Talk:Six Flags Great Adventure

message: The article references the roller coaster El Toro as a "prefabricated coaster" rather that a "prefabricated wooden coaster" or just a wooden coaster.  the term prefabricated coaster wood imply that it is not a wooden coaster.  I suspect that the article was vandalized by a coaster enthusiast that believes prefabricated wood coasters are not true wooden coasters which (as of now at least) is false.  Also rolling thunder is referred to as THE park's wooden coaster as if it is the parks only further claiming that El toro is not a wood coaster. someone should fix this as I'm not really to sure about making edits. Whiteguy128 (talk) 07:54, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've fixed the description to remove the false statements (regarding loops) and revising the wording to better describe the prefabricated track.  --McDoobAU93 (talk) 19:46, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Prefabricated coaster? Vandalism?

message: Does anybody have detailed information about the deadly fire in the Haunted House (circa 1988 or so) that prompted (a) the ride's removal or (b) the change in amusement ride governance by the state of NJ that can be added to this article? SpikeJones 14:25, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Incidents

message: Just from personal memory as a park rat who lived down the road from GA, the Lightning Loops incident involved a girl who jumped into her boyfriend's lap after the ride was cleared, hopping the queue turnstile (he was supposed to hold onto her through the loop).  The Rolling Thunder incident was an employee running a ride check who sat on top of the restraint instead of on the seat.  You can't cite my memory but this might give somebody a start on finding a source. BillMcGonigle (talk) 23:29, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Lightning Loops, Rolling Thunder.

message: See Haunted Castle at Six Flags Great Adventure and Incidents_at_Six_Flags_parks#Six_Flags_Great_Adventure  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chris5858 (talk • contribs) 20:47, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply

message: It would probably be a really good idea for NJ Transit to build a new rail line from Trenton Station to the park, which would provide easy rail access to the park from Philly and NYC. This would make the park accessible to all the city-dwellers who don't drive. Anyone with me on this? Dusso Janladde 06:14, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rail line 

message: Do we really need a section here for directions on how to get to the park? SpikeJones 21:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry that it took 16 days for you to get a response - well it is a good idea to help people out, but that is not Wikipedia's purpose.  And besides the text in this section isn't wikified.  So I am thinking of taking it out.  --NicAgent 01:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

text: Take it out. Same information can be found at the Six Flags website or at Mapquest.Zotdragon 14:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  --CliffC 05:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transportation? 

message: I couldn't find a  tag, so I could only add the "advertisement" tag. There is a lot of hype and breathless writing in this unsourced article that could stand toning down.  For example,
*"74 miles from New York City, 67 miles from Newark and 60 miles from Philadelphia"
*"brilliant and colorful"
*"the world's tallest and fastest"
*"more rides than any other theme park in the world, with 72 rides as of 2006"
*"The theme park will open on April 2, 2007"
Those are from just the first paragraph.  The rest is in similar style, with much of it sounding like a Six Flags press release.  --CliffC 14:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reads like a travel brochure -  tagged it "advertisement" 

message: The photo located on this page concerning the parade should be edited. It depicts a park employee sitting in an area reserved for customers. This reflects poorly on the workers of six Flags. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.126.126 (talk • contribs) 
:Umm, the worker isn't the focus of that picture, the parade is. Just ignore the worker, plus if the worker is doing something wrong (which I don't think he is, sitting on an empty bench is not a crime) then it should there. Also, the section title you made is very misleading; there is nothing wrong with the picture and the picture violates no policy. --Michael Greiner 05:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no Wikipedia policy that I know of that would make pictures that are against an individual company's policy to be posted here, provided they are free images. I do, however, find that the cell phone photo is of low quality and unencyclopedic. J.reed 06:59, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photograph in violation of park policy 

message: In the first paragraph of this article, a fact says the following: "According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Six Flags Great Adventure has more rides than any other theme park in the world, with 72 attractions as of 2006". Isn't it Cedar Point the record holder of amusement park attractions, with 69 attractions as of  2006 (70 now), while SFGAdv now only has 53, as the article says, making these two statements be making no sense, as they conflict each other?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.172.225.72 (talk) 19:23, August 26, 2007 (UTC) 
* You know, I just gotta ask, what's with you and Cedar Point?! --Mooshykris 01:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  SFGAdv vs. Cedar Point 

