Michigan’s Adventure – A Year Under Enchanted Parks

Michigan’s Adventure wrapped up its 70th season on September 7th, 2026 with it being the first full season under the newly formed Enchanted Parks. Looking back at this season, quite a lot has changed at the park under its new owners after being under Six Flags, previously Cedar Fair, since 2001. As someone that has been visiting (and have previously worked at) the park for over 20 years, here are some of the things that I’ve noticed that have changed this year.

Social Media

For the first time in well over a decade since their social media channels were set up, Michigan’s Adventure has had a very active social media presence this year, constantly posting Reels and Stories daily on Instagram, Facebook and other various social media sites. A couple interns were hired this year, and their work has been very noticeable. Posts highlighting various associates, rides, and events across the park have been shared, including a video of the Enchanted Parks CEO James Harhi and Park President Carson Weingar riding Shivering Timbers. I applaud them for keeping up the posting, making sure they’re taking full advantage of those algorithms.

Live Entertainment

Something sorely lacking from the park has been Live Entertainment outside of the Peanuts character appearances. This year, several shows were added, from live band performances to a water jet pack show right on Adventure Lake.

Dockside Vibes and Timbertown Live were live music performances that guests could experience during the day, which added a lively atmosphere around the areas where they were performing. Funland Farm had 2 shows, The Funland Farm Radio Hour and Udder Nonsense: Barnyard Storytime, where characters would tell funny stories and include guest interactions to liven up the acts. And the big thrill show this year was the Jet Pack Water Spectacular by The Nerveless Nocks. This show featured high-flying fun of water jet packs and scooters with stunts up and over the lake. You can see their performance in the video below!

Atmosphere

While most of this was done while under Cedar Fair/Six Flags, Enchanted Parks for sure has continued making sure the park feels fresh and cozy with its small park aesthetics. The ride operations associates for sure were making sure they were running the rides and coasters as efficiently and safely as possible, something I know firsthand since I was previously in ride operations for nearly a decade there.

Landscaping and cleanliness have always been a highlight of the park and that did continue through this season. The park still felt like Michigan’s Adventure, but with a fresh feeling.

Guest Events

Another thing Enchanted Parks seem to have added more this year were events catered to season passholders. The day I went to the park was when they were offering visiting Six Flags and Enchanted Parks membership and season passholders an exclusive ERT event after the park closed on several rides and coasters, including Shivering Timbers, Wolverine Wildcat and Mad Mouse. They also were handing out their handmade kettle corn and Rocket Pops for free as well for some sweet snacks while waiting in line. And for those passholders with younger kids, staff was also doing fun games and sidewalk chalk drawing around the areas that were kept open. A drink stand was also kept open so that those with all-season drinks can still redeem theirs. It does appear they will be continuing and expanding these events throughout 2027 as well, so looking forward to seeing what else they’ve got up their sleeves.

The Good

It did seem that even under new owners, the park was chugging along as-if nothing had changed. While a lot of games appeared to have been closed during my visit, knowing that nearly all the rides, several shops and food stalls were all open were very much an improvement over the last few years.

Pricing even went down a little bit, with parking online had been listed as $17 versus it being close to $20 previously and most food prices also appeared to have been lowered. Season passes are much more streamlined for 2027. Right now, you can purchase them with all-season drinks being part of the season pass, discounts at iFLY Detroit, a 10-pack of combo meal vouchers for the entire season, and exclusive events, merch, and monthly offers for both tiers of season passes. It does appear they do not plan on offering any sort of add-ons such as all-season FastLane or meal plans.

The Ugly

One of the big issues that arose across all of the Enchanted Park this year was how the old 2026 Six Flags meal plans were handled purchased at those parks. Enchanted Parks decided to not fully honor the Six Flags meal plans purchased prior to the acquisition. you had the choice of either full refunds on the plan itself, keeping it but they’d only work at the remaining Six Flags parks, or offering the full amount of the plan back via an Enchanted Parks gift card with a $20 bonus alongside the refund amount. There were many issues with the system and refunds were not always working. There were a lot of reports with plenty of back and forth with both Six Flags and Enchanted Park’s customer service systems where there was a lot of finger-pointing at each other on who the refunds were coming from and when. With the full expiration of those Six Flags season passes and only Enchanted Parks season passes will be able to be used going forward, this should fix that issue entirely.

The Enchanted Parks app also launched a little later in the season than they were hoping to and it’s very much still in a rough state. Links for the park maps brought you outside of the app and the ride statuses in the app were not reliable. Hopefully they can work on it during the off-season and get it back into a working state since the previous Six Flags/Cedar Fair apps did set a pretty high bar with what their apps had offered.

The Future

Michigan’s Adventure is finally out of the shadow of Cedar Point and Six Flags, now in a chain of parks that are all much similar in size and shape to each other. While its nearest sister parks are now Mid America Adventure and Valleyfair, all of what the park makes in terms of profits will finally go back into its own coffers instead of fueling a significantly larger pool of parks that were 3-4x larger in size.

While we don’t know yet the long-term plans of what Enchanted Parks has in store for Michigan’s Adventure, changes should be coming sooner than later. The park has not received any new rides since Camp Snoopy opened in 2021 and a new roller coaster has not been added to the park since the relocated Thunderhawk arrived in 2008, almost 2 decades ago now. While we expect 2027 to be a light year of additions to the Enchanted Parks chain since they have a lot of changes to make with the removal of the Six Flags branding, 2028 should give the parks an idea on what their future contains.

The State of Michigan also would like to highlight it as one of the premiere destinations to visit while in the state so including it back into the Pure Michigan tourist initiative like it was when that was at its peak in the 2010’s would be a huge help to the park’s advertisements. They are also looking at seeing if a potential fall seasonal event will return at some point in the future as well, since Six Flags shut down their Tricks n Treats event that ran for a couple seasons.

There are still a couple questions that have yet to be answered such as what is happening with the Peanuts licensing, and if the park logo would change to remove the style that Cedar Fair had designed and Six Flags would only allow for licensing through 2026. We should know more during this off-season with the removal of the rest of the Six Flags branding and all of the Enchanted Parks coming into their own identities.

If you have visited any of the Enchanted Park for 2026, let us know your thoughts and if you’ve had a similar experience as I’ve had.