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What Is Winterfest?
Winterfest is a holiday event hosted at multiple Legacy Cedar Fair Parks, including Kings Island, Kings Dominion, Canada’s Wonderland, Californias Great America, Carowinds, and Knott’s Berry (Merry) Farm.
The event is themed to the Holidays and adds live entertainment, parades and more in addition to the standard theme park experience. Since it takes place in the fall and winter months, not all of the rides will be in operation during the visit depending on the location, but there is plenty of live entertainment, shows, and more to fill your visit during Winterfest.
When is Winterfest?
Winterfest starts as early as November 15th for some parks and runs as late as Jan 4th at some parks. Check the links below for the schedule and information!
The event runs mostly on Weekends, but it runs daily at most parks near Christmas while the kids are out of school. I recommend checking the individual park you would like to visit before heading out.
Entertainment
At Winterfest, guests can ice skate, bake cookies with Mrs. Claus, see the Wonderland parade, and more They have live entertainment like singing and shows and they also host a broadway type show in their theaters at most parks.
There’s enough events to keep guests busy for the entire operating hours per day at Winterfest. You can usually expect Winter fest to be open for only about 6-8 hours ish per day, but check the parks website to be sure! This year, their is a new show at
Rides
Not all ride are open during Winterfest, but usually a few kids rides, flat rides, and a couple coasters will be open during the event. We love trying to catch a train at Winterfest since they usually decorate it for Christmas with the lights!
Dress warm! Especially if you plan on riding an outdoor coaster! For this year, they are adding Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers and Racer roller coaster to the available rides at King’s Island!
Food
Your Season dining plan is valid at Winterfest! This is a great perk for those season pass holders. They also offer speciality dining at some of the parks and have some special holiday themed food too! At King’s Island, I love stopping at Enrique’s and eating in the VIP Lounge!
Six Flags Holiday in the Park
Now that Cedar Fair and Six Flags have merged, will the holiday event Winterfest and Holiday in the park be merged under one event name? I think they will all move to Winterfest starting in 2025, but we will see!
Some Legacy Six Flags parks will have host a “Holiday In the Park” event similar to Winterfest. We haven’t experienced Holiday in the Park, but we are looking forward to checking it out next year once the All Park Passport allows Legacy Cedar Fair season pass holders to visit Legacy Six Flags parks starting on Jan 4, 2025.
Park Info
Here are the links to each park’s Winterfest Events for Legacy Cedar Fair Parks!
Carowinds – Nov 15 – Jan 4
Canada’s Wonderland – Nov 15 – Jan 4
Knotts Berry (Merry) Farm – Nov 22 – Jan 4
Kings Island– Nov 29 – Dec 31
Kings Dominion – Nov 29 – Jan 3
California’s Great Adventure – Nov 29 – Jan 5
Here are the Holiday in the Park events for Legacy Six Flags Parks!
Six Flags Mexico – Mexico City, Mexico – Nov 22 – December 19
Six Flags Fiesta Texas – San Antonio, TX – Nov 23 – Dec 23
Six Flags Over Georgia – Atlanta, GA – Nov 23 – Jan 5
Six Flags Great Adventure – Jackson, NJ – Nov 23 – Jan 1
Six Flags Over Texas – Arlington, TX – Nov 24 – Dec 31
Six Flags Magic Mountain – Los Angeles, California – Nov 28 – Jan 5
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Sacramento, CA – Nov 29 – Jan 5
Parks without Holiday Events
- Cedar Point – Sandusky, OH (has Holiday events at Sawmill Creek Resort and Castaway Bay Hotel)
- Dorney Park – Allentown, PA
- ValleyFair – Shakopee, MN
- Michigan’s Adventure – Muskegon, MI
- Worlds of Fun – Kansas City, MO
- Six Flags Great America – Chicago, IL
- Six Flags America – Baltimore/Washington DC
- Six Flags New England – Agawam, MA
- Six Flags St Louis – St. Louis, MO
- Six Flags Great Escape – Lake George, NY
- Six Flags Darien Lake – Buffalo, NY
- Frontier City – Oklahoma City, OK
- La Ronde – Montreal, Quebec
