With Cedar Fair leading Six Flags in our Six Flags vs. Cedar Fair poll I thought it would be appropriate to honor Cedar Fair first with Coasterdom’s first ever “Profile of the Week”. In an effort to educate those who really like roller coasters, but aren’t super nerds (they don’t know what they’re missing) I will write one of these every Sunday (God willing). I am hoping that these posts will become a reference guide of sorts so that while reading a post when someone doesn’t understand what a term …

For the most part, every enthusiast is familiar with the two titular amusement park companies Six Flags and Cedar Fair. And any enthusiast worth their salt knows that the battle between the two regional chains is never ending, and filled with animosity. However it has come to my attention by way of comments made to me by friends and readers that not everyone is familiar with this rivalry, nor are they really familiar with the companies in question (well, mostly Cedar Fair). So, to remedy this situation, I am going to …

Theme Park Insider’s Best Attraction In America Tournament will be kicking off this Thursday, and during the countdown, Robert Niles (TPI’s head honcho) has been releasing a new seed of one of the four brackets every day. Today, he finished off the roller coaster bracket with the #1 seed: Millennium Force. While some (including myself) will grind their teeth, there is still hope. Check out the sixteen seeds below to see just who Millennium Force will be up against.

1. Cedar Point’s Millennium Force [Intamin Giga/Mega]
2. Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Apollo’s Chariot [Bolliger & …

The Sandusky Register is reporting that Apollo Management is looking to acquire the bankrupt, Six Flags. Yes, the Apollo Management that is looking to snatch up Cedar Fair. While nobody cared to comment (what else is new?) this could be a very interesting development.
Seeing that the management styles of the two parks are slightly different, would they merge management styles? Keep them separate? Choose one over the other? The odds are that nothing substantial would change, except that the Six Flags Magic Mountain vs. Cedar Point debate would get all …

The popular Rock Band game is going to be landing at several Cedar Fair parks for this upcoming season. Clearly competing with the Guitar Hero using Six Flags, Cedar Fair plans to operate it in the same way – a competition of sorts between guests. You can find all the pertinent details here, but I want to talk about the idea of video games in amusement parks in general.

Ever since I was a pretty young kid, maybe around eight or nine, I was puzzled by the other kids that would …

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.

I’m back with a brand new podcast. I have tweaked the format a bit in an effort to make the show more entertaining. I’ve broken the show into three segments, so that the show will remain uniform but open for me to make changes in the future. As always, enjoy the show!
And be sure to throw out your thoughts, as well as your thoughts about the weekly topic either in the comments or by sending an email to coasterdom@gmail.com.
Here’s the link to the Coasterdom Podcast 2/15/10

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/.

Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?
Dick Kinzel’s response would likely fall into the “no” category after the news came out that a Texan investment company (Q Investing) is planning on voting “no” on the Apollo acquisition with his 9.8% stake in the company. The company is urging other investors to do the same, and many will. There has been a growing discontent with the sale, especially of late when stocks have been trading significantly higher than when the deal was first announced ($11.58 at the time of this …

The Mason City Council has rejected a plan that would have added a three percent ticket tax and a five percent ticket tax on the Cedar Fair amusement park. The proposed taxes were aggressively fought by the park, claiming that it would hurt business. An article in the Cincinnati Business Courier can be found here.
I am inclined to agree with Kings Island on this one. Having lived in California my entire life, I am all too familiar with increasing or adding taxes in order to boost revenue for something as vague as …