Kings Island Prestige Pass

[disco2000]

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[Losantiville Mining Co.]

If the Gold and Prestige pass prices each went up $50/$100, what kinds of additional benefits would you see as absolutely necessary for the new prices to be worth it? A Gold Pass would go from $145 to $195/$245, and a Prestige Pass would go from $350 to $400/$450. There has been plenty of discussion about the fact that Kings Island/Six Flags passes are cheaper than their competitors (especially for the price per park with the All Park Passport), so what would you like to gain if prices increased? I would assume the Silver Pass would stay the same at around $105 per pass and keep its current benefits.

Additional benefits (at Kings Island) could include:

• an indoor VIP lounge for Prestige passholders
• exclusive access to the Preferred Parking lot before noon each week day for Prestige passholders
  • no non-Prestige access before noon
• increased season pass discounts
• free/discounted access to exclusive After Hours events
• discounted access to an exclusive Winter Chillout-style event.
• admission to the seasonal Passholder Preview, now without Silver Passholders and only open to those with Kings Island as their home park
• one free single-use Fast Lane ticket per season per Gold Pass / two free single-use Fast Lane tickets per visit per Prestige Pass
• free/discounted access to an exclusive Halloween Haunt or Winterfest experience(s)

I have a feeling prices will eventually go up, so put your ideas out there! Unless Six Flags plans to release an all-new pass structure system that is.

[disco2000]

^Please no on the single use Fast Lane.  A park like KI and CP does not need more people in a FL line.

I agree that they need to find a way to limit the passholder preview attendance.

[chad_1138]

Along the lines of limiting passholder preview attendance, I believe it used to be for renewing passholders only.   I would like to see that return as a perk for being a renewing passholder, and put a date that you have to renew by to attend.

[robintodd]

6 hours ago, Losantiville Mining Co. said:

If the Gold and Prestige pass prices each went up $50/$100, what kinds of additional benefits would you see as absolutely necessary for the new prices to be worth it? A Gold Pass would go from $145 to $195/$245, and a Prestige Pass would go from $350 to $400/$450. There has been plenty of discussion about the fact that Kings Island/Six Flags passes are cheaper than their competitors (especially for the price per park with the All Park Passport), so what would you like to gain if prices increased? I would assume the Silver Pass would stay the same at around $105 per pass and keep its current benefits.

Additional benefits (at Kings Island) could include:

• an indoor VIP lounge for Prestige passholders
• exclusive access to the Preferred Parking lot before noon each week day for Prestige passholders
  • no non-Prestige access before noon
• increased season pass discounts
• free/discounted access to exclusive After Hours events
• discounted access to an exclusive Winter Chillout-style event.
• admission to the seasonal Passholder Preview, now without Silver Passholders and only open to those with Kings Island as their home park
• one free single-use Fast Lane ticket per season per Gold Pass / two free single-use Fast Lane tickets per visit per Prestige Pass
• free/discounted access to an exclusive Halloween Haunt or Winterfest experience(s)

I have a feeling prices will eventually go up, so put your ideas out there! Unless Six Flags plans to release an all-new pass structure system that is.

As I have stated before I think Gold Passes are way to cheap.  I would gladly pay and additional $50 if it meant lowering the number of passes out there.  I think the park will keep increasing the price until they see a drop in revenue from them.  Our gold passes are $20 more expensive than a gold pass at Cedar Point when KI first offers the pass in October.  The price for a gold pass is is now $145  at KI and $150 at CP.

As far as Prestige goes I would get rid of it.  In it's place I would offer add-on's to the gold pass.  One for VIP ($80?), one for preffered parking ($80?), one for single use fast pass ($100?).  This would total $260 and if someone wanted them all it would be $200 to just get all of them in a package (therefore replacing the Prestigue Pass).  Of course the Passport would still be another add on (currently $85 at KI, $80 at CP).  

I would prefer this because I think it makes it simpler and the park would make more money.  For example I would like the preffered parking but have no wish to have the single use Fast Lane or the VIP so they would get another $80 from me.  However some may want the preffered parking and the VIP  or the single use fast pass.  At that point for an additional $20 they could get all three for $200.  

It just makes sense to have VIP, Parking and single use fastlane as addon's similar to the way the drink plan, dining plan and funpix are add-ons.

Either way I think for those of us who live within a 45 minute drive to the park the season passes are a fantastic value.  I consider myself fortunate to happen to live so close to not only and amusement park, but one of the best ones.  In my opinion there are several people who take it for granted and even more that feel "entitled".  

No doubt Six Flags will keep adjusting the price and supply and demand will rule the day.  Either way, as I said before the fact that Cedar Fair just gave us 2021 for free during the COVID Pandemic made me a season pass holder for life.  It was a fantastic value and decision, one that they are slowly pulling out of and, in my opinion, they are still adding value each year while recooping the cost of that decision.

Thanks KI, from a devoted fan.

 

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

Six Flags recently revealed a concept for a Regional Park Passport during their Investor Day presentation. This system would, if implemented, offer access to select parks in each region at a lower cost than the All Park Passport currently in effect. Some parks were circled together as examples during the presentation, such as Kings Island and Cedar Point. It was not clear to me whether the park groupings were set or not, or if there would be some changes as the idea developed more. What are your thoughts on the Regional Parks Passport idea provided during Investor Day? What parks would you pair/group together? Provide your thoughts below!

 

For this offering to be worth buying, I would suggest allowing guests to pick their parks rather than being forced to go with one or two region presets. Maybe having a base price where guests can choose any five parks to add to their pass would be better than the preselected groupings. Someone who lives in Indiana and visits Cedar Point, Great America, and Kings Island would have to choose which region to go to if the system was as I understood it. Any changes will need to be clearly marked during the pass buying process. Legacy Six Flags customers already had to contend with pass structure changes when buying for 2025, would it be too soon to make them learn a whole new structure again for 2026 or 2027? 

Personally, I think Six Flags should keep the current pricing for the All Park Passport (maybe go up $50 at most), and find other ways to attract more passholders. They locked themselves into this price bracket when they released the 2025 pass offerings. The new company has proven itself to be untrustworthy so far with some aspects of park quality, and I believe too much is on the line for there to be major increases in pass prices right now — especially as some guests perceive a noticeable decline in how things are run and with rides being retired without notice. No amount of shiny new rides across the chain will help to improve A.P.P. sales when people's home park is struggling because of cuts mandated by corporate.