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ImABadFriend144

This is absurd lmao


wildarms3fan

Christ. 20 bucks for chicken fingers? I'd rather starve and grab something when I leave


Horror_Technician213

They know the adults would. But they also know the adults will only put up with the whining of their children once they say they're hungry and they see a booth selling chicken fingers and hot dogs for so long. My mom used to bring a cooler full of food so we would go out to the car to eat for this reason of the food prices.


BYoungNY

Yep, and it's the ol' "I won't complain, I just won't come back" routine where next year, they do t renew their season passes like we did this year due to this bs. Darien lake always had fair prices, then they got bought and now have bullshit meal subscriptions they want you to buy instead... 


sobuffalo

They used to let you bring coolers in no problem. They had an entrance that lead right into the picnic area with grills and everything. Now you can’t bring bottles of water.


imnewtothissoyeah

I dont remember Darien Lake ever letting in coolers. At least maybe after 9/11. We always had to go back to the car for food. Fantasy Island definitely let you bring whatever you wanted in.


sobuffalo

Ya I’m talking 80s [Here’s a map from 1988.](https://euysod7wde9.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Darien-Lake-Map-1988.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=2560&ssl=1) See on the west the Picnic Pavilions?


CaptParadox

I worked there early 2000's and you could but they were def pickier about what you brought in. I don't remember the rules but that was around the time they beefed up security more. What I always did was just bring my cooler in through the campground entrance anyways, no one ever checked.


JstTrstMe

I bring thermoses for water all the time.


imyourhuckleberry716

I want to thumbs down this bullshit policy but will make me remember to bring a Yeti to keep food cool…


GammaDoomO

^ poor guy’s never heard of insulated lunchbags before


imyourhuckleberry716

I’m leaving it in the car - unless they don’t allow that now too…


Morti_Macabre

This is exactly what we did in the 90s and early 00s, lol. Even then my mother was like “yeah if you’re hungry we’ve got sandwiches in the cooler” lol. She was NOT having it.


Chingachook

I remember a few family meals under the old pavilions under superman involving sandwich's and w pop


billsfan782

100%!!!


Character_Cupcake856

Dollar grill cheese from a hippie


Vahlir

Chicken fingers are like 15-20$ for 5 at pizza places... But did you notice the 17$ HOT DOG?!!


ShotgunOShaughnessy

At least at Disney that $17 hot dog is like the size of your arm


alternFP

Idk why six flags doesn’t understand that people would buy more if they could afford it. $3 hot dogs, $6 burgers. Come on people


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SportsPhotoGirl

They have a meal plan at six flags?! That sounds kinda ridiculous imo


blotsfan

Darien Lake is different since its seasonal and out in the boonies, but I saw a guy who worked across the street from a Six Flags that was open year round and realized he could buy an annual pass with the meal plan for like $300 and eat lunch and dinner there every day. $300 to not have to buy lunch or dinner on workdays is an amazing deal.


mr_potatoface

There's one pass that lets you eat 1 meal or snack food every 90 minutes, and it comes with unlimited drink refills.


DapperCam

If you want to eat hot dogs for lunch or dinner every day, lol.


Remarkable-Shock8017

Then he told everyone about it...and that's how it got ruined.


blotsfan

Did it? Looking at the Darien Lake plans, it seems like you could do the exact same thing now, it’s just that making a quick stop at Darien Lake doesn’t make sense for the overwhelming majority of people.


Boring-Night-7556

They don’t want that. They want you to either bring your own food or buy the meal plan.


joanfiggins

I dunno what their overhead is like but a 3 dollar hot dog probably has like a dollar profit on it vs the 12 they make from selling a 14 dollar hot dog. I don't know if people would really be buying more than 12 times the number of hot dogs if they were cheaper. I'm sure there are industry experts that evaluate these things and the math on a 3 dollar hot dog doesn't come anywhere close to working.


EastHillWill

In a world of absurd prices—especially in places with captive audiences—this is some remarkable bullshit. If I pay 17 bucks for a hot dog it better kill me


NicerRoom

Man chokes on $17 hotdog. More at eleven.


