The Death of Six Flags Is A Done Deal
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- čas přidán 12. 11. 2023
- The Death of Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags St Louis, Six Flags New England, Six Flags America, and Six Flags Mexico... In a shocking turn of events, the once-thriving empire of Six Flags is officially declared dead. Join us in this somber exploration of the demise of one of the most iconic names in the world of amusement parks and theme parks. From Six Flags Magic Mountain to Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Great Adventure, and beyond - we'll reflect on the legacy of Six Flags St. Louis, Six Flags Over Texas, Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags Mexico, Six Flags New England, Six Flags America, and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. These once-vibrant amusement parks, known for their heart-pounding rides and thrilling experiences, are now shadows of their former selves.
As we delve into the reasons behind the downfall of Six Flags in 2023 and the ominous signs leading up to the presumed death of Six Flags in 2024, we'll also explore the announced Cedar Fair Six Flags merger and its potential impact on the theme park industry. Join us for a poignant farewell to the memories and adventures that Six Flags brought to millions of visitors worldwide. Subscribe to stay updated on the latest developments and to join the conversation about the end of an era in the amusement park world.
Sources:
Six Flags Q2 2022 Earnings Report: investors.sixflags.com/news-a...
Theme Park Attendance up 32% in 2022 With Magic Kingdom at Top: www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/...
Cedar Fair and Six Flags to Combine in Merger of Equals, Creating a Leading Amusement Park Operator: ir.cedarfair.com/news/news-de...
Six Flags in bid to merge with Cedar Fair: www.reuters.com/article/us-ce...
Cedar Fair rebuffs $4 billion offer from Six Flags: www.reuters.com/article/us-ce...
Cedar Fair rejects SeaWorld's sweetened takeover offer: www.reuters.com/business/seaw...
Video Credit:
Six Flags Magic Mountain Amusement Park Tour: • Six Flags Magic Mounta...
Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park Tour: • Six Flags Great Advent...
Six Flags Great America Amusement Park Tour: • Six Flags Great Americ...
Cedar Point Amusement Park Tour: • Cedar Point Off-Ride F...
Knott's Berry Farm America Amusement Park Tour: • Knott's Berry Farm Off...
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As a six flags season pass holder for the last 10 years, i can say the attendance was not down this year but there was less workers and the wait times seemed longer than ever.
around 2022 when I went to Magic Mountain there was literally no one there around July/August. Not a very good sign for arguably their flagship park (only really challenged by Fiesta Texas) to be empty during peak attendance time
Our six flags at Darien Lake highered a ton of people that didn't speak English. I've been going since 1983 when opened, 2022 was thee worst. Prices are out of control. Lines too long. Everyone in the NY PA SYR ROCHESTER BUFFALO AREA are all saying the same thing. Word of mouth travels fast
@@Ultima64 Those are the months I avoid😂😂 Too hot
Also fair to note that when a park is declining as fast as 6 Flags, if 6 Flags went bankrupt, the first area that would suffer is the ride and park maintenance. As part of the protection, 6 Flags would have to cut its budget. That means that something would have to take a back seat to manage solvency or to ensure that the assets are enough to cover debts. That means not creating more deby. By acting now, Cedar Fair can ensure that the property and assets aren't completely degraded prior to dissolution.
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All I hope is that this will make Six Flags parks better, because I’ve always trusted the way Cedar Fair handles things much more, and maybe they’ll carry over their way of doing things.
This merge is going to be insane. It just came out of nowhere. I’m a little surprised cedar fair were the ones to start talks on this. I know they weren’t in a great place either but I never thought they would merge with six flags. I think ceder fair is going to run the parks how they do which is good for most six flags parks that need better operations, food, and appearance. I do believe the merge will work out because the guys from cedar fair know what they’re doing imo.
No this has been going on for years now? This was sop to happen pre covid we ever saw an offer for sea world
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The last time that I went to Six Flags St Louis, none of their shows were running, no dolphins, no acrobats/magic shows, no grand stand concerts and a lof of their rides were non-functional. Of course we had to pay for a full priced ticket. Havent went back in 5 years.
