EDIT: I have now been proven wrong: https://themeparkreview.com/forum/topic/47688-six-flags-fun-corporate-discussion-thread/page/102/#findComment-1926138 (Original content retained below for posterity)
Whatever. It's not worth arguing with you. @thepoint4life23 was asking about buying a new pass through Cedar Point and using it at Kings Island before going to Cedar Point. The Cedar point website explicitly states that you can't do that [https://www.cedarpoint.com/season-passes]:
That's what I'm basing my claims on - the statements that have been specifically and deliberately made by the park on their official channels. Statements that they have never made before, indicating that they went out of their way to now make these statements. Why would they publish that statement on every one of the legacy-CF park websites if it wasn't the case?
You are basing your assessment of the situation entirely on your own experience with renewals, which are not the same as a new pass activation, and the history of not having to do that. If the chain has demonstrated anything in the past few months )with the Haunt upcharges, removal of Winterfest/HitP, changing of hours at Carowinds' Winterfest to be focused on the daytime, and so on), what "was always the case in the past" no longer applies.
I'm telling the person asking questions to be more cautious and either listen to what the official sources say or call them directly and ask. You're telling the person asking the questions to accept your claims on blind faith when you have no actual first-hand experience with doing what they are trying to do and you have no consequences if you're wrong.
I hope I'm wrong, I really do, for the sake of anyone buying new passes this year. But the actual evidence presented thus far would indicate that I'm not, and arguing with you further would accomplish nothing.
@thepoint4life23, please call both CP and KI guest relations and ask your questions, or wait for someone who actually has experience with a new, non-renewal, pass purchase to respond.