Theme park Passes Thread

[mightypotato]

I've already got my Cedar Fair Platinum Pass (Wonderland edition). I still need to buy my Six Flags season pass since I'll be hitting up a few Six Flags parks this June.

[XYZ]

Oct. 2011 - Oct. 2012 - Six Flags Season Pass (using for SFDK & SFMM)

Jun. 2012 - ? - Legoland California Season Pass (will buy when I move to So Cal)

Jan. 2013 - ? - Knott's Berry Farm Season Pass (will buy when Six Flags season pass runs out)

Mar. 2013 - Oct. 2013 - California's Great America Season Pass (for going on the new GCI coaster, might renew pass for 2014)

[Someotherguyuser]

Currently, I only have passes to SFMM and USH. I used to have a pass for Disneyland, but it's gotten so blasted expensive, I just go once in a great while now. Besides, I'm too busy with work and school to have one now anyway.

 

USH and SFMM are the two parks I go to frequently considering that they're pretty close. I happen to go to school within view of Magic Mountain (College of the Canyons, anyone?) so I tend to go there for a few hours after my class on my days off from work.

 

USH is the closest to me so that's another park I visit frequently on my days off. IMO, it's the best value in the market. I upgraded my pass recently for the Deluxe pass (Which I'm pretty sure is $105). You get no blackout dates on it.

[coasterlover420]

-CF Platinum pass

-Six Flags season pass (SFA)

-Elitch Gardens season pass

[Jerrykoala2112]

I already bought a Dollywood season pass for my multiple visits on opening weekend. And I'll be getting a season pass for Six Flags in the next upcoming days.

[Werner]

At the moment i only have an valet Bobbjelaanland pass. And an non-valet Efteling pass(wich is always valet for the perks you get, since there is no date on it)

[simon8899]

Last year I had a Hansa-Park Season-Pass. But mostly I try to hit as many different parks per season as possible so I mostly have no passes at all.

[Geauga Dog]

I only have a Kings Island Gold Season Pass - good for free parking all season long and for early ride time on Beast and Diamondback.

 

I do miss having a Six Flags season pass.

[coastercrazy 9]

I have a question. I bought my Six Flags Great Adventure season pass online, so I have the printout paper. It is not processed yet. I will be in the area of another Six Flags Park this weekend. Can I get the season pass processed at that other park, or does will it have to be done at Great Adventure first? Thanks.

[Kyle Coleman]

Just a uni orlando premium pass. I live on the other side of the country but I can get two uses out of it this year and the hotel discounts are usually pretty good.

[larrygator]

SFGAdv Pass

Two year Platinum Pad from Sea World Texas

[Invertalon]

Cedar Fair Platinum Pass (Geauga Lake)

2-Year Sea World Aquatica Pass

Universal Orlando Pass Preferred

[IrishBuckeye]

So far just a cedar fair platinum pass, processed at cedar point. This season is year #4 having a CF season pass.

[cal1br3tto]

Last year I had a Six Flags season pass from SFOT.

 

This year, I don't have any. I don't have any concrete trip plans that would warrant one, but if I did get one it would most likely be Six Flags again. I'm sure I'll have an excuse to buy at least one within the next few years, though.

[Philrad71]

This is something that I'll be sending a note to Cedar Fair about, but figured I would share it here first as it looks like some other folks in this thread have had similar issues with processing Cedar Fair Platinum Passes. I'll provide info going back to 2010...

 

* In October of 2010, I bought a Platinum Pass at Cedar Point for 2011.

 

* In May of 2011, my father, partner and I went to Kings Dominion (Cedar Point wasn't open at the time) and showed them my PP pass receipt - they processed it there and I got a PP card with Kings Dominion. My Dad and partner also bought Platinum Passes there without issue.

 

* Fall of 2011 - I tried to renew my pass through the Cedar Point website. Wouldn't let me because it was processed at Kings Dominion so the website said that I needed to contact that park.

 

* Three separate phone calls (they never returned my message after the first two calls) with Kings Dominion before they were able to renew my PP at the discounted rate.

