I’ve decided I like these top fives. It’s fun ranking and sorting important, unimportant and miscellaneous topics into a compact list. So, this week I’m throwing out my top five theme park themes. They will be chosen based on originality, cleverness, and quirkiness. Without any further ado, my top five theme park themes.
#5. Disneyland

I know what you’re thinking, “Jake, Disneyland is your favorite amusement park, how is it so low on this list?” – well, quite frankly, that would make this entire list very anti-climactic and a little boring.
Disneyland is …

In the longest podcast I have recorded, I speak my mind openly about many things, you have been warned. On this show, I discuss in length the Sea World accident and my opinion on the matter, as well as give a less formal Captain EO review. Don’t worry MJ fans, I left all the bashing for your favorite pop star out of it. So take a listen and as always, drop a comment or send me an email at coasterdom@gmail.com.
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Inspired by the re-release of Captain EO at Disneyland, I strike again with my top five retro attractions. In other word’s, my top five rides that don’t exist anymore. This is comprised of both ride’s I rode, and ride’s I wish I could have rode. So, let’s get down to business!
Also, be sure to vote in the poll in the first comment of this post! Thanks!
#5. The Big Bad Wolf.

The most famous of all the Arrow Suspended coasters, The Big Bad Wolf was renowned for its beautiful landscape and thrilling …

Another week, another weekly stock report.
Disney rose 1.52% to $31.23.
Cedar Fair fell 3.54% to $11.31.
Blackstone fell 3.06% to $13.73.
The Dow(n?) Jones fell about 1% to 10,402 points.
Cedar Fair has dropped below the potential sale level, which may be good news for Kinzel and co. Disney has continued to rise, and Blackstone remains a wavy line. You can see the graph for this stock report right here.

Another week, another stock report!
Disney went up from $29.63 to $30.07.
Cedar Fair dropped from $11.94 to $11.44.
Blackstone went up from $12.70 to $12.82.
The Dow Jones increased from 10,053 to 10,099.14 points.
So the stock market is finally taking an up swing. The down tick in Cedar Fair’s prices is likely due to the uncertainty concerning the Apollo Management buy out, which you can read about in this post: http://www.coasterdom.com/2010/02/11/cedar-fair-sale-not-so-fast-cowpoke/.

I’ve never been great at concise titles, and for that, I apologize. The title, as usual, speaks for itself. I feel like it needs no explanation. It would be like having someone expound on what Jabber the Shark is saying. Thanks, we think you have said enough, so please, wrap it up. But I digress. This is a list of the five non-Disney parks I want to go to most, not a list to explain why my post titles are incredibly long.
The lack of Disney parks should be rather self …

Welcome to our third Weekly Stock Report!
This week, the DOW continued on its four week slide, and the amusement industry took a hit as well. Let’s check out the specifics below.
Disney slid 3.46% to $29.54.
Cedar Fair slid only .67% to $11.84.
Blackstone fell a substantial 7.83% to $12.71.
The DJI stumbled 5.62%, so a poor week for the stock market in general. Hopefully things will pick up next week!
Here is the link to this week’s stock chart!

It is time for our second weekly stock report! I will cut to the chase and give you the skinny on how Disney, Cedar Fair and Blackstone did this week!
From 1/25/10 to 1/29/10:
Disney dropped another percent this week to $29.55.
Cedar Fair dropped 2.82% this week to $12.30.
Blackstone dropped 4.79% this week to $12.13.
So not a great week for the amusement industry, but to be fair it wasn’t a fabulous week for the stock market in general with the DOW dropping 1% as well. You can find the link to my …

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Hey there, and welcome to Coasterdom’s first weekly stock report! I have been updating you all via our Twitter account about the stock prices of amusement park companies every day, and now I summarize it all in this report. So let’s see how Disney, Blackstone and Cedar Fair did this week – shall we?
From 1/19/10 – 1/22/10…
Disney (DIS) went from $30.60 to $29.98. So that is a .62 (2%) cent drop for Disney. Not awful, to be sure. You can see the chart for that right here.
Cedar Fair (FUN) went …