Bad Year for Theme Parks?

[Happytycho]

I don't consider most US parks outside Orlando to be "theme parks" given their general lack of theming.

So while it is a great roller coaster year in the US, the new attractions at the major theme parks are not particularly impressive.

 

[Nick]

"Bad year for theme parks" is a very Orlando centric mindset.

It really isn't though.

Theme Parks, while still amusement parks at their core, are a notch above regional parks. This thread is talking about Theme parks and by all accounts this year kinda sucks for the major players. It just so happens that the only true "theme parks" in the country are in the Orlando and Los Angeles area.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

It really isn't though.

Yes it is really. God man.

 

[Nick]

Yes it is really. God man.

Well on the surface and based on those words alone you originally quoted, then yes.

Unless you are meaning that how Orlando as a market focuses on the parks more than real news. I would agree there as well, but who cares. It's never really a "bad year" for theme parks, though... even if the premise of the additions being stinkers in Orlando in 2018 is accurate.

 

[leavesonthelawn]

Wicker Man and Valkyria look pretty sweet for 2018 additions (Icon too but BPB isn't really a "theme park")

 

[Nick]

Wicker Man and Valkyria look pretty sweet for 2018 additions (Icon too but BPB isn't really a "theme park")

That's sort of the point of the point someone made on the previous page. Great year for coasters, meh year for additions in Orlando and Hollywood/Anaheim.