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Now that Great Adventure has officially released their 2027 Gold Pass and Prestige Pass programs, I'm going to start compiling and posting the information I can find about the 2027 passes and memberships throughout the chain. I'll include some of the speculation and "leaks" as well. Something to note is that while some of these benefits look different from what currently exists, most of it looks to be Six Flags right-sizing their passes and add-ons while still having options that everyone can enjoy.

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GREAT ADVENTURE 2027 SEASON PASSES

There isn't a neat pass comparison table yet, but I might make one later on. to better compare benefits.

Gold Pass | $89.00 online / $115.00 at the gate

  • Unlimited visits to the Great Adventure resort for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027
  • Free General Parking
  • Discount Bring-A-Friend Tickets
  • Access to seasonal events like Fright Fest & Holiday in the Park
  • Access to Dorney Park, Kings Dominion, Six Flags New England, Carowinds, Six Flags Over Georgia & Six Flags White Water
  • Perks & Play Loyalty Rewards
  • Plus additional benefits

RENEWING PASSHOLDERS: Renew into a Gold Pass and get a free Bring-A-Friend ticket to use by the end of the 2026 season! IMPORTANT: Pass must first be scanned at Six Flags Great Adventure.

 

Prestige Pass | $229.00 online / $275.00 at the gate

  • Unlimited visits to the Great Adventure resort for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027
  • Free General + Preferred Parking
  • Two Free Bring-A-Friend Tickets Each Year
  • NEW! FREE Coca-Cola Fountain Drinks Every Visit* (basically an included Paper Cup Drink Plan, does not qualify for the drink bottle)
  • One Free Single-Use Fast Lane Each Visit
  • Access to seasonal events like Fright Fest & Holiday in the Park
  • Access to All Six Flags parks in North America
  • Enhanced Perks & Play Loyalty Rewards
  • Plus additional benefits

RENEWING PASSHOLDERS: Renew into a Prestige Pass during the Biggest Sale of the Year and get a $20 in-park credit AND a free Bring-A-Friend ticket to use at Six Flags Great Adventure, Hurricane Harbor New Jersey or Wild Safari before the end of the 2026 season! In-park credit will be loaded to your account on 9/18/2026.

IMPORTANT: Pass must first be scanned at Six Flags Great Adventure. Valid for general parking at Canada's Wonderland & Knott's Berry Farm and preferred parking at all other Six Flags parks.

*15 minutes required between refills. Present pass at designated dining locations for a paper cup; not eligible for an All Season Souvenir Bottle.

 

GREAT ADVENTURE 2027 ADD-ONS

This section is going to be condensed. If I'm able to make the fancy table then I'll include more information on there.

Dining Plans

  • All Season Dining Access | $89.00 online / $139.00 at the gate
    • 20 meal credits per season** at Great Adventure ONLY.
    • Time limit of 2 hours between each redemption, there does not appear to be a daily limit on redemptions.
  • All Season Dining Plus | $129.00 online / $195.00 at the gate
    • 30 meal credits per season** at Great Adventure ONLY.
    • Time limit of 2 hours between each redemption, there does not appear to be a daily limit on redemptions.
    • GOLD: Double Discounts on all eligible food and beverage items at all East Region Six Flags parks.
    • PRESTIGE: Double Discounts on all eligible food and beverage items at all North America Six Flags parks
  • All Season Dining Unlimited | $349.00 online / $599.00 at the gate
    • GOLD: Unlimited meal credits at all East Region Six Flags parks.
    • PRESTIGE: Unlimited meal credits at all North America Six Flags parks.
    • Time limit of 2 hours between each redemption, there does not appear to be a daily limit on redemptions.
    • GOLD: Double Discounts on all eligible food and beverage items at all East Region Six Flags parks.
    • PRESTIGE: Double Discounts on all eligible food and beverage items at all North America Six Flags parks.

**It is not clear if the counter will start in 2026, or if it will start in 2027 (it might theoretically be possible to use all 20 credits before the 2027 season starts)

 

Drink Plans

  • All Season Paper Cup | $35.00 online 
    • Unlimited Coca-Cola fountain beverages every 15 minutes.
    • Works everywhere your pass does.
    • Included with the 2027 Great Adventure Prestige Pass
  • All Season Paper Cup Plus | $55.00 online
    • Unlimited Coca-Cola fountain beverages, ICEE, hot chocolate, or coffee every 15 minutes. Not valid for Starbucks, Tim Hortons, or for specialty drinks.
    • Works everywhere your pass does.

 

Fast Lane

  • All Season Fast Lane Unlimited | $499.00 online / $899.00 at the gate
    • Works where your pass does, excluding Cedar Point.
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Photos and Videos

  • Great Adventure All Season Videos and Photos | $39.00 online
    • Unlimited digital park photos for the rest of 2026 and all of 2027
    • Valid at participating parks based on pass admission.
    • Does not (yet) appear to be linked to FunPix, so is therefore invalid at parks with FunPix.

