Several guests at a Six Flags amusement park in New York worked together over the weekend to catch a teen dangling from a ride, video from the tense situation shows. [More]
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Man Kicked Out Of Six Flags For Being An Unapproved Santa Lookalike
By 12.14.16
A lot of white-haired bearded guys look like Santa Claus. Some of them play up that resemblance during the Christmas season, whether it’s by getting hired to be a Santa for an event, or by just spreading goodwill and holiday cheer. However, one unofficial Santa says he was booted from a Six Flags amusement park because he looked too much like the big-bellied bearded gift-giver. [More]
Six Flags In Talks To Open Amusement Parks In Saudi Arabia
By 6.29.16
Weeks after announcing plans to enter the Middle East market with an amusement park in the United Arab Emirates, Six Flags revealed this morning that the company is in talks to possibly open multiple parks in Saudi Arabia. [More]
Six Flags Adding Virtual Reality To Roller Coasters
By 3.4.16
Don’t get sufficiently nauseated from the ups, downs, turns, and loops of riding a roller coaster? Then plan a trip to Six Flags Magic Mountain, which is tacking on a virtual reality aspect to one of its coasters.
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24 Six Flags Visitors Rescued From Roller Coaster After 5 Hours In The Air
By 8.11.14
While part of the thrill of roller coasters is soaring through the air, way up above the ground, that thrill should only last perhaps a few seconds at a time. And not, as 24 Six Flags visitors experienced, hours and hours sitting in a roller coaster that refuses to move. [More]
Walking Down Roller Coaster’s 230-Foot Incline Probably Wasn’t The Thrill Six Flags Visitors Expected
By 8.4.14
While it’s surely preferable to walk down a 230-foot incline than stay stuck at that height, it’s hard to imagine Six Flags visitors riding on the Nitro at Great Adventure in New Jersey weren’t expecting a bit more of a thrill.
Six Flags Roller Coaster Derailed After Riders Hit Tree
By 7.8.14
Of all the things you’d think could go wrong on a roller coaster, hitting a tree isn’t usually high on the list. But it will be for the 22 coaster riders who were left stranded after their cars derailed because of arboreal interference. [More]
Surprise: Attendance At Six Flags Over Texas Down After Woman Killed On Roller Coaster
By 10.24.13
In news that will shock absolutely no one, in the months after a visitor to Six Flags Over Texas was killed on one of the park’s rides, attendance and revenue declined. What’s that? You close one of the park’s signature rides after a rider is killed, and people don’t want to come to the park anymore? [More]
Six Flags Points To Contractors In Death Of Roller Coaster Rider
By 10.16.13
You probably recall the recent incident at Six Flags Over Texas in which a roller coaster rider fell to her death and the subsequent lawsuit filed against the park by the rider’s family. Now the amusement park is responding to the allegations, and saying it can’t be blamed because it didn’t design or build the coaster. [More]
Family Of Woman Killed On Six Flags Roller Coaster Sues, Coaster To Reopen This Weekend
By 9.11.13
Yesterday, the family of the 52-year-old grandmother killed in the accident filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Later the same day, the park announced that they will reopen the ride this weekend with some safety improvements. The park’s president and his family will be among the passengers on that first trip after the grand re-opening. [More]
Six Flags Magic Mountain Has A Waiting List To Reach The Lost & Found Dept.
By 9.3.13
All over the L.A. area, there are clubs, restaurants, and parties where people would do just about anything to get “on the list,” but we think the lost-and-found folks at Six Flags Magic Mountain might have taken that idea to a ridiculous end. [More]
Medical Examiner: Woman Fell 75 Feet From Six Flags Coaster, Hit Metal Support Beam
By 7.24.13 — Updated: 7.25.13
It took paramedics a little while to find the woman who was somehow ejected from a roller coaster last Friday at Six Flags Over Texas. She landed on top of a metal tunnel leading to the ride’s entrance. In a report released yesterday, the county medical examiner stated that she died of “multiple traumatic injuries,” but can’t rule her death an accident until after toxicology results are in. [More]
Six Flags Debuts Your Next Nightmare In Form Of 40-Story Open-Air Swing Ride
By 5.31.13 — Updated: 5.30.13
I can just feel my internal organs recoiling up into themselves and trying to burrow deeper into my body at the sight of Six Flags’ new 40-story open air swing ride. See the soaring tower, the swings flying out from the center of the pole like chariots of fear borne on the demon wind. It’s called the Texas SkyScreamer, and appropriately so. [More]
Dad Claims Six Flags Halloween Character Went Too Far By Bursting From Portable Toilet & Chasing Daughter
By 9.12.12
I used to have a recurring nightmare where a person dressed in a giant dog suit was pursuing me down the aisles of the convenience store near where my grandmother lived, and let me tell you, it was horrifying. So the thought of a Halloween character at a theme park chasing a girl through Six Flags Great America? Well, I can understand how that might be upsetting. It’s scary enough that the girl’s father is now suing the theme park. [More]
Six Flags Superman Roller Coaster Apparently Cursed By Kryptonite, Gets Stuck Yet Again
By 8.6.12
After shutting down and stranding passengers for about two hours, it took almost week for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. to tinker around with its Superman Ultimate Flight roller coaster and get it back in operation. There must not have been enough tinkering going on, however, as the ride stalled again shortly after reopening yesterday. [More]
Six Flags Saves Dog Left In Car, Then Loses Dog
By 9.14.11
If you visit California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain while vacationing with your dog, it’s probably not a good idea to bring your dog with you. Dogs aren’t fans of roller coasters… well, that, and and non-service animals aren’t allowed inside the park. For this reason, Six Flags provides a free kennel for the pets of guests. One recent visitor to the park was upset after her service dog escaped from the kennel. After all, she had never put the dog there in the first place. She had left her in the car. [More]
Six Flags Baboon Captured After Three-Day Walkabout
By 7.4.11
A baboon that ran away from a monkey safari exhibit in Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, N.J. was caught on a nearby farm Saturday after cruising the area for three days. He was sent back to the park to receive a medical exam and rejoin about 150 fellow baboons. [More]
The Post-Apocalyptic Clownscape That Was Six Flags New Orleans
By 7.1.11
How long after civilization collapses will it take for our infrastructure to crumble into a rusting, weed-choked hellscape? With the help of some flooding, just a few years, if the current state of Six Flags New Orleans is any indication. Pump systems failed after Hurricane Katrina, leaving the site in up to seven feet of brackish water for about a month, corroding the rides and wrecking everything else. The park site is now property of the city of New Orleans after Six Flags declared it a total loss, collecting insurance and moving a few salvageable rides to other parks. The front gate is open, and the city already has enough problems and can’t pay for 24-hour security. That means local teens and roving urban explorers have found their way in to show us all the carnage. [More]
