Will The Cedar Fair Deal Help California Great America?
Cedar Fair has regained control of California Great America. The land was leased to the city of Santa Clara. What does this mean for the future of CGA? Will guests even notice the changes?
Don’t expect any drastic modifications to California Great America in the near future. Last year, the park got Railblazer, the RMC Raptor. This season was a slow one, only getting a re-paint of the drop tower. The new land acquisition does bring up an interesting rumor from the past. Will CGA get a giga-coaster?
That’s been the long-standing rumor for nearly 4 years. CGA was to receive a giga. Cedar Fair was all about investing money into this park. Suddenly, CF changed its tune. The project was squashed, leaving many to wonder why.
This new land acquisition won’t bring the giga deal any closer. Cedar Fair was the one who canceled the permits and moved the funding. It appears Kings Island is going to get the giga-coaster that was intended for CGA. In no way should this mean California Great America will get nothing.
A lot of speculation has been that CGA will get water park expansions. This seems like a more likely move for the immediate future, as opposed to a coaster that could be 2 or 3 years down the road. There’s also a good chance we see improvements to the kids’ areas of the park or some additional flat rides.
As of now, nobody will notice anything different at the park. CGA was getting new rides and attractions every few years while under the land control of Santa Clara. If anything is to be done, expect it for the 2020 season, although, there’s probably not too much to look forward to. It’ll probably be business as usual.
Getting the land back was a big move for Cedar Fair. Then now own every aspect of California Great America. This will give them a bit more control over the park. Whether or not we see a giga-coaster or not remains to be seen. There are a lot of reasons to be optimistic, though.
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