Six Flags Great Adventure

While we were in Delaware, we made a day trip to Six Flags Great Adventure.  Even though the park was open during our entire trip, there was only one day where the weather was good enough to make a visit possible.  As we were leaving Poppy and Nana's house to make the two and a half hour drive to the park, we were not certain that we would have good weather.  We were certain that many of the tallest rides would be closed due to high winds, but we figured that the park was large enough that we could still have a good time on the other rides.  It was very cold and windy all morning, but after lunch the weather began to improve.  It ended up being a lovely day, and the park opened almost every ride.  As a bonus, the iffy morning weather had kept most people away, so there were virtually no lines at all in the park.  We walked on to every single ride.  Brian and I had been to this park several times before having kids, and we have never had such short wait times.


Great Adventure is one of the best (if not THE best) of all parks in the Six Flags chain.  There are many, many good rides at this park.  One of our favorites is a B&M hyper called "Nitro".  It is the #7 steel coaster in the world as of 2017, and is one of mine and Brian's favorites.  I haven't ridden it since before Olivia was born, and it was just as fantastic as I remember it.  This was the kids' first ride on it, and it was a hit for them too.

 We rode a little indoor coaster called "Skull Mountain" which wouldn't be notable at all except we got stuck on it near the end of the ride.  We sat on the track for 20 minutes.  Finally, they turned on the lights inside the building and we had our first walk-off experience.  We've never experienced a walk-off, so that was kind of cool.  They gave us a front-of-the-line pass for our trouble, but we didn't even need it because the lines at the park were non-existent.

 Uncle Brandon was able to meet us at the park, and he spent the day riding with us. The kids were so excited to see him.

 One of the rides we rode was Kingda Ka, which at 456 feet is the tallest roller coaster in the world.  There are only two strata coasters (over 400 feet) in the world, and Brian and I have now ridden both of them.  This was the first for the kids, and they were impressed.  These coasters use a hydraulic launch to send you from 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds.  It is a definite rush.  If you look closely on the tower of the Kingda Ka coaster, you can see three red poles coming down from the middle.  These are the tallest drop towers in the world- 415 feet- which we also rode.  The kids liked the drop towers so much that they rode twice.

 There were many other rides that we experienced including flying, floorless, suspended, and standing coaster.  We also rode a free-spin coaster which was a first for us.

Also located at Great Adventure is El Toro, which is the #1 wooden coaster in the world as of 2017.  It was a really good ride (but I still like Phoenix better).

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, we are Six Flags season pass holders this year.  This is our first time with a pass at a park other than Wild Adventures. On this trip we found out that in addition to being able to get into all Six Flags park we also have free parking.  That is a perk that we were happy to learn about.  Here are our Six Flags season pass stats as of 4/2018:
Number of visits - 2
Number of parks visited- 2