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Theme park companies Six Flags, the owners of Magic Mountain, and Cedar Fair, the owners of Knott’s Berry Farm, announced an $8 billion merger on Thursday.This will not immediately impact guest experiences at the popular theme parks in Buena Park and Valencia. But in the future, the companies hope to leverage characters the companies own rights to, namely Looney Tunes, DC Comics and Peanuts, to improve guest experience.Six Flags will still be Six Flags.

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