Six Flags attendance tanks

Six Flags took a dive on Monday and not in a fun roller coaster kind of way.

The company reported 8.2 million attendees in the second quarter, an 8 percent drop from the same quarter of 2013, according to CNNMoney.

Shares fell as much as 9 percent on the news.

The company blamed the shrinking crowds on "lingering effects of the long, harsh winter" that extended school calendars and shortened many spring breaks.

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