Six Flags selling Great Escape and six other parks; Official says no change to guest experience
WNYT.com • • business
Key Points:
- Six Flags is selling The Great Escape and six other parks to EPR Properties, with assurances that guest experiences, operating schedules, and season pass honors will remain unchanged through 2026.
- EPR Properties will retain rights to the Six Flags brand until the end of 2026, ensuring no immediate changes to park names or branding.
- The Great Escape, originally opened in 1954 as Storytown USA, has evolved over decades, adding coasters, water rides, themed areas, and a year-round resort with an indoor waterpark.
- Significant developments include the 1994 wooden coaster The Comet, the 2006 opening of the Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark, and recent additions like the Adirondack Outlaw coaster in
