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Six Flags Great Adventure: General Discussion

Also the business model of regular expensive coasters did not work and led to huge financial issues and between 2005-2010 faced huge financial issues and debt which did lead to bankruptcy. Since then they focused on much more cost effective additions and smaller coasters like the s&s free spins and RMC conversions and etc. in more recent years they started to add a few bigger additions with a few B&m dive coasters at their bigger parks, but generally investment levels in top end hardware is not like it was back in the mid 90’s through to about 2007.
 
Probably helped by buying in bulk from B+M and other manufacturers in those years of massive expansion (and bankruptcy). When you've got parks 1000s of miles apart there's no issues buying a bunch of each model and spreading them over your park portfolio.

Only type they've done that recently with was the S+S 4d coaster model.

Think I've been to seven legacy Six Flags parks now and they've all had areas with charm about them and some attempts at theming rides and areas. But then some also have areas of black top and car park coasters.
 
They've just posted a piece of track that'll be the parks 14th coaster, due to open this year in the refreshed boardwalk area of the park. The track is blue, but the belief is its the Zamperla spinner from Six Flags America formerly known as Ragin Cajun.
Wonder if the Nublaz from SFA will end up in this area as well.

The new centre piece ride for the boardwalk is the 2027 coaster and that's just started to go vertical as well.
 
Ok, that is, errrr… insane!

Quite exciting that they’re building this and we don’t actually know much about it. Very rare to that these days, especially for a major park like Great Adventure.
 
I can’t quite picture how an upside down launch will feel.

Will you primarily get the sensation of being pinned in your seat like a regular launch? Or will the hangtime of being upside down outweigh it? That’s what I’m intrigued to see; I feel it could be quite a unique sensation!
 
Jb85 said:
It still amazes me how we get car parks coasters in the US. It’s like everywhere else in the world thinks this is a bad idea but to them - it’s just the norm
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Six Flags over car parks opening 2027.

They seem to have no regard for how much they spend on individual coasters. Most other chains would go nowhere near this sort of thing, not just for the building cost, but also this is surely going to be maintenance resources intensive.
 
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Maelstrom said:
Will be interesting to see how high the twisted spike is. I believe the footers indicate it will have a duel station, something needed for a a large shuttle coaster in this park.
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The FAA documentation says 375ft

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Nieuwe achtbaan Six Flags Great Adventure wordt 114,3 meter hoog

De Duitse fabrikant Mack Rides gaat de nieuwe recordbrekende achtbaan bouwen die de vervanger wordt van Kingda Ka, de voormalige hoogste en snelste achtbaan ter wereld. Ondertussen werd de hoogte van de nieuwe rollercoaster achterhaald.
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JAperson said:
All I'm thinking is maintance nightmare

Six Flags over car parks opening 2027.

They seem to have no regard for how much they spend on individual coasters. Most other chains would go nowhere near this sort of thing, not just for the building cost, but also this is surely going to be maintenance resources intensive.
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Then they wonder why they were struggling financially.

This however should be an interesting and unique ride.
 
Jb85 said:
Then they wonder why they were struggling financially.

This however should be an interesting and unique ride.
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Well yes, Six Flags went bust once before for over investing, it seems they feel the impulsive need to invest big all the time.
I suppose though, in this instance it could well be aruged as necessary, having just closed what was the worlds tallest coaster for a long time, and it would have been a huge icon of the park, and landmark on the skyline. Just to rub salt into it, they closed it without notice. So I suppose something big, new and completely off the wall is just what they need to entice guests back. Whether they could achieve similar results by theming stuff, and being clever, instead of just big blocks of steak on some tarmac is a whole other question.
 
Six Flags parks, and a lot of American parks in general, have a slightly different approach to European parks.

The classical amusement park has stronger heritage in America, as does building large, innovative roller coasters (the Coaster Wars, for instance, were largely fought in America, with a few exceptions). Hence why the American parks frequently tend to be more coaster-orientated and less theming-orientated than parks in Europe.
 
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