Six Flags Great Adventure is an amusement park located approximately 20 miles southeast of Trenton in Jackson,New Jersey. Owned and operated by Six Flags,the park complex is situated between New York City and Philadelphia and includes a water park named Hurricane Harbor. It first opened to the public as simply Great Adventure in 1974 under the direction of restaurateur Warner LeRoy. Six Flags acquired the park in 1977.
Six Flags AstroWorld,also known simply as AstroWorld,was a seasonally operated amusement park in Houston,Texas. Owned and operated by Six Flags,the park was situated between Kirby Drive and Fannin Street,directly south of I-610. The park opened on June 1,1968,and was developed originally and constructed as part of the Astrodomain,the brainchild of local philanthropist and former Houston mayor Roy Hofheinz,who intended it to complement the Astrodome. The Hofheinz family sold AstroWorld to Six Flags in 1978.
Six Flags Darien Lake is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km2) amusement park and resort located in Corfu,New York,off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester. Six Flags Darien Lake features a theme park,water park,campground and lodging. It is owned by EPR Properties and operated by Six Flags.
A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride.
Six Flags Magic Mountain,formerly known and colloquially referred to as simply Magic Mountain,is a 209-acre (85 ha) amusement park located in Valencia,California,35 miles (56 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It opened on May 29,1971,as a development of the Newhall Land and Farming Company and Sea World Inc. In 1979,Six Flags purchased the park and added "Six Flags" to the park's name.
Kingda Ka is a hydraulically-launched steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson,New Jersey,United States. Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel,Kingda Ka opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world on May 21,2005,surpassing Top Thrill Dragster. It is the second strata coaster ever built,exceeding 400 feet (120 m) in height,and the last to remain in operation after Top Thrill Dragster closed in 2022. Both share similar designs,although Kingda Ka's layout adds an airtime hill on the return portion of the track.
Arrow Dynamics was an American manufacturing and engineering company that specialized in designing and building amusement park rides,especially roller coasters. Based in Clearfield,Utah,the company was the successor to Arrow Development (1946–1981) and Arrow Huss (1981–1986),which were responsible for several influential advancements in the amusement and theme park industries. Among the most significant was tubular steel track,which provided a smoother ride than the railroad style rails commonly used prior to the 1960s on wooden roller coasters. The Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland,built in 1959,was Arrow's first roller coaster project.
Batman:The Ride is an inverted roller coaster based on the DC Comics character Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States. Built by consulting engineers Bolliger &Mabillard,it rises to a height of between 100 and 105 feet and reaches top speeds of 50 mph (80 km/h). The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park's general manager Jim Wintrode. Batman:The Ride was the world's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992,and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts. Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world.
Great American Scream Machine was a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township,New Jersey. The 173-foot-tall (53 m) ride opened in 1989 as the tallest and fastest looping roller coaster in the world,reaching a maximum speed of 68 mph (109 km/h). It was designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics,which built two other coasters with similar layouts –Shockwave at Six Flags Great America and Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Great American Scream Machine featured seven inversions including a batwing and double corkscrew. Records set by the ride were succeeded by Viper the following year in 1990. It operated until July 2010 and was replaced by a stand-up roller coaster,Green Lantern,in 2011.
Superman:Escape from Krypton is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia,California. When it opened in 1997,it was the tallest roller coaster in the world,and its speed of 100 mph (160 km/h) was tied for the fastest with Tower of Terror II,a similar roller coaster which opened two months earlier at Dreamworld in Australia. These two coasters were the first to utilize Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) technology to propel vehicles to top speed. To date,it is the only reverse freefall coaster left in existence after the dismantling of Tower of Terror II.
Green Lantern,formerly known as Chang,is a stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township,New Jersey. Green Lantern stands 155 feet (47 m) tall and features a top speed of 63 miles per hour (101 km/h). The 4,155-foot-long (1,266 m) ride features five inversions and a duration of approximately 21⁄2 minutes. This steel coaster was designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger &Mabillard.
The Riddler's Revenge is a steel stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Manufactured by Bolliger &Mabillard,the ride opened as the park's eleventh roller coaster on April 4,1998,setting multiple world records among stand-up coasters. Originally located in the Movie District section of the park,which later became Metropolis in 2017,The Riddler's Revenge was also the park's single biggest investment at a cost of $14 million. It features a height of 156 feet (48 m),a maximum speed of 65 mph (105 km/h),six inversions,and a track length of 4,370 feet (1,330 m).
XLR-8 was a suspended roller coaster located at the defunct Six Flags AstroWorld. Manufactured by Arrow Huss at a cost of $3.2 million,the ride opened to the public in 1984,where it operated until the park's closure in 2005. It was one of Arrow's first attempts at producing a successful suspended coaster following troubles with The Bat at Kings Island,which operated briefly from 1981 to 1983.
Ninja is an Arrow Dynamics steel suspended roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia,California. It is the fastest roller coaster of its kind in the world,joint with Vortex at Canada's Wonderland,both with top speeds of 55 mph.
La Vibora is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington,Texas,United States.
Shockwave was a roller coaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee,Illinois. Standing 170 feet (52 m) tall and reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h),it opened in 1988 as the world's tallest and fastest looping roller coaster with a record-breaking seven inversions:three vertical loops,a boomerang,and two regular corkscrews. Shockwave was closed in 2002 and has been dismantled.
Shockwave was a stand-up roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell,Virginia. Opened in 1986,it was the third stand-up roller coaster installation built and designed by Japanese company TOGO. Following closures of the previous two,it became the oldest of its kind still in operation. After nearly thirty years in operation,Shockwave closed permanently on August 9,2015. It was replaced by Delirium,a Mondial Revolution flat ride,which opened in 2016.
Cobra was a stand-up roller coaster located at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Built by Intamin,Cobra opened to the public in 1988 at Skara Sommarland amusement park,where it operated until 1994. It reopened at La Ronde the following season in 1995 and was one of only three stand-up roller coasters manufactured by Intamin. Cobra was removed from the park's website in 2016 and then demolished in 2018.
Amusement rides and stunt shows themed to the Batman franchise its derivative elements are commonly found at Warner Bros. and Six Flags amusement parks across the world.
