How Much Does it Cost to Go to Six Flags St. Louis?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated for 2026 after the purchase of Six Flags St. Louis by Enchanted Parks.

I’ve been going to Six Flags St. Louis — formerly Six Flags Over Mid-America, and soon to be called Mid-America by Enchanted Parks — off and on since I was a kid. I still remember the holy terror of riding The Ninja for the first time, which of course naturally led to me riding it again. I screamed on the Screamin’ Eagle, threw my hands up on the River King Mine Train, and took in rides that no longer exist at the park. (Rest in peace, Highland Fling and Tom’s Twister.)

Six Flags St. Louis is the only true theme park in St. Louis. If you want alternatives, you’ll have to drive a ways. Holiday World (Indiana) is three hours away. Silver Dollar City (Branson) is four hours away. Worlds of Fun (Kansas City) — which as of 2026 is under the same Enchanted Parks ownership as Six Flags St. Louis — is also about four hours.

That said, Six Flags St. Louis feels the competition enough to keep prices relatively low. You can go to Six Flags St. Louis for a fair amount less than Holiday World or Silver Dollar City, and on par with Worlds of Fun.

It still costs some money to go to STL’s theme park, though, and that’s what we’re going to break down. In that regard, there are three categories of costs to consider:

• Parking
• Tickets
• Food, Drink, and Other In-Park Purchases

Before we move on, an important note: Six Flags St. Louis is a cashless park. The park officially takes credit cards from Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express or debit cards. In the past, you could also convert cash to prepaid cards at kiosks located in the park, although we do not yet know if that is true in 2026.

With that out of the way, now let’s take each category one-by-one.

Parking

As of 2026, there are two categories of parking at Six Flags St. Louis, General Parking and Preferred Parking, which the Six Flags website sometimes calls Priority Parking. General Parking costs about $17 for the day, while Preferred Parking costs around $50. Preferred Parking is, as you would expect, closer to the park entrance.

There are two primary ways to avoid paying for parking. One is to stay at the Holiday Inn at Six Flags, which offers free shuttle services to and from Six Flags and also has a sidewalk network that connects to the theme park.

A second way is to get a season pass or membership. All season passes and memberships come with unlimited free parking. As of 2026, Enchanted Hero Passes include General Parking, while Enchanted Legend Passes include Preferred Parking. For people who bought Six Flags St. Louis tickets before Enchanted Parks acquisition, Silver Passes, Gold Passes, and Gold Memberships include General Parking, while Prestige Passes and Prestige Memberships including Preferred Parking.

As we’ll see, getting a season pass is the cheapest way to get free parking.

Tickets

The next step, after parking, is getting into the gate. That can happen in one of three ways: through a daily ticket, a season pass, or a membership.

Daily Tickets. As of 2026, daily tickets vary in price depending on the day of the week, the time of the year, and how far in advance you get them. Some daily tickets are as cheap as $43 if they’re on a weekday and you buy them ahead of time. Summer and weekend tickets can cost more, and any-day tickets cost closer to $60. As in past years, it’s to your advantage to get tickets ahead of time. Also, as of 2026, daily tickets include Hurricane Harbor, something that had not been true in 2025.

Season Passes. Season passes also vary in price, depending on the level of pass and the time of year you buy it. As of 2026, there are two levels of passes — Enchanted Hero Passes for $66 + taxes and fees and Enchanted Legend Passes for $91 + taxes and fees.

For many years, the best time to buy season passes was in August, as the passes were the lowest price of the year and were good for the rest of that season and all of the next. It’s not clear yet if Enchanted Parks, who bought the park in 2026, will offer the same deal going forward.

Memberships. While memberships will likely disappear for Enchanted Parks-owned theme parks after 2026, existing Six Flags members can use their memberships at the St. Louis Park through the 2026 season. Memberships come in two forms, Gold Memberships and Prestige Memberships. Gold Memberships cost $5.99 a month, while Prestige Memberships cost $11.99 a month. Memberships require a minimum 12 month term to start plus a $20 nonrefundable initiation fee, which means a Gold Membership costs nearly $92 a year and Prestige Membership costs nearly $164 a year. There can be minor perks for memberships over passes, but for the most part they’re mostly the same as passes outside of being more expensive overall. For that reason, we prefer season passes over membership.

Food, Drink, and Other In-Park Purchases

Six Flags St. Louis offers a dizzying array of food, beverages, souvenirs, paid games, and other in-park purchases. They’re all optional: you don’t have to buy anything beyond what it takes to get in. In fact, while you can’t bring your own food into the park (with exceptions for people with allergies and baby food for infants), there are grassy medians in the parking lot where it is perfectly acceptable to pull food out of your cooler and have lunch. Just remember that Six Flags doesn’t allow open flames in or out of the park.

In the past, if you ate in the park there were both dining plans and the One Meal Dining Deal. Those appear to have been removed by Enchanted Parks as of 2026, and it’s not clear if they will return.

In the past we’ve paid, on average, $17 to $20 for a meal and $5 to $6 for a drink. Snacks varied widely in cost, from around $5 to upwards of $15. We are not sure what prices will look like in 2026.

One thing I’m not a fan of buying: Flash Passes. I’ve rarely seen the park busy enough to justify them, and even on busy days you can usually still ride everything you want, especially if you get to the park early enough. I’ve seen many Flash Pass riders board rides … only saving maybe 5 minutes in the process. Some people may think differently, but that’s my observation.

Adding Up Costs

If you want a premium experience at Six Flags, the sky’s the limit — you can pretty much spend as much as you want. But if you’re looking for a more cost-controlled experience, here are a few scenarios.

Let’s first talk about a family of four getting single-day tickets with no Hurricane Harbor and, for our purposes, no dining plan or in-park purchases. On a weekday ahead of time, a single day ticket in 2025 would run…

• $43 per ticket x 4 tickets = $172
• $17 for General Parking = $17
• Total cost: around $190, plus possible taxes and fees on the daily tickets

For a Gold Season Pass purchased before Labor Day 2025, meanwhile, the prices look like this:

• $55 per ticket x 4 tickets = $220, plus possible taxes and fees
• No cost for General Parking

As you can see, if you go more than once, getting a season pass makes a lot of sense, especially if you got them for the pre-Labor Day sale. You more than make up the difference just by going to the park twice. Getting season passes later on is going to cost more, but may also still be worth it if you plan to come to the park multiple times.

Closing Thoughts

Ultimately, it’s up to you how you want to do Six Flags. Season Passes can be a great value if you’re planning to go multiple times. There are other ways to cut costs, too, including packing a cooler and eating out in the parking lot.

Whatever you do, have a great day, because Six Flags St. Louis may not be the flashiest theme park, but there is fun to be had there.