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I’ve been wondering about that for a couple days.

We know the former SF parks served stuff like Coca-Cola and Mars but what will the new Enchanted Parks offer?
 
If you haven't seen it in a press release, no one knows yet. Be patient - this situation literally just became official a few days ago. There are still lots of minor details like the soda supplier to work out.

Also, again, nothing will likely change for this year. Contracts and purchasing agreements are already in place for the bulk of this year at most parks around the country. You have an entire year to speculate and worry about such changes.

I get it, you're nervous and excited and whatever, but I think it would do well for your mental health to take a step back, take a deep breath, and maybe unplug from the internet for a few days. I was at an event on Friday night where I wasn't allowed to have my phone and it was the most refreshing time I've had in a while. It'll do you good.
 
Hopefully Kool-Aid becomes the official beverage partner for the parks and the theme of the kids areas.

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I’ve been wondering about that for a couple days.

We know the former SF parks served stuff like Coca-Cola and Mars but what will the new Enchanted Parks offer?
Good point, but one of biggest questions regarding stuff like this is what the Camp/Planet Snoopy Areas will become. If their talks with WB are successful I could see Looney Tunes taking over these lands. If not, I'm not sure yet.
 
I'd like to see IPs handled park by park in this chain. The Great Escape and Worlds of Fun, for instance, just don't need them at all. The Great Escape has its Storytown USA history to capitalize on with its public domain storybook and ghost town themes. Worlds of Fun has its Around the World in 80 Days theme which should continue to be reemphasized.

Meanwhile, Valleyfair, Michigan's Adventure, and Six Flags St. Louis are a little more difficult to deal with. I don't know if Warner or Peanuts partnerships are possible to retain into the future, but I don't think either IP does much for any of the parks in question. Probably in favor of finding a smaller IP to work with or just pulling the IP all together.
 
if enchanted parks kept Warner bros, maybe its for a 5 year contract until enchanted parks has a option to takeover frontier city and reunite great escape with frontier city so they can bring in the great escape original characters to replace the looney tunes characters at a park like six flags St Louis (look at hanna barbera & nickelodeon, cedar fair kept the rights to those properties for 4 years until they replaced by peanuts characters)
 
if enchanted parks kept Warner bros, maybe its for a 5 year contract until enchanted parks has a option to takeover frontier city and reunite great escape with frontier city so they can bring in the great escape original characters to replace the looney tunes characters at a park like six flags St Louis (look at hanna barbera & nickelodeon, cedar fair kept the rights to those properties for 4 years until they replaced by peanuts characters)
They could get the Hanna Barbera characters for the park, right, that would solve the kid IP issue
 
well, that's be kings parks job since kings had hanna barbera
"had" being the key word. Not sure who, if anyone, has the rights in North America right now.

Also remember that companies can have agreements and rights while others have rights to some too (and this could be done a multitude of ways such as a company having the rights and agreeing to let other companies have said rights dependent on use and territories). A company can pay a pretty penny for exclusivity but if it doesn't really affect their market, an agreement could also work.

A few important moments in history regarding this:
-While Kings Entertainment had the rights to Hanna Barbera, Universal did as well.
-When Knotts Camp Snoopy lost rights to PEANUTS after Cedar Fair lost the management contract, they went on to convert into Nickelodeon Universe (which it is still today, after a brief time being the "Park at MoA"). Paramount Parks had just been sold to Cedar Fair two years prior to this opening as Nickelodeon Universe. Paramount owned Nickelodeon and let Cedar Fair continue the use of Nickelodeon through 2009 while Nickelodeon Universe was operating. In addition, Universal also had rights to utilize Nickelodeon characters in attractions (Jimmy Neutron's NickToon Blast) and parades.
-Marvel is a big example though the rights for amusement attractions in Florida were sold back when Marvel was really at an almost point of no return and needed the influx of cash. This was well before Disney purchased the company. Universal has the rights to Marvel characters such as Spider-Man, X-Men, Hulk, etc... but only the comic versions and they cannot be related to the present MCU. Disney can introduce other Marvel characters to their Florida parks (see Guardians of the Galaxy) but cannot introduce the ones above (which is why you see a Spider-Man attraction in California for Disney but not Florida).

Probably the biggest one to note in relation to this discussion is that Six Flags doesn't have exclusive rights for Warner Bros/DC Comics/Looney Tunes. They do in most states and territories but the latest agreement left out Florida. So, realistically, Universal could approach Warner Bros for the rights in Florida and could build a park section or attraction based on DC Comics or Looney Tunes. Now, Warner Bros is in the process of being sold to Paramount Skydance so who knows how they will negotiate here but, in the past, they have been pretty willing to negotiate.

While I'm not sure it would actually happen, it is totally possible that Warner Bros could bring both Enchanted and Six to the table and discuss the use of rights. SIX has pretty much exited all of the markets where these sales took place (with the exception of potentially Michigan being an argument because there will be heavy marketing there still with Cedar Point, Great America, and Kings Island being close by). It may also lower the fee potentially for SIX while also offering more of an influx for WB. Not saying it will happen, but it is entirely plausible and the fact that Enchanted Parks has already begun negotiations with them is a sign that they're potentially willing. I'd even bet that PEANUTS could potentially be on the table. The new combined chain isn't entirely sure where they want to go with the rights and theming and who knows where they will be five years down the road with it too (with Peanuts expiring prior to that).
 
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Very, VERY unlikely as I'd imagine it'll go to Universal but it could be cool if they decided to let EnParks have Sesame Street once it's gone from United. It's a fairly low bar for quality to beat. But I do doubt that, it'll go to Uni
 
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I've been thinking that James Bond would be a neat retheme of SFSL's Batman.

(SIDE NOTE: The WB contract expires in 2053, and by that point, some of the early incarnations of Batman and Bugs Bunny would be PD by then anyway)
 
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