been announced but here are a couple of articles for those who are interested: http://www.wgrz.com/story/sports/2014/05/15/gus-macker-tournament/9156035/ (Video) http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/gus-macker-tournament-set-to-take-center-stage-at-darien-lake-20140515 (Article)

Galaxy theater is on the map... Its that blue building between viper and the go carts. The bridge is still up so I'm not surprised its still on the map. I personally think the bridge looks nice when you enter the park, so I hope they don't remove it.

I'm surprised Cobblestone Cafe was taken out before Greenbrier Grill. Also, I'm guessing this somewhat limits the parks food selection now, so I'm wondering if we will also be seeing a new eatery coming soon?

This is awesome! I really like the story line and the park. Can't wait to see what happens next.

No, I don't think so. The weather needs to close rides for 90 minutes before that guarantee is activated, and usually most storms pass over within that time frame. Plus if someone already bought a ticket and decides not to stay for the day because of a ride being closed or weather, the park has already made the money off the ticket sale. By having them come back as others have mentioned and staying all day because the weather is nice or a certain ride is open means they will spend more money in-park on food, games, etc.

If I'm going to my home park I bring: - My wallet - Cell Phone - Keys - Employee ID (for admission) If I'm going to any other park I'd bring a camera as well. If I'm going to a water park I'll also bring swim trunks and a towel in a drawstring bag.

We've really done this to ourselves though by making games like Farmville and Flappybird so popular. The games don't require any where near the expense a larger, longer developed game requires but still can draw in a huge amount of revenue. Its quite sad.