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🗓️ 14 August 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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With hundreds of parks in the U.S. attracting millions of visitors each year, amusement parks make up a unique corner of the consumer and retail sector. In this episode, we look at three of the biggest park operators out there -- SeaWorld (SEAS), Cedar Fair (FUN), and Six Flags (SIX).

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0:09.8	Welcome to Industry Focus, the podcast it dives into a different sector of the stock market every day.
0:16.0	I'm your host Vincent Shen. It's Tuesday, August 14th.
0:19.0	My guest today is Motley Fool Contributor Dan Klein, who's connecting with us via Skype.
0:23.2	I have to say Dan, I've been spoiled by your frequent visits to HQ.
0:27.4	It feels weird not having you in the studio with me.
0:29.5	Well, I would have been there except it's the first week of school and frankly I would have
0:33.7	been there because last time I was there you paid for dinner and we went for Korean
0:37.0	barbecue which is absolutely fabulous.
0:41.0	Next time.
0:42.0	Yeah so the first week I imagine is always kind of rough for you as a dad.
0:46.4	Yes, yesterday my son took a bus to the wrong high school and didn't figure it out for two hours.
0:51.6	And today, today the bus didn't come at all. Well I hope that you guys a little bit better luck for the
0:57.6	rest of the week. Yeah it's a joy. Our topic of discussion for today is definitely influenced by your experience
1:06.8	from this past summer and last time you were on industry focused you mentioned making trip after trip to the
1:16.6	major theme parks in your neck of the woods down in Florida to keep your son
1:20.4	entertained for the summer.
1:22.8	Did you have a good time?
1:24.6	I did.
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