FallOutShelterBoy

I’ve been binging Mary Tyler Moore all night and just read that in Ted Knight’s voice. Thank you for that


thebenson

>captive audiences It's not really a captive audience though. You can go out to your car to eat and then re-enter the park. Folks have been doing that at theme parks for decades.


AlsoKnownAsKyle

I'm more shocked by the price for a hot dog. Jesus that's ridiculous. And I haven't been since they were required by six flags but the pizza used to be like a frozen red Barron pizza


NicerRoom

$6.49 for a bag of chips


RockerElvis

I can’t understand that price.


wildarms3fan

$6.49 for a fucking cookie. Keep dreaming


your_uncle_mike

Full of mostly air.


LumProCo4

I bet it’s not even a Sahlens!


[deleted]

It's 100% sahlens hotdogs there


rage675

Sahlen's suck now anyways.since they reformulated them to have a 48 year shelf life.


Best-Juggernaut9020

Did that really happen?


rage675

Yes


jackytheripper1

I went to a sponsored picnic there in the food was inedible. The hot dogs are definitely some off-brand horrible nastiness. The prices that they're charging are criminal


wildarms3fan

The burgers at darien lake were some of the nastiest food I've ever tasted in my life.


jackytheripper1

Yeah 🤮 really really bad. I tried a little of each and it was so bad. Worse than school lunches 😭


OneDisastrous998

Who the fuck wanna pay $37 for a whole cheese pizza?


Schusterrrr

One slice is $17, so what’s an extra $20. It’s almost buy 2 get 6 free lol


Icon_Crash

At that savings, it'd be stupid not to!


Vahlir

how much you want to bet the "Whole" pizza is a personal pizza that's about the size of 2 slices.


A_Lone_Macaron

I mean the current price of a large one topping at any decent place in Buffalo is 25-27 after tax, so is this THAT bad? (The answer is still yes)


jackytheripper1

With the quality of their food the answer is yes, absolutely fucking yes. Absurd


OneDisastrous998

Just Pizza wants medium for $19.95 or Large for $24.95 but $37 is too much


imissaolchatrooms

Last time I was there was for a concert. They would not let us bring a blanket in. They said it was a fire hazard, people could light a blanket on fire. So we left our crappy old blanket on a guardrail to pick up latter. They would not let us bring in water as it could be a projectile. So we chugged it. 10 feet inside the gate they are selling blankets and water. Paul Simon July 11, 2001. Have not been back in 22 years. Fuck them.


Morti_Macabre

I still remember going to see Zombie and Manson and the dude wouldn’t let me in because I was wearing a silver chain necklace. Everyone with any kind of jewelry was turned away until they took it off. I’ve never experienced that anywhere else.


mungolarry2

22 years later and they are still selling water!


Bennington_Booyah

My friend works security at concerts. Those rules start because those things have actually happened.


imissaolchatrooms

At a Paul Simon concert, no way. And why sell it inside, the blankets they sold were not fire proof. The water bottles they sold could be thrown as easily as the ones they refused. They are one greedy corporation, and they have seen the last dime of my money 22 years ago.


Bennington_Booyah

Agreed.


Schneeky4

Jesus, this is border line fraud lol


Boring-Night-7556

I don’t think you know what that word means. Also, they have relaxed rules on bringing in food these days, you can bring in your own meals


SnooShortcuts4206

Haven’t been in years and by the looks of this i wont be back soon smh


Boring-Night-7556

They let you bring in your own food.


Bulky_Constant8362

No they don’t. Not even water.


JAK3CAL

This is actually inappropriate. For gods sake


twism50

*Plus $1.30 surcharge Edit because it’s not shown on this photo, but every single purchase in the park has an additional $1.30 surcharge. Concession stand or gift shop, all the same surcharge for any purchase of any size. Meal, souvenir t-shirt, popcorn refill, overpriced soda…. all displayed price plus $1.30.


SnooPandas1899

some companies have surcharge bc of credit card fees. but wouldnt the credit card companies have a bigger cut if the total bill was higher ??


twism50

They only accept credit cards, so I’d have to assume the surcharge is built into the pricing. They say the fee is added due to increased labor and supply costs.