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message: In the section with events for each year, the 2008 one says that the Flying Wave was closed and Turbo Bungy was moved into its place.  However, according to the official Six Flags website, it's still there.  They don't have Houdini on the site anymore, so it's not a lack of updating the list.  Has anyone here gone to the park this season and seen Turbo Bungy where Flying Wave was? Halofan333 (talk) 23:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's gone (see forums in the external links). Can't really say I miss it (the sound when the ride slowed down always scared me) Not sure about Turbo Bungy. --Michael Greiner 03:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Flying Wave still exist? 

message: The bridge taking you from Plaza Del Carnaval under a section of El Toro's and into Frontier Adventures outside Medusa is reopened for the 2009 season.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.82.178.115 (talk) 02:08, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  The bridge from Plaza Del Carnaval to Frontier Adventures 

message: The park's timeline references closing and dismantling of the Great American Scream Machine.  The roller coaster is still running as of July 1, 2010.  All discussion of Scream Machine removal, including details and dates of possible closing and removal, are still speculation... unless anyone has more concrete information with a reference?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Airow (talk • contribs) 04:46, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Great American Scream Machine removal 

message: Someone needs to add that Houdini's Great Escape was reopened from memorial to labor day and fright fest...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.250.178.123 (talk) 01:15, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Houdini's Great Escape? 

message: Kingda Ka was listed as the 2012 Golden Ticket Award winner for best steel roller coaster.  As of this writing on May 20, 2012, the 2012 Golden Ticket Awards have not yet been presented.  These are usually awarded in September of the same calendar year. It ranked #33 in 2011.  I have removed that listing. Bill S. (talk) 02:56, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  2012 Golden Ticket Award not yet awarded 

message: Great Adventure stopped allowing personal cars to drive through the Safari in 2012 (Travelers Today article, ABC News article).  Does anyone have a reference to damage done to vehicles?  My older brother writes (in an email to my family this week) "I worked at Exxon / Joyce Kilmer (on the NJ Turnpike) when GA first opened. I vividly remember cars coming into the station with COMPLETELY SHREDDED vinyl tops. I remember one guy in particular who had a carload of kids, a look of utter exasperation on his face and a shredded vinyl roof. He said he had the worst day of his life that day." Ckrahe (talk) 12:21, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: IIRC, the park's babboons would often do a number to vehicles when drivers went through their zone. The park made sure guests knew the risks and offered a bypass around the area for guests who didn't want to risk their vehicles. I actually remember that from an "official" travel guide that an author published on all the Six Flags parks (similar to the Birnbaum Disneyland/WDW travel guides). It doesn't detail amounts of damage, just that it was possible.  --McDoobAU93 15:30, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Safari park car damage 

message: There is a paragraph in the "Werner LeRoy Era (1974-1977)" section which appears out of place, dubious and includes what appears to be clear vandalism, but I couldn't track it down to a single edit:
The Walt Disney and the Switlik Park areas debuted in 1999 with several new spinning rides, a smaller Ferris wheel and a Schwartzanigger Jumbo Jet roller coaster. The coaster never opened and was removed at the end of the season. A second flume called the Moon Flume was built by Arrow Dynamics to ease crowds on the Log Flume. It was built on the opposite end of the park and the station turntable is used for the stage of the Wiggles show today. The Fortune Festival was a new game section that was located where the Boardwalk section exists today.
72.76.132.142 (talk) 14:17, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Done Went through the page history and found the original wording of the paragraph. It's been restored. Thanks for bringing it to our attention ... it's very easy to get "snowblind" when you see an article all the time and don't realize something's out of place.  --McDoobAU93 15:25, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Offensive / Fabricated Content? 