My family and I used to go once a year with my cousins. We haven't been back since I graduated High School 8 years ago.
Cedar probably knows Six Flags is the absolute childhood of many people, and so decided to keep up their rival knowing at least they have a larger say in how Six Flags will work.
Not only that, Six Flags is known around the world, unlike Cedar Fair. They had/have parks in Europe, Middle East & Mexico. If you want to grow SIX Flags brand is more valuable globally.
@maddox121 I would not say it's a bad brand. Look for Middle east, they chose Six Flags as a partner just because of their brand.
I get what that guy was trying to do. I've felt like I'd pay extra to have less crowds at some places.
Only thing is amusement parks are usually for younger kids, and families who usually don't have extra cash to burn.
Maybe they should've advertised better.
How many of you remember when six flags was called Magic Mountain and the mascots were mountain trolls?? Good times......
I still call it magic mountain...have I been living under a rock?
That's what we call it in Socal
It's still called Magic Mountain...so far!
I still call it by the full name, "Six Flags Magic Mountain"!
In the old days it was just called Magic Mountain before Six Flags bought it. Now it’s Six Flags Magic Mountain. They took away the trolls that the OP was talking about. I know… Angelenos are ignorant and clueless.
The new Six Flags might actually be exciting. In general, most Six Flags parks have been considered to be ghetto and run down. It’s likely that the merger is set to improve the Six Flags parks alongside with investments
And how is it ghetto and they hire more kids than anything they don't hire felons and it's litt in eureka mo not rhe the City
And how is it ghetto and they hire more kids than anything they don't hire felons and it's litt in eureka mo not rhe the City
Six flags is all about the thrill rides! It's for adult children!
Why it has to be ghetto whites don't go like it used to or it saying minority bringing it. Foh with that
@@mattmorris4016hey what's up man
I'm Jay from NC
I never been 2 six flags yet
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LA is an odd market. Due to the traffic, it can take sometimes two hours at times to get from Knott's Berry Farm to Six Flags Magic Mountain. To put that in perspective, it takes more time to travel to Knotts from Magic Mountain than to travel Providence Rhode Island to Boston Massachusetts. That's two capitals of states as well. I think there is enough of a market to cover both.
I agree that LA traffic is ridiculous, but I typically go from San Diego to Six Flags 2-3 times a year. The travel time is pretty consistent, regardless of which season I've gone. Your analysis of the travel time from Knotts to Six Flags seems just a tad bit exaggerated (in that travel time doesn't tend to waiver even an hour, let alone two). I do wish I didn't have to drive through LA to get to Six Flags, but that's never been a great hurdle for the park.
It's not that far. It's no one's fault states back east aren't even as big as our out west counties
They could build a monorail between the parks 😮❤
@@thelfinarcher It would be really nice if the California subway ran from park to park. When you're exhausted, sit back and sleep!!😊
I know what you're saying but, believe me, from Providence to my home (halfway to Boston) often takes me 1.5 hours due to traffic. As bad as that traffic is, I'd want nothing to do with California and it's traffic...
Actually, Cedar Fair is the majority share holders with them holding roughly 52% of the shares while Six Flags holds 48%. Also, keep in mind, for a Ultimate Park Pass, it is likely that we will see a minimum price tag of $500 dollars each ( As comparable to Hershey Parks Giant Pass for only their park), as well as increases to Fast/Flash Pass and Meal plans. Hopefully, the Halloween events will be like Cedars.
The annual pass at knotts is $100 and you can add a premium parking pass for $85. There's very little difference between the normal pass and the premium pass, seems to only be that parking is included in the premium pass and you get 2 "free" buddy passes, but the premium pass is $375.
If sixflags St. Louis raises their prices much higher, they will lose even more money from the loss of revenue. The food is nasty, buildings run down and some no longer even used as they rot and fall apart.
