News Cedar Fair Merges with Six Flags
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One thing I wonder about is in the fine print:
Not valid for Knott’s Scary Farm, special ticket events, or park buyout admission. Reservations required at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels on select dates with priority given to home park passholders and resort guests.
Will the Fright Fest mazes be considered "Special ticket event(s)"? Admission to the actual park on those days is one thing, but I recall haunted maze access being a distinct perk listed on certain pass levels last year.
Not valid for Knott’s Scary Farm, special ticket events, or park buyout admission. Reservations required at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels on select dates with priority given to home park passholders and resort guests.
Will the Fright Fest mazes be considered "Special ticket event(s)"? Admission to the actual park on those days is one thing, but I recall haunted maze access being a distinct perk listed on certain pass levels last year.
They’re covering all bases in case they finally make FF/Haunt hard tickets in other parks.
If the rumor of uncharged houses is true for KD, will you still be able to enjoy the park without the houses during haunt WITHOUT paying whatever fee?
Seeing as the KD website specifically mentions Haunt access, I'd be willing to place a large bet on the answer being yes! The same has been the case with legacy Six Flags for quite a while now. For the longest time, I used to completely ignore the houses (along with the extra fee to access them) in favor of going on more rides instead.
I have only ever done 1 house out of the 3 times I've been to Scarowinds and KD, (GrimmWoods at KD), because I'm mainly focused on rides as well.
The majority of customers I would bet just go to their home park and the all park passport isn’t going to mean anything to them.
What is going to mean something to them is when they cut out events like Winterfest and cut operating hours after they already advertise them after they already advertised them for this year.
If people are intelligent, they’re going to know that a cheaper pass is even going to be a worse experience
What is going to mean something to them is when they cut out events like Winterfest and cut operating hours after they already advertise them after they already advertised them for this year.
If people are intelligent, they’re going to know that a cheaper pass is even going to be a worse experience
Some interesting stuff happening with the pass add-ons right now...
Oof!
Will 2025 be the last season for reusable bottles?
This doesn't bode well for haunted maze inclusion with any pass.
Oof!
Will 2025 be the last season for reusable bottles?
This doesn't bode well for haunted maze inclusion with any pass.
So Carowinds renewal offer just came out at $95 and drink add on for $3 or $4 depending on if you want to have more choice in selection.
I think we’re gonna get the chainwide 2026 announcements today around 11am EST. I initially thought they were just advertising the passes, but most parks have announced their deals for next year which typically coincide with the time they announce new attractions.
Over Texas posted a teaser about an hour ago, and SF Great America has been advertising 7/31 as their date for a while now.
Over Texas posted a teaser about an hour ago, and SF Great America has been advertising 7/31 as their date for a while now.
Oooh, I wonder what the Carowinds log flume will be named! And maybe we’ll get an announcement for Pantherian!
Over in the Carowinds 2026 thread, someone found a trademark for the name “Rip Roarin’ Falls” and “Timber Hallow”, so those will presumably be the names for the ride and new area respectively. Carowinds also posted a teaser for 7/31 on social media and since they announced their 2026 pass deals, I would not be surprised if it is the new attraction announcement as well.
[EDIT] Maybe push the time back an hour? 12p EST might make more sense.
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Now we are down another 8 coasters and 3 miles of track.
So we know both Fofs are prob screwed, if that is not counting SFA, I think Hurler could be on the chopping block too possibly.
So 14 removed total if this is actually worth going off of? That’s such an insane number (compared to the 8 last year) that I’m willing to bet this is just a mistake in the marketing department.
paintervision
Coasters: 653 🎢
What a strange way to advertise your park chain. "1000 entertainment experiences" and "500 live shows" - I'd like to see the math on what they are counting here.
Also if you're going off RCDB, that shows 294 which includes SFA and four coasters not yet open for 2026, plus Great Adventure's 2027 ride for 294. SFA shows nine so we're not too far off, unless they do another round of cuts across all parks (or someone didn't do the math right here).
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I'd be very curious as to how they came up with the chain having "500 live shows." That sounds totally wrong.
paintervision
Coasters: 653 🎢
Fiesta Texas, Cedar Point, and Knotts likely have the most. Fiesta shows seven (including two meet and greets) on their page at present, while Knotts shows six (three meet and greets), while Cedar Point comes in at a whopping eleven (one meet and greet).
The actual show schedule does show more for Knotts, at least:
Just for comparison, Six Flags America actually has more entertainment than I expected, with five items listed (one meet and greet). At least more than Great Adventure offers, oops!
Some of those 40+ parks are waterparks - not all of those even have meet and greets or live bands, etc. Maybe you get a DJ dance party, if you want to count that. And I guess I could also count seasonal shows (as long as they're still DOING seasonal events), but my whole point is this: what a strange thing to brag about. And for the Cedar Fair Legacy parks, many of these used to have a lot more - parades, fireworks, ice shows, more indoor show venues, etc.
Live entertainment is a part of the whole package, but the parks themselves do not have consistent offerings across the chain, or even year to year or season to season. I'm not sure that stacks up against other park operators.
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