Our family is on it's 4th Generation SDC visitor. My grandmother, my parents, myself, and now my daughter. We have ALL ridden FM. Just this last visit when we visited and rode the FM with my 3 year old, I look at her and thought to myself: "her great-grandmother has ridden this ride." That is an amazing legacy for such an attraction, 4 generations, that can't be said for many places...let alone a ride.
I hope corporate sees this, and truly knows how special of a place SDC is to so many people. FM and FITH hold many special memories for many generations.
I got the opportunity to speak with Jack & Sherry Herschend about 2 years ago in the Pottery Shop. I told them my sentiments about the place and what a special place it was for our family over the years. They were both such down-to-earth people, and I could tell it meant a lot to them that we stopped to visit.
All that being said, SDC is more than a place full of attractions and thrills, it holds a huge emotional connection. I truly hope FITH, FM, and even GM are invested in for future generations to come.