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SIX FLAGS AMERICA
Baltimore, Washington DC
Six Flags Theme Parks
 Park News - (8/7/2025) According to some further updates about the issues at Six Flags America we have heard that the park is having a big of a staffing issue, but doing their best to keep as many of the rides open as possible. According to those who attended an ACE conference at the park last weekend, the closure of Superman: Ride of Steel and Batwing is technically parts related, as they are waiting on some new parts.
Batwing closed early in the season and many thought it was done, but they got it back up and running. Only it closed again in July when the cover to the zero-car came loose in mid-ride. Rumor has it that they are doing everything they can to get it up again for guests to ride before the park closes for good.
Superman…. Apparently is having an issue with the new trains. The old trains were said to have been officially decommissioned, only to discover some kind of issue with the restraint hardware used on the new trains that needs replacement before they can be certified to run. By a strange coincidence, or not, an issue with the restraints on Intamin’s North American staddle coasters is thought to have been the reason for the summer-long closure at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and SeaWorld California and Texas. Two of the three reopened last weekend, so it does sound like repairs and new parts are being sent out by Intamin to address these issues, so hopefully it won’t be much longer for Superman: Ride of Steel as well.
(8/6/2025) Again… in more ways than expected… Six Flags America seems to be going out with a whimper. Instead of running full tilt until the final day, guests visiting the park this past week instead are encountering gates and closures signs indicating that the whole back end of the park (like where Superman, and Batwing are along with some other big rides) is now closed. According to the sign posted at the barrier, “All attractions beyond this point are closed while we await parts from the manufacturers.”
Except… the park is closing down for good… and I just don’t see big shipments of parts arriving anytime soon to save the day. One reader who visited noticed a number of other rides in the park were also closed one day, and some mysteriously reopened the next. The subject of the park possibly suffering from staffing issues in the final weeks before the end was bought up as a possible reason.
(7/31/2025) Sorry Six Flags America fans… it sounds like your finale season is going to end with a whimper instead of a bang. A spokesperson for Six Flags America confirmed this week that the park is NOT going to have a Fright Fest event this year. Previously the park’s schedule indicated that the park would end it’s final season at the conclusion of Fright Fest, but that has now changed and passholders are being offer a free ticket to visit Fright Fest at Six Flags Great Adventure instead.
Instead the park will finish their final season with Kids Boo Fest, a daytime kid-friendly Halloween event that will take place on weekends in the park from Sept. 14 through to Nov. 2nd, with Nov. 2nd, 2025 being the park’s FINAL DAY.
(7/19/2025) ** Quick open another window and queue up “The End” by the Doors to play in the background. I’ve always liked the Apocalypse Now version, so here’s a link. Now, on with the news. **
“The End” is quickly approaching for Six Flags America, with daily Summer operations switching to weekend and holiday hours after August 24th. Even then, the park hours are rather lacking this season, with the park not opening until 11am and closing by 7pm on most of those nights, extended to just 8pm mostly on Saturday nights. After that it’s just weekends in September and October for a final Fright Fest season (12pm to 9pm or 10pm) that will all come to a close on November 2nd before plunging the park into darkness for good.
According to the latest updates, Six Flags is planning on putting the Six Flags America property openly up for sale starting in August. While the large property is to be sold for complete redevelopment, a news interview with a Prince George council member about redevelopment opportunities in the area did briefly mention the closing of Six Flags. According to the council member, “We are looking at park amusement entertainment” options and when the park goes up for sale, “We’re going to see who gets the top bid and start working with them.” The rest of the interview goes on about other possible redevelopment projects in Largo like a possible new stadium for the Washington Commanders or a retail mall area, but for the moment at least it does sound like the local council would possibly like to see another Amusement Park take over the Six Flags America site as an option.
I’m just not sure if any other amusement companies are interested right now…
(6/18/2025) Consider me surprised, but a reader visiting Six Flags America today confirmed that Batwing, the park’s Vekoma Flying Dutchman coaster, reopened today. Batwing shut down in late May after suffering an “major issue” with the lift hill motor, leaving most to expect that Batwing would simply shut down for good, ahead of the closure for the rest of the fall this Fall.
Somehow, SFA staff apparently pulled together what parts they needed and reopened Batwing today. As Batwing is the very last Vekoma Flying Dutchman style coaster, this is your last chance to ride this design before it is retired for good.
(5/25/2025) Just a word of warning for those planning a final visit to Six Flags America before the park shuts down for good this fall. According to comments posted on a trip report on Reddit that are spreading around social media, it seems that Batwing, the world’s last Vekoma Flying Dutchman coaster, shut down on Sunday with a major issue involving the lift hill motor.