@@krissyd48which is Great that Cedar Fair has majority of shares then. Food and park improvements would be implemented asap imo
@@ssp_2015yeah, knotts is run pretty well in my opinion
@@krissyd48 Six Flags St Louis may, unfortunately, be on the inevitable chopping block like Six Flags America in Maryland.
I've been going to six flags freight fest for about 5 years straight. Now this year seemed particularly cheap and underwhelming. I guess this might explain it
At 16:04 showing Montezooma was just a knife to the heart. I was there the day that ride opened. I was at MM the day Revolution opened. At least we still have Rev. The slow killing off of Montezooma is a disgrace to all of us who have supported both parks for 'decades'. Let's hope the combined management will do better.
Marvelous analysis of this merger! One of my friends went,to a Cedar Fair park last year and couldnt stop raving about the great time he and his son had at thr park. So, hopefully, fingers crossed, Cedar Fair will bring to Six Flags new rides but also better food, better cleanliness and maybe even entertainment again. Who knows?? But it's a great move both from a businessn and consumer standpoint
Lol..Obviously they NEVER went
Point is, Cedar Fair and Six Flags will be in a new company called Six Flags. The IP from Peanuts, DC Comics and Looney Tunes would be used and the scary events from Knotts' could make for its own version of Halloween Horror Nights. Combine that with SeaWorld and Merlin Amusements, and you'd witness a great competitor to both Universal and Disney parks.
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Knott's and Magic Mountain are very different parks. Although Knott's is the odd one out compared to the rest of the Parks of either the Cedar Fair or Six Flags Portfolios. It would be interesting to see out of this merger that we see a better emphasis at the theming scale and perhaps references to the sister park(s) in the region. Now we may see non-competing coasters in in parks within the greater metropolitan area .... ie. the Giga at Magic Mountain and a coaster more to it's scale at Knott's.
What is the Giga? are you referring to a generic monster, or are you talking about X2 / Tatsu / Full Throttle? kek
@@TaaxiCaabnone of those are gigas, they are referring to a B&M or Intamin giga over 300 feet.
@@just-dashin Ah thanks.. I grew up in SoCal and visited all the major parks in that area more times than I can count. I've just not heard that term
Southern California could really use a Giga since all the other Gigas are either in the Ohio, or the East Coast. I'd just be curious to see what the required seismic reinforcement will be in California verses those other states.
The late 90's and very early 2000's was the best time for Six Flags. Every year new rides came out. While still keeping some of the old rides & nice theming. Lots of coupons for season pass, parking and food was reasonable. Fright fest hay rides and other fun concert events free. No extra charges for premium parking or fast pass etc. Now parks just nickel and dime you. This merge could give one company too much power over price. Have al that debt to pay off. They will do better than that last ceo tho. LOL
I was waiting for your video on this topic, love your videos!
I wasn't expecting this video to be as optimistic as it was. Kudos!
No way, not only the thumbnail was eye-catching and clickable, but the context is on point lots of B-Roll and the performance was great! ❤
I remember going to six flags in Biloxi, Ms. It was great when I was a little boy. The last time I went past it as an adult, it was gone and a cancer center took it place. The one in Tennessee that I went to as a teen is now gone according to a video that I saw on CZcams. I am not sure if the one in Kentucky is still operating. I went one time and everything was very high cost. This is sad that is happening.
the worst thing about this channel is it’s sporadic upload schedule
great vid
maybe some parks see an uplift but the majority of those savings are going to the investors. I haven't seen many mergers that result in an abundance of products for customers usually just job losses and streamlining of business. We may even see the merged entity shed a few parks though fortunately it does look like they don't cross compete too often so maybe that will be less.
I was wondering when you were going to do a video on this. Even better that it just so happened to be on my birthday!
In CA, raising prices was meant to cut back on the roving packs of "youths". That park was not family friendly at all.
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WOW! That video was incredibly funny, entertaining and informative. Lots of laugh out loud moments. Great job!