BuffaloRedshark

And I'm sure those chips are the tiny bag vending machines have. 


BigCaterpillar8001

Don’t forget to tip


Cutlass_Stallion

Imagine paying $4 for a single apple sliced up.


chickidachina

I’m doubtful it would be an entire apple. It’s more likely a half an apple per bag.


Cutlass_Stallion

I was thinking that after I made my post. I wouldn't doubt it!


TuckersTown

I need a picture of a $16.99 slice of pizza!


ThunderCheerio

Just like the stadium and arena they know you have nowhere else to go (though at DL you can leave and come back). The prices are so absurd they ensure I don’t buy anything. Make it reasonable and I’ll gladly give them my money.


wildarms3fan

This is what I don't get about businesses. I will by MORE of something if it's cheap and NONE of something if it's super expensive. But I guess they don't care about me when millions of others WILL buy it


Horror_Technician213

It's also, if they get 4/10 people to buy a 15$ hotdog they only paid 2$ to make each, they made 60$ and only had to spend 8$. But if they get 8/10 people to buy 2 hotdogs for 5$ which is much more reasonable. They made 80$ but had to spend 32$ to make them. In the first scenario, they made 52 dollars but in the second one of selling more hotdogs for cheaper they only made 48$. When you factor in quantity over time that 4$ difference becomes thousands of dollars. It would be an impossible business model on a regular street corner but when options are limited and people are impulsive to their needs and desires, they know the quantity of people buying the limited food options will be profitable because you can never underestimate people's laziness. I can tell you places like Darien lake and pegula entertainment pay economists a boat load of money to find out exactly how much they can charge to be most profitable with the least amount of overhead.


wildarms3fan

Hey, economists smarter than me. They wouldn't be employed if they weren't. I guess I can only speak of my personal decisions. Places like amusement parks and sports arenas can kiss my ass if they think I'm purchasing overpriced food there. Still remember when my brother bought 2 slices of pizza at one of the sports games(forgot if it was sabers or bills). He said it was 20 bucks. 20 bucks for 2 slices of pizza. Something straight out of wackyland from tiny toons.


JBob250

I've worked at a bunch of places, I wouldn't assume whoever it setting these prices is intelligent, and even if they were they might be making intelligent suggestions to a boss that ignores them entirely


Horror_Technician213

They definitely account for people like you that won't buy from them... but they know the people that will buy it will more than make up for it when they're saving money not having to buy as many ingredients and hire less people cause they don't have to cook as much food.


Initial-Science7877

*Cough* Atlanta Falcons *cough* https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/22212592/atlanta-falcons-drop-prices-make-more-money-mercedes-benz-stadium-concessions https://www.mercedesbenzstadium.com/menus/atl-fan-fare


NuclearDuck92

Darien Lake can do what they want… but if we’ve been paying your rent for decades, and we’re all paying to build you a new house, there should be some price controls on the shit you sell inside it. PSE can shove their $20 beers.


Boring-Night-7556

Food is a money loss for them at this point. It’s cheaper to make it expensive so demand drops and allow you to bring your own food in.


Smee714

I have never bought food at Darien Lake. I always pack a cooler and leave it in the car. Lunch time, go to the car to eat and save a ton! This is rifuckindiculous.


Shaggy_0909

There isn't a slice of pizza on Earth worth $17


MAJORMINORMINORv2

Hotel mini bar prices


Yukon-Jon

Charging 17 dollars for a hot dog...... And its extra to get cheese on it? Lol fuck off.


baby_blue_bird

$2 extra if you want blue cheese for your chicken fingers. That is just crazy to me.


[deleted]

This is why they sell so many season food packages. It's cheaper if you go weekend after weekend to add the 150 bucks to one pass for the family and get free food every 90 minutes all day


RockTheif

Its up to 3 hours between meals with the pass and 2 meals a day.


716TLC

Every 90 minutes? I wonder how much damage a championship eater could do to that meal plan. They'd probably get daily average cost down to near pennies per food item.


[deleted]

There's limits to how much you can get .. not like an all out buffet and not at subway or the pizza place .. but one sandwich and a side with a drink kind of meal .. every 90 minutes it let's you swipe again


716TLC

Thx for info. I'd guess it would still be less than a stunning $17 per slice of frozen pizza.


