Why not just impose an age limit for teens without a parent or guardian?
As a person that has been taking my kids to six flags for years (always got season passes outside of covid 2020 and 2021 and had a dad who took me and my sibling to six flags/great America (chicago) every summer (he also would get season passes for us). I say the CEO is full of shyt.
Dude did raised the prices to make money and he is making excuses. Raising prices had nothing to do with teenagers just like him getting rid of the meal plans had nothing to do with teenagers.
There was a time where you could get a meal plan for 150 bucks with the season pass and be able to eat 2 meals (with a desert and unlimited drinks) every visit. That shyt is gone now. Now the meal plan with a season pass is you pay 40 bucks and can only eat 4 meals. After that you got to pay 40 bucks again for 4 meals).
They have also cut hours. The hours in the summer use to be 10 am to 10 pm or 11 pm. Now the hours in the summer have been cut 2 to 4 hours in terms of closing depending what state you are in.
So you are paying more but have less time to spend at the park.
Finally it is really bull saying he is doing this to not have teenagers and poor people at the park. Since the closer it gets to the end of summer and school to start back the cost for one day tickets and season tickets decrease each few weeks. I mean here in Dallas single day tickets are like 60 bucks once school lets out for the summer and get all the way down to 29 bucks as school gets ready to start in August. I mean loud mouth CEO why are you dropping prices if you not trying to have po folks at the park?
The CEO is a loud mouth and a dumb ass.