MUSKEGON, MI — Michigan’s Adventure will no longer be open for the fall season to the shock and disappointment of many season pass holders.

The popular Muskegon theme park notified pass holders on July 21 that it would not continue its Tricks and Treats fall event and instead close for the season on Sept. 1, according to an email screenshot circulated on Facebook.

“After much research and planning, we’ve made the strategic decision to focus on delivering exceptional experiences during our core operating seasons, spring and summer,” the email read. “This means our Tricks and Treats will not return this fall.”

The park instead offered passholders one free ticket to Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, valid until the park closes Nov. 1.

The sudden change left a bad taste in the mouths of many people who bought a season pass thinking it would be good for an extra month. Others felt that a trip to Cedar Point, which is about 288 miles from Muskegon and more expensive, wasn’t proper consolation.

“The logistics of driving 4 hours one way, renting a hotel for two nights, driving home, and feeding children for 3 days is way too expensive for my family to wing it,” user Briana Grove said in a post. “Season passes were sold under the anticipation this year that they would be good through the second week in October, but now passes are being cut short 6 weeks.”

Other users noted Michigan’s Adventure was not well attended for the two brief seasons of Tricks and Treats.

“If it’s not profitable they can’t continue to have it,” a user who went by “Papa Gnome” commented. “I been to the last two and there was hardly anyone there. I love Halloween, but I’m ok with them dropping it.”

Michigan’s Adventure debuted Tricks and Treats in 2023 as a new Halloween-themed event that ran Saturdays and Sundays from mid-September through mid-October. Season pass holders got free admission to Tricks and Treats as an added bonus.

The park operated a select handful of rides and sold Halloween themed food and drink during the fall season.

Cedar Point also hosts its own fall season, dubbed HalloWeekends, on select days and nights from Sept. 11-Nov. 1.

Michigan’s Adventure was founded as Deer Park in 1956. The park initially featured a petting zoo with deer, llamas, monkeys, chickens and ducks. Roger Jourden, father of the recently retired vice president Camille Jourden-Mark, purchased the park in the late 60s and renamed it Deer Park Funland before opening its first roller coaster in 1979. Jourden-Mark renamed the park to Michigan’s Adventure in 1988.

Cedar Fair Entertainment, the parent company of Cedar Point, bought Michigan’s Adventure in 2001. Cedar Fair then merged with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in 2024.