Six Flags Astroworld to Close Indeffinetly

[scott 0]

I know this is old news but here it is anyway http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/050912/leisure_sixflags.html?.v=5 Did anyone here ever go? I've always been interested in their SWAT ride, and was wondering if anyone here had ever been on it.

[bigglesworth003 0]

WOW all those old coaster's dreamworld will proberly buy one of them, for their "new" attraction, they seem to like buying old crappy coasters instead of being innovative and putting in a nice new coaster....

[joz 1,885]

To be fair, they've only ever bought one second hand coaster. Its kiddie rides where they go second hand I think this is really sad that the parks closing, makes you glad that the Six Flags buying Gold Coast parks rumour was a load of bull.

[Richard 871]

To be even fairer, Cyclone was not a planned capex investment. The ride came onto the market at a price that was literally too good to be true and they scooped it up. I'm not sure I'd say it's sad. Ultimately what this is doing is relieving the company of a huge amount of debt - probably around 20 or 30 million dollars in interest per year alone. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't get rid of a few more of their parks in similar circumstances as it ultimately will allow the company to prosper in future, which I think is far more important to the industry. People have suggested Elitch Gardens due to its similar predicament - urban location (valuable land) and lack of room to expand. If they were to get rid of two or three parks like this, it would probably be the difference between breaking even or not (as they have been in the past few years). The rides will all be given new homes so there's no worrying about that, and all of these locations could benefit from new parks in more remote locations, created by these new gaps in the market (Houston is the third largest city in America for instance, there's no way they'll go without a theme park for too long). Also, "indefinitely" would imply that there would be a chance (however slim) that the park may reopen. The park is gone - full stop.

[T-bone 308]

If dreamworld made the decision to purchase the Skyswat, what would everyone's reactions be? Oh no, not another Second Hand Ride, or sweet, a new ride new to Australia?

[scott 0]

I would welcome it obviously because it's the only one of it's kind and it seems to be a good ride. Anyone here know much about it?

[T-bone 308]

I know it's an S&S Ride, has some wicked restraints, looks like a skyswat, looks awsome, and is in RCT3 Wild! with a pretty good re-creation of the ride.