What's the minimum for season passes?

[Solipsisto]

How many rides would you need a park to have to justify buying a season pass?

 

I am going to Disneyland in a few weeks as part of a family reunion (blah!) and thought about how my local park has tons of carny rides but no good dark rides. I would be OK with a park that had two family coasters and four Disney level dark rides (ala Pirates of the Caribbean). I can ride a good ride multiple times.

 

But a friend said he would need a lot more than that, and pointed out that with only half a dozen rides you aren't going to be able to have a mix of thrilling and kiddie rides. He thinks you need a minimum of about 12 rides. He says Disneyland opened with 13 rides, and that seems like the minimum number.

 

I need to know in case I discover cold fusion and decide to use the money to build my own amusement park.

[Aceattack52]

Wow how much money do you have to open a theme park? I would say that there is a combination of things that justify buying a season pass. Is the park close enough to home that is worth the ride to go on the rides they have? Let me explain this; if the park is 10 minutes away and only has small coasters and kid stuff, I might go with my sister a few times a year, we may buy a season pass. But if the park has only the small coasters and kid stuff and is an hour away, we may only go once a year, if that; definitely not worth a season pass. If the park is an hour away, but it's a Six Flags with big coasters and tons of rides, It's certainly worth a season pass. Carowinds is 4 hours away from me, and I have a season pass there. We only go to Carowinds a few times a year, but just enough to have a season pass there. I may also look at the kinds of benefits that come with the season pass, free parking at Carowinds is a huge plus. With that being said, I don't think you can look at just rides alone.