Six Flags [FUN] Corporate Discussion Thread

[john10693]

No, you can activate ANY pass and now. OMG.

 

[john10693]

No, you can activate ANY pass, new or old. OMG.

My apologies, double post..

[AmyUD06]

9 hours ago, john10693 said:

No, you can activate ANY pass, new or old. OMG.

 

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]:
 

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*Must first process and visit the park at which the pass was originally issued, otherwise known as your Home Park, before visiting other parks. Not valid for Knott's Scary Farm, special ticket events, or park buyout admission.

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.

[tndank]

PLENTY of people have purchased NEW passes from CF parks and used them at other parks first.  There is an online activation. People were buying new CW passes immediately when they went on sale. Most didn't even bother with the online activation page. They just work. Same as last year year, the year before, etc. 

Addons work at all legacy parks despite what the website claims as well.  Buy a meal plan at CW while saving money on your pass and you can use it at all CF legacy parks now.  Everywhere Jan 1.

[john10693]

Thank you,, because I am very tired of explaining actual facts.

[AmyUD06]

4 hours ago, tndank said:

PLENTY of people have purchased NEW passes from CF parks and used them at other parks first.  There is an online activation. People were buying new CW passes immediately when they went on sale. Most didn't even bother with the online activation page. They just work. Same as last year year, the year before, etc. 

Addons work at all legacy parks despite what the website claims as well.  Buy a meal plan at CW while saving money on your pass and you can use it at all CF legacy parks now.  Everywhere Jan 1.

Then why does the CP website say what it does, when it has never said that before?  Why do all of the legacy CF park websites say that now, when they never have before?

Did your new, non-renewal, pass just work, or are you relying on other people's testimony?  If so, link it please.

If just one person tells me that their new-purchase, non-renewal, pass purchased at a legacy CF park was able to be used at another park before going to the park they bought it from, I'll absolutely admit I was wrong.  I want to be wrong here, since me being wrong results in a better situation for the customers.  Like, I'm arguing because I want to see some evidence that SFEC isn't being completely unreasonable with all of this.

[tndank]

Believe what you want.  Just trying to help you out and let you know what is actually happening at the parks.  

 

[AmyUD06]

On another note, it looks like they've raised the prices for the "All Season Haunted Attraction (Express) Pass" at many of the parks, some parks seeing two price increases within a day.  Guess they realized that charging just slightly more than a one-day pass wasn't a smart move.  I'm honestly amazed that the All-Season, All-Park Fast Lane Plus is still only $1,000....it's been that price for like 5 years or more now.

[thepoint4life23]

Thanks for all that Amy. 

I would be interested in seeing the numbers over people who purchased the all-Season Fast lane Plus. Hard to see a Family of 4 Forking out $4000 for that. 

 

[AmyUD06]

1 hour ago, thepoint4life23 said:

Thanks for all that Amy. 

I would be interested in seeing the numbers over people who purchased the all-Season Fast lane Plus. Hard to see a Family of 4 Forking out $4000 for that. 

 

No worries...just trying to make sure you don't get bitten by this company's inability to clearly communicate to its customers LOL.

As for the all-season, all-park, I know I had it for a few years straight, both before and after COVID (in 2020 it was the the only way to get FL at a bunch of parks period), but I'm a single person.  You're right that I can't see families going for it.

[thepoint4life23]

If i knew i would get say 10 visit a year then i would really think about it. Season passes, I'm sure you get people who have no clue and money doesn't matter who just check all the boxes and use it 2 times.  

[bert425]

the Texas parks are year round, and I'm right in the middle of the two of them.  and tho Fiesta is my "home" park, we hit up SFOT a few times a year as well.  and now that Schlitterbahnn is included?

(and I go to SFOG every year for an Atlanta visit for Dragon*con, and every couple of years I visit St. Louis (and meet up with TeacherKim), so go there too).

so for me?  no brainer.

[kenban]

On 8/19/2025 at 10:07 PM, AmyUD06 said:

Then why does the CP website say what it does, when it has never said that before?  Why do all of the legacy CF park websites say that now, when they never have before?

Did your new, non-renewal, pass just work, or are you relying on other people's testimony?  If so, link it please.

If just one person tells me that their new-purchase, non-renewal, pass purchased at a legacy CF park was able to be used at another park before going to the park they bought it from, I'll absolutely admit I was wrong.  I want to be wrong here, since me being wrong results in a better situation for the customers.  Like, I'm arguing because I want to see some evidence that SFEC isn't being completely unreasonable with all of this.

I cannot say why for certain the website makes these statements, but I believe it’s the problem of having to explain legacy parks and that the systems are not truly merged, and it will work at these parks, but not these parks.  It is easier to just give warnings even if they are complete garbage.

But I can answer your question.  I purchased a new 2026 Kings Island pass, activated it as part of the purchase by uploading a picture.  Then drove to Cedar Point and used it there, before it was used at Kings Island.  The pass worked perfectly, as did the add-ons.  So yes my new pass from a legacy Cedar Fair park worked fine at other legacy Cedar Fair parks, without visiting the park it was purchased from, and the add-ons even worked.