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Enchanted Parks appears to be going to accept Six Flags passes but not for the meal / dining plan even for 2026 but everything else appears to be honored. They also plan to have their own app around Memorial Day and use the Six Flags app until then. https://miadventure.enchantedparks.com/park-info/guest-faq/

I thought the 2026 passes were activated when you purchased it. Did you upload a photo or chose take one at the park? You may need to contact the park to see if they can activate it. I didn't need to activate my Knott's pass before using it but I also uploaded a photo when I purchased it. I just added the pass to the app and it worked. I couldn't find it on the SFStl website but the Michigan's Adv site has it in the FAQ that the 2026 SF passes will be honored. I don't see anything mentioned about meal or season fastlane plans so who knows on them. So they take them but can't answer any qustions about them. https://miadventure.enchantedparks.com/park-info/faq/

The only issue would be if Six Flag's agreement with WB is for exclusive rights to the characters in North American parks. If that is the case, Six Flags will argue that they should pay less for their contract if other parks are allowed to compete with the same characters in North America and likely sue for breach of contract unless they were compensated for the loss of exclusivity. If that amount is too large, and EPR/Enchanted Parks don't make up the difference then WB may decline a new contract with WPR/Enchanted and stay loyal to Six Flags.

I apologize for coming off as overly negative. I just see what private money/equity did for the Vegas strip or Southwest and people complaining about price increases but no increase in quality yet people think it will save Six Flags or its ex-parks. I hope I am wrong and the new management does better than Zimmerman or Bassoul. I will wish for the best and not complain about it any longer.

This could be the sole issue though. I would imagine that capital improvements are a percentage of the parks' profits. So if the park made $10 million on 1 million visitors then they might put 10%- 20% of that into park improvements or $1 to $2 million dollars. If 20% of the people quit going because of the loss of IPs, meal passes, or having to buy an extra Enchanted Parks pass each year and the park only makes $8 million that year then 10% to 20% of that is only $800,000 to $1,600,000 in improvements. If more people stop going the next year then it can become a death spiral. People keep waiting to visit until they get a new big coaster that never comes. It can become like when Southwest charges for lugagge or seat assignments. That isn't all free money as less people will fly with them because benefits have been removed. It is a delicate balance that can be disrupted. They will go bankrupt if they buy eveyone a bunch of new coasters like Premier Parks did with Six Flags takeover but if they don't offer anything for the removed benefits, I can't see it going that well either. I am hoping that they realize this before it is too late and many people just quit the chain. My wish is that everyone is happy like when United Parks took over Seaworld chain and made everything better No more complaints from the happy Busch and Seaworld customers.

I am fine with them staying open as I worked at Frontier City during high school, loved the charm of the smaller Six Flags/Premier Parks, and was happy that EPR kept them around even though the general public bitches about Frontier City. We did drive to SFOT when we wanted to go on real roller coasters though. I have posted online before that people are lucky the parks are staying open and not receiving the SFA, CGA, SFWOA,/Geuga Lake, Astroworld, or SFNO, type of fate. But many other people, mostly on Reddit, are acting like that isn't good enough and the new owners need to improve the parks because Six Flags and Cedar Fair neglected them or they will never visit the parks again. I am hoping people can be a little more grateful that the parks are still around and not a new housing development. SF Magic Moutain would have been a housing development 20 years ago if the local California govenment hadn't have voted to deny a zoning change from entertaiment to residential. CGA was not as lucky with Santa Clara. Former SFNO is still a swamp that is still begging for $50 million to turn into a sports / fitness park. Amusement Parks futures are not guaranteed.

The concerning news to me is that it is EPR that is buying the parks. I looked up what else they owned before the recent purchase: Pacific Park California, Magic Springs Arkansas, Wild Waves Washington, and Frontier City Oklahoma, and only Frontier City has added a coaster in the past two decades and it was a family Zamperla coaster. I went by Wikipedia so I am not sure if I missed any other additions but most of there other parks on the list are waterparks. If all you are getting is the same de-themed rides, loss of the meal pass, and having to buy and extra yearly pass for Enchanted Parks/EPR; then the people are coming out slightly better off than if the parks just closed. I hope I am wrong and they invest something into some thrill rides but people expecting a great improvement haven't looked at the way other EPR parks have been run in the past. Private money/equity buy outs haven't done that well for Vegas or fastfood, so I don't know what to expect with amusement parks except for profit optimization.

There is no more Fair in Cedar Fair. So, will Frontier City also become an Enchanted Park?

I guess the positive thing is that these are parks that someone wants to run as amusement or waterparks so they will hopefully not get a SFNO, SFA, or SF Astroworld type ending soon. It is not like the new Six Flags / CF was going to buy these parks new attractions every year or make them top tier parks with Six Flags' budget or priorities so hopefully locals can still get out an support them if they change owners.

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I saw this on another site but I still wonder if they need to trademark the names before searching for funding. I don't see how a company this size could buy everything without help. I also don't see a registered trademark for a Worlds of Fun dry park, and just Oceans of Fun, so would the dry park close? Quoted from: "WorldlinessThat2984 •22h ago I think I found the smoking gun... www.enchantedparks.com (currently) redirects to https://www.i-amllc.com/ (Innovative Attractions Management). IAM recently bought "Water Safari" (https://www.watersafari.com/) in Old Forge NY. One of the trademarks is for "Enchanted Parks Water Safari". On the IAM website, they say they are "actively seeking to acquire high-performing water and amusement parks to expand its portfolio and enhance its market presence." IAM also has a "407" area code listed for their phone number (Orlando, FL) and the new Enchanted Parks LLC has a listed address in Orlando Florida. Following all the breadcrumbs, it seems more likely than not that Six Flags sold these properties (or is in the process of selling these properties) to IAM who will rebrand as "Enchanted Parks" when everything is finalized."

I also don't like the reckless media. The Sun reported that Six Flags might go bankrupt and quoted Dennis Speigel of ITPS as a source, so I looked them up. The Sun also repoted today that the Russia drone incursion over Poland almost created World War 3 and space aliens have anti-Hellfire missle technology. Why are people quoting The US Sun as a credible source? Dennis Speigel lists consulting on the feasability of former Hard Rock Park as an accomplishment when it failed within a year or telling Parques Ruenidos to purchase Palace Entertainment are not indications of your successful prior predictions. In fact most of your projects seam like guessing, at best: https://www.interthemepark.com/projects.html You can see their current stories on WW3 and Hellfire UFOs on the right Hey, Dennis, you okayed this one? Or telling Parques Ruenidos to buy Palace are not idicators of your past intelligence.

Did you already purchase a gold pass from Knott's and add it to your app? I was wondering if the free all-parks during the MVP sale adds parking for free like the old all-parks added parking at Knott's.

Frightfest was just canceled but they state they are still open Sat & Sun during the daytime..

Kroenke just bought out Revesco's co-intertest in the property. Kroenke and Revesco were the original purchasers of the park from Six Flags and that stated they intended to move the park to an alternative location and build 800 condos on the old Elitch location. I am not sure if they still plan to keep the park in the current location but that will depend on housing demand in downtown. Kroenke and his Walmart heiress wife are worth some 30+ billion dollars and could have fixed up Elitch Gardens over the past 10 years if they wanted to. It is depressing that Elitch's owners could spend 1/30th of 1% of their wealth fixing up the park, or 100-million and choose not to, while Lakeside's owner's are too poor to fix their wooden coaster for the past three years. Government owned and operated Waterworld appears to be the best run amusement place in the Denver area.