Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
By Robert Niles: Thanks to Theme Park Insider first daughter Natalie Niles for this week's vote topic: poll by twiigs.com Looks like Universal gets to sit this one out, because we at TPI World Headquarters couldn't settle on what Universal's mascot would be. (The park promotes so many, but not one consistently above the others.) I thought about including the Lego people for Legoland,...
Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Robert Niles: I've been a bad boy and haven't been to any Halloween events yet this season. But other Theme Park Insider readers are picking up the slack: Scottland Jacobson offers a lengthy, detailed trip report from Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America. Scott Verble asks about the crowds at Universal Orlando's Halloween Horror Nights on Sunday evenings. The consensus seems to be...
Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
By Robert Niles: Today's the day for the free SeaWorld ticket give-away that we are running here on Theme Park Insider. Just to remind you, here's the deal: Post a photograph of Manta's main track being shipped from Ohio to SeaWorld Orlando this week. You must be a registered Theme Park Insider member, posting under your real name, and post your photo(s) to TPI's Manta page. I will select...
Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
By Robert Niles: We know, more or less, which theme parks are getting the most visitors. Take a look at the line-up on the right side of each Theme Park Insider page; it's got North America's top parks listed in order of attendance , with top international parks below. But what parks are Theme Park Insider readers visiting? I can get a glimpse at that by looking at the number of votes...
Theme Park Insider (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
By Robert Niles: Amusement park chain Six Flags is considering a "reverse stock split" in an effort to push its share price above the $1 cut-off for being removed from major stock exchanges. Six Flags' stock has been languishing a few cents below a buck and if it doesn't rise soon, and stay there, the stock could be delisted. A reverse stock split would consolidate shares, giving shareholders,...
