The culmination of over six months of work, the National Roller Coaster Museum of America is proud to announce it has come to agreements with Carowinds, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Over Texas, and Canada’s Wonderland to donate FOUR...
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8 Times A Roller Coaster Demolition Was Caught On Camera
Earlier today, Kingda Ka, formerly the world’s tallest and second-fastest roller coaster, was officially demolished for good. In the footage, best captured by a local FOX affiliate’s helicopter, you see the coaster’s iconic 456′ tall top hat – all that...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Alexa, Play “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye” (to Roller Coasters)
It’s our first podcast episode of 2025 – so of course, we have to join the discourse of the news that dominated the last few months of 2024 – closed and closing roller coasters. Roller coasters like Scorpion at Busch...
Continue reading...Six Flags Announces 2026 Plans including Fate of Kingda Ka
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (NYSE: FUN), North America’s largest amusement park operator, announced plans to invest over $1 billion across its 42 parks over the next two years to elevate the guest experience. With projected investments of $500 million to...
Continue reading...Six Flags Great Adventure Trip Report – June 2, 2016
In case you missed it yesterday, I’m in the middle of a small theme park road trip. After Wednesday’s visit to Six Flags America, my next stop was just under 200 miles north at another Six Flags park I was...
Continue reading...Great Adventure Opening Tallest Drop Ride in 2014
Six Flags Great Adventure will shatter the world record for tallest drop ride with the addition of the 41-story Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom in 2014. Connected to the iconic Kingda Ka roller coaster—the 456-foot monster that ranks as the world’s...
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