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It always had food. I think mainly -sadly the audience has changed (plus there was quite a while it was nothing more than TVs or whatever banal crap was in there, so people took it for granted. I’d love for the stunt show to move there. There’s technically height for it with some stage modifications (and maybe downscaling the show a bit) it would make it more comfortable for the cast, allow for actual lighting, and be the type of show you don’t really need to “pay attention” to. It’s big spectacle that you can glance at. Maybe even make it 15-20 min with more frequency to align with dining turnover. The concept could even translate to WF with a stunt elves meet Santa and tinker vibe lol. Move the music show to showplace with more evening shows staggered with the bandstand show.

Right? I don’t get the flood of people renewing.

I really think they are giving them selves a loophole on parking with this VIP sale. No park will ever answer my question on any of their social pages when I ask about parking. I asked specifically to Kings Island: s the free parking at ALL parks or just home park? Confused as Ive heard both Can someone please confirm if this is home park only or all parks (free parking Their "non answer Beginning in January 2026, all park add-ons, including dining plans, drink plans, Fast Lane and others purchased with a 2026 Gold or Prestige Pass, and Gold or Prestige Membership, may be used at all 40+ Six Flags parks. That wasn’t my question. Why are they refusing to actually put in writing an answer to this simple question?

was this screen shot AFTER you renewed and activated your 26 passes?

See - that's what Im thinking because "technically" if you renew, you are essentially replacing your 25 season pass with a 26 early. It hasn't expired, but you can't have 2 active at one time, so the current is VOID and the new starts. Add ons work at the home park until it is trihgghred in 26 to work at all parks. They have made this one of the worst roll-outs Ive ever seen of something like this.

Theres a weird "All Park Dining Upgrade" that people keep asking about - maybe that's it in that you have to buy ALL PARK DINING or pay the upgrade difference if you want to add it later. It sounds like that language is clearing up the "can I just pay the "upgrade" and get all park dining?" NO, you have to buy all park or HAVE one park and add to it. I think it also means you can't buy the all park dining but only have a single park pass (not that anyone who buys by Sept would have that next year. They've made this one of the MOST confusing things EVER. A well crafted promotion should have page after page of ??? on multiple sites. ALSO every park STILL refuses to answer my very simple direct question of "does a GOLD with the free "all park access" get you free parking at all parks or just your home park. It just says FREE PARKING giving them a big loophole. People keep saying "all parks" but Ive yet to see ANY answer from a single park that says that

So, as you mentioned, cuts ARE happening. You (and I) would rather pay more and keep the same (or get better) experience-wise. But my point is, others aren’t and the leadership is counting on those happy with more for less to keep filling the parks, accepting less and less. Once they seee success with that low level, there’s no incentive to “recover” and restore from the cuts.

That’s correct. It’s been that way this year. We’ve actually enjoyed using the free BAF tickets we earned (even if we just stop when are driving by, eat and leave to hit the 4 for free) so the $20-30 we would save buying from another park we wouldn’t visit (and having to buy extra BAF tickets) wouldn’t really be worth it.

Right? It’s hard to ever come back from this and start confidently selling your product for what it’s worth ever again. Companies that go down this route usually wind up downgrading their product to align with their new pricing (look at all the premium brands that started popping up at TARGET with cheaper versions of themselves). People keep saying “this is cut just until they get settled”, no. I fear what’s gone is gone and there’s more to be cut.

the only challenge is you cross over the exit. You could technically have the exit funtion as the entrance but then you'd loose the indoor queue.

I don't understand their pricing AT ALL. Why w Knotts and MMtn t(hat are essentialy in the same metro area - albeit LARGE metro) is there a discrepancy between parks for GOLD when you can use the gold anywhere. Why wouldnt abyone use the cheaper park. Its still not clear if free parking is just at home park. This is a mess. Why not make the SFPLATINUM pass one price for the whole chain with any add-ons work at all parks - price acordingly. Thgen make it a price point that shows the real value of it, then have park specific GOLD PASS or SILVER PASS that is priced relative to the market and product, or just ONE season pass with add ones like "all season parking, extended season (what Gold usually gets), drink etc. You advertise this like its a "coast to coast" product but its priced all over the ma- - even in the same state.

