Enchanted Parks, in Partnership with EPR Properties, Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Six Regional Amusement Parks

[beastfan11]

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WINDERMERE, Fla. — March 4, 2026 — Enchanted Parks, a leading owner and operator in the entertainment and leisure industry, announced today that it has partnered with EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR), a leading diversified experiential real estate investment trust specializing in select enduring experiential properties, to acquire six established regional parks from Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE:FUN) as part of a transaction expected to close in March, subject to customary approvals.

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Parks include: 

Worlds of Fun – Amusement & Water park, Campground – Kansas City, MO

Valleyfair – Amusement & Water park – Minneapolis, MN

Six Flags St. Louis – Amusement & Water park – St. Louis, MO

Schlitterbahn Water park Galveston – Water park – Galveston, TX

Michigan’s Adventure – Amusement & Water park – Muskegon, MI

Six Flags Great Escape – Amusement & Water park, Hotel – Queensbury, NY

Water Safari Resort – Amusement & Water park, Hotel, Campground – Old Forge, NY

Diggerland USA – Amusement & Water park – West Berlin, NJ

Six Flags Press Release

La Ronde will become a part of Premier Parks’ portfolio

[brenthodge]

12 minutes ago, beastfan11 said:

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Parks include: 

Worlds of Fun – Amusement & Water park, Campground – Kansas City, MO

Valleyfair – Amusement & Water park – Minneapolis, MN

Six Flags St. Louis – Amusement & Water park – St. Louis, MO

Schlitterbahn Water park Galveston – Water park – Galveston, TX

Michigan’s Adventure – Amusement & Water park – Muskegon, MI

Six Flags Great Escape – Amusement & Water park, Hotel – Queensbury, NY

Water Safari Resort – Amusement & Water park, Hotel, Campground – Old Forge, NY

Diggerland USA – Amusement & Water park – West Berlin, NJ

Six Flags Press Release

La Ronde will become a part of Premier Parks’ portfolio

Well - they pretty much knocked out most of the MidWest region, so I hope they look at a realignment for their new GOLD REGIONAL PASS since we are down to what now? Great AMerica, Cedar Point and KI?

 

[beastfan11]

3 minutes ago, brenthodge said:

Well - they pretty much knocked out most of the MidWest region, so I hope they look at a realignment for their new GOLD REGIONAL PASS since we are down to what now? Great AMerica, Cedar Point and KI?

 

I know I sound like a broken record, and plenty will chime in to disagree, but this is why I always wait until closer to the beginning of the season to decide on what pass to buy. I’d rather know what I’m getting into as opposed to things changing and potentially overspending on perks, etc. 

[Timchat2]

It's kind of surreal that two legacy Cedar Fair parks, Worlds of Fun and Valleyfair (the one that provided the "fair" part of the "Cedar Fair"), will no longer be associated with Cedar Point. 

Likewise it is strange to have one of the original Six Flags parks, Six Flags St. Louis (originally Six Flags Over Mid-America), no longer in the Six Flags chain.

[brenthodge]

21 minutes ago, beastfan11 said:

I know I sound like a broken record, and plenty will chime in to disagree, but this is why I always wait until closer to the beginning of the season to decide on what pass to buy. I’d rather know what I’m getting into as opposed to things changing and potentially overspending on perks, etc. 

I didnt purchase this year - I bought during the all parks for 19.99 if you buy at crappy SixFlags Over GA promo LOL. I jkust think they need to look at the regions and make sure there is an even distrbution of parks and experiences. It feel like EAST is pretty heavy on larger parks

[Imperial79]

Kind of surprised this was announced today, I thought they might wait till at least halfway through the year. Good luck to 6 parks that are being sold. 

[Orion-XL200]

INTERESTING.........

 

What I don't see is what happens with the staff....do they transition to EPR employment for 2026 or do they remain under Six Flags? 

I do wonder if there is any agreement (unknown via release) if there are any ride relocations being planned. 

Such an interesting happening. 
 

[DeltaFlyer]

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Is my Dining Pass / Fast Lane / Photo Pass / Drink Plan still valid?

