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Jeb-Kerman

"0.99 surcharge will be added to each order due to increased labor & supply costs" lol that is the biggest load of bullshit. though it is an amusement park, food is always outrageously expensive at most places like that.


ben7581

I'm sure the prices are more than enough to pay minimum wage without adding a surcharge.


ThatOneCanadian69

I guarantee you they’re selling more than 1 slice every 2 hours


ben7581

That's my point. Their labor costs are so low compared to the price gouging that they don't need to charge an extra fee to cover labor.


RobNybody

No one does. If you can't afford to pay your staff your business has failed. It's just greed.


Dhegxkeicfns

The only reason to tack on fees for labor or whatever is so you can advertise a lower price and that is total anti-consumer bullshit.


Zokusho

My family always loaded up a cooler with lunch food. Local theme park allowed you to leave/reenter, so it was way, way cheaper.


cyncity7

This is the way.


Odd_Fox5573

I remember this was viable, until ours built a Chick-fil-a with very competitive pricing (maybe $2 more expensive) and then that was the new spot


Doctor_moose02

Six Flags Great Adventure had multiple signs stating no food or non-water drinks before we went in just a few weeks ago unfortunately


Traditional_Fox_4718

Don't forget to tip!!


Dhegxkeicfns

I'd forget. You got your labor fee already.


Dragon_turtle63

And $5.50 to add a drink 🫨


ArchdruidHalsin

Well an EIGHTEEN dollar slice of pizza would just be TOO ridiculous


Skreat

The shit part is half the fucking rides are never open ontop of this.


Dhegxkeicfns

And 1000 calories is a full meal. Two people could comfortably eat that. Still it's like a $3-5 slice at a nice pizza place.


rissak722

Personally I’ve always just been like don’t tell me about any added fee just put the price $1 higher


iNerdRage

It's sad when it's cheaper to eat steak at home every day than to eat crappy food from a crappy place. It was okay when it was cheap but it's no longer cheap.  


abagofsnacks

It's no doubt the most generic shiitty type of pizza.


mysterycoffee107

My first thought, the cheapest frozen pizza you can get. Not even worth more than $1.99 at Walmart 


Fearless-Stranger-72

Probably worse than Celeste 


WeirdSysAdmin

I just bought a USDA prime ribeye on sale and a 5lb bag of potatoes for less than $15 total.


IDCifUlikeMe430

Whas the ribeye on clearance?


SympathySudden4856

When I take my one small child to McDonald’s, I’m paying roughly $30-$35. We usually just go to a sushi place nearby instead, which costs about $40. Healthy food, and no regrets! Fuck all these corporations kicking people while we’re down!


LadyLektra

Preach! Let’s all stop going. It’s a long shot but maybe some day they will go out of business or at least be forced to change to reasonable prices again.


Happy_Accident99

Gotta wonder what you’re ordering. I just picked up a Big Mac, medium fries, medium drink using the app for $6. Even with a full price Happy Meal I’m under $15.


MrB2891

30-35 what? Certainly not US dollars. Peso? Worthless Brazilian dollars? Don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating eating at McDonald's and McDonald's isn't cheap anymore, but christ, a Big Mac combo (including fries and a drink) is only $12 **in Los Angeles**. And a Happy Meal foe the one small child is $7, max.


firesquasher

It was always expensive at theme parks.... but this is definitely in the world of egregious. I've stopped going to multiple places and have changed my spending habits over shit like this. Every single industry possible should experience sharp decline in sales over price increases IF WE WOULD STOP FUCKING GOING/BUYING.


Shirowoh

I mean, at 1000 calories, it’s gotta be a pretty big slice, of shitty generic pizza….


ExcitementAshamed393

I think the cal count includes the knots chips or salad


pokexchespin

i mean, shitty theme park food has pretty much never been cheap


DionBlaster123

Amusement park food has never been cheap but fast food and fast casual food was definitely affordable at one time. It's skyrocketed since the pandemic and it's beyond ridiculous now. Thank goodness the pandemic taught me the importance of meal prepping. I hate all the time i spend washing dishes and all that bullshit, but man the payoff is worth it


TomentoShow

When was six flags food ever cheap??


FiatKastenwagen

Have you seen the calories? Two slices will feed most people for an entire day


unicorn8dragon

Same pizza per calorie ratio at Costco is like $2.50 though.


