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I'm skeptical but I wouldn't think the WSJ would make this up. Assuming Cedar Fair runs things this might not be terrible, especially for top tier SF parks. I have some concern about lack of competition but with so many other regional parks, plus Sea World building coasters like it's the early 2000s there's no monopoly with this merge.
The problem is that SEAS isn't really a mainstream competitor to SF/CF mainly because of their locations. The bulk of America only has CF and/or SF and the travel to a SEAS park isn't accessible. Palace is closer competition than SEAS but even they have a lack of locations as well.