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Another step toward the end: Six Flags America now only offers a link to purchase a 2026 Kings Dominion Gold Pass. 2025 season passes are allegedly still available through the purchasing website, but I'm not about to go through that just to find out. Maybe the federal government / current administration will buy the park and operate it since it's called "America" I'd love to see if anything is planned as a small celebration before the park closes. At least a closing ceremony or fireworks would be better than quietly shutting the gates and leaving.

This is why I advocate for adding more shows and entertainment rather than buying a ton of rides right now. Most people will still buy/renew a pass if its price were raised a little. Those same people probably would not buy/renew a pass if the experience is janky and rough. That's one of the main reasons why the perception of Six Flags has been so bad: it is seen as the budget option where the quality isn't very good. The little vignette shows Kings Island had in 2021 added to the experience a ton. A few of those with an added festival would encourage more visits to the parks overall. I wonder how well an event like a new early-season Food Truck Festival or an artisan festival would do. The artisan booths they have for Winterfest surely generate some money for the park via the vendor fees. A new Value Days event wouldn't be so bad of an idea either for parks who need to increase passholder attendance. I can think of a few items that would sell awesomely if they were 50% off for a day. If those don't end up working, then the lesson will have been learned. Six Flags can use some of the lessons from the past to guide them, but it might be time to try again now that it is a new company and a new decade.

Son of Beast was also built badly enough in the first place that any RMC conversion would probably have needed to replace a lot more of the structure than they normally would. It could've been cool to have, but then we wouldn't have gotten Banshee. If Cedar Point was really bothered by all of the press around Siren's Curse doing what it is designed to do, I have a feeling they might've put out a little press release by now.

I wonder if it would be possible to instate a stricter chaperone policy for Haunt. Instead of supervised entry for minors after 4PM, maybe make it zero admittance for those under 13 after 7PM. HalloTween may have been a nice way to "add" an event to the lineup and give younger guests the opportunity to be scared without throwing them into the madness of Haunt. I wish they'd bring it back as a separately named part of Tricks and Treats. Apply some hostile urbanism-like tactics (yuck!) to the event (yay for Haunt). As part of the transition after 6PM block any designated stroller parking, only sell a limited quantity of No-Boo Necklaces (take the money where you can get it), and prohibit entry to any non-medical bags/carts over a certain size. It probably won't help the park make money from all of the families, but there are likely a good number of people who'd pull up to Haunt if they knew it was scarier and edgier with less children present.

Fast Lane is trademarked by Millennium Operations (Cedar Fair/Six Flags). The interesting thing here is that Gilroy Gardens was managed by Cedar Fair as part of the 2006 purchase of the Paramount Parks and its management contracts, however Cedar Fair and the City of Gilroy chose to not renew their contract that expired at the end of 2021. I could assume GG still has the rights to use the Fast Lane trademark, but that doesn't explain why the CGA website offers unlimited visits to GG. Knott's participates in the Los Angeles-based Go City All-Inclusive Pass that offers admission to it and other LA attractions, but that is specifically categorized as a completely separate ticket. CGA's pass offers access to GG directly as a pass benefit. Whether there is a deal between the parks or not, it feels really weird to have that benefit listed on that page and that page only.

Kid's Boo Fest is the only event left on Six Flags America's website. Someone also posted on another thread saying an email went out encouraging guests to go to Kings Dominion for Halloween Haunt. Making the all-park passes priced park-by-park would be good for this sale only. Once the sale is over (do not extend it) they should then move to the Platinum Pass model where, once you add the All-Park Passport, all of the passes are the same price. It should also be a higher price as well! Six Flags has an unprecedented unified market reach right now. Access to 40+ parks is easily a minimum $200 value. Busch Gardens Williamsburg's 11-park Platinum Membership is currently on sale for $363.00, normally priced at $519.00, and is promoted to have its benefits valued at $2,355.00 on their website. That averages out to $33.00 (sale), $47.18 (standard pricing), and $214.09 (total value) per park. Meanwhile, Six Flags is currently offering 40(ish) parks for $95.00 through a 2026 Kings Dominion Gold Pass. Since every park has a different pass price, I'm going to use $100.00 per pass for this calculation. That is 40 parks for $100.00, with an assumed total value of $3,200.00 ($80.00 via one ticket + parking for each park). That price truly is value, considering it comes out to $2.50 per park per year. Even at $200.00 per 40-park pass, that's $5 per park per year. I think that is a little too good of a deal for a chain that needs to keep making money. I would like to repeat that these MVP sale passes offer unlimited access for $2.50 per park, for 17 months of access. For a park like Discovery Kingdom whose 2026 Gold Pass is $60.00 you can essentially get into each park for $1.50. Shouldn't the per-park price of a season pass cost more than the price of a Costco hot dog combo? Giving away the gate may indeed be the Fast Lane to bankruptcy. Some people are justified in saying that $100 is too high a price for them to buy a Kings Island season pass, but something tells me that those guests are not about to take a trip to other parks. I've already gone a little too deep with the price breakdown, so I'll stop here for now. Thank you for coming to my rant.

