Six Flags Great Adventure

Jackson, New Jersey

The 235-acre Great Adventure amusement park and the adjacent 350-acre Wild Safari were built by Warner Leroy and opened on July 4, 1971. The parks are roughly halfway between Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY. Great Adventure was purchased by Six Flags in 1977 and became the sixth park in the chain. The Hurricane Harbor water park opened adjacent to the amusement park in 2000. The amusement park and animal park merged and became Six Flags Great Adventure & Safari in 2012, and became the world's second-largest park in area thanks to being slightly over 500 acres in size. The Six Flags chain merged with Cedar Fair in 2024.

Two coasters have been built since I last visited Great Adventure: Jersey Devil Coaster is a Single Rail coaster built by Rocky Mountain Construction in 2021. It has three inversions. The Flash: Vertical Velocity coaster opened in 2025. It is a new design from Vekoma that is called a Super Boomerang. It is a shuttle coaster that has a LSM launch and features two inversions.

Many coasters have left the park. The most notable are:

Batman & Robin: The Chiller (1998-2007) was a twin-track launched ride from Premier Rides. Two inversions were removed before it was demolished. (See pictures below for details.)
Big Fury (1975-1978) has been reported as either a Schwarzkopf Wildcat or a Pinfari Zyklon model.
Great American Scream Machine (1989-2010) was a 7-loop steel coaster from Arrow Dynamics. (See pictures below.)
Green Lantern (2011-2024) was a Stand-Up coaster with five inversions built by B&M. It started in 1997 as Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. (See pictures below for details.)
Kingda Ka (2005-2024) was an Accelerator Coaster from Intamin. It was the world's tallest coaster and was the world's fastest coaster for years. (See pictures below for details.)
Lightning Loops (1978-1992) was two Arrow shuttles with their loops interlocked. One was moved to Six Flags America and was Python from 1993 to 1998. It was scrapped in 2005. The other coaster was Standing But Not Operating from 1987 until 1992 when it went to Frontier City as Diamond Back.
Lil' Thunder (1975-1978) started as Screamer. It has been reported as either a Herschell Little Dipper model or a Molina & Son's kiddie coaster.
Rolling Thunder (1979-2013) was wood coaster built by Rosser and Cobb. (See pictures below for details.)
Sarajevo Bobsled (1984-1988) was an Intamin bobsled. It was relocated to Six Flags Great America and operated as Rolling Thunder from 1989 to 1995. In 1998, it went to Six Flags Great Escape where it ran as Alpine Bobsled until being demolished in 2023.
Shockwave (1990-1992) was an Intamin Stand-Up coaster that was built in 1986. It started at Six Flags Magic Mountain as Shockwave. After leaving this park, it went to Six Flags AstroWorld and was Batman: The Escape from 1993 until the park closed in 2005. It was moved to Six Flags Darien Lake, but was never reassembled and was ultimately scrapped.
Ultra Twister (1986-1988) was a TOGO Ultratwister model that featured three rolling inversions. It was here before it too moved to AstroWorld. It operated as Ultra Twister from 1990 until AstroWorld closed closed in 2005. It sat in pieces at Six Flags America from 2006 until it was scrapped in 2010.
Viper (1995-2004) was a TOGO Mega Coaster with two inversions. It was removed in 2005. (See pictures shown below.)
Wild Rider (1978-1981) was another Schwarzkopf Wildcat coaster.