Six Flags and Cedar Fair to Merge (Nov 2023)

[Jrb1979]

They are, but a 50% price hike hidden as a "Well you can go to 4 other parks too" just won't go over well, especially with the Cedar Fairs crowds who think the Six Flags parks are beneath them and they have no desire to travel to them. I have to think pass sales have to have been down (hence the all parks add on to renew early), so they have a tight balancing act. What is the price they could raise that it won't immediately turn those who have been on the fence?

The renew early with the all parks add-on was due to needing money. The other thing they are trying to figure out as well is getting passholders to spend more money in the parks. Its a big reason Haunt was an upcharge this season.

 

[LSLS]

Six Flags to sell 7 parks

The Six Flags parks that are being sold include:

• Six Flags St. Louis
• Six Flags Great Escape: Queensbury, New York
• Worlds of Fun: Kansas City
• Valleyfair: Minneapolis
• Michigan's Adventure: Grand Rapids
• Schlitterbahn Waterpark: Galveston
• Six Flags La Ronde: Montreal

That seems like not very much ($330 million) for 7 parks. Feels very desperate.

 

[Jrb1979]

Six Flags to sell 7 parks


That seems like not very much ($330 million) for 7 parks. Feels very desperate.

They didn't own the Montreal park, just leased it. Its not really desperate but more that they off-loaded the dead weight parks. Now they can focus on their top money making parks.

 

[Baloo124]

Kinda sad to see Schlitterbahn slip into the dead weight category. I remember back in the early 2000's it was ranked (via a Travel Channel top 10 special) as one of the best waterparks in the U.S.

Not sure if that was before or after SF took over.

 

[mkt]

Kinda sad to see Schlitterbahn slip into the dead weight category.

I agree, this one hurts. I have childhood memories of going there with my dad.

 

[Jrb1979]

Kinda sad to see Schlitterbahn slip into the dead weight category. I remember back in the early 2000's it was ranked (via a Travel Channel top 10 special) as one of the best waterparks in the U.S.

Not sure if that was before or after SF took over.

Its the Schlitterbahn in Galveston that's being sold.

 

[Pizza Moon]

I wish Elon Musk would buy Six Flags (or SeaWorld).

 

[Jrb1979]

I wish Elon Musk would buy Six Flags (or SeaWorld).

Why? Six Flags does have some great parks like Cedar Point, Knotts, Kings Island and Fiesta Texas. They are working on Great Adventure and Over Georgia and Over Texas.

 

[Pizza Moon]

So how is WDWMagic feeling about this years later?

 

[LSLS]

So how is WDWMagic feeling about this years later?

I fully admit it went the opposite of how I expected it to go. I thought Cedar Fairs had the majority, they were going to rise Six Flags parks up to their level and then really take off. Turns out the former CEO was just a big fan of the way Six Flags ran things (or Cedar Fairs didn't have the power I expected they would).