 

* March 2012 - We visited Knotts Berry Farm and I showed them the receipt for my PP pass and explained to them the fuss with renewing through KD even though CP was my "home park". I was let in the park for free, but she had to call CP to see if she could transfer my renewal from KD to CP. She talked to someone at the park, but I wondered if that would transfer to when we renewed our passes at CP.

 

* My father and partner were told that they most likely didn't want to renew their PP's at KBF...that they should do it at CP if that was their home park. She told them to keep their receipts and CP would refund the admission to KBF when they renewed at CP.

 

* June 2012 we went to renew our passes at CP. There was no record that the lady at KBF called CP about renewing my membership at my home park, so a call had to be placed to management. When management arrived and looked at my receipt and form, they renewed the pass with no issues.

 

* When my Dad and partner went to renew, the same manager had to call his manager to see if they could refund the KBF admission before they could renew their PP's - they did and didn't have any problems getting their passes despite it taking about 45 minutes.

 

All ended well & I commend CF for processing these fairly, but I have to ask the question: If I renew my PP online this year for next year and we visit one of the other Cedar Fair parks before CP opens, will I/we have the same issues?

 

Funny thing is that they gave me a brand new PP card with a new picture and the card says Cedar Point versus Kings Dominion. My partner and father got their renewal and they just gave them back the Kings Dominion card with no new picture.

 

Does this not seem like a confusing way to operate the PP's for people that will visit multiple CF parks and potentially visit one that isn't their home park before it opens?

 

Why can't the Platinum Passes just be generic for Cedar Fair and not specific to the person's home park? Seems like it would be a hell of a lot easier than this confusion! Perhaps they are just figuring that most people that buy them might not visit more than their home park and maybe one or two others during a season? I personally think they need to do a brainstorming session in order to make this process a little easier for guests like us. We are usually pretty patient people, but this whole ordeal has really been a major pain in the butt & we have been questioning whether it's all worth the fuss for next season!

[Wes]

^ This isn't a sarcastic response, you should honestly write an e-mail or letter to CF corporate and tell them your issues and make a suggestion. Seems like hearing actual issues a guest has with their current system might spur them to try to centralize their pass stuff.

 

As for the topic:

Universal Hollywood pass and Disney Silver Pass

[Meteornotes]

For the first time in many years, I don't have any passes. Decided to not renew my BGW one, as I just don't make it down there often enough to justify the cost.

 

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[ytterbiumanalyst]

The only season passes we have are to Silver Dollar City. We don't go more than once a year to any other park, so there's not a need for any others.

[rctneil]

I just have my normal Merlin Premium Annual Pass.

 

Comes in extremely useful too!

[WFChris]

Disneyland's most 'budget oriented' pass

Six Flags (Mexico)...hey it was $37

[lake]

I have a Universal Hollywood Pass and a California's Great America Gold Pass. Quite exciting I guess.

[SingleRiderCam]

I have a Sea World Family & Fun pass since my aunt and uncle work at the Wild Arctic at Sea World San Diego.

I am also planning to get an annual pass to Universal Studios Hollywood since my younger brother and mother have one.

[Shockwave]

I've got the Merlin Premium Annual Pass, well worth it for the amount I use it visiting Alton Towers, Thorpe Park etc etc.

[Jew]

I only own a DLR deluxe pass at the moment.

[Schrecken]

I don't have any park passes at the moment, and the only one I ever had was a SF pass (might have had one when SFMM was my home park, can't remember) that I got at SFA many years ago. I think I kept the pass for maybe 2-3 years.

But unfortunately these days I seldom ever get to one park more than once or twice a year, and I don't live in an area where there are two parks (or more) within a few hours of each other that would honor the same pass (well, yes, I am less than 3 hrs from both SFA and SF Great Adventure, but I have no intention of going to SFA anytime soon, so that would only leave Great Adventure, and I only get there once per year, if that).

I had thought about getting a pass for Hershey, but given that I normally only get there two or three times a year, I'm not sure if I would be able to go there enough to make it worth while. I just wish I had a park that I really liked less than an hour from me, which would make it much more tempting to get a season pass.