4 Hours at Michigan's Adventure 08/22/2026

This past weekend we took a brief trip up to Michigan's Adventure to visit it before our passes no longer work there.

Our drive up to the park wasn't too bad since we stopped for the night at a hotel in/near Lansing and set back off the next morning for the rest of the drive. My license expired and I haven't gotten my new/renewed one in the mail yet so I couldn't drive at all, but we had enough people who could drive to make it better.

We arrived around 10:30/10:45AM and were able to use my Enchanted Parks app to receive a Preferred Parking placard. There were a ton of employees directing cars between the General and Preferred parking lots, but they directed us toward General Parking so we didn't get to use our placard. It was fine since the difference was only about 100ft of walking. Most of their parking spots (at least where we parked) are angled which helped to get us into the spot more efficiently with the help of the parking attendant. That's something I've only really experienced at Disney World! The park opened at 11AM as expected. I was able to scan in with my Enchanted Parks app, but my other two group members were not able to add their passes to their apps. Since EP can't scan a Six Flags QR code, the manager(?) who scanned me in directed them to the ticket window to pick up a paper receipt and scan back in using that. Once they got into the park we headed to the Guest Services counters to ask what we'd need to do to redeem our drink plans. This is where it gets interesting: at no point did the employees ask to see our passes. It was odd since they didn't even see our drink plans listed in the Six Flags app. That might just be a consequence of EP not having access to anything guests bought from SF. They said we had the option to each get a drink wristband or to each get an all-day souvenir bottle. We each went for the bottle.

After that we headed to one of their stores to scout out the merchandise. There was a wide array of items, including things brought in by both Cedar Fair/Six Flags and Enchanted Parks. I enjoyed the items that had their classic logo on it with a neat "70th Anniversary" sign above it. One strange piece of merch caught my eye more than the others. It was a simple hat with the word "ENCHANTED" printed/embroidered backwards as if it were the word "AMBULANCE" on the hood of an ambulance. I wonder if that is some kind of trend or a way to make the hat stand out more. Two of us rode Drummer Boy, a teacups ride with drum shapes, and got it spinning kind of fast for a carnival ride. Cargo Loco and Tip Top (Stricker's Grove) still have it beat out, but it was fun. We stopped by their petting zoo and got to experience a nice shady part of the park with the animals. I've heard that it was just brought back this year, which I think was a positive move by Enchanted. Their train is a neat little CP Huntington (I think that's the model) like Dorney has at the top of the hill. I liked how deep it went into the woods, though it could use some maintenance to knock back the overgrowth. The stops at Grand Rapids Station and Timbertown Station were each cute little structures. I'd love to see a fountain in the pond next to GR Station if they could manage it: that might at least calm the algae growth/.

Since we were short on time I didn't ride any of their roller coasters, but based on the POVs I think I might've enjoyed Wolverine Wildcat more than Shivering Timbers.