CoasterBuzz Podcast #167 posted

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

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

It costs $200 to form an LLC in Washington. What's up with that?
Lawsuits filed to block the Cedar Fair sale.
Is the offering price from Apollo fair?
Investors are asking if the debt situation is impossible. Jeff thinks with looser credit markets in 2012 and different leadership, a turn-around without a sale is possible, even if it is risky.
Mike asks if this whole fiasco makes Dick Kinzel a failure. Clearly he's ruined his legacy. And it has never been an issue of Cedar Fair sucking as much as they're "C+ students," as Gonch puts it.
There's some amount of anxiety over what Apollo will do with the company if the sale does succeed.
The Knott family was apparently not given a heads up, despite being significant unit holders.
Happy new year! The group is saddened by the state of Dick Clark. And someone should punch Carson Daly in the face.
Newsflash: Congress still isn't interested in regulating amusement rides. Sorry, Ed Markey. That he doesn't suggest anything proactive makes his crusade even more pointless.
Legoland California is rocking it with their aquarium. Kids love them, then they're too cool for them, then they like them again.
Gonch shares his experience in yanking kids out of school to go to Walt Disney World.
Marvel's acquisition by Disney approved by shareholders.
Charmland rears its ugly head again, as usual in reference to Cedar Point.
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