Six Flags Ohio Purchases Sea World Ohio

One word...ugly...maybe even meaning government intervention...

MONOPOLY!!!!!!!


Ok, i didn't mind SF before they started buying the country...the more variety, the better...I really don't like the idea of having 8 million Batman the rides, or Vipers.


--it's a six flags world out there, and we have to stop it!

Man im gonna miss it. Everything about Sea World was good, it didnt even need rides. I'll really miss watching the pearl divers and all the shows. i remember getting to go down and pe shamu, that was one of the highlights of my childhood

If they buy every park with their Monopoly play Money, like they did with Sea World they might. Well, not really. I wonder what Busch thinks of the 110 million bills with a choo choo train on them. I guess thats how PKS thinks they will pay off the debt.

Actually, just to bring some balance to this one sided debate, Six Flags WILL maintain it as a Marine park. They have NO plans what-so-ever to add coasters to that side of the park. I don't mind people hating on six Flags, just please present facts and not just "end of the world" over dramatics.

Six Flags states in the Plain Dealer that the park formerly known as Sea World will get a name change. New dolphins and penguins will be brought in, but killer whales are the rights of Sea World. The only other park I know of that has killer whales is Marine World in Niagara Falls, Canada (not a Six Flags park).

I just can't see this new park being a success unless they add rides. But that would be like competition against yourself. I really look for both parks to be adjoined after this season. That's the only thing that makes sense to me because neither park was an all-day park like CP.

There was a pretty good op-ed piece in yesterday's P.D. They basically echoed Six Flags difficulty in operating one park, let alone two.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/opinion/index.ssf?/news/opinion/editorials/g14sea4.html

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I thought I read somewhere that SeaWorld didn't own the land that it was on? I thought they were leasing it from Geauga Lake/Six Flags, and that was why they couldn't build any rides. So if SF already owned the land, why the $110 mill price tag on kicking SeaWorld off?

Also, as a SeaWorld employee, I just want to express my utter disappointment over this. Anheuser Busch was a great company to work for, they treated their employees well, the park was beautiful and we were proud to work at such a quality park. I personally had a terrible time on both visits to SFO. It was filthy, crowded, boring, and generally unfriendly.

I feel like a baseball player who's been traded to their rival team.

Sea World was an awesome park. But how will SF change everything in this small amount of time? Shamus happy harbor shamus spalsh attack shamu stadium all the gift shops the talking frogs the budweiser school the budweiser horses shamu fountain. The reason SWO was the lesser of the SW's was because they could not fully expand into an adventure park like the other by contract with SF. Which is why Busch sold it says the PD.

Geauga Lake/SFO did not own the Sea World land. Sea World owned it. Killer whales are not copyrighted to Sea World but the name Shamu is. A park in Miami has a killer whale as do other marine parks around the country. Not as famous, granted, but Sea World does not monopolize the whale.

Six Flags major stumbling block will be the height restrictions place on the park by neighboring communities such as Bainbridge and Aurora. They will still build great coasters, just not great big coasters.

It seems animals in amusement parks don't work together, especially in Ohio. Look at CP and PKI. Cp got rid of the aquarium and dolphins and PKI got rid of their children zoo. So I'm guessing Six Flags will open the park as a marine world, not as an expanded SFO. Although they might add a combo ticket ie: two parks for one price. I don't see Six Flags removing any of the exhibits because they already paid for them and I'm sure they have the pumps and everything. So although if it opens next season it will still feel like Sea World but may look a little messy! And I too am kicking myself for not going there this season, after visiting Orlando's one I got excited and started making plans for a trip to it this comming season. To bad I won't get the same clean feeling!

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"And here comes damu the dolphin replacing shamu!!!' *** This post was edited by newt on 1/15/2001. ***

newt, PKI used to have a whole big monorail safari with rhinos, giraffes, elephants, etc. I don't think that's a children's zoo. Anyway, I thought it was a really nice addition. I don't think they could keep up with the animals during the winter monthes there. And it hurt profitting. But they don't need it anymore because they maintain excellent capacity. I'm kind of glad SF bought SWO. Otherwise, I probobly would never go there. At least all of their shows are still there. I guess the main reason I don't care is because I get to go to WDW every year and we always visit SWF. It's fun.

I am really excited about this..and really dont understand why some people get mad...i mean..whats better..haveing one great park around the corner or two? I dont look at it as a competition thing, I look at it as more rides for me and twice the parks in the immediate area to go to! Each park has their own "best" thing about it and I am looking foward to the expansion of Six Flags. I find it funny how some of those who complain about six flags..I see them at Six Flags..so it cant be all that bad. If Six Flags dont expand..oh well..at least there are more attractions for my different moods. See Im not just a Cedar Point client..I am a client of amusement parks all over the states...the more parks the better!

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~~~Darla~~~

I don't really care what happens. I just want to see a hyper at SFO sometime soon. ;)

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