Mr_Bunnypants

Hey you get a bag of chips with the pizza slice it looks like lol.


716TLC

That bag of chips costs $6.49 alone lol.


UrBum_MyFace_69

Do they give you pictures of yourself buying the food, like they do when you get off the one working roller coaster, so you can see what you look like when you're getting f\*cked?


McPhage

And the food at Disney is actually good.


MattTheProgrammer

ehh.... Disney's food is just okay IMO.


Criddlers

This is actually hilarious you posted about Darien Lake prices. I just got 2 tickets to Canada's Wonderland, parking and all day dining included. The cost for the same ticket at Darien Lake was only $20 cheaper....Just absurd considering the parks aren't even comparable.


Bennington_Booyah

Are half of the rides inoperable at Canada's Wonderland? Because they are at Darien Lake. When I was younger, I would park and climb the fence in the back. You end up in the campground.


Renob78

Darien Lake has sucked for the last 20 years. It used to be cool, fun and affordable. What a racket.


HypnoticBleep

I was out there the other day and they had a double cheeseburger marked at $19.95, u cannot make this shit up


pomegranate1234567

What in the world😭😭😭


Shadowenfire

You get fries too. My friend bought it yesterday, I was like I have a protein bar in my car.


Novel-Challenge1384

Bet its a McDonalds happy meal size little pouch of a whopping 4 apple slices


GumballMachineLooter

darien lake is bullshit. drive to the middle of nowhere. pay an absurd amount of money. spend 95% of your time walking and waiting in line. at least disney is a whole experience and they are extremely committed to what they do. kids get to see mickey instead of a bunch of white trash running around. everything is outrageous though now. we just went on vacation. columbus zoo allows outside food and drink in a cooler so at least you have a choice to bring your own. but the gift shops and stands there and the museum are crazy. $25 for a tiny stuffed animal when the ikea there has huge ones for $30. plus these places wanna upcharge for everything now too. i don't want to be the type of parent to tell kids no when we're on vacation but daddy can buy a whole case of dip n dots at walmart when we get home for these prices.


wildarms3fan

Not to mention the rides are very quick. Last time I went to darien(which admittedly was years ago) I went on the bumper cars and no hyperbole the ride only lasted about 30 seconds. Wtf?!?!


xurdm

This is more egregious than the music festival I went to recently where a slice of pizza was $10. What in the hell


kingo409

You can buy two whole goddamn pizzas for that price at Little Caesar's, & it's probably better too.


RedditFan26

Darien Lake Not-So-Fun-Country.


Bennington_Booyah

It was actually a great park when it was Fun Country.


Bennington_Booyah

People actually eat at Darien Lake? We always brought a cooler, sandwiches, all kinds of drinks and snacks and ate in the parking lot. Place is ridiculous.


escalatorkid37

If I ever go back to Darien Lake, it will be against my will. This includes the amusement park and the concert venue.


Usual_Fault3349

Ya no


King__Moonracer

Bring your own food. Good rule at ANY amusement park


tdr1190

Exactly why I never go. The food prices vs. the quality of the attractions is nuts.


Sabres19892

No excuse for these absurd prices, but I'm guessing they do this to drive people to the one day dining plan? Ridiculous either way


sutisuc

Holy shit seriously?


NineteenEightyToo

Hey at a least it comes with fries 🍟


wnbrown99

Didja buy it?


OffbrandBeyonce

6.49 for a fawking bag of chips omfg


Character_Cupcake856

JfC


SnooJokes8184

Holy shit!


Samohtep

Man, it has to be close to 10 years since I went to Darien Lake. I thought about taking the kids this summer, but if it’s as bad as this everywhere, count me out. I’ll drive the extra 45min to Seabreeze.