Details on how these programs will be handled are still being worked through and information will be shared prior to completion of the sale of these seven parks. Per the Terms and Conditions of your dining plan, participating locations and menus are subject to change. Consistent with that provision, we are updating the participating parks for the 2026 season to reflect the new Six Flags portfolio. To ensure you are receiving fair value for your dining plan purchase, we are providing you with a $10 credit to be used in F&B at your home park this season.

So- are these parks going to have their all-season fast lanes and dining plans ripped away? 

[Orion-XL200]

4 minutes ago, DeltaFlyer said:

So- are these parks going to have their all-season fast lanes and dining plans ripped away? 

Not for this year.

[johnjniehaus]

Not happy about this one considering EPR currently owns my new home park of Wild Waves.... I think the last time WW got a new ride was 2011 and that was a kiddy flat ride. They "can't afford to" fix rides that break and as soon as the light rail moved in now they are shutting down because the property became valuable for condos. EPR is a horrible management company that only looks to extract whatever they can from the parks before running them into the ground and eventually selling the property if/when it becomes profitable to do so 

[teenageninja]

In b4 Caveat Emptor.

[SmartCat7162]

I was super surprised to see the combined attendance for these parks it is literally nothing at all. 4.5 million is a decent amount, but I would be more interested in what there margins look like. If they have razor thin margins already I doubt we will see much investment in the parks. Hopefully, these parks will be well taken care of. I like to think that this fate is better then just shutting down these parks.

[johnjniehaus]

55 minutes ago, SmartCat7162 said:

I like to think that this fate is better then just shutting down these parks

At a minimum they will get long slow painful deaths which is better for us than just shutting them down now. Best case scenario they actually perform better 

[CedarPointer]

6 hours ago, Orion-XL200 said:

Not for this year.

If that's true, which they're refusing to confirm or deny, maybe they should say that instead of "we can change whatever we want whenever we want, but here's $10 to go away". 

[beastfan11]

[Oldiesmann]

I'm not surprised they're doing this, but I am surprised they announced it now, since they just made a big deal out of the regional pass thing and we're less than 2 months from most of these parks opening for the season. It'll be interesting to see how this affects my planned visit to Six Flags St Louis in a few months as well (I'm still planning to visit, but the question is whether I'll have to pay for parking/admission/food/drinks). It also makes you wonder how this will affect ride names - will they retain rights to the WB or Peanuts (depending on the park) IP or will they be forced to rename everything and drop references to those characters?

[BeeastFarmer]

Everything will stay the same this year, except they don't have a plan for add ons once the parks are divested, or so it seems. I saw that they were offering a $10 credit for meal plans?  And they pulled the "plans are subject to change" mantra. 

[Losantiville Mining Co.]

15 hours ago, johnjniehaus said:

Not happy about this one considering EPR currently owns my new home park of Wild Waves.... I think the last time WW got a new ride was 2011 and that was a kiddy flat ride. They "can't afford to" fix rides that break and as soon as the light rail moved in now they are shutting down because the property became valuable for condos. EPR is a horrible management company that only looks to extract whatever they can from the parks before running them into the ground and eventually selling the property if/when it becomes profitable to do so 

I thought EPR Properties are only taking on the ownership of these parks while Enchanted Parks (confusing acronym mix, I know) will be the management company. If they keep the parks where they are I think it'll be fine. I've seen what the non-Six Flags Premier Parks (the new Premier Parks company, also owned by former SF CEO Kieran Burke) has done with Elitch Gardens so their management of La Ronde will be interesting. 

 

2 hours ago, BeeastFarmer said:

Everything will stay the same this year, except they don't have a plan for add ons once the parks are divested, or so it seems. I saw that they were offering a $10 credit for meal plans?  And they pulled the "plans are subject to change" mantra. 

The $10 credit for meal plans was the biggest slap in the face when I first read it. I really hope there's a way to make these parks/companies honor the 2026 add-ons. Unfortunately, Six Flags can now say that those add-ons are still valid at the parks that aren't being sold so nothing will change. It's $155 down the drain for each meal plan bought through these parks if they're not honored.

[disco2000]

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"