#six flags great adventure

[tvneon]

[coloronthewallzz]

Long Live Kingda Ka! 🎢🐯👑💚

[nemyzilla]

the guy himself... RIP

[rushthehollow]

25 days of coasters / 12. el toro, six flags great adventure # of rides: 103 / last ridden: fall 2024

absolutely relentless wooden coaster with some of the best ejector airtime in the world. those two camelbacks are some of my favorite airtime moments because of their sheer power. the twister section is also very fun & you'll learn very soon that i love rapid directional changes a lot!!

this ride also makes very important people in my life happy which is another big factor.

[cannibalindsm]

Theme park lovers how are we feeling

[mysterypigeon]

things are heating up in the rollercoaster fandom

[retrowave-racer]

Long Live the King

I don’t feel like I usually talk about events in the world of Themeparks all that much, but when I saw the at first rumors about Kingda Ka’s closure, I didn’t believe them, I felt they shouldn’t have been true. My brain felt as if such a thing should have been allowed to happen like this. A coaster this massive, not just in size but in impact, to not just thoosies but I imagine plenty of general public park goers too. This was, when it closed, the tallest coaster in the entire world. To watch it silently be closed, only known to the world by rumors and word of mouth, just feels wrong. I can only hope this does not become the standard for coaster closures going forward. I think this needs to be something we are loud about as a community, voice our disappointment and show companies that run Themeparks that we want respectful send offs to these massive and beautiful machines that mean so much to us.

I never rode Ka, and I didn’t ever find myself super emotionally attached to it, as I feel for other coasters. I would have loved to get the chance to know this coaster, and say I’d ridden it, but now I have no chance. I know this coaster impacted so many people positively, and shattered a lot of you to learn of its untimely end. So I wanted to illustrate something using my designs I created based on the ride back during the first @coastermaynia in 2020, as tribute. I know it’s been a few days since the news broke, but I wanted to spend some time on it and not rush it out. I hope fans of Kingda Ka can find some peace in tributes to this wonderful coaster. If anyone wants to come to me and vent your frustrations and feelings I’m here. I don’t know how much advice I have to offer outside of listening, but know that I am here, for anyone who needs a shoulder to lean on. 💚🧡🩵💙

[emaadsidiki]

Majestic Dusk Upon Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ)

[aurawolf1999]

Kingda Ka ‘llage✨🩵

[cafecitoeddie]

so at work, everyone knows me as the six flags insider and today, kingda ka was set to be demolished so people have been coming to my cubicle asking if it already happened. it did first thing this morning so i keep having to relive the demolition video over and over cuz people wanna see it. i'm heart broken. almost every weekend for years, you'd find my sister and i driving down and just spending the day there. it was our hangout spot and kingda ka was our go to ride no matter how cold or hot it was. now, i can't even think about it because it just hurts. they took it down without even letting anyone know, demolished it without any kind of fanfare or farewell. it's so stupid but it meant a lot to a lot of people, me especially. i still remember the first time i ever rode it with my cousin and fucked up my neck. good times..

[hyper-coasters]

Do NOT talk to me about Kingda Ka's removal I am DISTRESSED

[quiet-gal]

Help me

[boingfessions]

[rushthehollow]

25 days of coasters / 10. kingda ka, six flags great adventure # of rides: 34 / last ridden: fall 2024

six flags great adventure was the other major park i grew up with. i probably went once every season for a while. kingda ka was always the headliner; the dominating presence; the ride everyone talks about; the tallest roller coaster in the world. are you brave enough to conquer the king? this ride had an important presence to me. it was one of the most important & iconic roller coasters i had growing up.

i was not brave enough to ride until 2016, a year where my only standout memory is my one ride on kingda ka. i had finally conquered what enamored me when i was so young. i'm going to spare you the whole comically bad childhood thing, because it's an easy guess, and i'll probably briefly touch upon it at the number one spot.

once i considered myself an enthusiast, this ride had always been one of my favorites. the pure power of the launch, the height, the vibes ... everything surrounding this ride always spoke to me in a special way. i loved everything about it. the rattle never bothered me, nor did the plastic shoulder restraints. i'm so glad to have ridden this with people i love and people who loved it as much as i did.

to address the elephant in the room -- i am devastated. the loss of this coaster means both incredibly important childhood coasters of mine are completely gone; in the almost same exact way (absolutely zero communication until after the fact). i could go on and on about my stance on everything, but i don't want this to become depressing or too strong. this ride was iconic, and will continue to be so for many years to come. i cherish every memory i can muster up with it, and every ride i got to have. i'm eternally thankful to have known the last rides i got were the last forever, as more often than not i feel horrible over the fact that wasn't the case for the other coaster (which isn't here, but maybe i'll do a 0 post haha). anyways, i digress.

long live the king.

[cinelestial]

The iconic Six Flags Great Adventure ride Kingda Ka will permanently shut down and will be replaced by a new ‘record breaking’ roller coaster.

[flojector]

el toro i’m thankful for you