If you’ve been to a Six Flags park, you’ve probably seen a ride themed to the legendary DC hero Superman, but a few of these coasters stand above the rest. For this entry in our 20 in 2020 series, we...
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Six Flags America 2020 Trip Report
Six Flags America (SFA) has the unfortunate reputation of being one of the lower-end Six Flags parks, if not the lowest — either due to staffing, unreliable and uninspiring rides, or generally being left behind as its corporate parents figure...
Continue reading...19 for ’99: Joker’s Jinx at Six Flags America
Welcome back to Coaster101.com’s “19 for ’99” series, where we’re taking a look at 19 of our favorite coasters who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. This week, we’re headed just outside of the nation’s capital Washington D.C., where we...
Continue reading...Coaster101’s Thoughts on Six Flags’ 2020 Announcements
Six Flags made their New For 2020 announcements last week. As always, the chain had something new for (almost) every park. The major news was the new custom RMC Raptor coaster coming to Six Flags Great Adventure, Jersey Devil Coaster....
Continue reading...Giant Discoveries Coming to Six Flags Mexico and Six Flags America
In 2016, it was Six Flags Over Texas. 2017 gave us Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and La Ronde, while 2018 gave us Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags New England. This year, three more parks, Six Flags Over Georgia,...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces The Return of Coasting For Kids!
After a short one-year break, Give Kids The World has announced the return of their popular “Coasting for Kids” program, and this time, it’s bigger and better than ever! From 2009-2015, Coasting For Kids took place at Cedar Fair parks...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts on Six Flags’ New for 2019 Announcements
Six Flags recently announced all of their 2019 projects. The Coaster101 team got together to discuss our thoughts on the whole range of announcements, including what surprised us, what we’re most excited about, and what we think could come next....
Continue reading...Six Flags America to Close Apocalypse Stand-Up Coaster
Six Flags America today announced that Apocalypse, the park’s stand-up roller coaster, will close in September of 2018. The somewhat unexpected announcement comes only six years after Apocalypse: “The Last Stand” roller coaster opened at Six Flags America. The 100-foot-tall...
Continue reading...My Plan to Visit Seven New Parks Over Nine Days
UPDATE: I’ve finished my roadtrip, and it was awesome! I’ve been steadily putting together trip reports, reviews, tips and highlights together. Everything related to my trip and the parks I visited can be found here. As the West Coast based...
Continue reading...What We Think About the 2018 Six Flags Announcements
A couple weeks ago the whole Coaster101 team got together to share our mostly positive thoughts about the 2018 Cedar Fair announcements (which included four pretty awesome looking coasters). Now it’s Six Flags’ turn, as they made new attraction announcements...
Continue reading...Water Park Attractions Coming to Six Flags St. Louis, Six Flags America in 2018
Six Flags announced today that two of its parks, Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America, will be adding attractions to their respective Hurricane Harbor water parks in 2018. Typhoon Twister Six Flags St. Louis will be adding Typhoon...
Continue reading...Wonder Woman Star Flyer Coming to Six Flags America
Six Flags America will be joining its sister parks in 2017 with the addition of a Star Flyer type swing ride. While all of the other US Six Flags’ have “SkyScreamer” named Star Flyers, Six Flags America will be getting...
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