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I was surprised how little presence Looney Tunes had at this park when I visited a couple weeks ago. Other than a few small fiberglass statues of characters in a couple of places around the park, there was basically nothing. Even the kiddie rides didn’t have a Looney Tunes theme.
When I was there last Friday, Tweety Bird was standing on the porch of the Grand Music Hall, waiting in vain for anyone to come and visit with him. It was sad.
 
oh ok, thanks for the comment, I felt like snoopy should be the mascot of all six flags parks (or even better, drop looney tunes & dc comics branding as well as the six flags name in the parks and replace looney tunes with snoopy but I don't wanna go off topic but you get the point)
 
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It really does feel like this is a non-IP area, huh? Very interesting. Runs radically counter to common knowledge in this industry re: the value of IP. Will be fascinating to watch how this goes.
I’ve been saying for years that the benefits of IPs at Cedar Fair/Six Flags parks are not worth the costs. People aren’t going to these parks because there’s a Superman ride. This isn’t Universal. They’re going because they wanna have fun, and they’ll have more fun if you spend the IP money on presentation and operations.

That goes for everything except Peanuts. Peanuts should be the theme for every kids area at every six flags park. Ditch looney tunes and DC. Zoomers are more interested in buying merch with snoopy on it anyway. It’s cute, post-able, and doesn’t look tacky
 
That goes for everything except Peanuts. Peanuts should be the theme for every kids area at every six flags park. Ditch looney tunes and DC. Zoomers are more interested in buying merch with snoopy on it anyway. It’s cute, post-able, and doesn’t look tacky
About Looney Tunes though I can't really fault the need for variety. And Magic Mountain just showed us that you can still put money into Looney Tunes to create a nice kid's area.

DC at this point is also a keep just because of how recognizable it is. Sure guests aren't going to parks BECAUSE of the brand, but they sure notice it.

Batman, Superman, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, and Buggs Bunny are all characters that have stood the test of generations and guests like seeing those at their friendly neighborhood parks because they are familiar and the rides are fun. Those might not be Universal or Disney levels of IP where people will book vacations to see them, or One Piece where guests are inclined to buy merchandise, but they are a different kind of valuable. Provided the parks are good stewards of the IP (and not like United), you don't need to fix what clearly isn't broken.
 
This is entirely hardcore theoretical thoosie speak here but I know Enchanted Parks were looking at how DC ip actually effected st louis (especially regarding Supergirl) and if they should make/renew the deal between them and warner. I doubt that anything enchanted does would cause any (at the very least short term) changes in the six flags parks, but if EP do decide to forgo the dc ip I imagine at least one person in the SF chain-of-command would start double take about renewing their own lease. If.
That being said, I know theres a deep connection between minnesota and peanuts and how some people are concerned about vallyfair's peanuts ip expiring, and while this is largely a unique case to any of the remaining SF parks, it's probably something worth noting regarding local nostalgia/connection to the properties.


That all being said, my gut regarding the trailers is telling me this new area's got nothing to do with looney toons. I am prepared for my glorified vibe read to be wrong tho lol.
 
I mean this thread if all of you interested in talking about the future of Warner bros ip at six flags because I may gonna bump it because of supergirl box office potential and the whole paramount & Warner bros thing
 
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