{"id":15892,"date":"2025-09-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=15892"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:28:59","slug":"holiday-world-announces-early-entry-perk-for-platinum-season-passes-adds-teacher-discounts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/news\/holiday-world-announces-early-entry-perk-for-platinum-season-passes-adds-teacher-discounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday World Announces Early Entry Perk for Platinum Season Passes, Adds Teacher Discounts \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p><strong>SANTA CLAUS, Ind.-&nbsp;<\/strong>Holiday World &amp; Splashin\u2019 Safari&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.holidayworld.com\/passes\">2026 Platinum Season Passes<\/a>&nbsp;will include early Splashin\u2019 Safari entry for June and July. Early entry will be available daily from 10:15-11:00 a.m., and include Mammoth, Cheetah Chase, Kima Bay, Tembo Falls, and Tembo Tides. Also new in 2026,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/tickets-passes\/special-discounts-programs\/teacher-discount\/\">Teachers<\/a>&nbsp;will be eligible for discounts on Season Passes and Tickets. 2026 Season Passes are on sale now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re passionate about delivering outstanding value,\u201d says Director of Communications and Fourth-Generation Owner Leah Koch-Blumhardt. \u201cSeason Passes are an awesome value\u2014at current prices, they pay for themselves in three visits or less. Plus, Season and Platinum Season Passes come loaded with great&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/tickets-passes\/season-passes\/\">perks<\/a>&nbsp;like discounted&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2026-Bring-a-Friend-Calendar.pdf\">Bring a Friend Tickets<\/a>, Food &amp; Merchandise Discounts, and more. With early entry, Platinum Season Passholders can access an additional 45 hours of water park time.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>Guests of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.santascottages.com\/\">Santa\u2019s Cottages<\/a>&nbsp;in June and July of 2026 will also qualify for the early entry program, in addition to having access to discounted Holiday World Tickets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>The parks have offered discounted Season Passes for Military, First Responders, and Nurses in recent years; however, 2026 will be the first year for the Teacher discount. The park uses ID.me online verification platform to authorize qualified candidates for each discount. Those in the education field can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/help.id.me\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/202674594-Who-qualifies-for-ID-me-teacher-discounts\">click here<\/a>&nbsp;to learn if they qualify for the discount.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>The Free Pre-K Pass returns in 2026 for children born between July 1, 2020, through November 1, 2022. Pre-K Passes must be registered online and a government-issued document that<strong><\/strong>&nbsp;includes the child\u2019s date of birth must be presented when processing onsite. Children three and under get in free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>Season Passes are at the lowest price available right now through September 30. Season Passes can be purchased with monthly payments with the parks\u2019 Easy Pay program now through February 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p>In addition to Early Entry to Splashin\u2019 Safari in 2026, Guests who purchase a 2026 Platinum Season Pass now and pay in full can visit Sundays during Happy Halloween Weekends this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/events\/summer-wined-down\/\">Summer Wine\u2019d Down Culinary Festival<\/a>&nbsp;is still available Friday through Sunday until September 13. The last day for Splashin\u2019 Safari is September 13. Both parks are closed to the public on Sunday, September 14.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/events\/happy-halloween-weekends\/\">Happy Halloween Weekends<\/a>&nbsp;begins September 20 with a New&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/shows-activities\/corn-mazes\/\">Dino Corn Maze Adventure<\/a>&nbsp;and drone show named \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayworld.com\/shows-activities\/dinos-soar-in-the-sky\/\">Dinos Soar in the Sky<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--paragraph\">\n<p><br><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLAUS, Ind.-&nbsp;Holiday World &amp; Splashin\u2019 Safari&nbsp;2026 Platinum Season Passes&nbsp;will include early Splashin\u2019 Safari entry for June and July. Early entry will be available daily from 10:15-11:00 a.m., and include Mammoth, Cheetah Chase, Kima Bay, Tembo Falls, and Tembo Tides. Also new in 2026,&nbsp;Teachers&nbsp;will be eligible for discounts on Season Passes and Tickets. 2026 Season Passes are on sale now. \u201cWe\u2019re passionate about delivering outstanding value,\u201d says Director of Communications and Fourth-Generation Owner Leah Koch-Blumhardt. \u201cSeason Passes are an awesome value\u2014at current prices, they pay for themselves in three visits or less. Plus, Season and Platinum Season Passes come loaded&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10086,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15892","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holiday World Announces Early Entry Perk for Platinum Season Passes, Adds Teacher Discounts \u00a0 | Holiday World Theme Park &amp; Splashin&#039; Safari Water Park<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"2026 Platinum Season Passholders can enter Splashin&#039; Safari early for select rides in June and July. 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