As much as I'm rooting for SEAS to succeed I think ultimately I wouldn't have wanted them to acquire Cedar Fair. It'd be one thing if those parks were highly profitable and filled with high-quality offerings but that's not the case, and I think SeaWorld wouldn't have had the capital to invest in the new parks to bring them up to the same standard as the existing ones. What seems wild to me is that this is the same company that can't afford to build a roof for the station on their new ride, let alone any theme elements or scenery, yet they have the money to buy out an entire other chain..? If they really do have $3.5 billion lying around, imagine what they could do if they invested it in the parks they already have.