Current Events > CEO of six flags says he's concerned about the parks becoming day care centers

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...for teenagers. yep he said it

What does that even mean

Just a guess, what he really means is that teenagers hang out and have fun instead of spending money on crappy souvenirs.

A literal pie of pizza is like $40 there. I ain't buying SHIT there!

I remember hearing from someone that parents would buy season passes and food passes for their kids, then drop their kids off there since it's cheaper than having someone watch or feed them.

Maybe that's what the CEO is referencing.

JoeDangIt posted...

Just a guess, what he really means is that teenagers hang out and have fun instead of spending money on crappy souvenirs.

That and overpriced food, yeah.

I wouldnt be shocked if it was a daycare for teenagers today. Because it was a hangout for teenagers 25-30 years ago as well. Its a theme park in the middle of a Chicagoland suburb. If kids can get a season pass, then no shit theyre gonna go there with friends during the summer.

Sounds like hes literally just mad that it isnt a national/global family destination attraction, like Disney World, raking in cash from families with money to burn.

We want to be a park for the middle class and even the lower middle class, [the CEO] said. We believe our demographic is the average income of the US and Im migrating a little bit from what I call the Kmart, Walmart [customer] to maybe the target customers, if I want to say that.

yikes

TheGoldenEel posted...

yikes

I mean its blunt but there is a difference is consumer base

Popcorn2000 posted...

I mean its blunt but there is a difference is consumer base

That is a fucking obvious dogwhistle my dude

Why are there so many locations if not to attract people that can't afford a plane ticket to Disney parks.

That would be a fun daycare.

They'll raise prices to exclude "Walmart" types, realize only catering to "Target" types isn't as profitable bc there aren't nearly as many of them, raise prices even more to compensate, and then complain when nobody wants to go to their shitty park.

Your park is mostly for thrill ride enthusiasts. That means a lot of healthy preteens, teens, and young adults. If a park guest is acting that badly, boot their asses out. Ban them if they continue to act badly.

six flags: closing down a theme park near you!

it's just 5 flags now

I'm confused. Don't you pay to be there? Don't you have to buy a ticket to enter the park? He already got money, whats he complaining about? Its not like they're climbing the fence to sneak in like teenage hoodlums in a 90s movie

time to oust this shitty CEO asap

My dude, it was that when I was a teenager going in the summer.

TheGoldenEel posted...

That is a fucking obvious dogwhistle my dude

possibly; though never heard race associated with stores like Walmart other. Than white ppl

Noumas posted...

I'm confused. Don't you pay to be there? Don't you have to buy a ticket to enter the park? He already got money, whats he complaining about? Its not like they're climbing the fence to sneak in like teenage hoodlums in a 90s movie

He's complaining for the same reason Knott's is complaining. Some guests are causing a lot of trouble.

Noumas posted...

I'm confused. Don't you pay to be there? Don't you have to buy a ticket to enter the park? He already got money, whats he complaining about? Its not like they're climbing the fence to sneak in like teenage hoodlums in a 90s movie

Season pass for Great America is $80 and you can add on a dining pass for $135. For $215 they definitely cant afford it if a teen goes every day for the summer.

Walmart has lowlifes from all races and faiths. I've literally never heard Walmart associated with 1 specific race >_> People of Walmart is just the dregs of all societies united together. It's kinda beautiful in a way

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From that video comment section:

As a Knotts worker, I can speak for the majority for all of us here at Knotts, this really pisses us all off. The parents drop of their kids with no supervision and expect us to "daycare". These fools give Knotts a bad representation and ruin it for the rest of us. Knotts needs to implement higher prices of admission as well as season passes, an office for Buena Park Police Department, and parental supervision/ chaperone for minors under 18.

Yeah this clearly isnt a race thing, hes just talking about shitty people in general hence the Wally World reference.

CEO of Six Flags should be concerned about running a park in 2022 named after the Confederate flag. (And five others.)

Cuticrusader09 posted...

Season pass for Great America is $80 and you can add on a dining pass for $135. For $215 they definitely cant afford it if a teen goes every day for the summer.

Thats bad business on Six Flags part. Dont make a sale, then complain when you lose money based on the parameters that you established, and the other party is obeying those parameters.

Nobody likes being at a theme park surrounded by ratchet hoodlums

Knott's chaperone policy on certain days has been successful

Northlane posted...

Nobody likes being at a theme park surrounded by ratchet hoodlums

Knott's chaperone policy on certain days has been successful

Oof

Northlane posted...

Nobody likes being at a theme park surrounded by ratchet hoodlums

Knott's chaperone policy on certain days has been successful

Pretty much this. I was just at a WCA theme park today and the majority of the clientele was shrieking teenagers aggressively hitting vapes and sneaking alcohol out of the beer garden.

Its kind of a dumb thing to say from a business perspective but I do see where hes coming from.

Cuticrusader09 posted...

Season pass for Great America is $80 and you can add on a dining pass for $135. For $215 they definitely cant afford it if a teen goes every day for the summer.

A seasonal pass for $80? I wish I lived near a park with a deal like that. Damn.

OzoneNeon posted...

Walmart has lowlifes from all races and faiths. I've literally never heard Walmart associated with 1 specific race >_> People of Walmart is just the dregs of all societies united together. It's kinda beautiful in a way

Does that mean my Walmart is an exception? Because other then people arguing with each other, and petty thefts, I don't really see fights or murders, or streakers, or anything of that sort. I'm not there everyday but it doesn't make the news like some other interesting Walmarts.

Northlane posted...

Nobody likes being at a theme park surrounded by ratchet hoodlums

Knott's chaperone policy on certain days has been successful

Has it?

Yeah, back in the 90's I lived not too far from Great America. I would get the summer pass, a month long bus pass, and take a bus from a stop one block away from my house that went straight to the park. It was sort of a hangout place for local kids even then; made a lot easier by the bus system being robust.