Received word from a friend of mine that Variety magazine reported
last week that Sumner Redstone (head honcho at Viacom) has said that
the company may be looking to offload some "non-core" assets, including
Paramount Parks.

A search for "Paramount Parks" on variety.com will turn up a snippet
of the story (seeing the whole story requires registration).

-Shawn Mamros
E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu

From:	Old Cow
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	20 Jan 2005 18:42:59 -0800

What is even more scarier is that the park link from the Paramount
homepage (http://www.paramount.com) is gone!

I have a friend who is looking more in to this, hopefully he can find
an answer.

From:	Shawn Mamros
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 14:48:03 GMT

Old Cow wrote:
>What is even more scarier is that the park link from the Paramount
>homepage (http://www.paramount.com) is gone!

paramountparks.com still exists, though...

-Shawn Mamros
E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu

From:	CoasterFanatic
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 09:59:56 -0500

"Old Cow" wrote in news:1106275379.035951.9230
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> What is even more scarier is that the park link from the Paramount
> homepage (http://www.paramount.com) is gone!
>
> I have a friend who is looking more in to this, hopefully he can find
> an answer.

What is the general view on this idea? Apart from some interesting wood
coaster maintenance, I have always enjoyed the Paramount Park experience.
It will be interesting to see, if sold, how these parks would evolve. Kings
Entertainment was good, but they built it from scratch.

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From:	Bartender Sam
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:52:19 GMT

"CoasterFanatic" wrote in message
news:Xns95E565BCCF3DDCoasterFanatic@209.195.128.11...
> "Old Cow" wrote in news:1106275379.035951.9230
> @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>
>> What is even more scarier is that the park link from the Paramount
>> homepage (http://www.paramount.com) is gone!
>>
>> I have a friend who is looking more in to this, hopefully he can find
>> an answer.
>
> What is the general view on this idea? Apart from some interesting wood
> coaster maintenance, I have always enjoyed the Paramount Park experience.
> It will be interesting to see, if sold, how these parks would evolve.
> Kings
> Entertainment was good, but they built it from scratch.
>
> --
> Ted

Heh, Maybe good old Dan Snyder is sniffing around them now that he's out of
the Six Flags debacle.

---
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From:	CoasterFanatic
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 11:07:39 -0500

"Bartender Sam" wrote in
news:Ty9Id.3083$rp1.2282@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:

> Heh, Maybe good old Dan Snyder is sniffing around them now that he's
> out of the Six Flags debacle.

He would have been a step up for Six Flags, but I think it would be a step
down for Paramount.

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From:	Bartender Sam
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 16:35:50 GMT

"CoasterFanatic" wrote in message
news:Xns95E5713845BA2CoasterFanatic@209.195.128.11...
> "Bartender Sam" wrote in
> news:Ty9Id.3083$rp1.2282@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net:
>
>> Heh, Maybe good old Dan Snyder is sniffing around them now that he's
>> out of the Six Flags debacle.
>
> He would have been a step up for Six Flags, but I think it would be a step
> down for Paramount.
>
> --
> Ted

Too close to call from my view.

BTW, would **anyone** be a step down for Six Flags?

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From:	Mike Kallay
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:52:34 -0800

In article ,
bartendersam@earthlink.net says...
> Heh, Maybe good old Dan Snyder is sniffing around them now that he's out of
> the Six Flags debacle.

He hasn't sold his shares yet. Squeaky wheel...

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From:	Bartender Sam
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:16:12 GMT

"Mike Kallay" wrote in message
news:MPG.1c5aef509711e5cd989909@news.individual.net...
> In article ,
> bartendersam@earthlink.net says...
>> Heh, Maybe good old Dan Snyder is sniffing around them now that he's out
>> of
>> the Six Flags debacle.
>
> He hasn't sold his shares yet. Squeaky wheel...

Interesting, hope he does get the grease, so to speak.

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From:	Marshall
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:20:54 -0500

"CoasterFanatic" wrote in message
news:Xns95E565BCCF3DDCoasterFanatic@209.195.128.11...
> "Old Cow" wrote in news:1106275379.035951.9230
> @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>
> > What is even more scarier is that the park link from the Paramount
> > homepage (http://www.paramount.com) is gone!
> >
> > I have a friend who is looking more in to this, hopefully he can find
> > an answer.
>
> What is the general view on this idea? Apart from some interesting wood
> coaster maintenance, I have always enjoyed the Paramount Park experience.
> It will be interesting to see, if sold, how these parks would evolve.
Kings
> Entertainment was good, but they built it from scratch.
>

If they get away from the lame movie tie-ins and go back to REAL
theming....I just cant see how PKI could be returned to...well, Kings
Island. So much of the charm it had has been replaced by Hollywood glitz.

From:	steelforce at aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	22 Jan 2005 12:21:10 GMT

Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.

I know someone that knows

SAM

Member of
The Coaster Zombies Club
P.O. Box 12
Arlington,VA 22210-0012
www.coasterzombies.org

From:	Robert Ulrich
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:07:24 GMT

On 22 Jan 2005 12:21:10 GMT, steelforce@aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
wrote:

>Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.
>
>I know someone that knows

Wow! You know Summer Redstone?

