Six Flags Great Adventure

Amusement park in the United States


Six Flags Great Adventure
Location
Jackson, New Jersey, USA
Status Operating
Opened July 1, 1974
Owner Six Flags
Area 2,200 acres
Website https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure

Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. It is owned and operated by Six Flags. This park contains eleven themed areas, three of which are especially built for small children. The park also included, up until 2012, the world's largest drive-through safari, which was renovated for the 2013 season. Six Flags Great Adventure also features the world's tallest roller coaster, Kingda Ka, and the winner of the 2012 Golden Ticket Award for best wooden roller coaster, El Toro.

The video game RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 contained a recreation of the park as it looked in 2002.

Roller coasters

Under Construction

Name Manufacturer Type Opened Status
Flash: Vertical Velocity Vekoma Sit-Down 2024 Under construction

Present (14)

Name Manufacturer Type Opened Status
Batman The Ride Bolliger & Mabillard Inverted 1993 Operating
Dark Knight Mack Rides Enclosed
Wild Mouse
2008 Operating
El Toro Intamin Wooden 2006 Operating
Green Lantern Bolliger & Mabillard Stand-Up 2011 Operating
Harley Quinn Crazy Train Zierer Family 1999 Operating
Jersey Devil Coaster Rocky Mountain Construction Single rail 2021 Operating
Joker S&S Worldwide 4th Dimension 2016 Operating
Kingda Ka Intamin Launched
Strata
2005 Operating
Lil' Devil Coaster Zamperla Family 1999 Operating
Medusa Bolliger & Mabillard Floorless 1999 Operating
Nitro Bolliger & Mabillard Hyper 2001 Operating
Runaway Mine Train Arrow Dynamics Mine Train 1974 Operating
Skull Mountain Intamin Enclosed 1996 Operating
Superman Ultimate Flight Bolliger & Mabillard Flying 2003 Operating

Past (13)

Name Manufacturer Type Opened Closed Fate
Alpen Blitz Schwarzkopf Powered 1976 1978 Unknown
Batman And Robin: The Chiller Premier Rides Twin
Launched
Shuttle
1998 2007 Relocated to Beto Carrero World
Big Fury Pinfari Sit-Down 1974 1977 Unknown
Great American Scream Machine Arrow Dynamics Sit-Down 1989 2010 Scrapped
Jumbo Jet Schwarzkopf Sit-Down 1975 1975 Unknown
Lightnin' Loops Arrow Dynamics Shuttle 1978 1992 Relocated to Six Flags America (top track)
Relocated to Frontier City (bottom track)
Lil' Thunder Allan Herschell Comapny Family 1975 1983 Unknown
Rolling Thunder Don Rosser Twin 1979 2013 Scrapped
Sarajevo Bobsled Intamin Bobsled 1984 1988 Relocated to Six Flags Great America
Shockwave Intamin Stand-Up 1990 1992 Relocated to Six Flags AstroWorld
Ultra Twister Togo Pipeline 1986 1988 Relocated to Six Flags AstroWorld
Viper Togo Sit-Down 1995 2004 Scrapped
Wild Rider Schwarzkopf Sit-Down 1978 1981 Unknown

Attractions

Operating

Name Manufacturer Type Opened
Air Jumbo Barbieri Jets 2012
Air Safari Zamperla Jets 2007
Big Wheel Schwarzkopf Ferris Wheel 1974
Buccaneer Intamin Pirate Ship 1980
Bugaboo Royal Cascade Roundabout 1976
Bugs Bunny Camp Carousel Allan Herschell Junior Carousel 1979
Bugs Bunny Ranger Pilots Chance Rides Junior Jets 2006
Carousel Savage Gallopers 1974
Congo Rapids Intamin River Rapids June 1981
Cyborg Cyber Spin ABC Rides Tourbillon 2018
Daffy's Hot Air Balloons Zamperla Balloon Tower 2006
Dare Devil Dive Sky Fun 1 Inc. Skycoaster 1997
Déjà Vu Eli Bridge Company Scrambler 2012
Enchanted Teacups Zamperla Teacups 1996
Fender Benders Bertazzon Dodgems 2012
Foghorn Leghorn's Stagecoach Express Zamperla Junior Railway 2006
Great American Road Race J&J Amusements Go-Karts 1999
Houdini's Great Escape Vekoma Mystic Swing 1999
Jolly Roger Zamperla Sea Storm 1999
Jumpin' Joey Zamperla Junior Drop Tower 1999
Justice League: Battle for Metropolis Oceaneering Entertainment Systems Tracked Dark Ride June 2017
Porky Pig Camp Wagons Zamperla Junior Ferris Wheel 2006
Raja's Rickshaws Eli Bridge Company Junior Scrambler 1982
Saw Mill Log Flume Arrow Dynamics Log Flume 1974
Slingshot Funtime Slingshot 2011
SkyScreamer Funtime Star Flyer May 2012
Skyway Von Roll Ropeway 1974
Sky Zooma Zamperla Samba Balloon 1999
Swashbuckler Hrubetz Round-Up 1980
Tango Zamperla Rockin' Tug 2006
Twister HUSS Top Spin April 1999
Wile E. Coyote Canyon Blaster Venture Rides Junior Himalaya 2006
Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth Zamperla Frisbee 2019
Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom Intamin Drop Tower July 2014

