6/12/2023 0 Comments Houdini ride six flagsThere's a giant lantern in the plaza entrance before the ride. Joey was super excited with all the little touches added to the ride area. After all, I just spent a week camping with Yogi Bear. I was all for making a road trip just to go pay homage to one of my buddy's favorite childhood icons. Joey Carwash is a HUGE Green Lantern fan going back long before the movie ever came out. The main reason for making the trek up to New Jersey instead of just visiting the closer Six Flags park in Maryland was Great Adventure's newest ride: Green Lantern. Most of the rides were sitting in the station waiting for us. As we entered the park, everything was running except for two of the bigger coasters (which later opened.) As expected, the park was near empty and we didn't wait at all for a single ride all day. So, we paid the insane TWENTY BUCKS for parking (Six Flags should honestly be ashamed of themselves) and got a great parking spot in Daffy Duck section 2. We figured the crowds would stay away and at the least we could hit all the big rides pretty quick. After a great breakfast at nearby Java Moon Cafe, the rain had downgraded to a light sprinkle. When we arrived at the park around 10:30, it was raining pretty heavily. The same can be said for several large theatrical venues around the park that are still clearly visible but yet completely unused.īut let's talk about fun! The day we visited the forecast called for rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. The airfield theme is gone and the buildings look tacky and out of place. Now the buildings sit there looking like exposed backstage areas of the park. Near the front of the park sits many unused hanger style buildings that once supported the ride and theme of an airplane based flight simulator. However, there are large sections throughout the park where abandoned or repurposed structures take up space physically and visually. Other sections of the park like Fantasy Forest and Boardwalk just blend in with the rest of the park. Movietown is supposed to be a tribute to New Jersey's film making roots - but at this point is mostly just a tribute to Batman. Some of the sections are rich in detail such as a Spanish/Mexican theme region called Plaza Del Carnaval and the standard wild, wild west territory called Frontier Adventures. There are nine sections (or lands) at Great Adventure which is actually three more than the Six Flags template necessitates. The themeing in nice although a little random. There are some kiddie rides sprinkled throughout. The park is pretty big, filled with first class rides and some standard carnival style rides. Joey and I had actually both been to the park together back in 1994 on a college trip but either of us had much memory of the park. So Monday, my previously mentioned good buddy Joey Carwash and I made the three hour journey into the wilds of New Jersey to visit Six Flags Great Adventure, one of the earlier Six Flags parks. After a summer full of kiddie parks and beach boardwalks, it was nice to finally be able to hit up a genuine, full-fledged grown-up amusement park.
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