New Coaster coming to WOF

[GRID]

Rode it tonight, great ride!

[im2kull]

Rode it tonight, great ride!

What!  You got in the "VIP" day!  What the hell Grid...why didn't you invite some of us for the ride! 


How'd you like it?

[Midtownkid]

The Prowler was voted best new ride of 2009 by Amusement Today.

http://www.amusementtoday.com/corndog/2 ... nners.html

[LenexatoKCMO]

http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/6715

[LenexatoKCMO]

http://economy.kansascity.com/?q=node/7961

WoF has announced their next big project - a $5million enhancement of the kiddie ride area. 

[KCPowercat]

Wow I finally got out to wof this week. That prowler is amazing. Constant thrill the whole ride. Easily 2nd at wof behind mamba.

[KCMax]

Stockholder revolt in the company that owns WOF

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/01/11/25 ... evolt.html

[FangKC]

SeaWorld makes $3.4B unsolicited offer to buy Worlds of Fun owner

The parent company of Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun received a $3.4 billion offer from SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. to buy the amusement park owner.

According to reports in The Wall Street Journal, SeaWorld (NYSE: SEAS) offered to pay around $60 a share in an unsolicited, nonbinding proposal for Cedar Fair Entertainment Co. (NYSE: FUN), based in Sandusky, Ohio.
...

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... 2022-02-03

[GRID]

Well that might help WOF since Cedar Fair pretty much totally ignores WOF compared to all their other parks except maybe Michigan's Adventure which is very small.

[FangKC]

WOF needs to up their game since a water sports park and Margaritaville Hotel is part of the redevelopment plan at the former Schlitterbahn site.

...
Chief among these, and newly revealed in UG filings, is a plan for an $85 million Margaritaville themed hotel with 250 rooms, tied in with the project's Homefield Outdoor water sports facility. The resort's design will resemble that of the Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston, which opened June 2020 in Montgomery, Texas, but with a greater focus on multi-sport athletic facilities.
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https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... -plan.html

[GRID]

Worlds of Fun has really fallen off the past 20 years. It's probably the most ignored park in the Cedar Fair chain, outside of maybe Michigan's Adventure, which is a very small park. It just seems like WoF is slowly turning into a local park like the one in Des Moines or something when it used to be major regional park.

I wonder if SeaWorld would help or hurt that.

[Cratedigger]

SeaWorld's offer to buy WOF's parent was rejected

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... offer.html

[Anthony_Hugo98]

SeaWorld's offer to buy WOF's parent was rejected

https://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/ ... offer.html

Even with Cedar fair treating WOF as the red head stepchild of their park lineup, I have a feeling we dodged a major bullet there. Sea World likely would’ve killed what viability WOF has left

[AllThingsKC]

If Sea World would have been a quick death for Worlds of Fun, then Cedar Fair is a slow and painful death.

[Anthony_Hugo98]

If Sea World would have been a quick death for Worlds of Fun, then Cedar Fair is a slow and painful death.

Hospice if you will

[normalthings]

Disney land is 500 acres. Disney world is 20,000?. KCI is 10,000. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

[KCKev]

Disney land is 500 acres. Disney world is 20,000?. KCI is 10,000. Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Build upward? Retractable roof?
What ya thinking?

[gfenn11]

Some rumblings online that WOF is finally getting a new coaster for the 50th anniversary (next year) in the area where Dinosaurs alive was. So far just grading plans submitted on Compass.


*Fingers crossed we get an RMC Raptor*

[Anthony_Hugo98]

Some rumblings online that WOF is finally getting a new coaster for the 50th anniversary (next year) in the area where Dinosaurs alive was. So far just grading plans submitted on Compass.


*Fingers crossed we get an RMC Raptor*

Honestly could be possible with the WC coming that Cedar Fair would be trying to put some new rides/attractions at WOF. Money definitely talks in a situation, even if it’s for a week in 4 years.

[GRID]

Some rumblings online that WOF is finally getting a new coaster for the 50th anniversary (next year) in the area where Dinosaurs alive was. So far just grading plans submitted on Compass.


*Fingers crossed we get an RMC Raptor*

Honestly could be possible with the WC coming that Cedar Fair would be trying to put some new rides/attractions at WOF. Money definitely talks in a situation, even if it’s for a week in 4 years.

I don't see how the world cup has anything to do with WoF. A new major coaster there is way overdue and it's likely been planned for the 50 year university for some time. Some are still saying WoF won't get anything like what they put in at Carowinds, Ceder Point, Kings Island etc every few years. Cedar Fair needs to give WoF some attention. I try to follow WoF since it's a big part of my childhood and it really seems like the park gets very low attendance now.