{"id":431956,"date":"2026-08-13T18:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431956\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:12:11","slug":"knotts-berry-farm-closes-loophole-on-unlimited-dining-pass-pasadena-star-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431956\/","title":{"rendered":"Knott\u2019s Berry Farm closes loophole on unlimited dining pass \u2013 Pasadena Star News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Six Flags has raised prices 200% to 400% on all-season dining plans that let Knott\u2019s and Magic Mountain passholders get hundreds of meals annually in an effort to close a loophole being exploited by shrewd deal hunters.<\/p>\n

Knott\u2019s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain have slashed prices on 2027 all-season dining passes and season passes<\/a> during a limited-time sale that runs through Sept. 7.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Berry Farm slashes 2027 season pass prices by 50%<\/a><\/p>\n

The Six Flags all-season dining plan that cost $159 at Knott\u2019s and $99 at Magic Mountain in 2026 now costs as much as $499 for the new Unlimited plan at each park for the 2027 season. That\u2019s a 214% increase at Knott\u2019s and a 404% increase at Magic Mountain.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: How a Santa Clarita engineer saved thousands with the Six Flags Magic Mountain dining pass<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is obviously in reaction to guests touting the all-season dining plan that allowed guests living\/working near a Six Flags park to stop by on their way home from work for a \u2018free\u2019 meal,\u201d according to Theme Park Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Crafty'sCrafty\u2019s Kitchen menu items available at Knott\u2019s Berry Farm. (Courtesy of Knott\u2019s)<\/p>\n

The Six Flags 2026 all-season dining plan limited visitors to two meals a day with a four-hour break in between during every visit. The 2027 plan limits visitors to a meal every two hours with no daily maximum during every visit.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Montezooma coaster makes you feel like a kid again<\/a><\/p>\n

Six Flags offers two lower priced all-season dining passes for 2027 with more restrictions.<\/p>\n

The Access dining pass is good for 20 meals throughout the year at Knott\u2019s ($139) and Magic Mountain ($95) while the Plus dining pass gets you 30 meals per year at Knott\u2019s ($179) and Magic Mountain ($135).<\/p>\n

\"Knott'sKnott\u2019s Boysenberry Festival Tasting Card menu items available at Mrs. Murphy\u2019s. (Courtesy of Knott\u2019s Berry Farm)<\/p>\n

The $499 Unlimited dining plans sold at Knott\u2019s and Magic Mountain are good for meals at any Six Flags park. The 20- and 30-meal plans are only good at the visitor or passholder\u2019s home parks.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Berry Farm closes 4 attractions during busy summer season<\/a><\/p>\n

Season passholders with the 2027 Unlimited dining plans can theoretically eat more than 725 meals per year at Knott\u2019s and 400 to 500 meals annually at Magic Mountain \u2014 or more if they get more than two meals per visit.<\/p>\n

The Six Flags 2027 all-season dining prices work out to less than $5 per meal at Magic Mountain and less than $7 per meal at Knott\u2019s for the 20- and 30-meal plans.<\/p>\n

\"Knott'sKnott\u2019s Boysenberry Festival menu items available at Mrs. Knott\u2019s Chicken Dinner Restaurant. (Courtesy of Knott\u2019s Berry Farm)<\/p>\n

The Unlimited plan is better at Knott\u2019s (less than $1 per meal) than at Magic Mountain (less than $3 per meal) because the Buena Park theme park is open 364 days a year while the Valencia amusement park operates on a seasonal schedule.<\/p>\n

ALSO SEE: Knott\u2019s Berry Farm opens new chicken and boysenberry restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is clearly a move by the chain to better account for costs by strictly defining how many meals you can get with the standard dining plans,\u201d according to Theme Park Insider.<\/p>\n

\"TheThe personal boysenberry pies available at Crafty\u2019s Kitchen restaurant at Knott\u2019s Berry Farm. (Courtesy of Knott\u2019s)<\/p>\n

Knott\u2019s accepts the all-season dining plans at 14 restaurants \u2014 including Prop Shop Pizzeria, Papas Mexicanas, Fireman\u2019s BBQ and Coasters Diner.<\/p>\n

Magic Mountain accepts the dining plans at 20 eateries \u2014 including Ace O\u2019 Clubs, Chicken Coupe, Wascal\u2019s and High Octane Wings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six Flags has raised prices 200% to 400% on all-season dining plans that let Knott\u2019s and Magic Mountain…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,1311,7,8311,137,611,412,580,16188,16187,420,3306],"class_list":["post-431956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-buena-park","tag-california","tag-knotts-berry-farm","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-orange-county","tag-restaurants","tag-restaurants-food-and-drink","tag-santa-clarita","tag-six-flags-magic-mountain","tag-things-to-do","tag-valencia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}