LOLOL! Love this video -- had me rolling! The eulogist of the intro morphed into a prosecutor out of nowhere, hahaha 🤣🤣!
Used to go to Six flags in Georgia but stopped for two reasons. The first is they used to have grey concrete walkways. Its hot in Atlanta Georgia in the summer. The replaced those grey concrete walkways with black top pavement making it feel 30 degrees hotter. The second reason is way too many thugs and lowlifes in the park where I felt safety was a concern.... Dollywood became our go to park...
Im hopeful! All I can say is that both parks need to work on more/better themed rides - some dark rides, some cooler, more thematic roller coasters, etc.
Anyone else notice that all the fun and amusement parks are going through the greed mills? 😢
I love the format of this video, it is soo entertaining!
Selim Bassoul was clearly a Cedar Fair sleeper agent.
Joke aside I'm curious to see what happens.
1:45 I think Selim and the Board’s objective from the beginning was to prep the company to be sold. Hence why the board of directors didn’t oust him with the horrible performance.
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The merger is going to help both companies pay off their debts much easier. And to say “R.I.P. Six Flags,” it’s not entirely true. Many underperforming Cedar Fair parks will be changing over to the more popular Six Flags name.
Cedar Fair isn’t making any changes to its park. The company has made this very clear.
Like Michigan Adventure needs it bad
@@ryangrinstead5932 Once the deal closes, the combined company will operate under the name Six Flags and trade under the ticker symbol "FUN" on the New York Stock Exchange. The transaction, which was approved by both companies' boards, is targeted to close in the first half of next year.
So interesting. Thank you for such great information.
Great presentation, informative with a touch of humor/sarcasm.
I actually think when you put the best of each company working together I believe It is beneficial to us as consumer
Never been to Six Flags but I don't know about you but I'm playing the old Six Flags commercials of that man dancing in my head.
For years my brother and I use to go to six flags every summer. We always went on a Tues or Wed because we hate crowds and most people are at work/school those days. Then they raised their prices and they only opened on Fri-Sun. So we stopped going.
Salim may have been secretly working for cedar fair
I went to 6 flags for the first time in 7 years… nothing about the layout of the park changed… a few new rides but 80% the same. It was pricey and they would not take my cash to buy a ticket I had to use my phone to buy a ticket online 😂 as they said it’s $30 more to buy in person.
To be fair, they switched from accepting cash throughout the park within the past couple years. I believe Covid contributed somewhat to the policy change, but there's also an annoying push in many areas to eradicate cash handling overall. As someone who likes to have emergency cash on hand, it's a bit annoying, but they do also have cash-to-card kiosks throughout the park.
The merger is great for those of us in the Great America market! Great America has been going downhill for years. No summer musical theater show. Holiday in the Park gor cancelled. I am looking forward to the merger. I hope my season pass will be valid at Cedar Fair Parks and Six Flags
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It's not called "saving your enemy", it's more of starting the plan to absorb them.
I'm just waiting for Universal to buy them out or at least their DC rights so that Universal can say they have both Marvel and DC in their parks.
Interesting idea.
That seems weird, I’m not sure Marvel and DC would be cool with that
But idk anything about how those companies think lol so maybe, dream on
It's all about Licensing .... I don't anything like that would ever happen..... but who knows a new merger ?????@@joeyjose727
@@kathrynkathryn5493 I don't think it would take a merger. DC is currently owned by Warner Discovery, but unlike Disney or Universal, Warner Discovery does not have a theme park division. Hypothetically, Universal could decide to give up its Marvel rights, and then try to negotiate with Warner Discovery for the DC rights. I'm not sure why would they do this (because re-theming or building new rides would be expensive as opposed to keeping what they already have the way they have it), but they could.
Great Points and well said !!!!!@@RetroGirl1967
I haven’t been to an amusement park in at least five years, I think (part of the reason for not going this year was due to having a surgery over the summer).
This amusement park merger joins the Albertson’s/Kroger grocery store merger.
