Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey

[NikhilSharma]

Hi Guys,

Today I visited Six flags great adventure in jackson, New Jersey (22 August 2012). We arrived at the park thinking that well that it's the end of the summer holidays and that it should be pretty quiet like the time I visited six flags magic mountain at the same time last year. But it was packed, so I decided to go and buy a platinum fast pass which cost me $120 which wasn't bad. With the platinum flash pass the wait time is cut by 90% which means you kinda get straight on which was great, you also receive a wristband which you show to the dispatch team on the ride to ride a second time without queueing again, this was a great idea. I really loved six flag's fast passes. The park was exceedingly busy with queues up to 1 hour which I can't stand to wait even 20minuets for a ride. The park was open from 10am-10pm but we only stayed till 8pm as I had enough of going on the coasters in the park.

The flash-pass comes in 3 different tiers 1) Regular- Which means you wait inline like everyone else but you don't physically have to be there in line.

2) Gold- Same as the regular but reduces that time by a bit

3) Platinum- Reduces the wait time by 90% and consecutive riding is allowed on rides

Here's my ratings of the rides they have:

Kingda Ka:- The tallest coaster on earth. First of all WOW. This ride is very tall (458ft) and very fast (128mph). I really liked this ride but only had a few problems, the train was not smooth it made me bump my head quiet a bit coming down the hill. But never the less I enjoyed it and rode it 4 times. 7/10

Nitro:- A B&M mega coaster that sends you up 230ft and plumets you down a 215ft drop, the ride features six camelbacks, a hammer head turn and a 540-degree helix. This was my favorite coaster out of whole park. It goes up to speeds of 80mph. The train is comfortable and the ride is smooth. I enjoyed it a great deal the ride is massive and takes around 2 minuets to finnish, good job great adventure . 8/10

Superman:- Is a flying coaster manufactured by B&M it's nothing special I can tell you that. It compares to air at alton towers for me. The ride's signature element is its 78-foot (24 m)-tall pretzel loop and an inversion. I didn't really enjoy it that much the one at magic mountain is a lot better . 4/10

Green Lantern:- Another B&M coaster but a stand up coaster. It was originally constructed at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky in 1997, where it was known as Chang. The ride features a banked 80 degree turn to the drop (144f) It features a loop. Again this coaster didn't do it for me. It hurt like hell trying to stand up, It made my feet hurt for the rest of the day. So I didn't really like it. (trust me if you go on it your legs will be dead by the end of it.

3/10

El Toro:- Voted the best wooden coaster in the world. Most of the day this coaster was down which was disappointing until around 4pm when it reopened. Six flag's parks don't have any wait time boards for their rides so no one knew it was down leaving people trekking along way to that ride on the other side of that park. The ride is manufactured by Intamin of switzerland. It has a steep drop of 78 degrees a height of 188ft and a speed of 70mph (its on fast coaster). This coaster is awesome. The drop is crazy, the head choppers are crazy. It's an insane ride. I liked it. 8/10

Bizzaro/Medusa:- Another coaster manufactured by B&M. Its a floor-less coaster. It has a height of 142ft and a drop of 132ft and speeds up to 61mph. Again this ride was fun but didn't do it for me, it had a simple layout and not much of a standout to it. The ride was re themed to bizzaro from medusa which is similar to the one located at six flags discovery kingdom in California. The ride has on board audio which doesn't sound good as where I was sitting the speakers were way too loud for their size. The ride didn't have much airtime on it. 6/10

Skull Mountain:- Is an indoor coaster which is very bizzar. The ride is in the dark and theres no storyline to it. So there's not much to say. I didn't like it.

The Dark Knight Coaster:- Again another indoor dark ride coaster. There's a pre-show to watch. it's on The Dark Knight (obviously). The layout is the same as Chessington's Rattlesnake but inclosed. I didn't like it's sharp turns. 4/10.

Batman The Ride:- Yet another B&M batman clone from other six flags parks. This ride is a very forceful one which comes together for a good B&M suspended coaster. It smashes you from side to side hurling you back and forward. After a few rides I had enough. The height of the coaster is 109ft and reaches speeds of 50mph. 6/10

Sky Screamer a funtime star flyer wasn't working the whole day which was unfortunate. And it was their new ride.

The park itself has a lot todo. There's a hurricane harbor (water park) and a safari park next to the main theme park.

Overall Great Adventure was fun, I had a massive headache because of the sheer amount rides I did lol.

But if your planning to visit, book a 3 day in advance ticket which saves you $25 per person.

Bring plenty of water because it's expensive on park. Today we at least went though 10 bottles of water.

I recommend the flash pass for this park. It's most certainly crowded all the time. It shuts during september during school months

Thanks for reading my report.

Sorry it's not in much detail, but a brief and simple.

[Sidders]

I read... Nikhil's posts... as if I... was Gordon Ramsay.

Glad to hear you had a good time though, Nikhil. If only half of us on here had enough money to throw around at a Six Flags park as you do... $120 is a bit steep isn't it?

[NikhilSharma]

Yeah, It's pretty steep it equates out to £75 which is round about the same price as thorpe park's ultimate fast pass, but I think six flag's fast pass is much better. I saved $50 on tickets using taco bell's promo code. I spent the $50 I saved on my fast pass. So I spent $70 on the fast pass which equates to £44 which is reasonable. But if you don't come here often then there's a point of buying it. Also I'm not paying for hotel fee's, I'm staying with a friend and having home cooked meals so therefore I guess it's ok.