Their "bonus weekends" after HAUNT do not include Old Va, so Im sure thats why those gates exist, so they can close off certain sections. I'd bet they close the ones going to Candy Apple from the tower as well since theres access to that area from the parts that will be open

I don’t think they really need either of those for people to take notice. They already are. They are proving with “most expensive investment ever” that ISN’T an extreme coaster, that they are playing in a different lane.

With the "new" Herschend coming into focus this next year, I think we will see Dollywood moving even further into the "national destination" status (i'd venture they already are more than than a regional at this point). I could see them defining their tiers more with the recent acquisitions being more regionally focussed, and SDC and DW becoming more "national destination" flagship resort players once the SDS resort comes on line.

They initially talked about “special food items” earlier last year, but that, along with most entertainment seems to have been cut. I really don’t think they had LI save the parade floats, go to the expense of shipping them there to just roll out beside the stage with some ribbon twirlers on them. That was a waste of money if so. I think there was a grander, all around plan that got seriously cut to the bone. Most everything they used were our left overs, or quickly printed signs.

It’s also crazy that there’s a massive building, with some type of track being loaded into it, that’s opening most likely in March of next year and we still really have no definitive idea as to what the heck it is. In this day and age of media attention- that’s pretty impressive (and they must have good friends in the sevier county planning and permit board that keep their secrets well.

First -these are not my pics, so thanks to Johnny Amusenent for initially posting. The track looks a lot like the Mack Rocking Boat track. We are pretty sure they are working with Mack. I agree they are going high and low with their teasers, so it could be both? The track doesn’t look heavy enough to be a suspended car (as some have speculated) plus it looks like the track is being bolted to the floor. There is a legend of a mysterious hidden lake in the Smokey’s that only appears at night, and they have posted a video tying into that, so it could be a lot.All the teasers could also be to throw us off in multiple direction

Track is on site. It’s definitely not “flying theater” simulator.

Great idea!

Have you seen the range of prices for things at Dollywood at their festivals with tasting cards. I mean, if you WANT to use it on a 5.99 drink instead of a 14.99 nacho plate, I guess they see it as your poor choice. I honsetly dont understand why they even include the beverages at DW, but it must work for them.

Seeing the size of the crowd leaving on a Tuesday night, from a half-ass CARNIVALE that used to be amazing, walking past closed food and beverage locations leaving money on the table, I don’t think anything will be changing (nor to they see a need). It wasn’t packed, but it certainly wasn’t a light crowd (especially compared to the totally dead park that we enjoyed at Dominion last Sunday night). SIX is LUCKY to have this park and the local support it gets. They’re gonna keep cutting and folks are gonna keep coming. It’s been proven, and sadly we are our own worst enemies here.

That makes perfect sense and explains why the “daytime tour” randomly returned. But only there, and returned with a “story driven” idea with a tour guide and “pre show” host. It also has way better queuing capacity than the blackout location. I could see them adding black out back in as a way to compensate for the loss of MadameFatales as a self guided maze

It’s trippy. Things are the same… but different. It’s hard to orient yourself because the all the markers you are used to are totally off. I’d definitely say make the 8 hr treck. It’s really like a step back in time at KI in a lot of good ways. This is actually the view from the queu of the waterfall switchback of their white water canyon amazing this is man-made.

Oh, I definitely noticed the LED hiding. That was one of my "head smack, ask WHYY??" moments when KI redid their I-Street. They literally had ALL of the fixtures removed, repainted the buildings then stuck clunky fixtures and bundled cords right back up when it would've been so simple to build small coves for everything and then repaint all at once. I thought Mike was great for KI, but really sad that Bridget was forced to make the same departure that he did, as it looks like she really fought to bring a lot of charm back to that park against some probably very tight budgets (based on the attendance that I saw). I also didn't notice random bars and alcohol locations stuck all over the place. I'm sure they were there, but hidden behind all the trees. My son said "I wish we lived closer so THIS could be our home park" the totla lack of lines helped. They just need to bring back more "muti-generational" entertainment and experiences. They deserved the full "5oth stret party" that we had, the bandstand show that they did and a real "song and dance" show in the main theatre. There are unused mini performance zones all over the park - thats the missing piece to me.

This ride is great in front and bordering on painful how much vibration it has in back. Its BAD for a brand BRAND new coaster.