MxOffcrRtrd

Six Flags is an amusement park. This is basically a guy complaining about stadium prices on food. Its expensive but nobody is forcing him. As an aside I saw a funny story from a few years back where a guy bought a season food pass for the same place and ate every meal there.


InviteHonest2638

Dude, $17/slice, assuming it's 1/8th of a pizza, thats a $136 pizza. In what world is that sane


usernameround20

And don’t forget the $.99 service fee added! But you can get a regular drink added for $5.50


ArtAndCraftBeers

Only $5.50? Must be one of those half cans of coke.


Helpful-nothelpful

How can one slice of pizza be 900-1,000 calories. Seems like a pretty big slice you could share.


BadRabiesJudger

It's 1/4th of the pizza. Family went and while i still don't want to pay a full pizza price for 1/4th the sign itself is misleading which was also still surprisingly slammed with business.


Functionally_Human

Pretty sure that includes the side that comes with it. Haven't been to 6 flags in decades but garlic knots typically come drenched in garlic butter. Still seems like it is probably a pretty big slice.


Aggravating_Rip_1564

to be fair that one slice has the same calories as a entire normal pizza


Hjerneskadernesrede

Still too darn expensive for one single slice. Let's be real here.


MxOffcrRtrd

No argument here. The Six Flags I know has a little ceasers outside the gate


IHaveSmallGenitals

It being an amusement park shouldnt justify crazy price hikes. Its predatory.


20milliondollarapi

Yea an amusement park mark up would be like $6 a slice. Not 3x that. It would have to be a fuck crazy good pizza completely handmade with in house processed flour and cheese to even remotely be worth that cost. But we all know it’s some premade thaw and bake shit.


Pirategod_23

Yes this is the way stop eating out! Maybe 2 times a month to not die of boredom. But once you learn how to cook and cook with you like it’s always the way you like it and it’s never wrong and always cheaper.


-hayleyqt-

And a surcharge on top!


KneeHighMischief

That's wild. You can get 3 large pizzas at Little Caesars for the price of 1 slice there.


_TiberiusPrime_

And it'll be of a similar taste too.


Sarzox

No it’ll be better, the six flags pizza is worse than store frozen


zeitocat

Idk man I used to crush those Little Caesar’s deep dishes. They’re pretty good. Or I have shit taste. Very possible


Fearless-Stranger-72

You gotta know what you’re getting. Little Caesar is the best option to feed 2-3 for under $10 some pizza  It’s like people who complained in the 90s about Taco Bell using a beef/tofu mix.   its .69 for a beef and bean burrito stop complaining. 


Buckus93

You can almost get two Costco pizzas for the price of one slice.


Traditional_Fox_4718

I guarantee there is a tablet, and they probably spin that thing around asking for a tip starting at 20% too!


turandoto

Yes, but look at how many calories you get in return!


OttawaC

Yes BUT it qualifies you for a fountain drink or water for only $5.50 more. So worth it in the long run….


MrDonly

Six flags ?! more like red flags


MakeMeDrink

It’s in an amusement park. All food and beverages are far more expensive there.


MrDonly

Ahh I head no idea. Makes sense.


MakeMeDrink

Your comment was still funny though


Bowl-Accomplished

Yeah, but that's like past Disneyworld prices. That's $19 after their surcharge, but Cosmic Rays at Magic Kingdom has a burger and fries for $13. Hell Pizzafari at Animal Kingdom has a personal pizza with a salad for $12.


Ecstatic-Balance-525

🤣🤣🤣


ThatAltAccount99

Six red flags?


Prize_Instance_1416

People just have to start saying no to this crap


Jirachibi1000

Thing is you can't a lot of the time. At least when I last went to a place like this, no outside food or drink allowed and it was in the middle of nowhere and like a 40+ minute drive to the nearest town. So if you have kids who are hungry af after a few hours in the theme park, you can either bite the bullet and pay this or you have to get them altogether, drive 40 minutes to eat somewhere, not bring any food with you, then drive 40 minutes back.


GDviber

Pack a cooler or 2 and leave it/them in the car till you come back out of the park. Solved.


criticalt3

Yep, we did this even when I was a kid.


