Dollywood aftendence up, Six Flags beating projections for 2012

[chittlins]

Saw on screamscape that Dollywooy is up in the teens percentage wise and six flags growth is up 12%.  Wonder what SDC's numbers given there was no major new attraction this year.

[sanddunerider]

I know the heat situation in this area is showing its mark on attendence,

which 6 flags area are they talking about? Or are they referring to the 6 flags organization.?

[shavethewhales]

The story in question.
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/jul/21/dollywood-sees-a-boost-in-visitors/

Six Flags in general is doing very well. I don't know specifically how the one in St. Louis is doing, but it sounds like it's upbeat.

Big new coasters almost always bring in 10-20% increases, so it's not much of a surprise, especially with fuel costs being a bit lower. I just hope we get the same next year.

[chittlins]

http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/sixflagsentertainment-results-idINL4E8IO1YM20120724

Theme park operator Six Flags Entertainment Corp's second-quarter results sailed past Wall Street estimates, driven by higher in-park and ticket sales.

The company, established in 1961, said ticketing revenue rose 11 percent, while in-park sales were up 12 percent. Overall sales rose 11 percent to $375 million.

Six Flags had earnings of $72.2 million or $1.27 per share, compared with $35.0 million, or 62 cents per share, a year earlier.

Analysts on average were expecting the company to earn 62 cents per share on revenue of $351.73 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

The company has 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

Six Flags shares closed at $52.59 on Monday on the New York Stock Exchange