Excellent explanation about a stealth move. So much to learn!
While I can not speak for the other parks, I can speak to what has been happening at Six Flags Great America. Number 1 problem has been a huge influx gangs and teens from both Chicago and Milwaukee. Every night there are violent episodes. There have even been shootings in the parking lot. This is driving a downturn in family attendance. When you take a landlocked park that is too small in the first place to serve both Chicago and Milwaukee, add in long slow moving lines with numerous line jumpers, terrible but expensive food and you have a recipe for alienating anyone not a teen or group of teens. Then add to it an increase of violence, intimidation of the families that do go (how dare you complain that I am cutting in line!), by very foul mouthed people and you should not be surprised by what happens. I wish them well. Cedar Point is an awesome park. But unless they figure something out, Six Flags Great America will continue its downward trend. So Sad!
California’s Great America is still doing better than its sister park. As my nearest major home park, I’ll continue to go until it’s closure in 2033.
Stop snitching... jk lol
When was the last time you were there? This is my home park and go about 15-20 times a season. There has been one shooting which was July of last year. I have seen fights break out, but cleared up quickly. I didnt see one happen this season. I've been to many theme parks and see fights break out all the time. Food I agree with you, but with how many times I go Ive found where the best places with actually good food are to get a lot of food for your meal pass. Lines were actually pretty good all season till Fright Fest and those were horrible. There was several trips this season and last were most wait times were anywhere from 5 min to 30 min for popular rides. Biggest problem with this park now if staffing. They dont have enough staff to operate all the rides any given day. This was most noticeable at Hurricane Harbor which had skull island closed quite a few days. Honestly the worst park I've been too for gang activity and violence was Magic Mountain in California, but that was years ago. Hopefully that park has gotten better.
We went twice this summer. Had a great time. No line cutting, or fights. Plenty of families. Got lucky?
I moved away from that area in 2017 and that's one of the few things I don't miss. The ghetto hub known as Great America.
Rest in Peace Six Flags
You will always live on in our hearts
(This is satire if you couldn’t tell, I know Cedar Fair bought Six Flags)
@@maddox121 I know, I was being sarcastic
@@maddox121 I know what happened bro. I was making a joke 💀
@@maddox121 well I’m not serious. I’m almost never serious in comment sections 🙃
So wht happens now
I have many many happy memories going to magic mountain in California when I lived there, hope this merger with cedar will be a good thing
Love the whisper yelling so that you don’t disrupt your family.
Been refreshing all week waiting for this vid
They need to bring back AstroWorld in Houston that was one was amazinnngggg compared to the one in San Anto
I'm going to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey for over 40 years I've been a member over 20 of them and now still Diamond Elite the park has absolutely never been so bad between the lines, the rides the lack of employees even during busy times like Fright Fest food prices have just gone up tremendously as well so we're paying much much more for much much less let's be honest with the lack of employees I've witnessed myself so much theft in the stores because there's no one there to even watch people just go in and take things even worse if a fight or something negative breaks out there's no security anywhere so it's not even a safe environment ! Used to find Happy employees there now they just look miserable . Very sad. I have two little ones that I want to take there but it's making it more difficult and a lot less enjoyable hoping they're making changes for the new year changes for the new year
People in the US should get used to this because this is happening to alotta businesses. All thanks to the greed of the rich in this country. It's gotten to the point that there's no more money they could squeeze out of the poor. Nothing to feed their appetites anymore.
Actually it's not 50/50...Cedar Fair has controlling interest 51.8 to 48.2& in stock & their CEO and CFO are running things, Selim has a figure head position that doesn't make day to day operational decisions. This keeps him from doing stupid things like he did at SF.
@maddox121 Nobody is paying attention to Selim, he's a figurehead. The conference call dynamic is how it's going to go. Zimmerman & Witherow knew what they were talking about with coherent answers, Selim chimed in with a few bits of nonsense & silly anecdotes, that were eye rolling moments, Then things went back to business & Selim sent back to the figure head child king throne, that everyone ignores, b/c he knows nothing.