Closed

Name Manufacturer Type Opened Closed Fate
African Rivers New Wave Rides Dinghy Waterslides 1991 1998 Unknown
Antique Cars Ihle Track Ride 1974 1975 Scrapped
Asian Rivers New Wave Rides Dinghy Waterslides 1991 1998 Unknown
Autobahn Unknown Dodgems 1994 2007 Scrapped
Bugs Bunny Ranger Pilots Chance Rides Junior Jets 1976 2004 Relocated to Great Escape
Calypso Schwarzkopf Calypso 1974 1987 Scrapped
Chaos Chance Rides Chaos 1999 2005 Scrapped
Condor HUSS Condor 1988 1990 Relocated to Six Flags Great America
Daffy's Duccaneer Sartori Junior Pirate Ship 1999 2004 Scrapped
El Diablo Larson International Super Loop 2015 2018 Relocated to La Ronde
El Sombrero Mack Rides Trabant/Satellite 1993 2001 Scrapped
Eruption S&S Worldwide Sky Sling 2003 2010 Scrapped
Evolution Nauta Bussink Evolution 1999 2002 Relocated to Six Flags St. Louis
Fender Bender Soli Dodgems 1975 1987 Unknown
Flying Wave Zierer Waveswinger 1974 2007 Scrapped
Gondola Savage Gondola Switchback 1977 1977 Stored - exported UK
Grand Prix Mack Rides Go-Karts 1974 1979 Scrapped
Jumpin' Jack Flash HUSS Jump 1999 2003 Stored, subsequently scrapped
Marvin the Martian Space Chase Carousels USA Junior Ferris Wheel 1979 2004 Scrapped
Matterhorn Mack Rides Matterhorn 1974 1986 Relocated to Six Flags Atlantis
Monkey Around Sartori Junior Chair-O-Plane 1979 2010 Scrapped
Monster Spin Schwarzkopf Polyp 1978 1987 Unknown
Movietown Water Effect Hopkins Shoot The Chute 1987 2007 Scrapped
Musik Express Mack Rides Superbob/Musik Express 1976 2007 Scrapped in 2014
North American Rivers New Wave Rides Dinghy Waterslides 1991 1998 Unknown
Parachute Training Center: Edwards AFB Jump Tower Intamin Paratower May 1983 2022 Scrapped
Pendulum HUSS Frisbee 1999 2003 Relocated to Six Flags Great America
Pepe LePew's Pleasure Cruise Theel Brothers Manufacturing Roundabout 1974 2004 Relocated to Great Escape
Phileas Fogg's Balloon Ride Soli Ferris Wheel 1975 1996 Unknown
Pirate's Flight Zamperla Balloon Race 1999 2001 Relocated to Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom
Riptide Arrow Dynamics Log Flume 1975 2006 Scrapped
Rodeo Stampede HUSS Breakdance 1999 2005 Relocated to Six Flags Over Texas
Royal Elephants Barbieri Jets 2005 2010 Reopened as Air Jumbo in 2012
Scrambler Eli Bridge Company Scrambler 1978 2001 Relocated to Six Flags Over Georgia
Schwabinchen Mack Rides Trabant/Satellite 1975 1986 Reopened as El Sombrero in 1993
Six Flags Great Adventure Railroad Crown Metal Products Miniature Railway 1974 1980 Scrapped
Sky Pilot Schwarzkopf Flying Carpet 1982 1998 Stored, subsequently scrapped
Space Shuttle Intamin Ranger 1985 2007 Scrapped
Spin Meister Schwarzkopf Enterprise 1979 2005 Scrapped
Super Round Up Hrubertz Round-Up 1974 1979 Unknown
Spinnaker Soriani & Moser Polyp 1999 1999 Relocated to Wild Waves and Enchanted Village
Stuntman's Freefall Intamin Freefall 1983 2006 Scrapped
Super Sidewinder Chance Rides SideWheeler 1976 1983 Scrapped
Swiss Bob Schwarzkopf Bayern Kurve 1974 1979 Unknown
Swiss Bob Schwarzkopf Bayern Kurve 1980 1991 Scrapped
Taz Twister Chance Rides Rotor 1975 2005 Scrapped
Tilt-A-Whirl Sellner Manufacturing Tilt-A-Whirl 1978 1987 Unknown
Time Warp Chance Rides Inverter 1999 2001 Stored, subsequently scrapped
Traffic Jam Schwarzkopf Dodgems 1974 1992 Destroyed in a snowstorm
Wild Rider HUSS Troika 1975 1977 Unknown
Wile E. Coyote Speedtrap Zamperla Junior Whip 1999 2004 Relocated to Great Escape
Amusement parks operated by Six Flags