If you think about it, a Schlitterbahn pass + a passport with legacy CF & SF parks cost less than a Lost Island combo pass
News Cedar Fair Merges with Six Flags
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Selling all park add on for a significant difference depending on the park is a PR nightmare since it will be charging people differently for the same access.
Except that’s what Six Flags and United Parks do already. If you live in one market you get one price and if you live in another you get another. It’s why they all have rules about zip codes not being able to purchase passes from certain parks, or rules about requiring you to process at the park of purchase. Otherwise everyone buys that pass from Schlitterbahn and never goes there. People try this all the time with Six Flags even when passes are dirt cheap. The same pass at SFOG is $30-50 less than at Great Adventure where it’s still a bargain, but most people only visit their local park. The few people who really go to as many parks as possible are enthusiasts— they are the ones willing to jump through hoops to get a cheaper pass and use it more.
It appears they were still using the old platinum system in 2024. The price appears to have been $225 for the platinum pass.
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if that's the case, people would be stupid to not just pick the cheapest park as their "home" park. Just get a PO box for long enough to use it as an address, then renew annually.
And they often do— which is why they add restrictions. Certain states or zip codes are not allowed to buy from outside their mark unless they buy it at the park.
You know an easy way to solve this is either use a drivers license for residency or use the credit card zip.
They should be using the ID.me for military for a select discount for them anyways IMO. We do as does most companies in my field.
I believe these posts offer insight into which parks the new chain intends to focus on, or at least considers to be their biggest draws. The other announcement placed Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, and Great America at the top, along with the texas parks and SFOG. This post lists the big 5 Cedar Fair parks and Kings Dominion.
Another little thing - Six Flags just rated ride intensity as mild/medium/max, while Cedar Fair had a 1-5 scale, most coasters earning a 5 unless they lack inversions, launches, or significant heights. I wonder which ride intensity scale will be used moving forward.
The interesting question is what are we defining as a legacy pass? Do they mean 2024 pass system or are they allowing what are currently know as legacy passes as well? I haven't seen it spelled out anywhere and would be curious to see what it finally get designated.
Maybe this has been covered already, but will SF parks be renamed to take out Six Flags, or will CF parks be renamed to add Six Flags to the name? This "Legacy" park thing is weird and seems like a temporary measure.
I'm ready to go to America.
I'm ready to go to America.
They said none of the names have a planned name change, but I wouldn't be surprised if some of the smaller parks had name changes but some of the larger parks didn't. It's strange, around here people call Great America "Six Flags", I have a teacher in the family who says that when they told their students they were going to Great America the next weekend, they were really confused and had no idea what they were talking about, they were like "Do you mean Six Flags?" It might just be smart for the combined company to keep the names.
However, if they want to slowly "deflag" or "flag" the parks, I think they could start by emphasizing a few things. For example, if they want to, say, make Michigan's Adventure "Six Flags: Michigan's Adventure" someday, they could start by changing the name to "Michigan's Adventure: A Six Flags Park" to start getting the idea traction before fully committing to the park name. On the other hand, if they want to start deflagging a park, they could (for example) change Great Adventure to "Great Adventure: A Six Flags Park" or slowly start to remove mentions of Six Flags in the park and exclusively call it Great Adventure in the park, like at the end of ride spiels, just calling the park Great Adventure could go a long way. There's probably people in marketing smarter than me though who can figure these things out, what do I know LOL