Six Flags Theme Parks (Warnerverse)

Six Flags Theme Parks is a regional amusement park company headquartered in Arlington, Texas, USA. They own the Six Flags brand of parks, which includes parks like Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Great America, and Six Flags Worlds of Adventure. They also own the Warner Bros. Movie World parks in places like Orlando, Florida, and Germany, and the 20th Century Fox World parks in Dubai and Malaysia, while also owning other, smaller parks such as Wild Waves and Frontier City.
== History ==
=== The Beginning (1961-1963) ===
In 1961, Angus G. Wynne founded Six Flags Over Texas, a theme park themed to the history of Texas. The park was a massive hit with the public, and he continued to expand it. In 1964, the company was sold to Penn Central Railroad.
=== Penn Central Era (1964-1981) ===
Penn Central wanted to expand Six Flags, so they made Six Flags Over Georgia in 1967, and Six Flags Over Mid-America (now known as Six Flags St. Louis) in 1971. Then, they acquired parks such as Astroworld in 1975 and Magic Mountain in 1979. They probably made Six Flags the well-known brand that it is today.
=== Bally Manufacturing Era (1982-1986) ===
In 1982, the company was sold yet again to Bally Manufacturing. They started adding the first major integrations of intellectual property, starting with Pac-Man in 1983, and then Shirt Tales in 1984. Also that year, Six Flags acquired Marriot's Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, which included the rights to the Looney Tunes characters. Starting in 1985, the Looney Tunes became the primary mascot for Six Flags parks.
=== Wesray Capital Corporation Era (1987-1991) ===
In 1987, Bally sold Six Flags to Wesray Capital. Wesray's additions to the parks involved more thrilling experiences, such as Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain. They also started the Six Flags Ride Rotation Program, which put portable attractions at parks for a couple of seasons, and then they moved to another park.
=== First Time-Warner Ownership (1991-1997) ===
In 1991, Time-Warner bought 20% of Six Flags, but Wesray Capital still owned a majority of the company. Warner probably bought this share because of the parks usage of the Looney Tunes IP. Then, Warner got 50% of the company, becoming a majority owner. Then, in 1993, they bought all of Six Flags. They started adding more themed areas to make the parks theme parks again. They also started adding in more IP's, such as DC Comics with the Batman The Ride rollercoasters.
=== Premier Parks Era (1998-2002) ===
In 1998, Oklahoma based Premier Parks bought Six Flags. With this buyout, they made an agreement with Time-Warner to keep the DC Comics and Looney Tunes properties in the parks. They then started to rebrand their parks into Six Flags parks. This included parks like Kentucky Kingdom, Darien Lake, and Marine World. They also started to massively expand the parks, so seeing 20+ rides added in a year was very common. This ultimately caused problems, and they then were sold back to Time-Warner.
=== Second Time-Warner Ownership (2003-Present) ===
In 2003, Six Flags was sold back to Time-Warner. They decided to keep the same management around, though. This caused problems, such as ideas of selling off parks (which did eventually happen with the selling of some unprofitable parks in Europe in 2003, and then Wyandot Lake in 2006), so in 2005, Kieran Burke was fired as CEO, and Samuel Terrence actually stepped in. He saw all of the problems, and he decided that the best solution was to make the parks appeal to everyone, like a Disney or a Universal park would. So, he decided to more family oriented properties, such as The Wiggles or Thomas the Tank Engine, into the parks. In 2010, Six Flags was doing kind of bad, but Samuel Terrence decided to continue on, but he had a new strategy, which was to make each park cohesive and well themed. The company also started making brand new parks, such as Six Flags Orlando in 2010 (which was already planned), Warner Bros. Movie World California in 2013, Six Flags Dubai in 2015, and Warner Bros. Movie World Orlando in 2016. Also during this time, Six Flags bought out all of Paramount's planned international theme parks, such as Paramount London, retooling them to become Six Flags parks.
After buying 20th Century Fox in 2018, the 20th Century Fox World parks (which were under construction at the time) were now going to be operated by Six Flags. Fox properties can also now be seen at Six Flags parks. They have recently merged with Cedar Fair, giving them the North American theme park rights to the Peanuts characters.
== Intellectual Properties ==
Here is a list of the current intellectual properties used at parks owned by Six Flags.
* 20th Century Fox
* Cartoon Network
* DC Comics
* Evel Knievel
* Looney Tunes
* Peanuts
* Terminator
* Thomas the Tank Engine
* Tony Hawk
* Warner Bros.
* The Wiggles
Six Flags also has their own IP's, such as Mr. Six, who has been the companies mascot since 2004, and other original characters such as the Timber Town gang.
== Parks ==
=== Theme Parks ===
Here is a list of all of the theme/amusement parks that Six Flags currently owns/operates.
* 20th Century Fox World Dubai
* 20th Century Fox World Malaysia
* American Adventures
* Bellewaerde
* Canada's Wonderland
* California's Great America
* Carowinds
* Cedar Point
* Dorney Park
* Kings Dominion
* Kings Island
* Knott's Berry Farm
* La Ronde
* Michigan's Adventure
* Parque Warner Madrid
* Sea World
* Six Flags America
* Six Flags Astroworld
* Six Flags Australia
* Six Flags Belgium
* Six Flags Chongqing
* Six Flags Darien Lake
* Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
* Six Flags Dubai
* Six Flags Elitch Gardens
* Six Flags Fiesta Texas
* Six Flags Fuzhou
* Six Flags Grand Est
* Six Flags Great Adventure
* Six Flags Great America
* Six Flags Great Escape
* Six Flags Holland
* Six Flags Japan
* Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
* Six Flags Korea
* Six Flags London
* Six Flags Magic Mountain
* Six Flags Mexico
* Six Flags Nanjing
* Six Flags New Orleans
* Six Flags Orlando
* Six Flags Over Georgia
* Six Flags Over Texas
* Six Flags Spain
* Six Flags St. Louis
* Six Flags Tianjin
* Six Flags Worlds of Adventure
* Six Flags Zhejiang
* Valleyfair
* Warner Bros. Movie World Australia
* Warner Bros. Movie World California
* Warner Bros. Movie World Germany
* Warner Bros. Movie World Orlando
* Wild Waves
* Worlds of Fun
=== Water Parks ===
This is a list of Six Flags' stand-alone water parks.
* Cedar Point Shores Waterpark
* Knott's Soak City Waterpark
* Schlitterbahn Resort
* Schlitterbahn Waterpark
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Arlington
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor China
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Concord
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Dubai
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor New Jersey
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oaxtepec
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Orlando
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Phoenix
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Rockford
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor San Antonio
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown
* Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Zhejiang
* Six Flags White Water
=== Planned Parks ===
These parks are only planned to open, and are currently under planning or construction.
* 20th Century Fox World China (2025)
* Six Flags Bali (2029)
* Six Flags Kunming (2028)
* Six Flags Malaysia (2030)
* Six Flags Vietnam (2026)
* Warner Bros. Movie World Korea (2025)
== See Also ==
* Mr. Six
* Six Flags Commercials
* Six Flags Training Videos
* Time-Warner, Inc.
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