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This is B O N K E R S!!!! Yes, Cedar Fair gets to more than double their portfolio with Six Flags' parks, but I expect some closures to occur not just on Cedar property but SF as well. 42 parks is alotta parks, and not all of them will put up good steady numbers in merger time or after possibly. Five bucks says the portfolio will whittle down to 35 once the dust settles
I sure hope Vallejo, CA Six Flags survives - it's the only real economy since Mare Island naval base closed.
cedar fair and six flags mergingd brought Oppenheimer back to life. thank you Attraction Ideas
Well, I certainly didn't expect to hear this news today, but am quite fascinated by its implications. As an avid fan of Six Flags over Georgia, I must admit that the park needs some sprucing up and streamlining. Hopefully, this merger will allow for that to happen down the line.
EDIT: Turns out we're getting a new coaster next year! So that's neat.
I went two years ago and that place was a horrible dump
I remember being told while working at CWL in the early 80s that park along with King's Island, King's Dominion and Carowinds were considered a financial 'loss leader' for the giant Taft Broadcasting Corp. back in the day. Disney set an unreachable standard for independent amusement parks being money-makers. Disney had substantial theming and tie-ins to a widely successful motion picture business. Most parks have a lucrative shelf-life of 10+ years as independents. A merger creates a monopoly, thus potentially stagnating innovation. To be honest this merger gives Cedar Fair 51.2%, a controlling interest over Six Flags in the long-run.
TAFT sucked at running parks, that was the issue. The same parks are money makers under Cedar Fair, especially Kings Island which is 3rd after Knotts and Cedar Point. Disney is irrelevant to regional theme parks, they don't even look at them as a comparison nor does Disney vice versa. This is in no way a monopoly.
No one talks about but Cedar Fair also has massive debt with debt being called in 2025 which would have to be refinanced. I do think a sell off of the less profitable parks is on the way even if the merger didn't happen on both sides. I hope this breeds efficiency in the park, I really hope things are streamlined and we get things like double sided lockers to improve operations and many other things that may the experience better.
Humm. This is interesting. We went to Six Flags about 6 years ago and I said I would never go again. The rides were amped up making the rides uncomfortable. It felt like it was being run by a bunch of kids.
🤣😂🤣 This is the absolute best video I have seen all year. Excellent performance!!! 👏👏👏 I was literally in tears during the numerous Selim rants that were not only hilarious but on point. He should have been at the end of this video with the most serious face you ever saw saying "You just can't make this sh!t up." 🤣😂🤣 Thanks for this very creative and entertaining video. 👍👍👍
Well, I remember whennit was called Six Flags, Great Adventure.
We called it Great Adventure, back East, in New England
As far as I can recall, Six Flags Great America in Chicagoland & Cedar Fair-owned California's Great America in the Bay Area are created by the same person. Notice the similar names & carousels.
Isn't it kinda ironic that even if the deal materializes, the two parks aren't going to be reunited under the same roof as one park has been sold off?
Cedar Fair was concerned Sf would be bought by someone else, SEAS or private equity. CF made a merger,which they are really in control to prevent that. They also didn't want to try to buy SF b/c even in their poor state, CF would have to take on at least 4,5 to 5 Billion debt, which unit holders and the market would be worried about. The merger allows them to get the parks they really wanted, which were only 5 or 6. with less financial stress, Expect them to try to sell off a bunch of the low performing SF parks & kill all the lease deals early, if it's not cost prohibitive.
As a fan of six flags I actually love the idea of higher prices for fewer lines, I would pay more personally and did for myself and my family in early summer 2023
Honestly I'm happy about this merger. I almost feel bad about the downfall of Six Flags but honestly there's just not a lot of reason to go to the parks right now. There's not enough to do and the parks are not keep clean and updated. Once you've done the rides there's nothing else that appeals, so I do think they'll have an uphill battle, but I think the Cedar Fair people can make it happen.
