CoasterBuzz Podcast #138 posted

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Jeff, Mike and Pat review this week's news in the amusement industry.

• Mike is about to be a dad for the second time. He's not that involved in naming.
• PointBuzz posts a preview for Cedar Point, including Magnum photos. Magnum is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
• Six Flags sent to the ghetto of stock trading.
• A Walt Disney museum is coming together for San Francisco for a price of $110 million.
• Cedar Fair declares its much lower quarterly distribution.
• Cedar Fair may have a deal for the excess land sale around Canada's Wonderland.
• Universal Orlando takes a big attendance hit for the quarter, though a lot of it is the movement of the Easter holiday between quarters. Those parks are streaky in attendance.
• Alton Towers neighbors complain over Nemesis noise, this time caused by new wheels of a different material. Gonch says they have the right to complain.
• People gather to do something, or maybe nothing, about Geauga Lake's Big Dipper.
• Freestyle adds kids rides, Gonch says it will have zero impact on the park. Mike thinks the ride names are dumb.
• Universal Studios Florida coaster is delayed while they pimp the "new" elements of the ride.
• An industry exec tells Jeff that a debt-for-equity swap in Six Flags wouldn't be all that bad, since the company certainly is loaded with assets.
• New Orleans wants the buy-out deal back on the table for Six Flags' lease. Ain't going to happen with Six Flags' future status in limbo.
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