Out of the 2025 seasonal events previously offered, the following have been cancelled so far: Tricks & Treats at Michigan's Adventure Fright Fest at Six Flags America Oktoberfest at Great Adventure Winterfest at Kings Dominion Holiday in the Park at Great Adventure Holiday in the Park at Six Flags Over Georgia Reply with any other cancelled events that I missed.

Am I tweaking right now? Do my eyes deceive me? Call me old fashioned, but I don't think Six Flags can include "Unlimited Visits to Gilroy Gardens" on their 2026 California's Great America season pass sales benefits page without, y'know, owning/operating/having a deal with Gilroy Gardens. This tells me that someone probably either went back and copied/pasted an old Season Pass benefits list or does not know that Six Flags doesn't own that park. Maybe it's just a really bad typo, maybe it's sloppy AI, maybe there's something I don't know. Massive shrugs and confused noises over here. The link: https://www.cagreatamerica.com/season-passes

I'm very much in agreement. The No-Boo Necklaces do more to cater to the chain's monetary interests than they do to help the overall guest experience. Unfortunately, Six Flags is solely in the business of making money with much less regard for guests in the parks. Yes, you'll have those who only want to come for the rides and don't like the Haunt stuff, but they are the outliers. I thought last year was supposed to be their big year since they merged with another event? Maybe I didn't pay as close attention to the reviews as I thought. Prohibiting strollers and wagons during Haunt would do wonders for the event. Bags are already restricted by size so it feels like an intentional oversight to allow the strollers and wagons to stay/come in the park. If people are in the park with their strollers during Haunt, there also should not be much space for stroller parking as I fear will eventually happen. Making the event a separate ticket for non-passholders would probably also do wonders for the event, but I've typed for long enough.

The entrance could theoretically be moved fully over to the side path facing the First Aid building. You would lose the trees and more open plaza area that have existed throughout the attraction's history, but then it would at least be more on International Street than not. It'd be easier to just move the Snoopy statue somewhere else and retheme the Wind-Up ride to create more of a visual barrier between IS/PS. If the queue/exit got any work done, I'd focus on improving the atmosphere in there and in the exit line. The two TVs are probably part of a corporate mandate on allocation of FunTV locations in queue lines, so I doubt they'd be removed unless another chain got KI. Really, what needs to happen in there is new paint, preferably not just black; new wallpaper, hopefully something that would look good in there; new flooring; and new lighting that isn't just can lights or fluorescent tubes. Note: If an attraction's queue line is focused entirely in one area, any pre-show or effects should run on a loop lasting at least 30-60min. Guests will notice if they are standing in line and hear the same line five times in an hour. I recently noticed that one of the fabric cobweb strands is missing from a chandelier, and there is now a random fabric cobweb tacked onto the left side of Maestro's balcony.

New 2025 All Season Haunted Attraction Passes have been added to Discovery Kingdom and Magic Mountain's purchasing websites. The one at Magic Mountain is $69.00 (nice) for unlimited access to mazes at Magic Mountain's Fright Fest ONLY. The same is available at Discovery Kingdom for $65.00 for DK ONLY. Knott's is offering a new Knott's Scary Farm season pass add-on. It doesn't look like they will require a Haunted Attractions Pass, which would be good considering Scary Farm is already a ticketed event. No official word yet about the Haunted Attractions Pass from any other parks.

