• Los Angeles Times, Thursday, October 19, 2006 12:45 PM

As part of an ongoing effort to build a family-friendly image for Magic Mountain and its 29 other amusement and water parks, Six Flags announced new rules requiring shirts, "appropriate footwear" and considerate conduct, among other things. The parks have a reputation for attracting unruly teens, but a Six Flags spokeswoman says the new code of conduct is not an acknowledgement of trouble at the turnstile. Six Flags wanted to standardize varying codes at its parks to create an inoffensive atmosphere, she says.

A frustrated group of investors led by Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder won control of Six Flags last November, and hired former ESPN executive Mark Shapiro as chief executive. Shapiro banned smoking at the parks in January and raised prices to keep out troublemakers. Attendance for the first half of the year dropped 15% from the same period last year.

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