Raising ticket prices is not the only way that theme parks can make visiting more expensive. From the parking lot to restaurants and shops, parks have multiple ways to squeeze more money from their visitors.

Fans have gotten used to it. Parks might offer a refuge from everyday life, but there is no escape from higher prices. Yet if it’s worth it, fans still go. But it is especially frustrating whenever parks start charging for something they have been offering for free. Sign up for our Park Life newsletter and find out what’s new and interesting every week at Southern California’s theme parks. Subscribe here .

Knott’s Berry Farm soon will start requiring guests with bags and other loose items to pay for a locker to stow those items before riding three of its most popular roller coast

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