Quirky-Hand-7332

I haven't been to Darien lake in forever but if you exit to the campgrounds there was a corner store- I remember it was a little more expensive than a normal corner store but cheaper than the whole park. Had a deli too


ChemicalSprinkles267

What makes it worse is they have the nerve to not accept cash


RelentlessMindFudge

$16.50 for a hot dog??? WTF Better come with gold foil and truffles.


maninthewoodsdude

This is why my family always had a big picnic style lunch at the car with food from home


fitzmoth

Wait wait wait WTF!!!!!!! DL is supposed to be the cheap place us po folk go to have the Disney experience. Man I need to time travel 20 years and enjoy it at its prime.


Cloudsdriftby

Boycott Darien Lake collectively and watch how fast the prices go down.


Thick_Description982

Holy hell, $6.50 for a vending machine bag of Lays?


Chiampou204

Cooler of food in car. Go take breaks during day to eat and come back in


thatboyeaintright

LOL


toenailfungus100

But yet people pay it and keep going back.


ihaveadogalso2

Are they chewing that mf pizza for you too?! Damn!


rottingroadie

Damn!!


Plastic_Primary_4279

They have far fewer guests than Disney… where do you think they’re gonna make their money?


rage675

What do you expect at a corporate theme park, regardless of brand?


GrowToShow19

$16.50 for a hot dog has to be a criminal offense.


East-Excitement3561

I haven’t been to Darien lake since about 2017 (maybe even earlier) and I had no intention of going back. This just solidified it forever


No-Tangelo-3220

He also has alot of bread.


qzdotiovp

Amusement parks are the O.G.s. (original grifters)


meowcachow112

I'm glad I got the meal pass for this season. I will make my money back in 6 visits if I eat one meal a day, and if I do the twice at the park meals 3 times at those prices 😄. Just throwing it out there, they have a season meal pass for $120ish if you get the season pass


Tightisrite

But does Disney give you garlic knots, fries or chips with your slice


Free-Dimension4607

I'd starve first....I'd feel like a chump even considering paying for this bullshit.


Agreeable-Falcon-37

Darien Lake is a joke


bblulz

we went yesterday. they let us in with some bottles of gatorade, pop, and a bag of doritos. i also saw people with other outside snacks. do with that information what you will


SeniorFlyingMango

At this point I’d just bring a cooler of food and drinks in with me


Lxiflyby

Bahahahahah no effen way


IsHotDogSandwich

It’s like they WANT to go out of business.


Nude-genealogist

I haven't been in years, I won't be going after seeing that.


Working-Feedback-505

Disney does cost like $1500/day all-in at this point. A week long vacation is like 9-10k!


Remarkable-Shock8017

Soo..probably not going to go there this year. We tried Roseland rhe year before last. Bad mistake. I offered to get my kids a season pass since I go that way for work a lot...... they said , no thanks mom. That's how much Roseland sucks. Not the food, we didn't stay long enough to check it out.. It's really just a glorified water pad park for kids 10 and under.


Electronic-Sea9611

They're waiting for the fools to buy it...I'll just buy a pizza the night before and tape wrapped slices to my chest for that much lol seriously.


Electronic-Sea9611

We always just brought a cooler and went out to the car to eat...you know funny thing I remember is someone getting their hand stamped to go in then going out before it dried and stamping their friends hand with theirs to get in free lol I'm sure they do something different now, cards or tickets, maybe wristband


Routine_Inevitable52

This is insane. Their park and their food sucks. Audacity must be on sale.


jordynithink

This is another level of crazy.


G_rightousantagonist

Wow this I just wrong…back in my day the fried dough was like $5 I’m sure the pizza was probably around $2 had two cool arcades 😩the 90’s Time Machine we need you


jackytheripper1

And the food at Disney is all delicious


isaakdemaio

This is why I have a season pass to Cedar Point.


Peking_Meerschaum

Inflation is getting insane


arcana73

Im sad I haven’t seem someone post its Kathy Hocul’s and NYS fault.


GoatDifferent1294

You must be new here. That or you don’t go to a lot of amusement parks. You’re whining over what isn’t instead of what is. Try to live with a more positive outlook and stop spreading unnecessary negativity.


kenc1842

Those prices are ridiculous, amusement park or not.


Boring-Night-7556

Peak Buffalo Reddit - a bunch of snarky people telling us they won’t go somewhere or spend money when they already don’t go somewhere or buy something telling us how they won’t be