Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGAdv) Discussion Thread

[Captain JackDe onnodige vekoma pijn]

Hey everybody!

This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Six Flags Great Adventure, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Page.

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2005
May 12th, 2005 - Kingda Ka tests with riders - SEE BELOW!
May 17th, 2005 - Clues appear about an Intamin woodie coming to SFGAdv
September 21st, 2005 - Leak that a Wooden Coaster will be announced on September 28th
September 28th, 2005 - El Toro officially announced for 2006, along with Looney Tunes area
October 28th, 2005 - Vertical construction on El Toro about to begin

2006
April 15th, 2006 - El Toro construction
May 5th, 2006 - Kingka Ka encounters 2nd major breakdown(re-opens on May 25th
June 10th, 2006 - El Toro set to open
August 1st, 2006 - Freefall has seen its last ride

2007
January 7th, 2007 - Chiller G-Rolls being taken out
June 22nd, 2007 - El Toro chain lift slowed down
September 21st, 2007 - Chiller deconstruction begins
September 27th, 2007 - Dark Knight announced

2008
February 11th, 2008 - Dark Knight construction photos
July 31st, 2008 - Lightning strike puts El Toro out of commission for a few days
October 28th, 2008 - Medusa to be transformed into Bizarro

2009
September 26th, 2009 - Houdini's Great Escape re-opens

2010
July 5th, 2010 - Great American Scream Machine will close for good on July 18th
July 26th, 2010 - GASM dismantling photos
August 12th, 2010 - clues lead to SFKK's Chang coming SFGAdv
September 15th, 2010 - Official announcement that Chang will be rethemed as Green Lantern at SFGAdv

2011
January 15th, 2011 - Green Lantern contruction photos
May 19th, 2011 - Green Lantern Media Day coverage
September 1st, 2011 - New rides for 2012: SkyScreamer, Bumper Cars, Scrambler
September 26th, 2011 - SkyScreamer height increased from 150 feet to 240 feet
February 13th, 2011 - Hurricane Harbor to add King Cobra in Summer 2012!

2012
April 3rd, 2012 - Official SkyScreamer topping off photos!
April 14th, 2012 - SkyScreamer ERT for season passholders May 17th - 20th
May 17th, 2012 - SkyScreamer Media Preview Day coverage
July 25th, 2012 - King Cobra now open at Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
August 20th, 2012 - Wild Safari Animal Park closing to make way for new safari attraction
August 30th, 2012 - Safari Off-Road Adventure Announced!
August 30th, 2012 - Big Wave Racer Announced!
September 11th, 2012 - Adorable new species of otters joins the park lineup
September 11th, 2012 - Fright Fest details revealed!

2013
January 25th, 2013 - Season Dining Pass details released!

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Kingda Ka was given the greenlight today by NJ at about 2 O'Clock, and ran its first circuit with passengers... This is all according to http://www.gadv.com and has been proven true. I'm sure pictures and more news are soon to come. On top of all that, others have reported that the commercial was filmed today as well.

[What NowI'm from SoCal, feel bad for me!]

It is according to this article (in German).

The crappy Babelfish translation:

After Colossos and Balder now a roller coaster for the USA
17.05.2005

Timber building construction Cordes works on the entrance into the American market


Waffensen. (bn). After "Colossos", the largest roller coaster of the world in the heath park Soltau, and "Balder" in the Goeteborger recreational park Liseberg, excellently as "the best wood roller coaster of the world", the company Ingenieur-Holzbau Cordes in Waffensen designs a new giant for breath-robbing leisure fun now: a roller coaster for the park "Six flag - adventure" New York close in Jackson (new jersey) great.

Zurzeit are still busy with last job planning engineers of the 50-Mitarbeiter-Betriebes, then the skilled workers with their machines at the row come. The third roller coaster - like its two predecessor inside from heath Kiefern - leans in its building method strongly against "Colossos" and is in the spring coming yearly into enterprise to go. It is the first roller coaster from Waffensen, which makes the journey over the large pond into the USA. In August the weekly partial transportation begin at Bremerhaven - altogether 80 containers will be necessary.

