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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. ArieForce One, Fun Spot America Atlanta
  9. Lightning Rod, Dollywood
  10. Iron Rattler, Six Flags Fiesta Texas

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Rollback

On this day in...

2023: Walt Disney World closing Galactic Star Cruiser in September

2023: Disney cancels $1 billion Lake Nona project citing "changing business conditions"

2020: Walt Disney World reaches agreement with unions on back-to-work plan

2017: SeaWorld Entertainment to build another Sesame Place theme park, option for more

2016: New general manager at Busch Gardens Williamsburg will focus on guest experience

2016: Mass Effect attraction at California's Great America goes beyond fans of the video games

2016: Family will appeal autism lawsuit after court finds in favor of Disney

2015: Total number of families with autistic children suing Disney on discrimination claim at least 58

2013: Arnolds Park renovates 1927 Legend roller coaster

2013: Dorney Park denied nightly fireworks by zoning board, appealing decision

2012: American leisure spending way up, including theme parks

2012: Star Wars Weekends start today at Disney Hollywood Studios

2012: Six Flags Great Adventure opens SkyScreamer

2011: Cedar Point sues rock work company for incomplete work on Shoot the Rapids

2011: Zippin Pippin opens Saturday at Bay Beach

2011: Hong Kong's Ocean Park sets another attendance record at 5.1 million guests

2010: Cedar Point's opening day documented on PointBuzz

2009: CoasterBuzz Podcast #140 posted

2009: Magnum XL-200 the star on Cedar Point's opening day

2009: Freestyle Music Park refines it marketing strategy

2009: California new attraction round-up

2007: Oakwood prosecuted in 2004 Hydro death

2007: Conneaut Lake attempting without Blue Streak, booking bands

2007: Geauga Lake Today posts pre-season tour photos

2007: Wall Street Journal reviews theme park VIP programs

2006: Grand Rapids opens at Michigan's Adventure

2006: Oakwood defends its safety record

2006: Injunction halts Joyland repair work

2006: Michigan's Adventure water line project moving forward

2005: Pigeon Forge manager convicted of reckless homicide in accidental death

2005: Universal targets Americans in a "vacation crisis"

2005: Magiceye interviews DAFE chairman on Kennywood-Blackpool connection

2004: Court overturns $2.5 million award in Six Flags America discrimination suit

2004: PKICentral.com adds 115 new PKI photos

2004: ACN adds more than sixty photos of Hersheypark

2004: PKI invites enthusiasts to opening of new water park

2001: X continues skyward in SoCal

2001: CCI posts new Cheetah pictures on official site

2000: Fed regulation faces certain death

2000: Even more MF pics

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