Except it's not the same prices as last year. The returning passholder price during the April-May sale is the same as what I paid as a FIRST TIME passholder last October. They've gone up ~$150 across the board. There just seems to be a general effort to make more money going on right now. I'm wondering if it isn't for expansion of some kind. Or it could be that that money is going to cover another month of operation next season. Hopefully the latter.
Fortunately, I will be eligible for a college pass come fall, so I can buy a spring pass and a college pass and still pay less than buying a season pass during this sale. Spring pass is a good deal, but they needed to warn us. The season passes were advertised as just that, and now we find out that it isn't even true anymore. It's kind of strange that my season pass could have gotten me ~150 days, but not another 9 at the end of the season...