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Yep. They have been without one for 3 months now. The return of Neal Thurman with additional responsibilities would be nice.
God, imagine if Knotts could do Ghost Town Alive type stuff all the time and pitch the park kinda as what evermore never was lol
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If you had to pick a crap city--why not Bakersfield?
(love you all Bakersfieldans, Condors fan making the jab)
Also--really glad the entrance is finally getting work done. Been too long coming.
Gotta be a mistake. They’re not gonna move SFMM to Fresno. That’s literally impossible lol
Just assume all of them 
Although in all seriousness, most rides seemed open with the exception of everything on the top of the mountain (Ninja, Superman, Magic Mover). Which, in the last few years, they do tend to close off before and after haunt to (I presume) set up and tear down haunt stuff. Ninja and Superman were mostly open for haunt. Jet Stream is still down.
But a lot of things were running one train: Tatsu, Goliath, Viper, and Revolution (which has been on single train ops forever). Still, they were open, but the lines were pretty long and slow. Crazanity is open, as well as JL.
Also, I noticed if you're a member and trying to redeem Front of Line passes though the app, it doesn't seem to work anymore. Guess it's just a glitch? Not sure.
One perk: the haunt emporium store (near Apocalypse) will still be open for the rest of the calendar year, so you can still pick up haunt merch! And we saw many of the shirt for Saw being sold in Studio 6 (near Goldrusher).
Going back to the newly demolished ticket booths, it's amazing how much more open it feels without them. To me, it made the outdated lattice structure feel more modern. It'll be interesting to see if they keep it, or create an entirely new entrance. I feel like there were rumors a couple of years ago (I believe around the park's 50th anniversary that ended up happening during Covid) of the park getting an upgraded entrance. Let's hope it's actually happening... even if it's just this, it's already a big improvement.
Although in all seriousness, most rides seemed open with the exception of everything on the top of the mountain (Ninja, Superman, Magic Mover). Which, in the last few years, they do tend to close off before and after haunt to (I presume) set up and tear down haunt stuff. Ninja and Superman were mostly open for haunt. Jet Stream is still down.
But a lot of things were running one train: Tatsu, Goliath, Viper, and Revolution (which has been on single train ops forever). Still, they were open, but the lines were pretty long and slow. Crazanity is open, as well as JL.
Also, I noticed if you're a member and trying to redeem Front of Line passes though the app, it doesn't seem to work anymore. Guess it's just a glitch? Not sure.
One perk: the haunt emporium store (near Apocalypse) will still be open for the rest of the calendar year, so you can still pick up haunt merch! And we saw many of the shirt for Saw being sold in Studio 6 (near Goldrusher).
Going back to the newly demolished ticket booths, it's amazing how much more open it feels without them. To me, it made the outdated lattice structure feel more modern. It'll be interesting to see if they keep it, or create an entirely new entrance. I feel like there were rumors a couple of years ago (I believe around the park's 50th anniversary that ended up happening during Covid) of the park getting an upgraded entrance. Let's hope it's actually happening... even if it's just this, it's already a big improvement.
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Rumor:
The park is in discussions with RMC to find a way to duel Twisted Colossus 89 percent of the time along with other refurbishments next year. There’s also talks of an in-house solution to save money. But it’s being talked about.
The park is in discussions with RMC to find a way to duel Twisted Colossus 89 percent of the time along with other refurbishments next year. There’s also talks of an in-house solution to save money. But it’s being talked about.
I recognize that this map and numbers don't tell the full tale but the "South" region has the lowest ratio of parks to people, with an average of 810K people/park where the other regions are more than 1 million per park. The best is the West at 1.36M/park, the Southeast is at 1.3 million per park with the Midwest coming in at 1.2 million per park. Obviously, profitability plays a larger role as the parks in the South could be more profitable in ways that attendance would not reflect.
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I hadn't considered the idea of cross-promoting passes for Knott's & SFMM.
When I was playing armchair CEO the other day, I thought it would make sense to sell Knott's to Herschend.
When I was playing armchair CEO the other day, I thought it would make sense to sell Knott's to Herschend.
Permits have been filed for demo for Golden Bear theater
https://x.com/ParkWizar1/status/1732198344351748107?s=20
https://x.com/ParkWizar1/status/1732198344351748107?s=20
Permit Number: UNC-BLDG231205002040
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Kind of a shame they will be demo’ing the Golden Bear theater (Never actually got to go in there!) but if this is really the big coaster we’ve been waiting for…bring it.
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