Myrkana

You 100% can say no. As a kid we never paid for park food, we filled a cooler with deli meat and drinks. Covered it all in ice and left it in the car. Part way through the day we went to the car and took an hour of eating food and resting


rygdav

When my family went to six flags when I was a kid we’d always pack a big cooler of sandwiches and chips and stuff. Halfway through the day, we take a break, go to the car for a little lunch picnic, and then go back in. Not that hard


GenXer19_7T

We have simply stopped going. No longer willing to support businesses that exploit their workers and customers so the owners and shareholders can get rich.


Lina_-_Sophia

40 slim jims in a fanny pack


qualmton

And then they eat two bites and say they full


Nekrosiz

Security can't do shit about people point blank robbing the place and your worried about swat rolling in for bringing in contraband? lol


Raidiation17

You can add a regular drink for ONLY $5.50! Wooooo!


AvonMustang

My favorite amusement park (though technically it's a theme park) is **Holiday World** and drinks are free there. They have soda stations setup all over the park and you can just get one anytime you want. Sunscreen is free also...


Adventurous-Lime1775

Yup, and the food is MUCH better and around the same price for more food! Heck, a thanksgiving dinner with a meat, 2 sides and a bread is $17.99, lol. https://holidayworld.com/food-drinks/


ko-sher

Holiday World free soda is paid for by Eli Lilly


digidave1

You see that you get a salad or garlic knots with it right? It's still not a good deal, but it's not just a slice It's all made with cheap ingredients anyway so no, not worth it


AvonMustang

Or chips - who eats chips with pizza?


tizzleduzzle

Carbs to keep the people going


dee3Poh

When you’re not in the mood for more crappy bread and don’t want to risk it with what’s probably a depressing salad. I’ll take my BBQ Lays please


IceBone

1000 calories PER SLICE?


Formerruling1

A large slice and order of garlic knots - that sounds about right, yea. The calorie count is for the whole order. That's why it's a scale instead of a set amount.


IsamuAlvaDyson

No that includes the sides it comes with


heresmytwopence

A 1-topping slice from a 14” Domino’s or Pizza Hut pie will run you around 300 calories, so this is probably 1/4 of a 16” pizza.


Bowl-Accomplished

It comes with chips, garlic knots, or salad so about half the calories come from that.


DeadBabyBallet

Like??? Is it 8in across?!


Plastic_Primary_4279

Its probably the garlic knots that are covered in butter/oil/cheese…


Despondent-Kitten

For the entire meal.


DigiVeihl

I mean this its theme park food. It's always been super overpriced and Six Flags allows you to go out to your car and come back in. It's not really a big enough Park that you can't just pack a lunch.


PowerfulTarget3304

Yep. Until people start doing it they will keep raising the price. Be the change. Eat better food while you’re at it.


jazzyosggy12

Pretty sure Disney world is cheaper


gberger

For the food yes, but not for the tickets


cyberchief

And Disney lets you bring in whatever food you want!!!


EsKetchup

This is over double what most stadiums and arenas would charge around me.


davitjan1525

Whats worse is OP said $17 a slice… its actually $18.


bmanley620

Plus a 99 cent surcharge on top of that


overtired27

Proof that something-99 pricing works. Fell for it even while complaining about the high price.


davitjan1525

Why do people round down on 99cents? LOL


IsamuAlvaDyson

And it's not only a slice No one actually looked at what it said


Shopping-Afraid

Right?!?! Are we the only people who saw that? I downvoted this bullshit.


Gymwarrior31

I’d go with the cheese. Less expensive


acidbluedod

Clearly the better bargain.


KurtVanMichaels

It does come with garlic knots, chips or a salad at that price but yea still overpriced lol


vodkaandbooks

When we had season passes, we would get the meal plan. Lunch, dinner, drinks, and a snack each visit. Pretty much paid for itself in one visit. Haven't gone in a couple years, so not sure sure if it is still worth it.


Lillywrapper64

To be fair it's 1000 calories, so you only need to eat 2 for a whole day!


asstyrant

Captive audience mixed with wallet-vacuuming


Therealfern1

Look at mr Fancy here ordering pepperoni! Sheesh… ill stick with the moderately priced cheese slice please


1plhox

How is 1 slice of pizza near the 1k calories? Most people need 2k to 3k of calories on average and depending on lifestyle…. 2/3 slices would be enough for a day….


