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Total revenue and EBITDA down in first quarter for United Parks

Attendance was also down 5%.

Six Flags posts improved results for first quarter

Net revenue up 12%, attendance up 4%, compared to first quarter last year.

Six Flags shuffles some of exec team, including CFO

Long time Cedar Fair CFO Brian Witherow will step down.

Disney experiences division up 7% for quarter despite 1% drop in domestic attendance

Global attendance was up 2%.

Cedar Point gate tops $100

Those planning ahead can get discounts online.

Niagara Amusement Park & Splash World will not open in 2026

The park's future is uncertain.

Six Flags brings back presidents to 10 parks

The decision reverses a regional strategy.

Six Flags reinstates park presidents

The company previously moved to a regional management model.

Cedar Point retires Monster after 56 years

The ride reached the end of its serviceable life.

DOJ sues United Parks over ban on wheeled walkers

The government suggests that the move violates the ADA.

Six Flags Great Adventure announces boardwalk-themed section

The area will include five rides.

Jana Partners wants Six Flags to sell

The investment firm also wants new leadership on the board.

Sesame Workshop sues United Parks over royalties and use of IP

The non-profit says United Parks stopped paying royalties in September.

Travis Kelce assumes role of "brand ambassador" for Six Flags

The NFL star will appear in various forms of marketing.

Unofficial Blackpool Pleasure Beach history site launched

Park has been in the same family's ownership for 130 years

Six Flags will sell seven parks to EPR for $331 million

The proceeds are expected to be "slightly beneficial to the Company’s leverage ratio."

United Parks reports down quarter, year

Revenue, income and attendance suffered in Q4.

Six Flags posts $1.6 billion loss for 2025

The company also reduced its fourth quarter loss, in part by cutting holiday events.

Silver Dollar City will retire Thunderation roller coaster after 2026

The classic mine train roller coaster will close at the end of the season.

Universal Orlando's special district negotiating contract with Boring Company

Elon Musk's tunneling company could create tunnels between Epic and the original parks.

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Top 100 Coasters

  1. Velocicoaster, Islands of Adventure
  2. Steel Vengeance, Cedar Point
  3. Fury 325, Carowinds
  4. Iron Gwazi, Busch Gardens Tampa
  5. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure
  6. Millennium Force, Cedar Point
  7. Wildcat's Revenge, Hersheypark
  8. Lightning Rod, Dollywood
  9. Iron Rattler, Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  10. Voyage, The, Holiday World

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Rollback

On this day in...

2021: Disney theme park revenue down 44% for quarter

2020: Six Flags Great Adventure will open safari as drive-through experience

2018: Train catches fire at Six Flags Over Georgia

2018: Camden Park worker pinned under Slingshot, flown to hospital

2015: New this year at Star Wars Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios

2015: Batman roller coaster opens at Six Flags Fiesta Texas

2013: Great Escape settles for $1.3 million over 2008 water park viral outbreak

2013: Jet Star finally being removed from the ocean on Jersey shore

2012: Six Flags Great America X-Flight media day pictures posted to Negative-G.com

2010: Wounded sea lion takes up residence at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

2009: Quassy retiring Mad Mouse, building Gravity Group coaster

2009: Kennywood has its roots in trolley line

2009: Chippewa Lake finally coming down

2008: Orlando rides follow four phase opening

2008: Cedar Fair likely to abandon Star Trek Experience at Las Vegas Hilton

2007: Missouri General Assembly says there's not enough time to approve financing for Legoland project

2007: Businesses around Six Flags New England complain of traffic

2007: CoasterBuzz Podcast #74 posted

2007: KICentral adds Firehawk construction photos

2004: Universal transitions to NBC control

2004: California proposes penalties for safety violations

2004: Disney profits up, theme parks have strong quarter

2004: Analysts expect park business to pick up slightly, attendance nearly flat

2004: Six Flags settles Magic Mountain discrimination suit

2003: Ambulance chasers, reporters, still question coaster safety

2002: Consultant ITPS announces the formation of safety division

2002: Knott's begins pull through testing of Xcelerator

2001: SFMW Online adds new photos of Marine World construction

2001: Six Flags reveals changes for La Ronde

2001: Woman falls to her death from Chicago ferris wheel

2001: Cornball Express tests with success (and failure)

2001: X begins to rise at Magic Mountain

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