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Six Flags and Cedar Fair to Merge (Nov 2023)

Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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Baloo124 said:
Bumping this up with some surprising news coming out of my Six Flags park growing up.

Six Flags Over Georgia announcing this week it has cancelled the Christmastime event Holiday In The Park beginning this year.

The park says this is to help focus resources during busier times of the operational season.

This was a very well done event. It never seemed slow with crowds, and many considering it one of the best times to visit the park. Also surprising this particular Six Flags would be chosen to axe the event considering it is located in southern U.S. with milder Nov - Dec than northern parts of the country= more comfortable to visit and be outdoors.

Staffing may be a big factor. (?)

Very disappointed to learn this news.
Dollywood does a great Christmastime event every year, but we always enjoyed SFOG during the holidays when we went.
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I'm not surprised they are cancelling these events. Six Flags Over Georgia isn't the only one. Great Adventure cancelled it too. Even though it gets decent crowds, the problem is they aren't profitable enough. For these events to do well profit wise, they need to fill it with families that pay day tickets. The other problem is many guests go to see the lights, shows and rides but don't spend money on food or merch.
 
Baloo124

Baloo124

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Jrb1979 said:
Six Flags Over Georgia isn't the only one. Great Adventure cancelled it too.
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And now just learning this...
www.mlive.com

Michigan’s Adventure cancels fall 2025 season, offers Cedar Point tickets instead

Michigan’s Adventure will no longer be open for the fall season to the shock and disappointment of many season pass holders.
www.mlive.com www.mlive.com

Unfortunate for the people postponing their park days til later this year when cooler due to all the heat advisories around the country this summer.
 
Baloo124

Baloo124

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LSLS

LSLS

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LSLS

LSLS

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So stopped by on our way home yesterday. Sundays early in the Halloween season are usually a less busy, but that was SHOCKINGLY empty. Steel Vengeance with a 20 minute wait, Milennium at 15, Maverick at 30. Legit lower than I have seen the entire season. I heard people saying it was equally empty Friday. I know the change to charging for the houses REALLY upset a lot of people, I wonder if it's showing up in attendance, or if it's just early on and it will be slammed like usual in 3-4 weeks.
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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LSLS said:
So stopped by on our way home yesterday. Sundays early in the Halloween season are usually a less busy, but that was SHOCKINGLY empty. Steel Vengeance with a 20 minute wait, Milennium at 15, Maverick at 30. Legit lower than I have seen the entire season. I heard people saying it was equally empty Friday. I know the change to charging for the houses REALLY upset a lot of people, I wonder if it's showing up in attendance, or if it's just early on and it will be slammed like usual in 3-4 weeks.
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I think it's just early. Saturday was crazy busy like it usually is in the fall. People are still going. The Conjuring house had a 2 hour waits on Saturday.
 
Baloo124

Baloo124

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www.cbsnews.com

Six Flags Over Texas announces record-breaking 2026 roller coaster, Tormenta Rampaging Run

The world's first giga dive coaster will open in 2026, break six records, and anchor a new Spain-themed land at the Arlington park.
www.cbsnews.com www.cbsnews.com

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Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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Eric Graham said:
They seem to be having some troubles. I believe they may be closing their St Louis location soon:
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The company as a whole is having problems but some individual parks are still doing very well. Most of the former Cedar Fair parks are making a profit and still have good attendance.

It's the former Six Flags parks that are struggling with attendance and profit. It's really unfortunate cause they aren't as bad as many make them out to be.
 
LSLS

LSLS

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So we went to Cedar Point Halloween this weekend. Didn't pay an upcharge for the haunts. The scare zones were pretty similar to previous years. They changed the shows, and while personally I didn't think they were as good, I appreciate that they were updated. BUT, the cuts are crazy. 1/3 of the roller coasters were not open (and have not opened at all during the Halloween season from what I have seen). Two of the three kids areas not open (not a big deal for us, but I'd be frustrated if I brought a 4 year old and they couldn't do a single peanuts thing). The entire row of games by Gatekeeper was not open. I've heard (though personally didn't see since I'm not a ride guy anymore) there were some rides where there were not people to put you into a row queue, so it's just a free for all on the platform. The kids had fun which is the important thing, but I'm truly shocked by how far they are falling so quickly. It was far from crowded, but when 6 of the 18 roller coasters aren't operating, the lines were just much worse than they should have been for most of the day (around 9ish the lines at the front of the park became walk ons).
 
Jrb1979

Jrb1979

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LSLS said:
Here's hoping he can bring some good change, cause the cliff fall has been epic the last year-2 years for these parks.
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Agreed. It's unfortunate cause they had a plan put out for what they want the parks to be.

From the surveys they put out they have a plan with more entertainment, and family attractions. Their biggest problem still is attendance and revenue from most parks.

IMO the hard they are facing is getting people to the parks. They spent money fixing up New England and Over Georgia. As well as adding the Chaperone policy. Unfortunately it's done little to get people back. They even put out cheap passes that includes all parks. Outside of a handful of parks, it didn't boost attendance much at all.
 
LSLS

LSLS

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Jrb1979 said:
Agreed. It's unfortunate cause they had a plan put out for what they want the parks to be.

From the surveys they put out they have a plan with more entertainment, and family attractions. Their biggest problem still is attendance and revenue from most parks.

IMO the hard they are facing is getting people to the parks. They spent money fixing up New England and Over Georgia. As well as adding the Chaperone policy. Unfortunately it's done little to get people back. They even put out cheap passes that includes all parks. Outside of a handful of parks, it didn't boost attendance much at all.
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I'm shocked how out of touch with the industry the people at the top were to think Six Flags had the brand recognition to warrant keeping that name. More than a few people immediately swore off the big Cedar Fair parks because of what . And once they started really nickel and diming and understaffing, a lot more took it as a confirmation of what they feared. I fully admit I was COMPLETELY wrong on where things went. I thought Six Flags legacy parks would be bumped up instead of CF dropping down. But man, our trip a few weeks ago was ROUGH. Something like 20 attractions (including 2 of the 3 kids areas and like 4-6 coasters) were announced as not opening for the day with a sign at entry. Strictly so they didn't have to pay to staff them.
 

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