Sidewinder Safari, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom’s newest coaster, opens today! We joined the park for a media preview yesterday to take in the new ride, as well as the all new snake exhibits opening with it. Drops and Spins The...
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Six Flags Magic Mountain And Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Announce Reopening Date!
Both California Six Flags parks are jumping on re-opening as soon as possible. Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced today that they will reopen with rides on April 1. New guidelines from the state say that...
Continue reading...So When Will California Theme Parks Start Reopening? What We Know, and What We’re Guessing
Update: We’re adding the dates parks are opening as they announce them below, but also be sure to check our running list of re-opening dates for all US theme parks! Last week the state of California announced new guidance that...
Continue reading...20 in 2020: Medusa at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
For our next stop in our 20 in 2020 look at coasters celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year, we’re heading back to the California, and to a park that we also featured in our 19 in 99 series last year....
Continue reading...A Look at the Marine World Experience at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Theme parks in California are still closed, but back on Fourth of July weekend Six Flags Discovery Kingdom sort of half re-opened its gates. The park originated as an animal park way back in the day, and has always had...
Continue reading...Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Opening for the Marine World Experience on July 2
For people not from the San Francisco Bay Area, or who weren’t alive in the ’80s and ’90s, you might not know that Six Flags Discovery Kingdom started its life as an animal only park called Marine World/Africa U.S.A. Now...
Continue reading...10 Most Anticipated 2020 Roller Coasters Opening in North America
2019 was another outstanding season for new roller coasters. With additions like Maxx Force, Steel Curtain, and Copperhead Strike, it was a year to remember. But the season has come to an end and now we turn our attention on...
Continue reading...19 For ’99: Roar at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Over the last several months we’ve been taking a look back at some of our favorite coasters celebrating their 20th birthdays this year in our 19 for ’99 series. This week we’re looking at a wooden coaster that is no...
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...Sidewinder Safari Spinning Coaster Coming to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2020
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has announced their new 2020 attraction, and it’s going to be part roller coaster, part animal exhibit. Guests will be thrilled in multiple ways by Sidewinder Safari when it opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in...
Continue reading...Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Has a New Lion Cub!
Yes yes, this isn’t coaster related, but it is theme park related, and it’s too adorable not to share. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is now home to Cain, an eight-week-old male lion cub. Cain was born on May 6 at...
Continue reading...Batman the Ride Flips Into Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom officially opens to the public tomorrow, Saturday May 25 in the afternoon, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The park celebrated the opening with a media preview event this morning, letting...
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