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^Leveraged buyout. It would make more sense for Six Flags to take on a ton of debt and use under performing parks as the collateral. Keep any of the strong assets, dumb the under performing stuff.

A normal day ops ticket is priced at $99 or $105 online right now, so the $89 day/night combo if you wanted to see Potter is a great deal.

BTW, speaking of HHN... The full website is now live and tickets are on sale! Only thing left to reveal is the theme of the Terror Tram. http://www.halloweenhorrornights.com/hollywood/2016/ Day/Night tickets that allow entry into the park at 2PM are available for as low as $89

They can...not giant hyper coaster high, but they most certainly can go over 30ft. Do you know how high they can go, or just that it is above 30ft? Technically they can do whatever they want. No more than 25% of structures in the park are to exceed 30 feet and "should" remain below 60ft, but so long as that 25% number is met and the coastal commission approves, Sea World is meeting the terms of their lease. Sea World makes a choice to not push the limits in order to remain good partners (the height restriction is actually a City Ordinance, not the coastal commission thing).

^Still? I was there on Friday and there were no bees. Crew was doing good on Twisted Colossus...3 trains, dueling every time.

They can...not giant hyper coaster high, but they most certainly can go over 30ft.

I realize that WDW can handle more crowds than it has to. My point was that after the big deal Disney made of the 50th anniversary, people started to realize the history of Disneyland vs Disney World. Yes, the number of annual pass holders is an issue. My family had passes in the early '00s, when an annual pass cost $99. Since then, the price has over tripled, showing Disney is getting tired of annual pass holders coming. Also, the amount of black-out dates on the lower tier passes shows they don't want pass holders there that often. Disneyland just happened to have its 50th anniversary during a time the economy began to recover. The real change was that Theme Parks went from being the expense people cut when the economy is down to an expense people splurged on again. Attendance is up everywhere in the industry over the last 10 years. The Disney Resort just happens to be the branch of the most famous theme park brand in the world in one of the most populous regions in the world. My personal opinion is that Disney still hasn't found an annual pass strategy that works for them...they upped prices and tweaked blackout dates and are still seeing record crowds. Seeing how many of my friends still have their annual passes and post about Disney, I am going to guess that their mix of attendance between regular park ticketed guests and AP's still isn't where they want it.

it was the Olympic torch. Awesome to see them re-purpose it like this.

Still too many annual pass holders is the problem....has nothing to do with people choosing Disneyland over Disney World (WDW can actually handle crowds since it basically is its own city---4 parks, 2 water parks, all the hotels, Disney Springs, golf....)

^Star Wars will be the first expansion since Toon Town, which should help spread crowds around more if it is anything like how Universal was with Potter. The challenge will still be the narrow pathways (here's to hoping they finally remove the damn peoplemover track...) and limited queue space of older rides.

^Do not do that. You are parking on private property and can get towed. You will likely be able to talk to the parking attendant about parking to process your pass without paying...they allowed me to do that when I first bought my membership last year.

That section of the park has not received much love really since RRv opened, and that was just really the plaza and what is now the JB BBQ place...the waterfront and shops across it are probably in dire need of upgrade to meet the parks current needs. Makes sense to remodel the whole area.

Not sure how I feel about a $50 uncharge for VR...

I will only make an effort to ride FT and Twisted Colossus whenever I visit the park, so I would gladly welcome a fun shooting dark ride over another coaster that will likely not be as good as Twisted Colossus!

Knotts made some more Announcements during scare la! KBF's first attempt at Halloween theming! Also part of the Haunt presentation was some cool historical things, like the layout of the very first Haunt maze! Bud Hurlburt's first attempted haunted log ride led to the creation of Haunt! Elvira will also be back! Knott's Announced Infected will be back in a new location "backstage"...what does that mean for Camp Snoopy? The "boss" of Infected Concept art for a cityscape in Infected

Disney bought the building in between too, right?

How many encores has the electrical parade been given? I think it's time to move on...

Any reason the weight limits for big rigs are different between the U.S. and Germany/Europe? I looked it up, and can't find much information. Just curious, as whenever these new flat rides are built, the topic of them always being too heavy to be allowed to travel the u.S. Is brought up. As far as I can tell, it was built into the law when we created our national highway program in the 1950's for the purpose of preserving the roads. Given the state of hour highways, doesn't seem like it has helped...

Diagon Alley in Orlando was not open for HHN in 2014, so who knows.

It hasn't been confirmed by the park that the Wizarding World will be open for HHN.

Did anyone get to be one of the "select" users that got the new tracking system?

You make what sells when you are in a niche industry with lots of competition.

You would think by now someone would realize that if that site was meant to be a theme park, it would have been turned into a theme park again already....

^Guessing it's not even road legal to travel in the U.S. (too heavy). Looks amazing!

Yeah... it's pretty hard to get discount tickets during Fright Fest. But that day should be very empty crowdwise so it will be well worth it! They will likely have a promo with coke or another sponsor...they do every year.