Minor Updates, Rumors, and Happenings

[lettuce]

That was the message I was seeing initially, but it's not showing it for Great America anymore.

Bizarre.

The inconsistencies from the merger is what's causing all this confusion.

Oh then that’s really weird. Do you think this season we may see some parks still using the old system as they continue to *slowly* merge things?

[RagingBolshevik]

That was the message I was seeing initially, but it's not showing it for Great America anymore.

Bizarre.

The inconsistencies from the merger is what's causing all this confusion.

Oh then that’s really weird. Do you think this season we may see some parks still using the old system as they continue to *slowly* merge things?

My suspicion is that switching over to Fast Lane has proven to be more complicated than they anticipated, so they are going to keep the old system around a bit longer for certain parks until they can do the necessary queue reconfigurations.

[Goku1910]

We simply won't know until the season starts. But I knew from the get-go that there were rides that just weren't going to merge over to Fast Lane very well. The new stairs and double sided path for Bull fixes that one, but Batman, Dark Knight, Giant Drop, Joker, and Maxx Force to list a few that would be problematic.

Maxx Force has the Queue space, but ADA is a problem because it shares with Flash pass up until the "L".

[Carlo]

It appears that Carowinds and Kings Dominion are getting it as well as Accesso is hiring program managers for those parks as well as Six Flags Great America. I am not surprised they are keeping the old system as it is way better then the Cedar Fair wristband system.

Remember that Six Flags got a new CEO in December so I suspect we are seeing these changes because of him.

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[Goku1910]

For anyone with hopes that All Season Fast Lane wasn't going to cost you $1,000.....good news! /s

It actually will.

Spring Sale is live with the new Regional Pass System. There is no Home Park only option so your only choices are daily or all season for the entire Midwest region at $1,000.

We can thank Cedar Point for this price because pre-merger their all season fast lane plus were $950 for that park alone.

I cannot fathom why Six Flags can't just have one for your home park, it's like they are allergic to making money.

[Muck Finnesota]

No updates there, no other parks show the all-season for 1K besides the ones in the Midwest Region. So I guess that's just exclusive to us because our region contains parks like SFGAm, Cedar Point, Kings Island, and Canada's Wonderland which are all big hitters. Imagine St Louis or Michigan's Adventure being your home park and being asked $1,000 for an all-season Fast Lane.

If that doesn't change I won't be getting all season fast lane this year. I could handle $500, but $1,000? Yikes. As for the missing rides, they did say at No Coaster Con they were still finalizing it. I did find something interesting though, Six Flags was supposed to stop using the Accesso system in 2026, but it seems the website has returned with Fast Lane Branding. If you look at other regions you can also see "Fast Lane Ultimate" along with "Mobile Device Required" are mentioned, that lines up with Legacy Six Flags Parks.
https://gr.sfflashpass.com/

To add to this, the website doesn't even show the correct rides on the Purchase Page.

Full Throttle, West Coast Racers and more!

I would imagine Cedar Point being included in our region is part of the problem. From their subreddit, they've said that their all season fast lane has always been $1,000. I'd be much happier if Cedar Point was excluded because that's more of a destination park. In their quest to simplify the pass system, the Midwest has the best batch of parks while also getting royally screwed in pricing.

I assumed the pricing was some sort of glitch/error due to the consolidation of websites or migration over to FastLane- the SFMM ride descriptions made me think I was just looking at an unfinished product/placeholder (part of the reason I held off on purchasing one this long was the incomplete ride list), but yeah, wow, it looks like this is it. Hopefully this comes down to earth, or a strictly home park all season offering is made available. If it doesn't, not only will I pass on Fastlane, I'll probably cancel my membership altogether. I don't get the chance to make it out to the park often, and when I do, it's for 1.5-2 hours, right before close. Sounds like my options are pay $1,000 up front, or pay a full day's rate each time I roll up to the park at 7 or 8 pm. Those are shitty options.

[Goku1910]

With you there. I usually don't spend all day at the park and will use the Flash Pass as a way to get things done quicker.

I was willing to actually pay the $500 I was expecting because that was the actual price before the merger when it wasn't on sale.

Problem with the old flash pass was it was always on sale for $250 or lower so they sold way too many of them.

Now they over corrected in the opposite direction by including whatever your pass has admission to. So people in Texas pay $550 and get the same benefits you pay $1,000 for and people who have silver pass just shouldn't buy this under any circumstance. Unless maybe your home park is Great Adventure?

Some other parks in the south or east region actually have reasonable Fast Lane prices and the saddest part is if they are prestige, it's valid here.

In all honesty, this one price for all pass types is a big mistake. My thoughts are seasonal Fast Lane should have 3 flavors:
- Home Park Only (Somewhere between $350 and $500 depending on park)
- Region Only. ($750-$800?)
- All Parks. ($1,000+)

[JackGlass]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshBJWUZiYY&t=275s

Nice drone update from SFGAm144!

I think Sprocket will stick around. If they wanted to remove it, it would have been gone by now. They wouldn't keep it around for the 2026 season and keep unnecessary maintenance and labor costs. Maybe they can retheme it to Marvin the Martians Sprocket Rocket

I agree, Camp cartoon will become home to the new kids' area, and the Go-Kart plot will be for the family launch coaster. I don't think it will be a Vekoma however, I think it will be an ART engineering mine train launch the likes of Snoopy's Racing Railway with a custom layout. Something that would be an amazing fit for Yukon Territory and the park in general