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 Park News - (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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