News Cedar Fair Merges with Six Flags

[MaxxForceFan]

I am interested in seeing what happens with the waterparks in Georgia . Most of the empty land to the west of Six Flags Over Georgia is owned by Six Flags.

Does it make sense to keep the small onsite Hurricane Harbor and White Water?

Some of the options are:
- Keep the parks the way they are.
- Build out Hurricane Harbor into a full separate gate waterpark and sell off the White Water land.
- Remove the onsite Hurricane Harbor for dry park expansion and rebrand White Water to Hurricane Harbor Atlanta.
- Remove the onsite Hurricane Harbor for dry park expansion and keep the White Water brand.

 

[BlueHawk47]

I am interested in seeing what happens with the waterparks in Georgia . Most of the empty land to the west of Six Flags Over Georgia is owned by Six Flags.

Does it make sense to keep the small onsite Hurricane Harbor and White Water?

Some of the options are:
- Keep the parks the way they are.
- Build out Hurricane Harbor into a full separate gate waterpark and sell off the White Water land.
- Remove the onsite Hurricane Harbor for dry park expansion and rebrand White Water to Hurricane Harbor Atlanta.
- Remove the onsite Hurricane Harbor for dry park expansion and keep the White Water brand.

I saw a couple of rumors some time ago stating about HH possibly shutting down for good this fall because it hasn't been profitable and the water slides supposed to be getting moved to WW 20 minutes away as a result

 

[harry580]

I thinking just in case six flags do decided to expand over Georgia over to hurricane harbor land, I felt like they should be moving the water park slides & that splash thing to white water, maybe put it where American adventure park used to be (and maybe add a new entrance)

 

[Tacky3663]

I saw a couple of rumors some time ago stating about HH possibly shutting down for good this fall because it hasn't been profitable and the water slides supposed to be getting moved to WW 20 minutes away as a result

I wouldn’t mind that. Use the land for dry expansion. Move the big slides to White Water

 

[Great Adventurer]

Ordinarily I'd assume this to be a maintenance thing, but it may be the new normal since it apparently applies to both the green and the blue trains. For the time being, the K.I. & Miami Valley Railroad locomotives are running with 3 cars instead of 6.

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[RollyCoaster]

I'm unsure of what screams budget cut with that? They aren't saving any money running both trains with 3 cars instead of 6.

Screams maintenance to me, not a budget cut, no excuse for it not being done before the season starts though.

 

[Great Adventurer]

For the record, I don't particularly agree with the full throated budget cut angle either, but was more so wondering if 3 cars would be the new normal (although if we were to press the issue, I guess it'd be easier to just slap the other 3 cars on in the event of maintenance being needed, rather than performing constant checks?). In hindsight, this may not have been the best thread for it, but I couldn't find a dedicated thread for the attraction itself.

 

[MaxxForceFan]

Just a heads up. Tower Topics was created by the former head of PR at Kings Island from 2007-2023. A lot of posts are critical of park management and the chain. He seems bitter about his departure.

 

[GAcoaster]

Yeah, it costs the same to run a three car train as a six car train-- not a budget cut.

More likely maintenance. Especially with a 50+ year old attraction. I know Disney just replaced the trucks under their passenger cars after 50 years of service, I expect this is a similar scenario.

 

[jscll]

That was short lived. The green train is running six cars today. The red train is not operating.
I assumed before the Waterpark opened that the train was only running three cars due to the lower ridership of round trip only. After all, a train only 15% loaded feels like an unpopular ride.

 

[GAcoaster]

And now the blue locomotive is pulling three red and three green—



This is a maintenance thing.

 

[Nicole]

I think it looks cute. I’d do it intentionally.

 

[SweetBabyJames]

I was fooling around with ai image generators and thought I'd share some images that I think best describe our current state of affairs.

I call this one "WTF 1"

I call this one "WTF 2"

I call this one "WTF3"

 

[harry580]

I was fooling around with ai image generators and thought I'd share some images that I think best describe our current state of affairs.

I call this one "WTF 1"
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I call this one "WTF 2"
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I call this one "WT... fuck yeah"
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what wtf 4 & 5? be?, universal being happy they opened epic universe while Richard zimmerick is on his rampage at six flags and the fifth is some nfl teamer owner buying six flags (going back into the dan snyder years again?)

 

[Thriller]

One day I was at Kings Island and they were only operating three cars on the train, but the waterpark was closed. That probably was a factor as writer ship is lower when the waterpark is closed. There were still plenty of seats on the train, so that’s a cut that makes sense

At least the ride was operating and round trip. Which is my favorite. Time to ride the train

 

[CoasterBroCam]

I can't wait until Zimmerman fires the entire staff fleet and then realizes he's inadvertently created Cartmanland and starts letting 1 person into the parks each day.

