Except then, you’re eating the crap Amusement parks serve. If you’re 80, and just looking for the door, then I suppose that would be okay.
Yeah, but funnel cakes.
Funeral cakes.
Funerals would be much more lively if there were funnel cakes.
Mmmm, butt funnel cakes…
Crap amusement parks seem like a solid alternative for social security and pension plans.
My grammy is 100 and eats Taco Bell and Pringles all day.
Old people so poor they can only eat amusement park garbage food = genius?
I have met many retired people who basically live on cruise ships.
thats my dream retirement tbh
get hammered on a cruise til it kills me 😂
Don’t forget all the partner swapping and group sex!
And Norovirus!
Wait… I think I may have been taking cruises wrong this whole time…
The first and last cruise I went on, I was sitting in the sauna in the morning when about 6 guys all in their mid 60s came in and openly started talking about the previous night and who was swapping partners that night.
Yeah we destroy the planet, but it’s cheaper than not to, and we’re old anyway
Cruises aren’t particularly cheap, they’re generally $100-300/night, per person, which is similar to a hotel. If you want a nicer room,that’d extra. They’re pretty affordable as vacations go, but hardly close to a permanent living arrangement.
There cruise lines that offer 3 year cruises for just $30k a year… https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/3-year-cruise-mv-gemini/
That $2.5k/mo is actually ridiculously good when you consider it includes everything.
That’s… actually an incredibly good deal!
Cheaper than a retirement home, and with doctors on board.
It’s really not.
100 bucks a night is only 3k a month, so yeah it is
“Across the street” is still like a half hour between home and food. This seems impractical.
Actually, it’s a win at that age. You get out of the house and can interact with lots of people, that’s something most old people need more of.
Still faster than cooking, too.
plus regular walking is incredibly important.
and most people, (not just elderly) are way too sedentary.
even if the food is the typical amusement park junk food, it’s probably better than being sedentary at home and driving to fas goods
Idea for a nonprofit: subsidized food, but it doesn’t deliver, and you have to walk really far to reach it. Like a restaurant in the middle of the woods where there’s no parking for two miles, at the top of a steep hill, etc.
Goodbye American obesity!
idea for a for profit.
a restaurant (in America businesses must have a minimum amount of parking). but we only have seating, all food comes from a rotating selection of food trucks that will occupy the parking lot, meaning you have to walk there to eat.
There used to be a spot near me that did exactly this. It was awesome.
Walking from the nearest house to Six Flags Magic Mountain takes around at least 50 mins. If you don’t believe me, check on maps.
That’s 50 mins of no shade, water, bathroom, or other pedestrians. If you get a heatstroke, you have few options. You can call an Uber and hope they are willing to illegally pick you up on the highway, pay for emergency services, or hope a good samaritan helps you out.
This isn’t unique to this location, this is just how almost all American amusement parks are. They are located somewhere out of the city for cheaper rent, with the expectation that everyone arrives by car. This is why they are surrounded by highways and have very few walkable paths and entrances on the outside.
I get that it would be impractical in the US specifically. I just didn’t think about you guys.
Six Flags, the amusement park mentioned in the post, are all located in the United states with the except of two in Canada and one in Mexico.
You’d have to drive at that age, too.
Too european for that, I thought you meant half an hour by foot. Most old people shouldn’t be allowed to drive anymore.
I’m saying a half hour all together, driving across the street and into the massive parking area, finding a spot to park, walking from there into the amusement park, and finally deep enough into the park to find a restaurant. Then again, in reverse, to go back home.
You got something better to do?
For every meal, every day? Yes.
I mean, it sounds about what I do for groceries? Drive fifteen minutes to the store, find parking, walk through the store to get my stuff, drive home, takes an hour-ish. Then I gotta cook when I get home, so she’s probably got the better deal here.
You do that for every meal?
Yeah, there have been times when I was depressed, working night shift, and only eating one meal a day, so going to the grocery store was also the only place I’d actually see another human. It’s more efficient to shop for a week or a month at a time, but then I’d’ve just been a shut-in.
At least in the US
Yes, that’s where all the Six Flags properties are.
There was this dude on reddit who did this scheme for 7 years.
Lol
To be sure, the Six Flags diet isn’t for the faint of heart (or really, anyone’s heart).
Costco membership, only eat from the food court.
No, its not the healthiest, but you could do worse, and uh… yeah, do the math on if you just only ate costco hot dogs and pizzas and such, 365 days a year, and that alone is well worth the yearly membership fee.
Maybe also buy some vegetables.
Frankly I’ll be amazed if Costco can maintain their food court prices, I am pretty sure more and more people are just going to actually do something like this.
Costco Membership, only eat the rotisserie chicken.
It is far healthier than the hot dogs, and pizza.
They actually do pretty good with the food court. Even if you only ate the hot dog deal, the membership price would cover it.
You don’t need a membership to eat at the food court
This used to be more true than it is now. More centers are requiring folks to enter through the main entrance and scan a membership card to enter.
Not all locations, but more are moving this direction. The two nearest me did within the last year.
Massachusetts costcos are required to allow liquor sales to the general public, you just walk in through the exit door, past the membership/cust service desks, and you hit the food court before the liquor area. They only check memberships cards at the entrance door.
I don’t remember if they make you scan your membership card at the food court or not; if not, I imagine than that’s also available to non-members.
This is why a lot of them have completely separate entrances. Local laws.
You need one to get into the building though, or well, you at least need to be in a group with someone who has one, and a lot of locations only have a functioning indoor food court.
At least for the ones near me you just tell them youre getting food and they let you in through the exit.
I dont want to eat that much amusement park food. That being said, I wouldnt mind it several times a week. Might still be a deal. I also would enjoy the rides. Altho maybe not as a senior… ok streching and working out are totally something ill start doing again soon. If only to be able to enjoy roller coasters on weekdays as a senior citizen.
It’s probably done to actually be able to afford to eat… Not because they want to.
But at least they are getting exercise, without researching I would suspect inactivity hurts seniors as much if not more than diet. Plus interacting with people helps their mental health
Don’t wait, become a carnie TODAY
I sadly await the future news report that thousands of retirees die from starvation when Six Flags enshittifies and then cancels their meal plan.
there should be laws in place, if you buy a season ticket, they can’t take things away that we’re expected upon purchase.
They’d just not include it in the next season…
that sucks, but acceptable at least.
Thats…exactly how the law already works?
That’s not what keeps company lawyers profitable.
in theory
Not sure if I saw the right prices, but that seemed like 25 cents a meal.
I know a senior citizen that did this at Knott’s Berry farm amusement park.
Not to be racist, but how is this white people twitter if the guy posting is a black man?
Not that one.
Genius
Amusement parks have meal plans?
2026 All Season Two Meal Dining Plan Enhance your visits and enjoy a meal every time you visit now through the end of 2026 with All Season Dining! Max of 2 meals per day.
Now Only: $99/ea
https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/store/season-add-ons
Honestly, it does seem like a relatively cheap source of food if you live nearby and actually like what they serve.
https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/things-to-do/restaurants
And you do have at least some variety, too.
