A Six Flags discount could be applied at 14 theme parks in North America and the United Arab Emirates. Add in the water parks and animal parks and the number grows to 23. Each has its own schedule of operations.
There are two strategies for getting a Six Flags discount. One is to search for deals at the park you'll be visiting. Another is to buy a pass that's good at any of them.
In many of the parks, summer is the most important season and the time when the biggest number of visitors arrive. It's possible to make pre-season or early-season buys that will save you money during peak season.
For example, you can buy a 2009 Play Pass for $49.95 USD, the same price as a one-day admission ticket.
The Play Pass gives you unlimited visits all season. You also get five free tickets for your friends on select days, free special events, and a bonus book with more than $300 of in-park values. Whether or not all of those items are of use to you is another question, but the bonuses and the efficiency of having a pass make good sense and save money.
The locations that have Hurricane Harbor water parks will accept Play Pass for admission to those facilities, too. Pack a swimsuit.
If you know you'll only visit a Six Flags property once in a season, it make sense to buy daily tickets online at a $10 savings. You simply pay the $39.95, download and print your tickets at home, and then skip the ticket lines on arrival.
If you shop by property, the discounts sometimes go even deeper. Frequently you can buy daily tickets online for less than they cost at the ticket window outside the park. Here's a geographical listing of links that will take you to the online purchase point for these discounted tickets. For budget tips on visiting the host cities, click on the location that follows the park's name.
Northeast and Southeast
Six Flags New England in Springfield, Mass., has a $10 online discount for daily tickets. The same discount applies at Great Adventure & Wild Safari in New Jersey.
In upstate New York, Great Escape Lake George sells the daily pass at a discounted $39.99.
Six Flags over Georgia near Atlanta offers daily tickets online for $29.99.
Midwest
At Kentucky Kingdom near Louisville, Ky., online daily tickets are just $24.99 and season passes $44.99.
The children's price of $34.99 for a daily ticket is available to everyone who purchases online for Great America near Chicago.
Save $9 off regular admission buying online for Six Flags near St. Louis. You'll pay the children's price of $31.
Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas near San Antonio offers daily tickets online for $34.99. At Six Flags Over Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, daily tickets online are $31.99.
California
San Francisco bound? Discovery Kingdom in nearby Vallejo offers $20 off the price of a daily ticket when you buy online. That means everyone in your party pays the children's ticket price.
Magic Mountain near Los Angeles offers $20 off daily tickets when purchased online.