Actually Mergers Suck! I have seen Stores Merge after a few years they shut down.
I really hope the parks will get better care. Hopefully they don’t close a bunch.
Hopefully Knott's and Magic Mountain will keep their prices low based on competing with Disney and Universal. It would be cool to have a season pass that covers both
World's Of Fun is my local park. I hope they don't change the name to "Six Flags Over World's Of Fun."
I don't think the guy who ran the company into the ground and then agreed to effectively being bailed out by a competitor should be moved from zero to hero. Lucky maybe, also its hard to lose when you are that rich but that does not make him a good leader of an enterprise. Great video as always though.
Very informative video. Thank you
Is magic mountain gana stay the same then? Bc I’m going to it March? Or just prices?
Went to six flags near Atlanta in 2000. The park was so filthy I was shocked. While waiting to get on a roller coaster, I remember there was so much gum at the entrance to the ride it was disgusting. Layers of gum. Gum on the lamps. Gum everywhere. Overflowing trash cans. Needless to say I never went back.
Six Flags died when it was sold from Time Warner to Premier parks in 1998. The chain lost its identity and was running on borrowed time ever since. They ran the chain into bankruptcy under that leadership, lost astroworld, sold good parks only to lease them back, etc. The current state of affairs of Six flags was the domino effect of bad decisions from the premier transaction. I see this merger as a course correction for the chain to return into the chain it should have been. For all intents and purposes the "new six flags" is still going to be cedar fair undsr the six flags banner. Selim is a numbers guy and belongs on the board where he is going and Zimmerman is the best person to be the ceo of the company to run and oversee park operations.The new board will also be half cf and half sf. Lets just hope that they dont go crazy branding parks and racking up debt overexerting themselves like premier did in the 2000's, I have a faith in Cf though, they are conservative in their leadership and hopped on the deal at the most opportune time. Sf has been a takeover target for a while, it was just a matter of when was he best time merge.
Not trying to be a grammar police type here, but gotta correct one thing. "For intensive purposes" is not the saying, and doesn't make any sense. The actual phrase is "for intents and purposes."
@thelfinarcher its called predictive typing on Android devices. My phone autofilled the wrong word. Would you like a biscuit? It's a youtube comment, not a thesis or dissertation.
If this merger ends in disaster, it may be left on Disney, Universal, or SeaWorld to save them, but ultimately I think they would have a tough time saving Cedar Faor and Six Flags.
TWO attraction ideas videos in less than a month? We eating GOOD
Just keep maintaining on a daily basis. Customers feel deeply about things like that. That alone would bring more people from more places and who wouldn't mind spending the funds to have fun.
This should be a fun watch hahaha, I'm guessing this has to do with the merger?
yeah I knew this was gonna happen. I was shocked to hear about Cedar Fair buying them though
I’m not a huge amusement park fan. My last time that I went towards 6-Flags when I was 16 years old in mid May 1987. I went with a friend of mine. I only went on one roller coaster ride called Z-Force. It was taken down during the late fall or early winter towards the end of 1987. That was my only roller coaster than I had been one. I liked the Farris Wheel, Bumper cars, and Merry Go Arounds. This one is in Gurnee, Illinois. I came close in going in mid 90’s. The guy was in his early 40’s and I was 25 years old. I felt uncomfortable in going with him and his brother. I never told my sister that he wanted my sister to go,too. It was very popular when I was a teenager. I remembered going there for the 1st time when I was 6 or 7 years old with my sister and our parents. We went on a lot of kiddy rides. We went on a water ride that was a boat that goes up a couple hills and down with getting splashed each hill. I don’t liked my feet dangling in the air. I liked going up the tower that circles up and down. I don’t mind is watching the fireworks from the theme park on the 4th of July. I used to lived with my sister. She had a small group of friends to watched the fireworks. We lived in 3 different apartments. They were close to the place that I used to worked at in 1994-1997. I can even walked to work from those apartments. The subdivision has single family homes, townhomes, condos, and of course apartments. I remembered the apartments had almond colored appliances in the apartments. I don’t mind in using a gas stove in each apartment. Even the kitchen cabinets were light in color. These apartments were cheap looking with high rent.
