Yeah, when they merged I think it was stated that the new chain would need to refocus on the right properties. I wouldn't be shocked to see parks that were previously competing now get reorganised, with some closing where there is duplication. I also think this park in particular was clearly either breaking even or making a loss. I don't think this new company wants to waste resources on parks that aren't making significant property or indeed damage their brand by having parks that aren't up to a certain standard (By all accounts even by Six Flags standards SFA wasn't well kept).
That could be interesting. In the case of Six Flags America, I hope that a large number of the rides there (especially Batwing) are relocated. Batwing is the last Vekoma Flying Dutchman left and another Vekoma Flying Dutchman, X-Flight, was relocated to Kings Island in 2007, and named Firehawk, so it should be possible to relocate it.
I don't think Batwing has any chance of being reolocated unfortunatley. It's old, complicated and there's probably at least some problems for getting parts. The massive expensive for what is probably not a great ride experience for guests is also a factor.
Highly unlikely as cedar fair/six flags have removed and scrapped their other two this season, due to age, running costs and poor guest ratings for the rides.
Sorry off topic but With disneys relationship with Vekoma and the fact Fly has shown how well one could be themed I do wonder if we could see Disney use the ride system at some point. Maybe it will be used in Villians land. Especially as back in the early 2000ās WDW were going to add Fire Mountain to magic Kingdom which was to be villian themed and used the original Vekoma flying coaster system. It was ultimately scrapped due to 911 and Islands of Adventure not having the impact as it was expected to (it took away from the existing universal parks attendance rather than attracting masses of additional guests or taking them from WDW).
These parks are incredibly different, Knotts is more of a 'theme' park, it's also way more family orientated, while Magic Mountain is far more thrill coaster heavy (I think they still have the record for the most coasters). Six Flags America was too close to Kings Dominion, itself not dissimilar, although probably a much better experience.
Yes I am aware visited both a number of times, which is why I said they are safe as on paper they are the closest to each other but they both do well attendance wise, and the different offerings help with that.