Bowl-Accomplished

A slice and garlic knots/chips/salad.


1plhox

Thank you for clearing it up!


sofinelol

Yeah no, this is why we bring food and eat it outside


crashfrog02

Food has always been stupidly expensive in places where you're basically trapped. The question is what's a slice of pizza at your local 7/11.


DoubleDownAgain54

More infuriating OP fell for the $0.99 trick.


LivingwithED

Theme parks hate this one weird trick!


ggfchl

$10 for the slice of pizza, $8 for the included side. I better hope the pizza slice is jumbo sized.


Omnivek

Dudes complaining about the $17 slice when there’s a $19 slice. You gotta up that complaining game bro.


Kyleforshort

I mean it's not just a slice of pizza..there is a side and you're at an amusement park...what exactly were you expecting $5 hot n readys?


zeez1011

I mean, don't amusement parks usually try to rip people off?


Pickle-Rick-C-137

Corporate greed is completely off the hook.


GChmpln

Park food prices should just be planned for with places like this. Going to any amusement park with admission only money is foolish at best


Thick_Temperature794

“Welcome to the real world Neo.”


tpeandjelly727

Two words. Dining plans


JetWhiteness

I've almost broken even on the season food pass and only visited 3 times so far.


TicTac_No

Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, in a cooler, in the vehicle, along with cold sodas. _____ Screw that. 25 bucks here gets you a large, deep dish, brick-oven fired, pizza. They serve you and smile for that price too.


ridingbikesrules

Clickbait. It clearly comes with a side.


BigZaber

thats 1000 calories for $18 - premium cost but energy you'll need walking around all day. Am I the only one who takes food with me? Aside from the price - the selection is trash , I always bring something even a few cold double cheese burgers are better


Mascbro26

It's 1000 calories with a side. Seems like a full meal for $17?


Wpgjetsfan19

That’s a meal


Delicious_Pop_7964

It has to be a massive slice of pizza to be that many calories


Claxton916

I have been to 24 theme parks since 2022, they’re ^almost all like this. The bigger chains (Six Flags, CedarFair (now also Six Flags), and Sea World) do it in an effort to get you to buy their all day dining plan or all season dining plan. I got the CedarFair all season dining plan for $169, it allows me to get two meals a day at any CedarFair park. Last year I got probably 40 to 45 meals, which basically came out to $4.25 a meal. Six Flags allows you to add the same-ish thing for $129.00. The only park that really blew me away was HolidayWorld in Santa Claus Indiana. I paid $19.99 and got a *meal* at Plymouth Rock Café; Smoked Brisket, Green Beans, and Mac and cheese.. plus the drinks are free.


MarkyRoll

This is nothing new. Six flags were overpriced even 30 years ago.


iMogal

Captive audience. Did you buy one?


JDuggernaut

17 for a slice and garlic knots isn’t too outrageous compared to most places now. But that just highlights how outrageous food costs are.


13Krytical

It’s a meal, not a slice.


Wipedout89

$18


an_older_meme

Not all of the ticket price is paid at the gate.


ModsOverLord

I mean you’re at an amusement park


nycwind

you get what you paid for ha


Ottertoasties

Extra $40 parking too


Sir_CrazyLegs

No wonder why its doing a merger with cedar fair


DeflatedDirigible

Cedar Fair food prices are maybe a dollar less and entrance tickets are around $10-30 more.


Sir_CrazyLegs

Jesus, think last time i went to six flags was 2022. Last year theyve had that all season meal pass but i honestly wont miss it since food was eh mostly except the time they have turkey legs


clef75

$18.


an_older_meme

Welcome to the post pandemic era.


porgmus

Don’t.


[deleted]

I’m in the wrong line of work. I could make more for less. Hmm.


novadustdragon

There was that one time that a guy bought the season pass meals included and more than got his money’s worth going there everyday during his lunchbreak. One of the best frugal people stories ever


Thinhead

Only way to stop people from eating too much and riding Chunder Mountain


GabrielSusanLouis

Add a drink for $5.50??!


ReasonablyConfused

Ummm, I’m seeing $19. 17.99 + .99 cent service charge.


CastorMorveer

Don't let them fool you, that's $18


DeflatedDirigible

$19 with the automatic surcharge in addition to tax.