Unless the park has spare parts in storage to fix it, there is a chance that Batwing just could be done for good, which is sure to disappoint many who may have been planning a trip just to ride it. For everyone’s sake, we hope they can repair the issue and keep it running for the final season, but many do fear that this could have been the ride’s last day.
Stay tuned!
(5/1/2025) Six Flags dropped a huge bomb of an announcement on Thursday afternoon… you can follow this link to the official announcement, but the gist is this:
2025 is the LAST SEASON for Six Flags America and the attached Hurricane Harbor waterpark. The 2025 season will come to an end, with the final operating day being Nov. 2, 2025.
The property that Six Flags America sits on is about 500 acres in size (far more than the park as developed today) “will be marketed for redevelopment as part of Six Flags’ ongoing portfolio optimization program. The company has engaged CBRE, a global leader in commercial real estate service and investments, to market the property for sale.”
Now pay attention, because this next statement is MINE ONLY… and not part of the Six Flags announcement. Screamscape sources tell us that this will not be the only surprise announcement of this magnitude made by Six Flags. I’m told that a few more big announcements will be made and soon. Possibly Friday… possibly on Monday… maybe the following week, but more big changes are coming, and it sounds like they will be from both sides of the fence… Six Flags and Cedar Fair.
These other announcements may not all be closure announcements however, some may involve a deal to sell a particular park or two. There is also a good chance we may see Six Flags change the status of some of those management contracts they have at the moment with parks like Darien Lake or Frontier City.
As far as predicting the future, if you go back to a November 2023 article I wrote for Blooloop about the merger, when discussing the idea of “potential closures” post-merge, the first park I mentioned was indeed Six Flags America. I also had some concerns over the long-term survival of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and some of those stand-alone waterparks, owner or operated by Six Flags, especially Splashtown near Houston.
As for Six Flags America itself… post-closure… I don’t see alot of items to be saved from the park in terms of rides. Sure, the new RipQurl Blaster watercoaster will find a new home as well as Harley Quinn Spinsanity, but the rest? Maybe Superman: Ride of Steel can be saved, but they may opt to just scrap it and sent the trains to Darien Lake… assuming it is kept open. Firebird has some nice Floorless trains that could be sent to another ride, or perhaps they could convert Georgia Scorcher from a Stand-Up into a Floorless with that hardware. The Joker’s Jinx is probably history, and they can source out the trains and LIMs for parts to the two Mr. Freeze coasters or Poltergeist at Fiesta Texas.
I feel bad that the park just opened SteamTown last season too… there are new comfy trains on the former Mind Eraser (now Prof. Screamore’s SkyWinder) that will likely end up at La Ronde, Six Flags Mexico or Discovery Kingdom. There is a 1-year old Zamperla NebulaZ with a Steampunk that will be in need of a new home somewhere (I suggest Magic Mountain, somewhere near Twisted Colossus). Then all those dinosaur animatronics added to the QuantumCanyon Rapids will need to find a new home somewhere…
Otherwise, I’m thinking most of the rest of the park attractions could be scrapped or sold outside of the chain on the used ride market to smaller parks.
(3/13/2025) I’m not quite sure of the overall scope of the work, but some pictures posted to Reddit this week confirm that some re-tracking is being done to Roar at Six Flags America at the moment. Currently the park is not set to open for the 2025 season until April 12.
(2/8/2025) Six Flags America has announced their opening day for the 2025 season will take place on April 12th, with the Hurricane Harbor waterpark opening on May 24th. Beyond that the park will feature a number of special events, including the Viva La Fiesta latin celebration on weekends from May 31 to June 29, then a special Juneteeth Celebration event 9with fireworks) on June 19, Star-Spangled Nights fireworks on July 4-5, and the return of Kids BOO Fest and Fright Fest after dark on select dates from Sept. 13 to Nov. 2nd before closing down for the season.
Six Flags America has not held a Holiday in the Park winter event since 2021 when the event was removed from a number of the chain’s more northern parks where it was not successful.
(1/2/2025) Screamscape sources tell us that an interesting shipment is on the way via container ship from Intamin to Six Flags America. According to the rumor, this mystery package maybe something of great importance to the park, possibly containing a pair of new roller coaster trains for Superman: Ride of Steel.
No word yet on if these new trains may be the same style trains that Superman currently uses, or if these could perhaps be current generation Intamin trains, such as those used on Busch Gardens’ Pantheon or Universal’s VelociCoaster. Stay tuned and keep your eyes open if you live in the area!
2025 - Nothing is known at this time...
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