2026 Season Passes are now on sale for California's Great America Gold $75.00 Canada's Wonderland Silver $69.00 Gold $99.00 Prestige $199.00 Discovery Kingdom Gold $49.00 Prestige $145.00 Knott's Berry Farm Season $95.00 Gold $120.00 Prestige $245.00 Magic Mountain Silver $79.00 Gold $110.00 Prestige $175.00 The front-page promotion offers, "280 coasters, 130 miles of track, 1000 entertainment experiences, 970 water slides, and 500 live shows". For anyone wondering about the entertainment/shows claim, it averages out to around 19 live shows per dry park (26 w/out including SF America or SF Qiddiya City). That 1000 entertainment experiences comes to 38 per dry park; and no doubt includes the 500 live shows. These numbers probably include 1-2 day performances from local bands, fireworks shows, and small-stage performances; but man, it would be awesome to see more entertainment at Kings Island and the other parks across the chain overall. Looking at all of the leaks and now-published MVP sales it appears that the Silver Pass is now the limited offering, while the Prestige pass will be available at all parks except for California's Great America. Knott's Berry Farm also offers a "Season Pass" instead of a Silver Pass for some reason. Both Magic Mountain and Discovery Kingdom are now officially offering all-season Fast Lane pass add-ons, showing once again that Fast Lane will replace THE FLASH Pass at Legacy Six Flags parks. I wonder if there is a reason why 2026 passes went on sale today for the California amusement parks (they're not available on the respective CA waterpark websites), as opposed to the July 31st date given by Six Flags. In related news, check out these screenshots from the Knott's Berry Farm, Canada's Wonderland, and California's Great America apps, respectively: Notice how the Knott's and CGA promotions use the Legacy Six Flags logo, while the Canada's Wonderland promotion uses the new corporate Six Flags logo. Everything else is the same aside from the colors and KBF's use of their logo as well. The inconsistency makes me wonder if they're playing around with whether or not they want to keep using that old logo, or if they are being selective about where they use it at. In other news, after cancelling their Holiday in the Park winter event, Six Flags Over Georgia has now introduced a standalone VIP Tour opportunity. Great Adventure introduced a similar offering nearly a month ago, although I haven't heard anything about how it compares to other VIP Tours. If it is the same it (at the least) includes a meal, a snack, beverages, a dedicated tour guide, and VIP parking spots (different from Preferred). Kings Island also offers VIP parking between the Handicap and Associate lots, however I don't know who they use theirs for.

If it is going to continue to legally be part of International Street, they should make that little plaza a little more distinct from Planet Snoopy. Remove the Peanuts theming from the Wind-Up or replace it with another small flat ride with theming related to whatever the dark ride would be. I'm sure the one at KD might also be a part of their International Street for this reason, though I'm not as certain. I understand keeping it there so that whoever owns the Peanuts brand remains happy, but the area seems to pretty much fully be a part of Planet Snoopy. Either move the boundary of the land or redo it and make it a part of Planet Snoopy. IMO the reason why the park should bring back the covered walkway between International Street and Rivertown is because then they could fully cut off access to Planet/Camp Snoopy during Halloween Haunt. Most of the pathway for it still exists, the issue is where the large chiller unit and rear access are located for Planet Snoopy Grill. The shaded area would be a good bonus as well. Movable planter walls or smaller permanent gates would block access to the area. That would also look much better than the rinky dink fences or string they tie across the vast expanses of pathway. I remember when they used to put the scrim curtain walls up along the route of Woodstock Whirlybirds. That seems like it would be just as easy to put across as the rope or the fences. Kings Dominion has gates (for what, I don't know) that can block access from International Street to Old Virginia and the Central Walkway. I believe there may also be two more going toward Planet Snoopy and Dominator, respectively. Funnily enough, both the BBoBH at Carowinds and at KD were once theaters as well. Carowinds' was the original Harmony Hall, while Kings Dominion's was an indoor theater in the Lion County Safari. The latter only uses the back portion of said building where the stage/backstage would have been. The front area is now part of a restaurant/bar. The big difference is that the buildings were still just smaller than the behemoth that originally housed the Enchanted Voyage.

I think there are plenty of wood coasters that should get the RMC treatment before anyone even parses the idea of doing it to The Beast. Giving up the title for the longest wooden roller coaster is not something the park should do, especially since they already seem to be making a lot of rough decisions for additions to the park. Leave the record-holding coaster, put something in The Crypt's building. I feel like any Boo Blasters retheme will take place at the same time for Kings Island, Kings Dominion, and Canada's Wonderland. Those three parks' BBoBH are all located in Planet Snoopy and would get similar updates.

It would be nice to see the park also take some more preventative measures on these hottest days of the season. The extreme heat tends to make people sick more often, especially if they have not been drinking enough water or are baking in the sun and riding a lot of coasters. Part of the cleaning process is indeed to hose the car down, although I can't remember how many cycles it takes to clean them. Additional dedicated water stations (with cold water available), more shade (even temporary tents for shade), more fans blowing, and more trash cans would help. I'm sure the reduced number of ride operators and janitorial staff around the park does not help these situations. FYE Coasters recently posted a video where there seemed to be less trash cans in an area than there used to be. Can anyone confirm or deny that you've seen the number of trash cans change recently?