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...
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First Ever Skywarp, Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster Opening at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2018
As part of the Six Flags 2018 announcements today, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced a “first-of-its-kind” attraction, the Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster. The ride will be the first “Skywarp”, a new attraction design from Skyline Attractions that was revealed at...
Continue reading...Six Flags New England & Six Flags Magic Mountain Adding Pendulum Attractions in 2018
Six Flags announced today that two of its parks would be adding pendulum attractions, including the world’s largest at Six Flags Magic Mountain. CraZanity At a record-breaking 17 stories in the air, CraZanity, manufactured by Zamperla, will reach speeds up...
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...Six Flags Mexico Opening Wonder Woman 4D Coaster in 2018
Six Flags Mexico today announced that it will open Wonder Woman Coaster in 2018. The fourth-dimension (4D) coaster will stand 120 feet tall and will feature a 54-foot drop, reaching a top speed of 38 mph. Riders flip multiple times...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great America 2018: “World’s Largest Loop Coaster”
Six Flags Great America today announced 2018 plans for the “world’s largest loop coaster.” The ride (not technically a roller coaster), standing 100 feet tall, is a larger version of Larson’s “22m Giant Loop” model that nearly every Six Flags...
Continue reading...Six Flags Fiesta Texas adding Wonder Woman RMC Raptor in 2018
As first reported by Arthur Levine for USA Today, in 2018, Six Flags Fiesta Texas is opening one of the first Rocky Mountain Construction “Raptor” coasters; Wonder Woman Golden Lasso. It will be the world’s first single-rail coaster. The trains, which...
Continue reading...What Cedar Fair Can Bring to the New Six Flags
On November 2, 2023, Six Flags and Cedar Fair made an announcement that sent shockwaves through the amusement industry. The two companies announced an equal merger, creating a Goliath (pun intended) of a company that would control 42 properties across...
Continue reading...Six Flags and Cedar Fair Merging in $8 Billion Deal
Six Flags and Cedar Fair announced today plans to merge in a $8 billion deal that will result in a unified chain of 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks and nine resort properties across North America. The combined company will...
Continue reading...Is Demon at Six Flags Great America Closing or Just Losing its Rocks?
What’s going on with Demon at Six Flags Great America? I was at the park for Fright Fest over the weekend, and while riding the Great America Scenic Railway train, I saw some concerning activity at the park’s historic Demon...
Continue reading...Inside the Six Flags Great America Ride Cemetery at Fright Fest
One of my favorite recurring attractions at Six Flags Great America’s Fright Fest event isn’t a maze, a swarm of scareactors or even the scary decor — it’s the assortment of artifacts and references to past attractions located in a...
Continue reading...Zamperla Giga Discovery Coming To Both Six Flags Great America and Six Flags St. Louis
Six Flags ended August with a bang, as many of their parks announced new additions today. Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags Great America were both part of that list, and will be adding their own Zamperla Giga Discovery...
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