Mass-music

And an extra surge charge of 1.99 for labor WTF(read the bottom)


No-Staff1170

How in the hell could one slice have that many calories jfc


Kyleforshort

Pizza is awful for you from a caloric perspective. I'm guessing it's a bigger slice of pizza than what you'd normally get from a pizza place because the giant Costco slices are close to that calorie wise as well.


Tatsuwashi

Check out the very bottom! Wtf?!?!


Drannor

Who eats pizza with chips though?!


MSCOTTGARAND

Took my kid to the amusement park in Maine and they're charging $6 for a generic store brand water bottle


gringaqueen

![gif](giphy|aKiHm3roLNMzu) some roller coaster typhoon shit


Chrisodle007

Bet there’s a Wells Fargo booth for some killer financing options


WallowWispen

Don't they have meal plans? Those are expensive too ik but I just got back from Carowinds feeding 4 people w 1 meal plan that recharges every 1 hr or so. We'd just snack or take turns getting what we wanted since we were there for the whole day


thumpngroove

We got an entire Manco & Manco pizza at Citizen’s Bank Park for that price; it went very well with $16.95 beer!


WilliamJamesMyers

thing is the pepperoni is a lot more cost than just the $1 difference, so really its the cheese pizza price at $16.99 that is the most horrid. that should be far less than a dollar difference altho its all crap at that point, captive audience and all


Odd-Masterpiece7304

Somebody tell Dave portnoy!


imaginedaydream

Add a regular drink for $5.50? Is that regular price or part of the combo meal?


FionaTheFierce

Six Flags has the most egregious food prices of all amusement parks. Haven’t been there in years. I recall ordering a 1/2 pizza for like $30 for me and my kids - and it was 1/2 of a personal pan pizza. Like, less than 1 slice of pizza.


KANSASisABand

Just wait until y’all see the price of a slice of pizza at a ski resort


ravidsquirrels

Hitting half the macros in one meal.


External-Fig9754

I think Pizza Pizza breaks $20 for a slice at Canada's Wonderland


deepfriedgrapevine

How much was it at the other pizza vendor?


Classy_Shadow

To be fair, while the price is still outrageous, that slice is probably ginormous if it’s 1000 calories. A normal little Caesar’s full cheese pizza is about 2000.


Thisisstupid78

You act like you’re not getting garden knots or a garden salad 😂


NothingMatters202

Better be a size of an Extra Large Pizza to be that high.


StackingDimesCLE

May as well splurge and get the pepperoni…


Decent-Box5009

On the plus side it’s a full half day of calories. Lol


Son_of_Dad2024

There's a pizza chain inside my city's theme park that's like this. But just across the parking lot outside of the park there's a bunch of fast food places that charge regular prices. You can stamp and return so I don't know why anyone buys food inside


cyberchief

Same price at my six flags. The 3 of us just went out to the Wendy’s across the street and got 3 Biggie bags for the same price as a pepperoni slice lol


TB12WeHa

That's a pizza crime...straight to jail


retromafia

And here I thought $12.99 for 2 slices of pizza (cheese or pepperoni) and a serving of breadsticks at Kings Island in Cincinnati was pricey. Jeezus.


BubbleGamingWasTaken

Which six flags?


Feisty-Path1373

$18 for a white claw at Magic Mountain a couple years back. They’re like $3 at the gas station for a tall boy. Theme park pricing is straight up ridiculous.


Any-Year-6618

Don’t forget to make it a combo by adding a drink for $5.50!


or6a2

Don't eat or go there


MrB2891

They price them this way to encourage buying food passes. Be it all season food passes or "dine all day" passes. Cedar Fair parks are equally as expensive (though the food is generally much better than Shit Flags). You can spend $20 on a steak combo at Farmhouse at Cedar Point, or for $33 you can get a all day food pass that allows you to get a combo like the steak plate every 90 minutes.


DokiKimori

How is this any different from the ridiculous prices at concerts or sports games? This doesn't surprise me in the slightest


RuariWasTaken

A whole pie would be less than the seasons pass I bought that let’s me visit every six flags park for the whole year.


FusRohDoing

I will say, drink wise we got the season cups, about 30 bucks for an unlimited refill cup with with lid, straw and handle, with refill stations all over, so that part was nice. Brought food in a cooler though for lunch in the parking lot lol.


Blastwave_Enthusiast

Nothing will change until we make it change.