Beginning in 2011, Six Flags is leaving many of there ride and attraction licenses such as:
– Tony Hawk
– Thomas the Tank Engine
– The Wiggles
– Terminator
– Evel Knievel
There are also rumors the some of there food locations will be gone such as:
– Johnny Rockets
– Papa Johns
– Mrs. Fields (SFOT location already gone)
– TCBY (SFOT location already gone)
– Coldstone Creamery
Some of there rides and attractions will be named to things as simple as, Big Spin instead of, Tony Hawk’s Big Spin.
Read about in this article:
(NOTE that that magic mountain’s GCI wooden coaster, Terminator Salvation the Ride , will be renamed to Apocalypse)
Six Flags amusement parks prepare for thematic makeovers
Wham! Bam! Ka-Pow!
A bruising brawl involving comic-book superheroes, Saturday morning cartoon characters and extreme sports icons will change the ride and
An intellectual property housecleaning at the amusement park chain has left Bugs Bunny, Superman and Scooby-Doo victorious and Thomas the Tank Engine, The Wiggles, Evel Knievel and Tony Hawk vanquished.
In a sudden about-face, Six Flags is undoing several licensing agreements established since 2007 for 60 amusement park rides and attractions. The extensive slate of name changes and thematic makeovers are expected to begin in early 2011. The cost-cutting move comes in the wake of a Six Flags management overhaul after the company emerged from bankruptcy earlier this year.
Six Flags will re-theme the Thomas Town kiddie lands, based on the children’s television show “Thomas & Friends,” as unbranded Whistle Stop Depots, amusement park officials confirmed.
Since 2007, Six Flags has added Thomas Towns at Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia), Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Vallejo), Six Flags New England (Massachusetts), Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags America (Maryland). Six Flags America opened its Thomas Town in June 2010.
Six Flags also plans to de-theme the Tony Hawk Big Spin coasters at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags St. Louis, officials said.
The spinning coasters, which made their debut in 2007 and 2008, will be called simply “Big Spin.” The Tony Hawk Halfpipe ride at Six Flags America also will be stripped of its affiliation with the skateboarding star.
In addition, the Evel Knievel wooden coaster, which opened in 2008 at Six Flags St. Louis, will be renamed American Thunder, ending Six Flags’ association with the late motorcycle daredevil, officials said.
Screamscape reports that Six Flags will also remove the Wiggles World theme added in 2007 and 2008 to five parks: Six Flags Great Adventure (New Jersey), Six Flags Great America (Illinois), Six Flags New England, Great Escape (New York) and Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The Wiggles World theme, based on “The Wiggles” children’s television program, has already been stripped from five Fiesta Texas rides, according to the park’s website.
The intellectual property retrenchment returns Six Flags to its core branded relationships: DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Riddler, Joker and Green Lantern), Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner and Tweety) and Hanna-Barbera (Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear).
They’re smart to do this. Tony Hawk should pay them to put his name on their coaster, not the other way around.