six flags great adventure

Side Friction - Episode 15 - "Six Flags Glamp Adventure... Plus”

December 23rd, 2023

Bob and Steph talk all about corporate greed and artisan marketing amongst all of these news stories in the last episode of 2023.  Happy Holidays!

• Ohio Supreme Court rules that Cedar Point must turn over records 
• Cedar Fair Investor Cries Foul 
• Six Flags Great Adventure Updates Name
• Glamping Resort 
• Universal Great Britain 
• Six Flags Fiesta Texas Auction
• Kennywood extends hours multiple times 
• Another Death at Marineland
• A Family's Fiscal Mistake

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My third stop on my summer road trip was Six Flags Great Adventure.  I last visited in 2014 and loved the El Toro Intamin pre-fab wood coaster.  Unfortunately, Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster was closed that day, and I badly wanted to ride one of these Intamin hydraulic-launched stratacoasters.  The park has since added the Jersey Devil Coaster, the first custom-designed Raptor single rail coaster from Rocky Mountain Construction.

Join me for my first time reactions to Kingda Ka and Jersey Devil, as well as my first rides on El Toro in nine years.  

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This episode documents the time when I was a seriously lazy coaster enthusiast.  From 2005 to 2014, I only made a handful of visits to my local Florida parks including Busch Gardens Tampa and Universal Orlando.  My brother and I went to Six Flags Great Adventure in 2014, and then four years later, we did a two-day roller coaster trip to Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 2018.  That trip got me back into following the amusement industry through podcasts and social media and would put me on the path to rekindling my coaster-riding flame and putting that road trip together.

El Toro sound effects credit: ElToroRyan - YouTube

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It's almost summer, so it's time to go on vacation! No need to call your travel agent, because we've got you all set. Chip pitches that we all go back to 1984 to Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey for the Haunted Castle (And subsequent fire that killed eight teenagers), but James thinks maybe we should go on a road trip and visit five of the worst roadside attraction in the United States! Bon Voyage!