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warfelg said:
And can’t forget the major part of this that seems to get left out:
The BGW passes get you WCUSA, which (IMO) offers a FAR better water park experience to Soak City.
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That's a wash for me, public water parks gross me out.

One other thing to consider for many of us, Kings Dominion offers a year-round military discount on gold passes, and bush gardens only has one free day a year, but no discount on passes (unless they've changed policy in the past few years)
 
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Zachary said:
thst requires an extra cost that typically adds $40-ish dollars to an Unlimited membership
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I must have misread the OP’s wordage to the level.

Zachary said:
Not saying KD is the right choice for everyone of course—but it is, 100%, the better value.
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But that’s why I said it’s my opinion. Because basically I hate the Soak City setup. Despise it. IMO Water parks should be their own gate.
 
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Water parks should be their own gate.
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I don't disagree here, and think there's definitely modifications that can be done to create that with the existing KD setup. I'm guessing they just don't see a need to do it given it'd be kind of expensive and the revenue projections probably doesn't show much if any ROI.
 
Kings Dominion is open 106 days less than Busch Gardens this year.

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But everyone is correct, Kings Dominion is significantly cheaper. If you break it down the KD pass is $0.74 per operational day and Busch Gardens is $0.97 per operational day. Makes sense now that they had to gut their entertainment budget to try and cover some of this new coaster.
 
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willrobs3 said:
Kings Dominion is open 106 days less than Busch Gardens this year.

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But everyone is correct, Kings Dominion is significantly cheaper. If you break it down the KD pass is $0.74 per operational day and Busch Gardens is $0.97 per operational day. Makes sense now that they had to gut their entertainment budget to try and cover some of this new coaster.
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I remember reading a log time ago that big new capital investments don't affect Local park budgets, they come from a corporate pot of funds.
 
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Riboflavenus said:
I remember reading a log time ago that big new capital investments don't affect Local park budgets, they come from a corporate pot of funds.
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Directly speaking that is correct. But that doesn't stop corporate from cutting what they are budgeting for a park to off set what they are spending on that capital investment.
 
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2025 Kings Dominion Season Pass prices were released yesterday. $95.00 for Gold Pass and $89.00 for the All-Park Passport Add-on. Wow! For $184.00 you can have access to all of the Cedar Fair parks for the next 16 months and all Six Flags parks for 2025! This is stupid cheap!

For reference; On Tuesday (7/30) the cost of a Gold Pass w/Gold All-Park Passport was $230.00 ($120.00 and $110.00 respectively) and was only for the remainder of 2024 and did not include the Six Flags parks.
 
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willrobs3 said:
2025 Kings Dominion Season Pass prices were released yesterday. $95.00 for Gold Pass and $89.00 for the All-Park Passport Add-on. Wow! For $184.00 you can have access to all of the Cedar Fair parks for the next 16 months and all Six Flags parks for 2025! This is stupid cheap!

For reference; On Tuesday (7/30) the cost of a Gold Pass w/Gold All-Park Passport was $230.00 ($120.00 and $110.00 respectively) and was only for the remainder of 2024 and did not include the Six Flags parks.
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Is that a given? That it includes access to SF parks too in 2025?
 
I really hope that's true. Gold Pass prices are just way, way too low right now given the regional market and the quality KD is delivering. $95 for a Gold Pass that gets the rest of 2024, all of 2025, all seasonal events, AND the water park is legitimately an absolutely insane deal—to the point where I honestly feel like I'm taking advantage of KD. 😋
 
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Question for those more in the loop. I decided to upgrade to the Prestige for next year with it being the 50th. I know if you buy 2025 passes right now, it also gives you the rest of 2024. Will it upgrade my gold this year to Prestige or do the new benefits like Preferred parking and 15% off, (and most importantly the lounge) go in to affect Jan 1st?
 
Any pass upgrades and/or addons you buy for 2025 go into effect immediately (unless otherwise noted—only thing I can think of is Six Flags park access for the All Parks Passport).
 
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Mattatee said:
Thanks Zachary, just wanted to check since it still has it as gold in the App as of now.
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Last year when I went from Gold to Prestige I believe I had to go to guest services to get the new Prestige pass printed. Don't know if that will change the display in the app or not? But yeah, you should be entitled to the benefits immediately.
 
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Zachary said:
I really hope that's true. Gold Pass prices are just way, way too low right now given the regional market and the quality KD is delivering. $95 for a Gold Pass that gets the rest of 2024, all of 2025, all seasonal events, AND the water park is legitimately an absolutely insane deal—to the point where I honestly feel like I'm taking advantage of KD. 😋
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This is something that I would like KD to charge more and invest more in the park. $95 is a price that was there pre Covid and there's been a lot of inflation since.
 
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willrobs3 said:
2025 Kings Dominion Season Pass prices were released yesterday. $95.00 for Gold Pass and $89.00 for the All-Park Passport Add-on. Wow! For $184.00 you can have access to all of the Cedar Fair parks for the next 16 months and all Six Flags parks for 2025! This is stupid cheap!

For reference; On Tuesday (7/30) the cost of a Gold Pass w/Gold All-Park Passport was $230.00 ($120.00 and $110.00 respectively) and was only for the remainder of 2024 and did not include the Six Flags parks.
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Well went ahead and got a Gold Pass for KD. As someone with enough extra cash to buy one membership/pass to either KD or BGW the value for that price really can’t be beat.
 
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rswashdc said:
This is something that I would like KD to charge more and invest more in the park. $95 is a price that was there pre Covid and there's been a lot of inflation since.
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I kinda hope that as pass prices rise throughout the year, the cost for a Gold Pass becomes better aligned with the market and the other two passes in the structure.
 
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If I buy a 2025 pass with all park addon, does that give me admission and parking to all CF parks this season too, or just KD?
 
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