 

2027 Pre-K Pass

  • 2027 Pre-K Pass | $0.00
    • Valid for children ages 3-5.
    • Must be registered and activated by May 31st, 2027.
    • Not valid at Kings Island, Knott's Berry Farm, or Magic Mountain.
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Cedar Point's All Season Fast Lane Unlimited will reportedly cost $2000.00 and will work at all parks (including Cedar Point). This seemingly closes the loophole where guests were able to purchase a Prestige Pass with $500.00 AS Fast Lane from an East Region park and use it at Cedar Point.

All Season Haunted Attractions passes and All Season Haunted Attractions Express passes are also on sale at Great Adventure, with the regular AS HA pass costing $49.00 online / $75.00 at the gate, and the AS HAExpress pass costing $129.00 online / $169.00 at the gate.

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Wonder how long before they change the Prestige drink benefit to be only drinks at VIP Lounge only and if you want drinks at other locations you need to buy a drink plan....and doubt this Prestige benefit will include ICEE or hot chocolate....

The question is does this convert a lot of people to call CP their home park?  I know many that will do that if they visit CP more than 5 times with season long FL.

And if CP attendance tanks next year as many people may skip their trips to CP, do they revert back during the season to season long FastLane being good at CP?

They needed to do something to shorten the FL lines at CP, so time will tell if this strategy works.

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I appreciate them making it such an easy decision to not renew. I guess I just don't trust buying a $400 dining plan from a company who, in recent memory, has...

  • Sold dining plans advertising them as being valid at 40+ parks after already knowing the parks were being sold off, then only gave $10 in FunBucks (tm) as "compensation" for the devaluing of what you purchased
  • Sold "all parks" add-ons for an additional cost, then upgraded everyone who purchased the "home park only" add-ons to the "all parks" version for free, and didn't compensate those who wasted money on the more expensive versions
  • Turned the mazes into an upcharge when Haunt (which has always been advertised as including mazes!) was advertised as a benefit of passes
  • Started offering free Pre-K passes at parks that didn't previously offer them months after passes went on sale, and refused to refund those who wasted money on buying a pass for their preschooler in the fall
  • Allowed legacy members to pay for their passes over the whole offseason, letting them miss the discounts available in the fall and winter, before springing it on them that their memberships they had been paying for had been significantly downgraded
  • Advertised parking as being included at Canada's Wonderland with other parks' passes as recently as January of this year, then took it away for no particular reason other than they wanted more money
  • Taking away seasonal events that were advertised when passes were sold

I'm probably forgetting some things, too. But don't worry, I'm sure this will be the time they don't change the rules on people long after their purchase.

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My family will definitely be buying our season passes (although we'll likely have to switch to the memberships since that's the new payment plan) and will probably still purchase the expensive dining plans. With how much we use them, the price will be worth it barring any massively crazy changes. Am I happy that we have to pay more? No. Am I happy that the chain is at least attempting to make everyone happy while rightsizing? For the most part, yes.

I'm a little shocked that none of the proposed lawsuits against Six Flags for these practices have really gone anywhere. The "benefits subject to change without notice" line is brought up a lot, but when your product(s) changes this much after guests purchase them, it doesn't feel like that line should be so protective. Companies are always protected against the consumer and all of that. (I agree that the previous statement is true, I just don't think they are protected to that extent.) 

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10 hours ago, disco2000 said:

Wonder how long before they change the Prestige drink benefit to be only drinks at VIP Lounge only and if you want drinks at other locations you need to buy a drink plan....and doubt this Prestige benefit will include ICEE or hot chocolate....

The question is does this convert a lot of people to call CP their home park?  I know many that will do that if they visit CP more than 5 times with season long FL.

And if CP attendance tanks next year as many people may skip their trips to CP, do they revert back during the season to season long FastLane being good at CP?

They needed to do something to shorten the FL lines at CP, so time will tell if this strategy works.

I think the two solutions to handle the issues with Fast Lane at Cedar Point are to either a) raise prices, or b) drastically reduce the number sold per day / per season. Option (a) feels like the better decision while option (b) feels like it could be a secondary strategy. Six Flags is doing both, but I think they're mainly relying on option (a) since people who aren't might not go enough to justify it. The $2,000 price tag would take 20 visits to pay off (assuming a $100 daily Fast Lane each time). 

As for the Prestige drink benefit, I would just expect more of the same as this and previous seasons. The numbers might actually work out to be similar if most Prestige guests already buy the drink plan. Otherwise I'm sure all the folks who aren't renewing will offset the drink plan losses. 

Unfortunately Cedar Fair and Six Flags spent the past 10+ years keeping prices extremely low and now they will have to deal with the backlash of raising prices. I can't imagine the comments would be any better if Herschend purchased Kings Island and made the Gold Pass start out at $200 with no discounted options to visit other parks in the chain.

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At least that part of it makes sense, since they bought the version that was limited. In the past, since they started allowing newly purchased add-ons to be used in the fall, renewing passholders always got whichever was the better of the two they had purchased. And that still seems to be the case, except for the "unlimited" (subject to change, no refunds!) dining plan that more than doubled in price.

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