This should be an interesting one.

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I'm sure Cedar Fair did well with the Halloween Haunt attendance this year, last weakend lines were 3 hours long but I don't know about how well other parks did.

Well, yeah. Third quarter. Ended end of September. Call delayed why exactly?

Probably til after seasonal parks close November 2 so management can add "color" with October results hints to make up for attendance expectations not being met in the first nine months of the year ( three quarters ).

Of course, were that so, there'd be a very high level of promotional activities (discounting, events) in October.

Hmmmm.

SIX was up substantially, FUN looks like it may be down. I wonder what the core difference is.

SIX has greatly raised prices and still has increased attendance.

I bet Cedar Fair reports attendance through 11/2 at least even with last year, but that that was not the case as of of 9/30.

Why is attendance so key? Loan covenants, perhaps?

There has to be more factors. Probably some sort of factor of net margin.

If that was all, the gate (pricing integrity) would be given more deference than we have seen this FUN October.