Kerbouchard

Six Flags: A Ripoff

Although your trip did sound discouraging, you really haven't done much research here. Many of your comments are emotional, off the cuff, and simply untrue. For example, the preferred is owned by the previous owners that used to own the parks until Time Warner (I believe) purchased it and agreed to give them a dividend for as long as they hold (which at the current terms is likely to be forever). Definitely not the best deal for SIX but there is nothing they can do to get out of it.

In addition, they did quantify the customer surveys. It helps if you actually read the article instead of only reading the headline. They gave a report of the percentage of people that rated one topic one way or another and they compared that to the percentage of people that said it last year. They also reiterated this in the CC... well, I guess you didn't listen to that either.

By the way. I'm from Milwaukee. Anyone that ever goes to the Bradley Center to watch a Bucks game would pay the same rate you did for your ice-cream and $2-$4 for water is not uncommon - although I agree it is annoying.

Furthermore, attendance was up as of July over 2006. So how levels have not reached the low levels reached in 2006 when they dipped 14% compared to last year is rather interesting.

Keep up the good work and maybe you can replace Dan Rather soon!