Here is a link for SFMM.

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$59.99 at the gate? They must be out of their minds! Especially for a park where the main attraction rides have an uptime of (guessing) 75%.

You may be being too generous in your up-time estimates (especially for X)

I wonder what percentage of people at any park (other than Disney) actually pay the full gate amount?

Local market differences aside...there is no way that a day at SFMM is worth $20 more than a day at CP!

I bet almost no one does... at least that's how PKI is from what I understand.

This I just saw on Screamscape. If they made an effort to run all their rides - ESPECIALLY the gentle/transport ones like the Metro monorail, tower, and incline shuttle (Orient Express?), and then keep a quality appearance, plus offer food, drinks, and parking at a lower price, then a $60 one-day ticket would seem justify - having a product that would be comparable to Disneyland. Heck, if they ran SFMM to its potential, they could claim MORE than Disneyland. Don't see it happening though.

Most parks IMO do need to change some of their pricing policies - people are lured in by low gate (sometimes even with free promotions) and cheap season passes, only to pay $9, $10, even more to park, $3-$4 soft drinks, and the same kind of food that you could get at McDonald's or Wendy's near the park, but for twice or three times the price! One of the few parks that does it the good way is Holiday World.

Season Passes should be 3 times the price of a one-day admission - the pricing may seem exclusive, but if I'm going to a place that has invested so much maintenance and cleaning into the experience, excluding some is not a bad idea.

Remember, this is their off season. If your smart, you dont go in the offseason.

This I just saw on Screamscape. If they made an effort to run all their rides - ESPECIALLY the gentle/transport ones like the Metro monorail, tower, and incline shuttle (Orient Express?), and then keep a quality appearance, plus offer food, drinks, and parking at a lower price, then a $60 one-day ticket would seem justify - having a product that would be comparable to Disneyland. Heck, if they ran SFMM to its potential, they could claim MORE than Disneyland. Don't see it happening though.

Most parks IMO do need to change some of their pricing policies - people are lured in by low gate (sometimes even with free promotions) and cheap season passes, only to pay $9, $10, even more to park, $3-$4 soft drinks, and the same kind of food that you could get at McDonald's or Wendy's near the park, but for twice or three times the price! One of the few parks that does it the good way is Holiday World.

Season Passes should be 3 times the price of a one-day admission - the pricing may seem exclusive, but if I'm going to a place that has invested so much maintenance and cleaning into the experience, excluding some is not a bad idea.

Wells said Coasters N Sich, if all parks did things like Holiday World does, even if PKI did it, theyd improve themselves so much more.