message: Yes, the park has announced an ABC Rides Tourbillon themed to Cyborg, but the install has not yet been completed. The ride can be added to the list when it is actually installed. There are things that could happen that would prevent this; the park changes ownership, they change their mind on the ride, etc. While unlikely, it is not guaranteed that the ride will be installed. Since there is no deadline, we can wait until it's installed and operational.  --McDoobAU93 21:01, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: If you really wanted to make Wikipedia a better place, you would remove announced non-operational rides from the other Six Flags and Cedar Fair parks as well. Rockypedia (talk) 21:47, 19 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Many such articles do indeed list upcoming attractions in the prose discussing the park history, not in the currently available attractions.  --McDoobAU93 12:12, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Agreed, the prose section is the place for placing text about such announcements, not the lists of current rides. Rockypedia (talk) 03:10, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of Cyborg 

message: I realized that I originally wrote "Adventure Alley" twice here by accident.  That's why I took one of them out, but it keeps getting added back again, even though that's unnecessary. --173.63.143.238 (talk) 01:16, 14 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Addition of Holiday in the Park 

message: I noticed that in the article for this page, it includes only the retail stores on Main Street (like the Looney Tunes Gift Shop and Main Street Market), but not the other retail stores in the park.  Personally, I find this to be a little inconsistent...but maybe that's not my call to make.  For instance, there are the Attitudes, Flags, and Discovery Gifts retail stores - which are located at the north side of the Boardwalk.  Not to mention there is also the Gotham City Gift Shop as well, located in the Movie Town section of the park.  There are also a few other retail stores on the far west side of the park that I don't know as much about personally, but regardless my point still stands here.  (There is also the "Oasis Cafe" located in Safari Kids - which is technically considered a retail store for a couple of obscure reasons, but acts more like a restaurant.) 173.63.143.238 (talk) 22:30, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, just a brief mention of the types of shops, stores, and restaurants is all that's necessary in an amusement park article (and sometimes not at all). We definitely don't need to delve into listing every single one. Wikipedia is first and foremost an encyclopedia, and encyclopedias focus on the most significant aspects surrounding an article topic. They are not park or travel guides, and this is even mentioned in a core policy at WP:NOTTRAVEL. --GoneIn60 (talk) 06:13, 18 July 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the list of stores from the Main Street subsection as stores are not usually considered attractions.  I did leave the gazebo as entertainment venues can serve as attractions.97.100.102.202 (talk) 20:28, 17 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retail Stores 

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message: GoneIn60, thank you for expanding on my edit! 😃 CamdenFreeway295 (talk) 19:02, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  A big thanks to GoneIn60 

message: Is the restaurant list section really needed?  I thought this was clarified in the Retail Store discussion that stores and dining locations do not need to be listed one by one.  Eye4ThemeParks (talk) 18:22, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Update: I have removed the restaurant list section.  Restaurants lists are not encyclopedic and not included in most other theme park articles. Eye4ThemeParks (talk) 12:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: That's correct. They are almost always non-notable. Every amusement park has 'em. A restaurant would have to be along the lines of famous and written about in many sources to qualify as an exception. --GoneIn60 (talk) 13:59, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restaurant List 

message: To interested editors, the History section could use extra verification/citations - mainly in the sub-sections talking about earlier years. If any editors would like to pursue this and find more citations, that would be great! Thanks, Harobouri • 🎢  • 🏗️  (he/him • WP:APARKS)   02:01, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  History section lacking cites 

message: I edited out the part of the "Holiday-in-the-Park" section where it said that HitP attracts some of the heaviest crowds of the year (followed by a "citation needed" bracket after that, which shows that it's an unsubstantiated claim).  I know for a fact that HitP definitely attracts less heavy crowds than Fright Fest does.  What's interesting though, is that HitP at its slowest can be crawling quiet; but HitP at its busiest can be equivalent to a typical summer weekend. 71.104.75.6 (talk) 12:55, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Holiday-in-the-Park Section Edit