 

[MaxxForceFan]

June 25, 2025

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: FUN), the largest regional amusement park operator in North America, announced today that its shareholders elected Sandra (Sandy) Cochran, Michael Colglazier, Felipe Dutra, and Steven Hoffman to the Board of Directors of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation for 3-year terms expiring in 2028.

Shareholders also confirmed the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, approved an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, and confirmed a 1-year frequency for shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation.

“I want to welcome Sandy, Michael, Felipe and Steven to our Board of Directors,” said Selim Bassoul, executive chairman of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. “We appreciate our shareholders for recognizing the value these business leaders will provide Six Flags by electing them as our Class I directors. Each brings a proven record of success and commitment to excellence that aligns perfectly with Six Flags’ core values and business goals. We are confident their contributions will significantly enhance our governance oversight responsibilities and help propel us towards sustained growth and success.”

https://investors.sixflags.com/news...Directors-to-the-Six-Flags-Board/default.aspx

 

[SweetBabyJames]

Each brings a proven record of success and commitment to excellence that aligns perfectly with Six Flags’ core values and business goals.

I'd be very interested to know if all the board of directors have even come to a collective agreement on what their core values and business goals are. Right now it seems their core values are kind-of ambiguous. Even if a "core value" is guest satisfaction, it seems completely at odds with their "business goal" of huge profit by means of cutting costs and pleasing stock holders. I know big mergers tend to take this cost-cutting route but it does leave their customers in the dark.

 

[Zachary]

Here are the executive bios if anyone else is curious:

Sandra (Sandy) Cochran served as executive chair of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBRL) from November 2023 through February 2024. Prior to her role as executive chair, she served in positions of increasing responsibility at Cracker Barrel including service as president and CEO and a director from September 2011 to October 2023, president and COO from November 2010 to September 2011, and executive vice president and CFO from April 2009 until November 2010. Prior to joining Cracker Barrel, Ms. Cochran served in multiple executive leadership roles at Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ: BAMM), a book retailer, including as CEO from February 2004 to April 2009, president from August 1999 to February 2004, and CFO from September 1993 to August 1999. Ms. Cochran currently serves on the board of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) since 2016, and Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE: SIG) since February 2024. She previously served on the board of Cracker Barrel from September 2011 to February 2024, and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: DG) from 2012 to May 2020. Ms. Cochran holds an MBA from Pacific Lutheran University and a bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University. She also served as a Captain in the Ninth Infantry Division of the United States Army.

Michael Colglazier has served as CEO and a director of Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SPCE) since July 2020 and as Virgin Galactic’s president since February 2021. Prior to joining Virgin Galactic, Mr. Colglazier served as president and managing director for Disney Parks International from March 2018 until his departure in July 2020. Prior to that from January 2013 until March 2018, Mr. Colglazier was president of The Disneyland Resort where he led a workforce of nearly 30,000 employees and drove record business performance and growth. He is currently chairman of the CEO Roundtable for the University of California, Irvine. He is also a past member of the Engineering Advisory Board of Rice University, and past commissioner and member of the executive committee of the California Travel and Tourism Commission. Mr. Colglazier holds a bachelor’s in industrial engineering from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Felipe Dutra is a founding investor and chairman of Waldencast PLC (NASDAQ: WALD), a position he has held since 2021. He previously served as CFO of Anheuser-Busch InBev (Euronext: ABI) (NYSE: BUD) (MEXBOL: ANB) (JSE: ANH) from 2004 through 2020, adding chief technology officer responsibilities in 2014. Prior to that he held several roles in treasury and operations at Ambev predecessor Cervejaria Brahma and was appointed CFO in 1999, holding that position until the merger with Interbrew in 2004, which led to the creation of InBev. Mr. Dutra holds a degree in economics from Candido Mendes and an MBA in controlling from Universidade de São Paulo.

Steven Hoffman currently operates Python Global Ventures, a family office investment firm. Prior to that, Mr. Hoffman was a partner and consumer sector head at Highline Capital Management LLC from 2001 through 2018. Mr. Hoffman began his career at Wertheim Schroder & Co. as an investment banking and private equity analyst starting in 1992. He earned dual bachelor’s degrees at The University of Pennsylvania from The Wharton School and the College of Arts & Sciences and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

 

[mtpelepele]

Proven records of success. Because Cracker Barrel, Books-A-Million and Dollar General are all doing great!