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Its crazy to see everything changing down there. The game that is now "mining surge" used to be called Matty's dime pitch and my parents owned it for about 5 years

I saw a commercial for a development that this man named Mitch Leigh is proposing to build near the six flags property. This opening statement says:

I'm Mitch Leigh and I'm a dreamer. One of my dreams has been to create a very special place where really nice people can live, work and have fun. Where you can choose from all kinds of new neighborhoods and quality apartments and houses. And best of all, where creativity, excitement, sports, shopping, dining and beautiful open spaces are all within walking distance!Today, my dream is becoming a reality with JACKSON Twenty-One – a one-of-a-kind green village I'm building right next door to Six Flags Great Adventure in scenic New Jersey. That's in Ocean County, a short drive from New York City, Philadelphia and the famous Jersey Shore!

 

 

I wonder if we will see this in the future? check out his website

http://www.jacksontwentyone.com/

I remember there was a tree like that in the line for Congo Rapids too

What happened to the 400ft sky screamer for new england?

After looking at the pictures of the Shoot Out building and what was inside of it, I'm pretty sure they have the same shoot out setup at Keansburg Amusement park. Is there any way that they could have been bought from great adventure?

Wow its crazy to see that a good part of the lake is still dried out! Besides that, great update!

I just completed another survey about this and it seems like they are seriously thinking about implementing this. This is what the email said:

Thank you for your continuing participation on the Six Flags Advisory Panel! We are conducting a new survey to help us finalize plans on a new in-park program we're launching that we think you might find interesting. The survey is extremely short, and your feedback will determine whether or not this is a program we launch in the parks this spring.

True! I remember seeing pictures of the carousel not having any bars around it.

Do they always decorate the Switlik Mansion?

Do you think that with the addition of the drop boxes those slides will get a fresh paint job? Is it possible to paint them?

simply amazing, I wish (and hope) that they keep this area up because it is beautiful and has a great amount of potential!

I found this the other day and thought I would share it with everyone:

More Pictures of abandoned Six Flags

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1nwmg2/www.lovethesepics.com/2011/05/creepy-crusty-crumbling-illegal-tour-of-abandoned-six-flags-new-orleans-75-pics/

The passage through the Golden Kingdom with Balin's on one side and the tiger viewing windows on the other will be closed off.

I dont really understand, could you post a picture to show what you mean?

QUOTE(scipiomask @ Feb 20 2011, 05:06 PM) I saw the ads in the park and I was trying to imagine him, after getting tired of coasters and flat rides, deciding just to make the hair gel people wear to keep their hair in place on his rides.

thats be pretty sweet!

Wow! if you stop it at 1:47 you can see how the skyline was EMPTY!

But what happens if they were to do that and someone came first thing in the morning and stayed through fright fest but paid a cheeper price than other people coming later in the day.

That coaster has a HUGE footprint!

I vaguely remember this, I think I was 11 or 12 at the time, it was like the second year my dad and I had season passes. But we didn't know about the entrance until the middle of the summer and then, like you had said, it just closed one day. I still think they should have something like that. And it was always a ghost town that dumped you into the middle of a dead area. Brings back some good memories though!

Exactly. The boats from the hydro flume were all just crushed and thrown in dumpsters along with the fiberglass trough, while the supports and spine were sold for scrap metal.

Wow i never knew that, thanks!!

^ Oh wow, I never would have thought of that. So basically they take the parts that can be sold for scrap and then its just cheeper to let the others sit, than to rent a dumpster and everything that goes along with disposing the rest of the ride.

Parts of it are, but the main column of the ride has been hauled off.

Why do they keep partial pieces of rides in the boneyard?

This is a picture of the frozen lake from 2000-2001 while it was under construction:

 

 

This is from 2005 when Kingda Ka was under construction and the lake froze over that winter as well:

 

Woah! look how vibrant Nitro's colors were..

Not Riptide. Everyone seems to be in water attraction mode!

Is the picture more recent? or older?

I spotted this promo video from Midwest Displays, the makers of Winter Lights.

 

Looks like some of this was filmed in Santa's Village at the PNC Bank arts center.

I really wish we could have rides like this back... and just the old six flags atmosphere in general.