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Maybe the ride associates will finally be trained about the single-use so paying guests don't keep getting turned away after scanning their pass.

It's pretty widespread on social media, I can't imagine how many complaints the various parks have been fielding about it. It's going to be even worse when Haunt starts and you have the people who don't follow every nuance of the park's website showing up just to find an employee with their hand out asking for $99 for something that's been included with their passes for years. Yes, the website didn't necessarily say they were included when renewals went on sale in 2024, but no one would have expected it to- mazes have been included with event admission for decades. Of course, you're going to have the park cheerleaders telling everyone how paragraph 17 subsection 12 of the terms and conditions says they can take away whatever they want whenever they want, but that really only makes things worse. The fact is that, at best, a lot of people feel they were misled when they purchased their passes, especially since many people already paid for 2026 passes before the changes were publicized. Excuses from the parks and their supporters aren't going to help with that. Teaching people that you may or may not get what you paid for when you make a purchase from their company is not a good move.

Pre-merger Six Flags tried eliminating meal plans. Didn't work. You are NEVER going to get passholders to pay full price for food in the park again once you got them used to enjoying two meals every visit for one price. Just look at the widespread backlash with the Haunt money grab. I just can't believe that giving away the gate, constant ride closures, dirty parks, poor customer service, and taking away things people already paid for hasn't been a formula for success. Really shocking.

They already fell down.

The park responded to a Facebook comment and said it's not AI. I think it suffers from the fact that the style is so similar to the slop AI puts out when you say "generate an image of X in Pixar style".

The description and the way the "flashlights" are depicted in the promo art reminds me a lot of Monsters Inc. Ride & Go Seek at Tokyo Disneyland, where you point an actual light at the props to set them off. That would be a nice alternative to the current blasters, although I feel like that won't be how it actually works.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but I feel like the effects will work for about the same amount of time as the flag waving Snoopy on Soapbox Racers or, at best, the fog curtain in Boo Blasters. It's a huge relief that it's not screen-based.

I think the thing with all of this is, who can justify dropping money on anything at Six Flags when they've proven that they can and will change the rules on you whenever they please? I can't imagine dropping a grand on an All Season Fast Lane when, for all you know, you won't be able to use it on any coasters without paying an extra $10 per visit for your Coasters and More Access Pass. They blew through decades worth of goodwill with their most loyal customers in a desperate attempt to make a quick buck. And it's a lot harder to earn goodwill and good word of mouth than it is to lose it.

Coasterstock "sold out" too.

Seems like an excuse to get rid of the event when, predictably, people are unhappy with this.

I'm sure it's really going to help matters that people are figuring out that making a purchase from Six Flags is like flushing your money down the toilet, because they can and will change the rules on you at any time. Customers LOVE feeling like they were misled!

It's starting to remind me of MoviePass toward the end. Charge too little for your product, then come up with desperate money grabs and change the rules on your customers when your poor business decisions come back to haunt you.

Hopefully this brings some business to the other local haunted attractions. Can't imagine lots of people will be willing to pay extra for something that was advertised as being included with the passes they already purchased.

It's hilarious because it only would have benefited the shareholders, and it turns out it's not even benefiting them. Oops! I really would like to see more shows on the scale of Phantom Theater Encore, especially if it means the park's main theater is occupied for more than a month. I think the problem with outside shows like the Cirque shows and Gazillion Bubbles is that they eat up a good chunk of the year's entertainment budget, so while those shows are great, it means we're missing out on, say, a daytime bandstand show or a kids' show. KI is a lot better off with entertainment than, say, KD, but it's also extremely important when the park doesn't have anything else exciting and new to offer its guests.

Well, I like it because it's never busy. Guess I could have worked on the phrasing on that one! I think the big issue with cleanliness this year is that I don't think they powerwash the walkways at night anymore (which I think started last year), or at least not as often as they used to. Combined with how Park Services seems to be scaled back significantly this year, it means everything feels much grungier than previous years. It's one of those things that people won't necessarily go to GR and complain about, but it sticks in their mind when it's time to renew their pass or choose between KI and other entertainment options.

I always like the restroom by WindSeeker that has a giant mirror at the end of the dividerless urinals, I guess in case anyone wants to take a "sneak peek".

And then I have it in writing from Canada's Wonderland GR that the first visit in 2026 doesn't matter as long as you already have the pass and it's processed. What a totally incompetent company. They've always been awful at communicating their confusing and vague policies, but this year is a new low.

Don't worry, they sent SFA passholders an email BEGGING them to go to KD instead since they stole their Halloween event from them.

I just wonder at what point a state attorney general will go after them for false advertising and/or fraud. "Subject to change" does not cover lopping entire months off the season.

That is the call center.

I mean, this is far from the first time they've taken away something people already paid for and told people "tough!" when they complained. Always a winning business strategy, right?

Ultimately, they lose money on me, so I don't feel too bad about just saving some money and renewing when it's cheaper. But I will likely drop from Prestige to Gold, the stinky dumpster lounge and preferred parking were worth it for the Wonderland price, but probably not the KI price.

Desperate!

So, the pop-up ads around the park are now advertising an "Xtra Sour Powerade" ICEE that is "available at ICEE locations throughout the park"... but it is not actually available anywhere (not that the ICEE machines would be functional anyway). Oops! Edit: They actually have it now, at the place next to Chicken Shack.

No. It's been like that for quite a while, at least at Wonderland.