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Six Flags'
2020 vision The regiona; park operator Six Flags Entertainment has set a new financial target: to achieve $750 million of modified EBITDA (earnings after tax and deductions) by the year 2020. “Based on our consistent earnings growth and business momentum, we have established a new long-term aspirational target,” explains Six Flags president and CEO, John Duffey. “We believe it is important for both investors and our employees to keep their eyes set on long-term stretch goals, while continuing to deliver strong results in the near-term.” The ‘Project 750’ target will be achieved by focusing on the
same key factors that drove earnings growth over the last six years – increasing ticket yields, growing the attendance base, increasing the penetration of an all-season dining programne and developing additional international licensing opportunities, such as the new parks coming on stream in the coming years in China and the United Arab Emirates.
*Six Flags' revenue for the first nine months of 2016 grew $34 million or 3% to $1.1 billion, driven primarily by admissions, in-park and international licensing revenue. Adjusted EBITDA for the period also grew by 3% or $12 million, while attendance grew 2% to 23.8 million guests.
InvadR A woodie for Williamsburg
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usch Gardens Williamsburg will unveil a new wooden rollercoaster in spring 2017. The family thriller will be the
Virginia theme park’s first 'woodie' and eighth rollercoaster in total. Featuring a Viking theme, it will be named InvadR. It is being built by Great Coasters International using refurbished trains from the former Gwazi coaster at sister park Busch Gardens Tampa (Florida).
The ride, construction on which has
already begun (as our pictures show), will feature an exciting first drop of 74 feet (23m) and will have nine airtime hills. While the 2,100ft-long (640m) track will be wooden, it will be supported by a steel structure. “Riders will get the best of both worlds:
the stability of steel supports with the classic feel of a great wooden coaster,” notes Larry Giles, the Virginia park's vice-president of engineering. “The dynamics of a wooden coaster, combined with the many ways it will interact with the terrain and nearby attractions, will make this one-of-a-kind.” The attraction will have a minimum rtidet height requirement of 46 inches (1.2m). By adding a coaster
within the lower height range, Busch Gardens says it is responding to guest requests for a thrilling ride that adults and children can ride together.
TailSpin, by WhiteWater
Dollywood 2017
Two new family rides will debut next summer at Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, while a new slide is coming to the neighbouring Dollywood's Splash Country waterpark. Drop Line is a 200-feet tall (61m) freefall tower from Funime that will loom over
Timber Canyon and provide an incredible view of the park before its fast-paced finish and sudden electromagnetic brake. Also new is Whistle Punk Chaser, a new family coaster from Zamperla. Over at Splash Country, TailSpin Racer from Whitewater allows up to six guests to
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race each other on mats through the twists and turns of its unique spiralling tube design. The race begins with a first drop inside intertwined high-speed AquaTubes. After navigating the wet and wild curves, riders emerge from he translucent tubes on a traditional mat racer-style slide. From there, it’s an all-out race toward the splashdown finish. The $2 million attraction will be located alongside Big River Pavilion near the park entrance.
RIGHT: Drop Line, by Funtime
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