Not sure if anyone noticed but starting in 2022, season passes are no longer valid at every Six Flags park. It’s only good at your home park (ours is good at both Hurricane Harbors and Great America).
Also, season pass holders no longer have friend benefits. And the Gold Pass has been eliminated.
Membership benefits didn’t change.
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Isn't there another way to get access to all the parks? Different from the regular membership. Which is why they got rid of this on the season pass. I can't recall the details but thought I read it somewhere. 13 Years with SFGAm World!
2021 certain parks offered Season Membership including GAm, However the pricing was ridiculous compared to monthly memberships. Regular Monthly memberships are $6.99($84/yr). $9.49($114/yr), $11.99($144/yr), $17.99($216/yr) Season Membership were $230, $275, $350. $490 So, for the same membership level you're paying about 2.4 to 2.7 times as much in a lump sum. It made no sense to buy it. Last edited by Sven18 on September 12th, 2021, 2:09 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Not to my knowledge. Memberships are the only pass that offers access to all parks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I thought I read something else on screamscape recently. Not sure though. 13 Years with SFGAm World!
V2 supports have started turning red, no surprise here but we have confirmation at least
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Hey everyone,
I got roped into moving to Phoenix, albeit temporarily. I'm just deciding when to get back. A lot of my decision is based on how well Great America is doing. Recently, I watched a guy's video on youtube and aside from waiting in line an hour for his Flash Pass, he was able to get on rides quickly and his chicken strips took about 30 seconds via mobile ordering. Most reviews I read on Tripadvisor for Great America, Sea World SD or OR, and Busch Gardens Tampa paint a picture of theme parks being utter disasters at the moment. So, how are you all liking the theme parks this year? I'm hoping it'd be worth coming back for Great America in May of next year.
I saw a lot of problems with staffing this year. Just not enough employees to run the park properly. For example, they never were able to hire enough lifeguards in Hurricane Harbor, so Castaway Creek was closed from late June until Hurricane Harbor closed for the year. I think next year will be better. They should be able to hire a full complement of international employees, and hopefully the locals will still want to work for Great America.
I agree, it will depend how the staffing situation evolves to know if next May would be a good time to visit. This probably will be true for every park, so maybe keep an eye on Scream Scape for industry news. I hope it works out for you.
Did the park up their wages at all or are they still trying to offer $11/hour?
That is going to be the biggest factor going forward. People have realized that they were being exploited for crap wages/no benefits and aren't putting up with it any longer.
The CEOs of Bank of America and Kroger both announced $20 and $21 minimum wages respectively. I wonder if Six Flags could do the same. With those type of wages I would gladly leave AZ tomorrow. People can get $15 a lot of places. You can get that pushing carts.
SFGAm posted starting wages: while they say many positions now at $15
Games team $11 Park Services Team $11.50 Ride Ops $12.50 Guest Services $12.50 Food & Bev $13 SFGAm doesn't seem to have to go really high like some parks. Also, the fact is SF parksin general always ran things short staffed pre pandemic. so they need less workers. Yes, Bank of America is raising min wage to $20 & going to $25 by 2025. They are also going to reduce their actual workforce, which has been a trend in banking for years. Banks are having less branch locations as more & more people do almost everything online.
Saw last week the Washington Street entrance has finally been resurfaced, I think for the first time since Hurricane Harbor opened.
Does anyone know why the park is open Tomorrow (Monday 10-11-21)? I saw there are special events, anyone have a crowd prediction? I heard the park reached capacity yesterday, what a mess.
The park is open Becuase it’s Columbus Day and most people don’t have school! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
^Oh boy, I'm not with it today. Thank you
Tomorrow could be a prime day to hit it hard IF the weather threatens storms but the storms don't actually show up! I'm planning on going with a friend. Hoping to get 15+ rides in. Single Day Ride Count Record
50 rides 8/17/2018 (Without Flash Pass - Coasters After Dark) ---- "Here we go, kids!! Here we go!!"
