When you think food and Buffalo, New York, one of the first things that comes to mind are buffalo wings. This spicy favorite originated at Anchor Bar in Buffalo and there are now several locations around the city to experience the original recipe. One of those locations happens to be at Six Flags Darien Lake meaning you can have a quintessential Buffalo experience while visiting the theme park!
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August 2, 2026 marked the last day for Fun Spot Atlanta and ArieForce One and Inwas lucky enough to be there. Lots of feelings for sure as I attended opening day of ArieForce One just a little over 3 years ago. This article isn’t about what might be next for the iconic coaster, but instead is just a recap of the day. I arrived at 9:30am and the ticket line was already long. ArieForce was already running as ACE had an ERT event that morning. John Arie, Jr. (Fun Spot owner) came out at 9:45am and gave a brief moving talk thanking the fans and the park staff and declared the park open a few minutes early.
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Enchanted Parks purchased several locations from Six Flags including Worlds of Fun, Valleyfair, Six Flags St. Louis, Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston, Michigan’s Adventure and Six Flags Great Escape. Enchanted Parks has declared this a year of transition for the properties it purchased and that means the potential for a bit of confusion with things like drink plans. The good news is that if you have a drink plan like the “paper cup plan” from Six Flags it will be honored this year at Enchanted Parks and if you have a 2026 Six Flags all season souvenir bottle they will fill it. If you have neither, you can get an Enchanted Parks Souvenir Tumbler for either $19.99 for the day or $36.99 for the season. A single day bottle can be actived for another day for only $6.99.
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Great Pumpkin LumiNights at Wild Adventures will be bigger and better than ever this year. The event will run from September 26, 2026 until November 1, 2026. Guests will be able to explore the park and see towering pumpkin sculptures (some with famous faces and places from Georgia and Georgia), experience over one million twinkling lights, sample some foods from the nation’s largest Pumpkin Spice Festival and trick or treat a long Spookly’s Trail. The park promises, “More Lights. More Pumpkins. More FUN!” and this is on top of all the regular great rides, food, animals and other attractions.
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On a recent trip to New York I had a chance to experience the newer Vekoma vest restraints on both an SLC and a Boomerang. I rode the SLC Mind Eraser at Darien Lake and the Boomerang Flashback at Darien Lake. For me they offered a sincerely improved ride on both attractions. The difference was especially noticeable for my 10 year old son on Mind Eraser as he is much more prone to head-banging with his barely 54” height. These restraints were comfortable and also look great on the new trains. I had ridden Boomerang at Darien Lake as well (which has the classic over the shoulder restraints) and the difference between it and Flashback at Great Escape were quite noticeable. Boomerang wasn’t bad, but the new trains and restraints on Flashback made for a better experience.
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay officially opened the all-new Lion & Hyena Ridge on Saturday, July 25th. The new area is massive at 38,000 square feet and houses the largest coalition of lions in an Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA) accredited facility. Guests will have the chance to meet lions Pascal, Lou, Hugo, Henri and Herman and hyenas Dazi and Cazi. The exhibit offers incredible 270-degree views of the habitat which mimics an authentic environment with Kopje-style rock formations and naturalistic terrain. Designed to deliver an immersive safari-style experience, Lion & Hyena Ridge features expansive glass viewing areas that offer guests remarkable face-to-face perspectives of the animals. Guests can also explore interactive cave spaces and cross overhead bridges, creating unique vantage points throughout the expansive habitat.
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Got an email with a list of the events for Sunday. I won one of the auctions for a seat on the first public train 3 years ago, but it feels like yesterday. Hope to see everyone Sunday.
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Six Flags Great Adventure has announced their has officially launched sales for 2027 season passes Tuesday saw the announcement of their brand-new record-breaking 382-foot spinning roller coaster, Bakunawa and their new 2027 season pass plans. The bottom line is It looks like things are getting a tad more expensive 2026, but there are at least a couple of new nice benefits. The prices below are for Great Adventure with a massive new ride, so prices for other parks may be $10-$20 cheaper, but I’d expect them to be similar. Last year I was able to get a free “All Parks Passport” with my Six Flags Over Georgia season pass with the 2025 MVP Promotion (which was a stupid good deal) that I’ve used a bunch this year. It appears going forward the only way to do this is the Prestige Pass, but it is nice that the Prestige Pass now offers free beverages!
Update: Six Flags Over Georgia (SFOG) is out with season their pass info and it’s $65 for Gold and $189 for Prestige! You can also get 20 meals for only $89!
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I recently took the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream tour in Vermont and one of my favorite parts of the whole tour was the flavor graveyard. It was a small plot of land with actual stone grave markers for flavors that had been discontinued. It had the flavor name, dates it was sold and a witty little saying. Some also had QR codes where you could get information on the former flavor. There was even an attendant working the area handing out black roses to lay by your favorite. Could this be something a theme park could do? Either permanent like Ben & Jerry’s or part of a Halloween festival like Fright Fest, Halloween Horror Nights, Howl-0-Scream or Great Pumpkin Luminights?
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Predator at Six Flags Darien Lake is a shockingly great wood coaster. Although it’s more of a hybrid coaster today with the installation of Titan Track on about 80% of the course. However, the Titan Track makes the train run like butter and the bumpy last 20% without it actually serves as a reminder of what a great decision the retrofit was. The retrofit has been a 5 year process with the remainder of the conversion scheduled to happen the offseason. Once that is complete this could be one of the best wood hybrid rides anywhere.
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