teacherkim

At this point yes, I have heard nothing to the contrary and that is CoasterCon, ACE's flagship event. It will be great PR for Enchanted Parks!

I understand if you aren't normally much of a waterpark person BUT if there was ever a waterpark you would be willing to visit this is one of the best ones outside of Disney and Universal, the 3 water coasters are outstanding.

Ok I swear I posted a couple weeks ago but maybe I'm older than I thought and only did it in my head, lol. My thoughts: I am 100% willing to give EP the benefit of the doubt and wait and see how they manage things. I'm not going to trash the old ownership, that's just yelling into the void, but I do hope that now having the status of one of the top parks in a chain (no matter how small said chain is) some good investment is put into the park. I think good places to start are the shows, which they are already doing, and working on staffing which I know is easier said than done. Assuming that they are not able to keep the DC characters I think a re-do of Justice League for next year would be fabulous and relatively cheap and easily done off season. Another good step in the right direction would be to make some real improvements to Frightfest. For those of you that want HITP back that will be a lot more expensive and always lost money. FF is a proven money maker. A few new flats are easy too. I won't expect a brand new giant coaster early on, that's just not realistic. As far as the announcement that the dining plans won't work...........I mean it's a bit annoying but at least they are offering compensation if desired and they still work at the SF owned parks. To be honest we seldom used both our meal credits at the park. I was already asked to pick a new home park for our memberships on the SF app with no mention of the fact that said memebership will continue to work at the sold off parks this year. Of course. I don't really care about DC characters and I have mixed feelings about the Looney Tunes characters. Sure they are nostalgic but the prescence or not of characters does not affect my attendance at a park, although they do enhance the atmosphere. Perhaps it would be just as well to have some characters a little more relevant to today's children. I mean when was the last time LT was even on anywhere? Or even more inclusive to some enhanced themeing, like having Igor roaming around Darkmoor at EU although I don't expect it on that scale. Screamin Eagle! The acknowledgement of it's anniversery is wonderful, the pins on opening weekend a nice touch, the implication that more is coming promising and even the thought of new chaser lights intoxicating. In all seriousness though maintenance of a classic like SE should be an indication of how EP will value the park. I'll be optimistic until there is some reason not to be! p.s. - I can confirm there will be an article about SE's 50th in an upcoming edition of Rollercoaster! for those that receive the ACE publication. You all are familiar with the author

Seriously though, continuing to maintain historic rides like the carousel and Screamin Eagle will be an early indicator of what type of operator the new company intends to be.

My bad. I was confusing EPR as an acronym for Enchanted Parks. I thought Innovative Attractions was the FL company but apparently that is the former name of what is now Enchanted Parks? Hope I have that straight. Aanyway I was just looking for reasons they went after these specific parks since 4 of them are clustered somewhat regionally. If it is true that they wanted SFSTL specifically then it implies that SF had some flexibility on what they were willing to sell, not necessarily a fixed list. Just curious how it all came down.

Yeah that has been reported in more than one place. Let's hope it's true. EnPark is headquartered in KC so I'm sure getting both MO parks was very much on their radar.

Ha, ha yeah we do!!

Do you love me as an event partner or because I will do all the driving, lol? Just kidding, can't wait, the weekend should turn out to be super Fetch! ?

I think the thing they did wrong was to be located on land that became more valuable than all the other assets of the park ? I would have to assume all the DC themeing will go, easy enough to change the name of a coaster or flat. The question is what about Justice League? That would have to be a complete ride re do

I'm sure you are probably correct, because unlimited drinks are listed as a benefit on the passes on the app. I just think they bundled it together so seamlessly that I never considered it an add-on. Kind of a moot point now. For this year it appears the same and as stated above kind of a moot point now, lol. The NEW question is will they allow you to move the membership to a new home park in the SF chain or is that now the end of memberships for many people. And will those of us whose home parks are no more even find it worth while to keep the membership?

Well I guess deep down we all kinda knew it was coming. It's one of those things that are shocking but at the same time not surprising at all. Nothing to do but think happy thoughts and adopt a wait and see stance. IF it's true that it was considered the "crown jewell" (I saw that too) then theoretically it should be a good thing as it would be at the top tier of investment. Of course we have no idea how much the new company has for investment or what the quality of that investment will be. I really don't care about the DC theming but if they can't use it for Justice League they will have to basically have a whole new ride. Same ride system and track but essentially an all new ride. Maybe that will end up being the first "new" attraction. Curious to see if they honor ACE Coaster Con, in 2027 it was already announced that it would be held at SDC and SFSTL. I think this might say more about the shape SF is in than anything else. If they were willing to let one of their original parks go, one that has always been reported as being profitable, then they might be in more trouble than anyone really thought. On the other hand if you live near MM or GAdv or CP or any of the parks still in the SF chain you are probably relatively happy as it should mean, again theoretically, that they will have more investment for those parks. If nothing else it will be interesting to see how it turns out over the next few years.

AND Holiwood NIghts.....................before the next one comes around ?

Ok, the pre-covid drink bottle included makes sense and those of us that kept our memberships through the Covid lock downs did get some extra perks for ahwile after. Mostly things like extra bff and discounts. However, I assure you I have never added on any dining plan. From the very beginning we had 2 meals, a snack, and a drink bottle included in our membership and never altered that. Now I believe that you could be correct and SF simply sent me the email erroneously or they just messed up the messaging or whatever who knows. Lol, I feel like it's what I always thought it would be, show up at the park and see what happens.

I guess. I get your point just seems like a missed opportunity as the retail team member told me people were constantly asking about it and they've been open the better part of a year at this point.

Ok, well then way to sow confusion by sending that message to legacy members. All of our dining was a membership perk not an add on plan but according to this message has been converted to an add on plan. As usual and based on the extremely conflicting responses by various higher ups I have spoken with, as well as one customer service rep that flat out said "we really have no idea" I think there is confusion within the company on this issue. Again, it's a first world problem and I'm not losing any sleep over it, but annoying as it should be such a simple matter that no one seems to be able to answer definitively.