Bitter sweet... I'm thrilled to hear Six Flags is dying... Had the worst experience with my family on March 3rd 2023 in Georgia where less than 2 hours at the park a bunch of rowdy kids caused a disturbance in the park and Six Flags authority said they were shutting down rides & closing the park early. So they rudely escorted (pushed & threatened) a large group of park guests in that area out of the park only to find out that they didn't even close the park, they just herded a bunch of innocent guests out who were unfortunately near the commotion of other mischievous guests. It was my kids birthday, I spent over $400 on tickets & meal plans for our group. When I called to file a complaint for reimbursement or any concession they blew me off with not as much as a coupon or a 'sorry for your bad experience '. They were very dismissive and made no attempt to provide any level of customer service. I vowed to never step foot or patronize their establishment in my life. I'm thrilled they're failing, but hate they're being saved after receiving such a horrible experience not just for me but my kids. Their birthday was ruined.🖕🏾
You blame six flags on thugs? If they closed the park, they are considered racist. It’s a lose lose situation. They need to unfortunately change the rule to “you must be 18 or accompanied by a parent”. These fatherless children have zero respect for anything and unfortunately this has to happen. Don’t blame the park for poor behavior.
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I don't they were blaming the park for having to close the park early. It was that they were ushered out, along with many other innocent patrons with out an any kind of reimburse-
ment or future "rain ticket", I think it's called. But especially after they had spent at least $400 for tickets, birthday meals & other arrangements.
That's a HUGE amount of money spent & without receiving any compensation would be very frustrating!!! 😡
I think this is the earliest I’ve been to a video !
Magic mountain needs to close at 12 at least on Fridays ,Saturday and Sundays. Ok mean they close to early and we have to beat those long lines. The day goes to fast and not enough time to get on a the rides.
Instead of thrill rides-why not use roller coasters for practical public urban transit? Make it utilitarian. A city in Columbia uses cable cars like tramway lines.
Unfortunate for us that the Six Flags name is staying😞
@maddox121 oh I know why, it’s still very unfortunate. Such a garbage name for a company in my opinion.
@@deletedaccountdnd six flags literally only makes sense in Texas with over Texas and fiesta Texas but like every other park in the US and elsewhere is wack
Six flags was packed when i drove by it the other day.
Didn't work out for Geauga Lake, I foresee a lot of park closings, they lied to everyone about Geauga Lake......so we'll see.
I believe this company will still be known as Six Flags - so goodbye “Cedar Fair” is more like it.
That said, Cedar Fair is the primary owner : Ohio-based Cedar Fair shareholders will receive about 51.2% of the new company and Six Flags shareholders will receive 48.8% ownership. Both are public companies.
Cedar Fair does a great job running their parks. I hope that 6F parks are brought up to their level, rather than the other way around.
0:51 I'm glad we had an "everyone boo this man" moment lol
I read that they are keeping the "sixflags" name.
"Cedar Fair has no plans to change the names of any of the parks in the combined company following the merger."
What are you up to now, 6 or more videos about the death of Six Flags? Eventually you'll be right as long as your health keeps up.
Who knew Oppie knew so much about the amusement park biz
I like the fact the headquarters of this new merged company is going to be in Charlotte NC. With Carowinds becoming a major park in the company
Six flag's yearly pass was twice cheaper than Cedar Park. Hopefully they will update and add more rides before raising the price.
Godzilla vs Oppenheimer! I love it! Take my money now!
BTW...What if Oppenheimer helped create the oxygen destroyer??!!
I went to the six flags park in New Jersey in 1975 when I was 15 years old .I can go to the six flags park in Tampa FL
The REAL question is will there be a season pass valid for every single park????
Really?? Wow!@maddox121
Do u think this means the cedar fair park to park pass will work at six flags now?