Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, North America’s largest regional amusement park operator, announced today that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell seven of its parks to EPR Properties for total cash consideration of $331...
As we approach the beginning of “Spooky Season,” a number of legacy Cedar Fair (now Six Flags) parks released details earlier this week about the goings-on at their respective Halloween Haunt events. While the usual...
Valleyfair has been on my roller coaster bucket list for years, and when I recently found myself in the Twin Cities area, I knew I had to make a quick trip to Shakopee to visit...
Valleyfair is giving one of its veteran attractions a fresh coat of paint in advance of the park’s 2022 season. High Roller is the oldest coaster at Valleyfair, opening with the Shakopee, Minnesota amusement park...
This week on the podcast, we’re joined by Valleyfair Vice President/General Manger Raul Rehnborg. Raul is a 35-year theme park veteran, whose career has included stops at Knott’s Berry Farm, Knott’s Soak City (in both...
That sound you hear? It’s the return of theme park normalcy (almost, anyway.) After significantly shortened seasons (if even opening at all) in 2020, all of Cedar Fair’s amusement parks returned to a “closer to...
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. 2020 was a roller coaster of a year. The good news is, it’s now 2021, and theme parks are getting ready to open again. All of Cedar Fair...
Cedar Fair parks across the country are preparing to open for the 2021 season — some for the first time since 2019 — with new or updated health and safety protocols to keep guests safe...
If there’s one word to describe the past eight months in the theme park industry, interesting feels like a strong candidate. (This is assuming that we can’t use a bunch of choice “four-letter” words, since...
As the “traditional” 2020 theme park calendar winds to a close, unfortunately, due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, several Cedar Fair parks will not open this season, and to COVID-19 as an entity, we have one...
Yesterday, updates were posted from all parks across the Cedar Fair Chain in regards to the 2020 operating season. While no future park opening dates were announced, the parks all provided updates on the status...
Cedar Fair held their investor earnings call and released their first quarter earnings results yesterday. As expected, most of the focus was on the impact of COVID-19 on the company and the parks. A few...
