pan6467

While this is tragic and heart-wrenching, shit happens at these places. They are however, very safe. If I could I would be at Cedar Point and Kings Island 24/7.... you just have to be alert, aware and know that accidents happen, they are called accidents for a reason. If they were planned, they would be called planned events.

BTW, I think this is the death knell for 6 Flags however, I think they needed heavy attendance this year and it won't happen now. I think we'll see the long awaited merger/buyout from Cedar Fair.

So if you are a stock person, take advantage, buy up shares of Cedar Fair (FUN) and 6 Flags (SIX). It's going to happen because 6 Flags have been losing their asses for sometime and the day they buy 40% interest in Dick Clark Productions they have one of the worst tragedies in their company's history? They are done.

Cedar Fair bought up all the Paramount/CBS/Viacom parks and did so cheaply last year, in part to help with CBS/Viacom to afford the merger, even though this was just a drop in the bucket and they are still debt riddled.

Overall, gruesome heartlessness aside, the big winner will be Six Flag investors, who hold until Cedar Fair buys them out and Cedar Fair as another competitor bites the big one and drops out leaving only 3 others, Disney, Universal and Busch. And I see Busch getting out soon.

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"