Engeneering graduate Heinrich Cordes (64), that together with its son Ulf (39), engeneering graduate and diploma operation manager, at the point of the now 100 years old enterprise stands, is proud: "we are in the professional world by two punktlandungen admit become." He means with it the quality and date loyalty with the two first orders for roller coaster.

Cordes is pleased about order for US: "we expect thereby the entrance into the North American market. Naturally a further punktlandung requires. I think that we will be concerned in the future more frequently with tasks of timber construction on international market."

A special honor is it for Cordes and its coworkers that the roller coaster for the recreational park in Goeteborg (Sweden), built in Waffensen, was selected to the best world - under 156 wood roller coasters, which there are altogether. For the arrow-fast "Balder" a surface area of only 6,450 square meters was available. Here a special measure of precision and planning security were demanded, in order to establish close together with refined Schlenkern a 1,100 meters long course, on which the cars with up to 95 kilometers per hour hunt along.

"Colossos" was for Cordes before five years the entrance into the building of roller coasters. , the 64-jaehrige boss remembers self-assurance and courage, in addition already heard after competitors would have made a backdown. Accurately as intended, the 60 meters high giant with a route distance of 1,500 meters and a maximum speed of speed confessed 120. "Colossos" consists of approximately 120,000 individual parts. Its life span - which is wood impregnated - becomes estimated on at least 50 years.

Heinrich Cordes, which expects Minister attendance from Hanover shortly with its coworkers, presents still another further respectable order: 50 earthquake-proof single family houses for Iran. The 64-Jaehrige expects still substantially larger orders, which include the building of schools and kindergartens from the Islamic republic.



Heinrich Cordes is pleased: He builds his third roller coaster for the recreational park "Six flag - adventure" jersey new in Jackson in the state great (behind Cordes in the picture: "Balder", excellently as "the best roller coaster of the world")

[Andrew643Did my donkey title just change???]

It is true http://rcdb.com/id3183.htm

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

This was a pretty reliable rumor for the last 3 or 4 years now.

Reasons it IS true:

- PR woman quoted as saying 'they were watching Colossos very carefully, because they think that it would work well at SFGAd".

- Intamin often signs multiride deals with parks

- The park could use a wooden coaster

- Seems like SFGAd is now getting the 'flagship, compete with CP' treatment instead of SFMM

Reasons it ISN't True:

- 2 Huge Cost, Big projects back to back

- Six Flags has Problems with wood and Intamin

- Hard to believe it would be confirmed before their current coaster even opens

All I have to say is I'm going to be damn pissed if SFGAd gets two big intamin rides back to back while SFMM still basks in the glory of X and Deja Vu!!!!!

Elissa "hopes it's true, the Intamin Woodies are AWESOME!" Alvey

[CarnageWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

If it does come true that might actually get me to go down there.

Kingda Ka wasn't enough, but that might do it.

[cgodseyDon't let this donkey melt you with its laser eyes!]

A couple of things to keep in mind:

1.) SFMM is getting a new coaster for 2006. Don't give up hope on them just yet
2.) Six Flags likes to purchase rides for one park and then move them to another. Maybe the wooden coaster will be for another park???

With it being so early, ANYTHING is possible.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

^Too Late!

I gave up hope in that park a long time ago!

Elissa "NO MORE FLYERS PLEASE!!!!" Alvey

[GAcoaster2 + 2 = donkey!]

No doubt about it...it went before the Jackson Township Planing Board last night: http://www.jacksontwpnj.net/planningboa ... 051605.htm

Back to back INTAMINS!

BTW- Kingda Ka is amazing! 8)

[calcajunthe ghost seems to think there is a "Donkey Fairy"]

I'm getting some wood right now! :shock:



Wish my park would get a new coaster.

[BarryHHe's kind of sad and pathetic]

I wonder if this coaster will go in where Viper sits. Great Adventure could use a good wooden coaster. Rotting Lumber sucks!