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Six Flags America (Closing 2025)

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  • Start date Start date Aug 31, 2017
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New for 2018: Wahoo River!
SFA New 2018 | Six Flags America

UPPER MARLBORO, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Six Flags America, The Nation’s Capital of Thrills, today announced that it will debut Wahoo River, an all-new action-packed river adventure, in its water park for the 2018 season.

“Six Flags is recognized for its unparalleled collection of the most innovative rides and attractions in the industry. Wahoo River boasts a myriad of unique water features and will be the new centerpiece of our water park,” said Park President Rick Howarth. “Every year we add new attractions, like this season’s Wonder Woman Lasso of Truth ride. With the new Wahoo River, our guests will have yet another amazing experience they can enjoy together as a family and one more great reason to visit Six Flags America.”

The park’s existing Castaway Creek will be completely removed and replaced with the Bigger, Better and Wetter Wahoo River. Park guests will be thrilled with major enhancements such as a faster current, immersive rockwork theming, huge waterfalls, and tons of interactive, splashing thrills around every turn.

Wahoo River will be 33% wider and over 40% longer than Castaway Creek. The new attraction will include significant upgrades such as a zero depth entry that will make it convenient for guests of all ages to slip into the cool water with inflatable tubes. Friends and family members will have a blast as they float along the river, encountering wall sprayers, aqua archways, tippy water cones and a new wave generator. The journey continues under graceful water arches spanning the entire width of the river—as guests find even more surprises behind the rock waterfall, through the leaky pipes and under the leaky bridge waterworks.

Wahoo River highlights include:

- Up to 18 feet wide; 33% wider and 40% longer;
- Seven different water action zones with sprays, geysers, waves, waterfalls, leaky pipes, aqua arches and bucket dumps;
- A wave generator that pulses waves every few seconds propelling guests down the water channel;
- Colorful buckets dropping gallons of refreshing water from above; and
- Nearly 2,500 feet of new deck space with hundreds of deck chairs.

In 2018, Six Flags America debuts the all-new Wahoo River! Wahoo River will be the new centerpiece of Hurricane Harbor Water Park, with a faster current and an endless array of watery surprises.

All-new themed adventure river
The all-new Wahoo River will immerse you in splash-filled fun and exciting watery surprises around every bend. It will quickly become a family favorite place to play!

Seven different water action zones
Water arches, sprays, geysers, surging waves, waterfalls, leaky pipes and dumping buckets will offer thrilling watery fun.

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This is my local park (unfortunately) so I got excited when I saw this thread bumped and hoped by some miracle they announced a new coaster or conversion :(
 
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This is my local park (unfortunately) so I got excited when I saw this thread bumped and hoped by some miracle they announced a new coaster or conversion :(
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The only thing I see they have coming soon is this
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New in 2020 - HARLEY QUINN SPINSANITY | Six Flags America

DMV's Tallest, Fastest Pendulum Ride Coming to Six Flags America in 2020
sixflags.com sixflags.com
 
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Yes, the Harley Quinn Spinner is a welcome addition but I'm more interested in the DC Villain themed bar they announced at the same time. :grin:
The last 'new' addition other than this was the conversion of a mediocre stand up coaster (Apocalypse) into a floorless one called Friebird. That opened last summer with barely a peep. I went to the media preview and first opening weekend which were both pretty lackluster. The state of this park is just sad compared to other SF parks. It needs a GOOD addition (preferably a coaster) to drum up some excitement and help squash the reputation as one of the worst SF parks.
 
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I know I’m bumping an old thread here, but I visited this place for the first time yesterday (first time visiting any Six Flags park believe it or not) and while I had fun for the price I spent, you can really tell this park hasn’t gotten the love it needed. Several parts of the park just closed off, all the coasters there are like 20+ years old and a lot of food and merchandise stands just sitting empty. I get it’s not peak season yet, but was still kind of sad to see. Batwing being down was disappointing too, but I kind of expect something to not be running during non peak seasons at regional parks.

With that said, Superman Ride of Steel slapped and I couldn’t get enough going on it. Hopefully Six Flags shows this park some love soon.
 
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OK-- Steam Town with one new ride and three "rethemed"
 
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Six Flags Announces Plan to Close Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor After 2025 Season - RIP
 
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I wish I could say I was shocked, but I had been hearing rumblings since the merger.

People thought the "project accelerate" was just a buzz word. This is no longer Six Flags OR Cedar Fair. It is a brand new company, and they are not playing games.
 
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sigh, not surprised but i’m bummed i wont ever get a chance to visit.
 
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Wonder when they announce the other parks that will be closed.. (I assume there going to be more than just this one @Southerncoasterer
 
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I think this and Great America (CA) will be the only closures, and both for the same reason— the land they’re on is more valuable than the parks that occupy them. That and the fact that they have other parks in the same market.
 
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Wonder when they announce the other parks that will be closed.. (I assume there going to be more than just this one @Southerncoasterer
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For now I think this is it...long term, it really depends on the performance of the park compared with the value of the land it sits on. But if I lived in St. Louis or Monteal, I would be slightly worried right now.

But I'm also hearing of a few possible shockers in a good sense as well, like massive amounts of investments in some of their core parks.
 
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I visited maybe 20+ years ago. Wasn't super impressed then.

Coincidentally, about 2 months ago, we (husband and I) already decided to do a quick stop by SFA this summer... so in light of this news, guess it's a good thing we will.

I am a bit surprised it wasn't one of the smaller parks (Frontier City or La Rhonde), but the argument for the land being valuable makes sense.
 
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sigh, not surprised but i’m bummed i wont ever get a chance to visit.
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just kidding! I was able to throw together a quick trip to check out the park in June. will report back!
 
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GAcoaster said:
I think this and Great America (CA) will be the only closures, and both for the same reason— the land they’re on is more valuable than the parks that occupy them. That and the fact that they have other parks in the same market.
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Absolutely, that land being so close to DC makes it a gold mine and they're going to bring in *MILLIONS* from that sale
 
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No surprise at the news at all. This park has been one of, if not the most neglected in the entire chain for almost a quarter century. The fact I was able to get into a media preview for Firebird's opening a few years ago for basically saying "hey, I like theme parks and occasionally post on a forum and Twitter about them" still blows my mind :lmao: They were just happy to have anyone show interest and get into the park.
 
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It wasn’t a bad park, but between the security issues it’s had (especially at Fright Fest) and it’s proximity to other Six Flags parks combined with the increased land value for the location, it just makes sense to close it.
 
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Magic Mountain needs to acquire whatever (flat) rides are in great condition to add to the park. Maybe stuff from the waterpark too
 
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