^Hmmm... and with that, I think I'll head into the projected rain and go up to the park for a few. Some of the best days ever where on rainy or supposed rainy days
I was at the park Saturday. No surprise, a busy day since weather was so nice but here’s some minor things:
-As others have said, V2 is almost done being painted. The sign is still up but red and yellow colors of The Flash is new scheme -Yankee Clipper sign is down and there’s “pardon our dust” signs everywhere around the entrance but doesn’t look like much has been done yet. Maybe a retheme for that? -The train was open from 11am-5pm for one way trips. Coaches have been completely refurbished. -Roaring Rapids is being worked on. You can see concrete being replaced and other crains/construction vehicles in the ride area. This is visible from the train. -Re-Entry is back to hand stamp. -Staffing is still an issue and I heard that they actually had to turn away guests on Saturday. (Definitely didn’t hit any sort of record attendance but with staffing issues, they wouldn’t have been able to handle any more people) -Front lot was full in first 45 minutes. Back lot filled up, but Haunted House lines weren’t long and park thinned by 8pm. -Ride cemetery is in front of Buccaneer Battle -Reflection Pond was drained and they are doing work on that as well. No front of park Lightmosphere show. I assume the same for Holiday in the Park -Ad on highway sign says Holiday in the Park starts November 26. -Revolution is closed for the season. -A few other flats were closed for staffing (River Rocker, Drop, StupidLoop, Condor) -Tiny is back in the grass area by X Flight. -No Larry on Sky Trek. Overall, you can tell staffing wasn’t as bad as the summer, but when you have a day as busy as Saturday (and likelySunday), It still hurts operations. Operations were great at Bull, Eagle, and Viper. Absolutely sucked at X Flight. Bull was hitting intervals with three trains which is nice to see. -Foods still a mess as always. -Also saw the security booths in the parking lot staffed for the first time in ages. Either way, Mike Spanos talked about giving money to parks for infrastructure and to fix things up and it seems to be true based on things like the pond getting fixed up. Service road by Eagle and Washington street entrance also got repaved. So that’s good to see. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
^ Great summary of things you noticed, coasterfanatic! Thanks!
That paving of road for the back entrance looks really nice and was definitely needed! I always come in and leave that way (unless going to BK after park close). Did the ride cemetery have same amount of ride cars as in the past? It seemed smaller to me when I was there on 10/11 Single Day Ride Count Record
50 rides 8/17/2018 (Without Flash Pass - Coasters After Dark) ---- "Here we go, kids!! Here we go!!"
^Ride cemetery seems smaller but I didn’t notice anything missing from it that’s normally there.
Biggest take always were that the train was open for Freight Fest which I feel it always should be. They ran all 5 coaches and they were full every time and they work being on the reflection pond. I plan to go for Freight Fest one more time likely this Thursday cause I rather avoid the large crowds on the weekend assuming the weather will continue to be nice (and I’m busy the final weekend anyways) so I’ll try to get some more pictures or pay attention to some more detail Also, a couple of rides (Viper, Bull) have had the lift hill lights replaced with LEDs Also, it appears that “Last Call” will be back as they did add 12pm-6pm operating days on the first weekend in November with the Saturday being another Member Appreciation Day. I’ll try to get some pictures of the Rapids construction posted. The stuff I have of V2 isn’t different than what’s already been posted Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hey everyone, what are Thursdays like? I'm heading up there with some friends this Thursday, and I've targeted an hour early... arrive at the lot at 5, park opens at 6. Is that good enough to beat the crowd?
To be on the safe side, get a preferred parking reservation 943 Coasters around the World! Countdown to 1000!
http://sfgamworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15272 Runner Up of the 2017 SFGAmWorld Elimination Thread
How do I do that? I'm not up on all the perks and if I have them or not... I have a silver card that says Platinum.
Can't I just get there early and pick a good spot? Thanks for your help I'm bringing some friends who never go to the park, and want to make the best of our time.
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