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Six Flags Great Adventure reviews

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Posted: April 8, 2011

Location: Six Flags Great Adventure is located in Jackson, New Jersey, about half way between New York City and Philadelphia. You can get driving directions by clicking the Six Flags Great Adventure link on Theme Park Insider's Google map of U.S. theme parks.

History: The park opened in 1974 as The Enchanted Forest but was renamed Great Adventure in 1976 and was sold to Six Flags the next year. SFGA features the tallest and faster roller coaster in the world: Kingda Ka.

Hours: http://www.sixflags.com. Six Flags Great Adventure is open from March through Labor Day, remaining open on weekends thru Halloween.

Tickets: Buy online. Always try to buy your tickets in advance, to save time when you get to the park. Getting them online is the best option. It saves time and money.

Reservations: Six Flags sells Flash Passes, which offer priority boarding opportunities. For much more, you can buy a VIP tour, which allows you and your group to skip all the lines. You can also make advance reservations online for Six Flags' Brunch with Bugs Bunny.

Strategy: As with any amusement park, arrive early (at least :30 minutes before opening) and hit the headliner attractions first (Kingda Ka should be your #1 priority as its lines get increasingly long throughout the day). After about 3 o'clock, head over to Hurricane Harbor if so desired.

Time Saving tips: If the Dream Street Skyway is running use it to easily get from one side of the park to the other. Additionally this attraction offers a great view of the park and lake.

The bridge between the Plaza del Carnival and Medusa is a handy shortcut on the far left of the park.

New For 2011: Six Flags Great Adventure plans to add a new, 15-story roller coaster named Green Lantern as its 12th roller coaster.

Formerly stationed at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom and known as Chang, this relocated Bolliger & Mabillard coaster stands 154 feet tall and reaches speeds of up to 63 mph. The 2 minute ride begins with a 45-degree vertical drop before rocketing riders through five inversions including a 121-foot-tall loop, a 103-foot dive loop, and a 72-foot inclined loop.

Green Lantern will be located in the boardwalk section of the theme park.

Sadly, the popular Bengal Tiger Attraction, Temple of the Tiger, has been permanently closed. The tigers are no longer living in the habitat they occupied in the Golden Kingdom since 2005. No explanation has been forthcoming from park management.

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Readers' Tips for Visiting Six Flags Great Adventure

[169 + / 18 -] Before the park opens, they let you in but you can't go past a rope blocking you from the rides. Head toward Kingda Ka so you can get one ride with only a small wait. After that go to El Toro and you won't wait long. Those average the two longest lines.

[112 + / 5 -] Check out the new maps for the park. They are online now and are great.

[44 + / 4 -] Keep your head back and still as you can on kingda Ka because if you head is free willing its going to give you a headache. But go for kingda ka then el toro. The Harness on scream machine arent good i bang my head on them all the time and it hurts.

Readers' reviews:

Attractions
Boardwalk(Rating)(Height)
Superman: Ultimate Flight854
Green Lantern854
Great American Scream Machine654
The Twister5
Edwards AFB Jump Tower5
Fly Me To The Moon3
Fantasy Forest(Rating)(Height)
Houdini's Great Escape848
Big Wheel5
Dream Street Skyway
Frontier Adventures(Rating)(Height)
Bizarro854
Saw Mill Log Flume6
Runaway Mine Train644
Golden Kingdom(Rating)(Height)
Kingda Ka8
Temple of the Tiger3
Balin's Jungleland3
Safari Discoveries
Looney Tunes Seaport(Rating)(Height)
Pepé LePew's Hearts Aweigh 6
River Rapids5
Daffy's Deep Diver5
Bugs Bunny Fun Factory4
Road Runner Railway3
Yosemite Sam's Flight School3
Taz's Seaport Trucking Co.
Movietown(Rating)(Height)
Nitro954
Batman The Ride754
The Dark Knight Coaster5
Plaza del Carnaval(Rating)(Height)
El Toro9
Rolling Thunder644
The Lakefront(Rating)(Height)
Skull Mountain744
Buccaneer6
Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train636
Jolly Roger542
Wiggles World(Rating)(Height)
The Big Red Plane3
The Big Red Car3
Dorothy the Dinosaur's Racing to the Rainbow2
S.S. Feathersword Pirate Ship1
Bouncin' with Wags0

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Dining
Boardwalk(Rating)
Nathan's Hot Dogs6
Teds Steak House5
Boardwalk Food Court
Fantasy Forest(Rating)
The Great Character Cafe4
Granny's Country Chicken
Frontier Adventures(Rating)
Best of the West2
Main Street(Rating)
Carnegie Deli6
Johnny Rockets6
Liberty Pizza
Cyber Cafe
Movietown(Rating)
Papa John's Pizza6
Johnny Rockets2
Plaza Del Carnaval(Rating)
La Cocina9

[Add a missing restaurant]

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