Knott’s Berry Farm, Great America Settlement: $8 in Cash or Credit Available to Ticket Buyers

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A class action settlement providing more than $11.2 million in benefits will resolve a lawsuit that alleged Cedar Fair, L.P., Cedar Fair Management, Inc., and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation failed to adequately disclose a processing fee added to the price of online ticket purchases to California’s Great America, Knott’s Berry Farm, and/or Knott’s Soak City.

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The Knott’s Great America class action settlement received preliminary approval from the court on September 17, 2026. Eligible for the settlement are all California citizens who, during the period of June 28, 2020 to July 1, 2024, purchased non-season tickets to Knott’s Berry Farm and/or Knott’s Soak City at www.Knotts.com, or to California’s Great America at www.CAGreatAmerica.com, and were charged a processing fee.

For settlement purposes, “California citizens” is defined as all individuals who entered a California ZIP code for the billing address associated with an online ticket purchase.

Court documents state that approximately 1,405,235 people are included in the Knott’s Great America settlement class.

The court-authorized Knott’s Berry Farm and Great America class action settlement website can be found at KnottsGreatAmericaSettlement.com.

Class members do not need to file a claim form to receive an $8 credit, which can be used toward any future purchase on www.SixFlags.com for use at any of the defendants’ amusement parks within the 48 contiguous United States within 36 months of issuance.

Credit vouchers are one-time use, freely transferable, and can be combined with any other discount or offer.

In lieu of a credit voucher, class members can submit a timely, valid claim form to receive an $8 cash payment.

To file a Six Flags lawsuit claim form online, class members can head to this page and enter the ID and confirmation code found on their copy of the settlement notice. Alternatively, class members can download a PDF claim form to print, complete, and return by mail to the settlement administrator.

Knott’s Great America settlement claim forms must be submitted online or postmarked by December 22, 2026. Class members who received notice of the settlement via a second email attempt will have 60 days from the date they received that email.

The court will determine whether to grant final approval to the Knott’s Berry Farm and Great America class action settlement following a hearing on March 30, 2027. Benefits will begin to be distributed to class members only after final approval has been granted and any appeals have been resolved.

The Knott’s Great America class action lawsuit alleged that amusement park operators Cedar Fair and Six Flags unlawfully failed to adequately disclose a processing fee for online non-season ticket purchases to California’s Great America, Knott’s Berry Farm, and/or Knott’s Soak City, in violation of California’s Unfair Competition Law and False Advertising Law.

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