From:	steelforce at aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	22 Jan 2005 13:53:51 GMT

steelforce@aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
>wrote:
>
>>Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.
>>
>>I know someone that knows
>
>Wow! You know Summer Redstone?

No Sherry Lansing duhhhhhhhhhh

From:	Douglas Kell
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:30:48 GMT

now there is a good looking woman,,
and she has a lot of smarts

Douggie in UK

"Sam Marks" wrote in message
news:20050122085351.10663.00000188@mb-m29.aol.com...
> steelforce@aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.
>>>
>>>I know someone that knows
>>
>>Wow! You know Summer Redstone?
>
> No Sherry Lansing duhhhhhhhhhh
>
>

From:	George
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:49:37 GMT

http://kcal9.com/siteSearch/topstoriesla_story_307080834.html

http://kcal9.com/siteSearch/topstoriesla_story_006185049.html

Is this the same gal?

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:30:48 GMT, "Douglas Kell"
wrote:

>now there is a good looking woman,,
>and she has a lot of smarts
>
>Douggie in UK
>
>
>"Sam Marks" wrote in message
>news:20050122085351.10663.00000188@mb-m29.aol.com...
>> steelforce@aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.
>>>>
>>>>I know someone that knows
>>>
>>>Wow! You know Summer Redstone?
>>
>> No Sherry Lansing duhhhhhhhhhh
>>
>>
>

From:	Douglas Kell
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 19:53:09 GMT

Yep thats my Sherry

I remember as head of Fox

Douggie in UK

"George" wrote in message
news:9hb5v018cf4npinoo7p9173c80gdlde6kd@4ax.com...
> http://kcal9.com/siteSearch/topstoriesla_story_307080834.html
>
> http://kcal9.com/siteSearch/topstoriesla_story_006185049.html
>
> Is this the same gal?
>
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:30:48 GMT, "Douglas Kell"
> wrote:
>
>>now there is a good looking woman,,
>>and she has a lot of smarts
>>
>>Douggie in UK
>>
>>
>>"Sam Marks" wrote in message
>>news:20050122085351.10663.00000188@mb-m29.aol.com...
>>> steelforce@aol.come2Mypark (Sam Marks)
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Paramount has no immediate plans for selling the parks.
>>>>>
>>>>>I know someone that knows
>>>>
>>>>Wow! You know Summer Redstone?
>>>
>>> No Sherry Lansing duhhhhhhhhhh
>>>
>>>
>>
>

From:	DJ Gallup
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 14:14:00 -0800

Shawn Mamros wrote:
> Received word from a friend of mine that Variety magazine reported
> last week that Sumner Redstone (head honcho at Viacom) has said that
> the company may be looking to offload some "non-core" assets,
including
> Paramount Parks.
>
> A search for "Paramount Parks" on variety.com will turn up a snippet
> of the story (seeing the whole story requires registration).
>
> -Shawn Mamros
> E-mail to: mamros -at- mit dot edu

The new timeline for the Paramount Parks:

Year 1:

Six Flags Carowinds
Six Flags Kings Dominion
Six Flags Kings Island
Six Flags Canada's Wonderland

and, of course ...

Six Flags Bay Area (Great America's taken. Oops.)

Year 2:

One train on all rides, and for those that can only operate one train
.... shorter trains.
New ride -- any upcharge attraction.

Year 3:

Aggressive new employment campaign brings in the official scum of the
earth (or those poor, poor people who would be willing to kill
themselves for $6/hour).
New program -- introduce "new" fastpass. Only $20 per person per day.

Year 4:

Proslide Tornado attraction, since by then every Six Flags park will
have one.
New ride -- upcharge attraction.
New program -- each park will have 70% of its rides closed at a given
time, and it will become a mission to find out what rides will be open
when.

Year 5:

Six Flags goes bankrupt. Cedar Fair saves the day.

DJ

From:	CoasterFanatic
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 17:38:32 -0500

"DJ Gallup" wrote in news:1106345640.325635.69700
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:

> The new timeline for the Paramount Parks:

I hurt myself reading this. Not because it is so rediculous ... no ... it's
because it is so rediculous, yet true.

Couple additions:

- Season pass prices get dropped to $40
- Parking goes up to $20
- Menu is cut in half
- Boomerangs for everybody

and then the rebrandings ...
Top Gun --> Superman
Vortex --> Viper
Beast --> Roar
Son of Beast --> Son of Roar

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From:	Flare
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:43:49 GMT

DJ Gallup wrote:

> Six Flags goes bankrupt. Cedar Fair saves the day.

I thought I was a fanboy. But thank you for clarifying my novice
technique, there, DJ.

Regardless, seeing you work Tremors with your pop at CAC goes way
farther than a wisecrack from me though. ;-)

Dave

From:	DJ Gallup
Subject:	Re: Paramount Parks to be sold?
Date:	21 Jan 2005 14:15:04 -0800