The company said its third quarter profit was $107.6 million, or $1.92 a partnership unit, up 18 percent over the same quarter a year ago when it had a profit of $91.5 million, or $1.65 a unit.
The Sandusky company said the latest quarter included a total of 64 additional operating days at its parks nationwide compared to a year ago. Still, its third-quarter revenues fell 4 percent to $520 million.
Its preliminary figures show through 10 months this year that attendance at its properties dropped 6 percent to 20.6 million visitors and average in-park per-patron spending was down 1 percent to $39.65.