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Right, but they need to keep the name to build a following. Switching it up every two years won't gather the following. Who knows if KI changed the food offerings since they didn't have tasting cards lol. Or maybe that is why they didn't so the food could stay the same...

Sis Flags has been on that step for years....as long as people keep buying passes, they will continue to do whatever they want. As an example, will they see a big drop in Prestige renewals for 27, probably not, even though everyone should wait and see if they free upgrade gold....

Aren't Dollywood's festivals the same old, same old, every year? Heck some of Dollywood's shows ran for years. What about Disney and Busch?

Which is ironic since most of the employees are not what one would consider "entry-level" LOL

The park simply (finally) found a legal way to keep it out of enthusiasts hands under the broad umbrella of trade secret.

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It has had a lot of potential for many years. When/If the land around it ever develops, then it may finally follow in KI's footsteps. The issue now is the debt the company carries and eventually they will have to dangle a nice carrot to entice the purchase of the next wave of parks and sadly this would be the likely candidate from the portfolio.

Wonder which park(s) becomes an AI data center as the land is more valuable for that than an amusement park....

caveat emptor They are giving enough reasons to wait until the day you actually decide to go to a park to buy a pass. In the past it always cost more, now not so much. And they will wonder why come July/August the 2027 season pass sales are off to a slow start. Heck at this rate, they may start selling 2027 passes in May - "buy your 2027 pass and get in the rest of 2026 free"

caveat emptor

And that is exactly why KI puts in and does what they do.... People are going to come regardless based on proximity and cost.

Can't wait to see how many have their phone out on the ride or the brake run scheduling their next ride....

Sadly, they have played this game before. Put in I-305 at KD and didn't get the return. Thought they could make Carowinds the CP of the south and Fury barely moved their needle and slowed down the spend. Maybe it will be different in Texas, but I think Spiegel pointed out once that parks started getting better handles on returns around the time Kingda Ka went in that it barely moved the needle. For most parks, the capital spends are to maintain the attendance and some nominal growth, but if they expect Texas to have a 20% increase in attendance this year or something more than say a percent or two, they will be disappointed.

I haven't experienced that system, but I would think it would cut down on all the sharing that they clearly say is not allowed of people posting pics on FB where they left their used wristband when they left for the day. I could see those that like to marathon rides not liking the new system. No phones on rides, yet they go to a system that encourages it. I also see lots of phones dying needing to access the phone so much, as well as people not being able to get the app running based on network congestion.

It has more to do with Six Flags has said Texas is an undersaturated market, so they are spending big there. Now what happens if/when that doesn't turn into the numbers they expect to see...

And no more soot in the face.

Actually their water comes from GCWW....which has been awarded the best tasting water in Ohio, if not the nation....

Along with every other guest LOL.

Don't forget their single park meal plans get upgraded too

Could this mean talk of Winterfest leaving KI stops and perhaps a return to some version at KD and other parks that had these types of events removed? “In hindsight, that decision did not optimize profits at every park the way we needed it to. Those events can be meaningful demand drivers, and removing them created a self-inflicted headwind in terms of both attendance and operating leverage. We’re taking that learning directly into our planning for 2026, and we will rethink the winter holiday strategy with a tighter, returns-driven approach, market by market, rather than applying a broad brush.”

News out of KD....apparently a similar rollout will be coming to the KI region soon. And the Season Long FL in the east region has been cut in half in price as well. So those that bought Prestige with add-ons would have benefitted by waiting.... They really are trying to encourage people to wait until the day before they visit the park with these constant revisions... And they will wonder why sales are down during the August rollout for 2027.... Lot's of chatter in other socials about class action lawsuit, but we know that will go nowhere. And Prestige will still buy Prestige.

Anybody getting new ad orientation. The old way taking the whole bottom was annoying, but his new one is blocking so much

It was if you bought during the MVP sale.

Oh dang lol. Let me fix that lol