Six Flags Great Adventure

[Charlesberg]

I’m honestly devastated that it’s closing. I’m so grateful that I got to experience it in 2016 and I controversially rank it as my number 1.

Yes objectively other coaster are better more complete experiences, I also imagine the internet saying how bad Kingda Ka was lowered my expectations. But I’ve never come off a roller coaster so blown away like on Kingda Ka, even more so than El Toro back row.

 

Such a huge loss, finding a worthy replacement that is marketable is gonna be a challenge (even if it is an objectively better coaster).

[Benin]

I'm not that bothered weirdly. But my early enthusiast days were at the time of Top Thrill Dragster so that to me was the more iconic of the 2.

 

The method of the closure is very disappointing though. Is Amanda Thompson involved?

[Mark9]

9 hours ago, Benin said:

I'm not that bothered weirdly. But my early enthusiast days were at the time of Top Thrill Dragster so that to me was the more iconic of the 2.

 

The method of the closure is very disappointing though. Is Amanda Thompson involved?

I'm probably more bothered on a personal level because it was closed the entire time I was there and opened like two days later. Yes that's selfish, but it's a spite that I can never get now and the park made sure of that. 

[Marc]

I’m very glad to have got on it this year - even 19 years on the speed and height of this thing was still incredible and very grateful to have got on one of the 2 most iconic hydraulic launch coasters.

 

I do think the way they’ve handled this is a complete joke, as mentioned already this is a iconic ride known all across the world, to just close with no warning is pretty shocking, had it been opening next year for a “final year send off” I’d have renewed my pass, made the trip over. In some ways I can almost understand the other rides closing which were less well known to close, but to close a ride of this stature with a little press release a few days after it closed just seems wrong to me.