New for 2005

FUN is up 2.9% YTD not including the distribution. I am wondering whether the distribution should be included in the total return as 80% of it is treated as return of capital thus reducing the cost basis.

In any event it may take a couple years before the GL purchase is accretive. I am surprised that the secondary offering did not affect the unit price more than it did.

New construction pictures have been posted today.

Actually its more like deconstruction pictures :)

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Thank you Junior for the undate on the pictures.

I cant wait to see the new park next year, as getting my Cedar Point pass for the first times ever, i think im gonna add the GL package also, i live a mere 25 miles away & havent been there in atleast 5 years...

More construction and deconstruction pictures were posted on Novemebr 29th.

More pictures were posted December 6th. They include deconstruction of the Shamu stadium.

Oh my. That pic of the stadium makes me the saddest. I have so many memories of Shamu that came from sitting in that very same section of the splash zone:( *** Edited 12/7/2004 5:53:26 PM UTC by Rihard 2000***

And, the speculation on if the buffet restaurant will be back can end also.

Six new construction pictures were posted yesterday (12/13/04).

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More construction pictures have been posted on 1/3/05. Ten of them to be exact. There sure is a lot of deconstruction going on in the park, but at least its for a good reason ;).

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it warms my heart to see the old Sea World being annihilated.

More construction pictures dated for 1/10 are posted on the GL site. They include some interior shots of one of the stadiums.

Does anyone think that they might keep or bring back some of the original geauga lake and seaworld things that many people have had great times on?

New construction pictures of a snowy Wildwater Kingdom and Happy Harbor were posted today.

Morepictures were posted today. Nothing really new, just a lot of snow, some demolition equipment, and a missing arcade building.

New pictures today (2/7), including some interior shots of the simulators.

I have to admit that seeing the stadiums come down is a little sad, as those probably constitute the majority of my memories from the old Sea World.

^ same here, in fact the water ski stadium and Shamu Stadium are the only two memories I had left of Sea World Ohio. It's really sad to just see them ripped apart by backhoes and bulldozers, they could have been put to some other use.

I disagree. They weren't of much use. I miss what used to take place there, and that's never going to happen again.

The park could have definately used at least one of the old stadiums as a concert venue. Obviuosly it would have required some modifications. But I think that there is definately a place in the CLeveland market for a mid sized summer venue.