2025 Pre-K Passes Now Available
The California's Great America Pre-K Pass is back for 2025! The Pre-K Pass is FREE for kids ages three to five years old and includes unlimited visits for 2025, including South Bay Shores waterpark, Tricks and Treats and Winterfest! With your Pre-K Pass, your child can come and go as often as you’d like all season – for FREE.
Getting your child’s Pre-K Pass:
Step 1: Purchase
Purchase a Gold Pass.
Step 2: Register
Register your child online for their free Pre-K Pass by August 1, 2025. Guests may not register at the park.
Step 3: Activate
After registering your kids, bring them to the park on a public operating day to activate their pass at the main entrance by August 1, 2025. Make sure to bring your child and a valid birth certificate or passport that shows their age.
Step 4: Play
After you activate your Pre-K pass, your child can come and go as often as you’d like throughout the season – for FREE!
California's Great America offers kids ages 3-5 years old a free Pre-K Pass. The Pre-K Pass grants complimentary admission to California’s Great America, including South Bay Shores waterpark for the 2025 season.
Gold passholders are entitled to enroll two kids between the ages of 3-5 into the Pre-K program at the time of activation or renewal. To receive a free Pre-K pass registration is completed online and a valid Gold season pass number must be entered when prompted.
Purchase a Gold Pass, register for a Pre-K Pass online by August 1, 2025, follow the directions, and submit. On your first visit, print the e-ticket and bring it to the main gate with your child and a valid form of identification that proves the child’s date of birth. Examples of valid identification are a birth certificate or travel passport. These can be originals or copies.
If you purchased the All Park Passport add-on with either your Gold or Prestige pass, the Pre-K pass associated with your account can be used for entry to select Cedar Fair Parks. Pre-K passes are only valid for entry to California's Great America, Carowinds, Cedar Point, Dorney Park, Kings Dominion, Valleyfair and Worlds of Fun.