News Six Flags America & Hurricane Harbor to Close Following 2025 Season

[Great Adventurer]

Thinking of going this Saturday to get the credits. Never been, even though I've lived in the area 30 years. What do you all think crowds will be like? Any particular plan for attacking the park?

Just a guess, but I think the coaster credits should be relatively easy to get during the day on Saturday since SFA's Hurricane Harbor will be having their "One Last Splash" event (it's a well kept HH and is worthy of some time, even if it's just to walk around and observe, if you have a pass).

To give an idea, I arrived at the park around 12:30 last Sunday (figure 1:10 or so for the coasters since I did a Hurricane Harbor lap first) and went in this order:

Wild One - 15 minute wait
Firebird - Walk on
Joker's Jinx - 15 minute wait
SkyWinder - Station wait
Roar - Walk on
The Great Chase - 15 minute wait

Roar is right next to Firebird and can be done before SkyWinder.

The maintenance team was visibly working very hard to get Ride of Steel working last weekend, but ultimately it didn't operate. It probably would have seen decent lines while also being a good crowd eater for the other rides.

Oddly enough, The Great Chase might have been the credit I waited the longest for. Ragin' Cajun probably had a 10 minute line when I entered the park and a 30-40 minute line after 6 PM. Between the longer line and not wanting to take the risk of being dizzy for the 3.5 hour ride home, I opted to skip it in favor of re-rides on Wild One and Roar.

If your goal is to get every credit, Ragin' Cajun might be a good place to start. Everything flows out neatly and naturally from there; the park has a nice layout that's easy to navigate.

 

[MaxxForceFan]

Apparently PG County Executive Aisha Braveboy was interviewed on Fox 5 Zip Trip segment today and said that the county was already working with a developer and had received RFPs with proposals. I haven't been able to track down the interview yet.

Found it, not much new info outside of what you already posted. The conversation about Six Flags starts at 2:16 on the video.
Zip Trip to National Harbor: Talk of the Town with the County Executive

 

[Mike541x]

I stopped by the park yesterday for a few hours for what could possibly be my last visit, but that could change depending on how my weekends look next month. I have to say, despite Fright Fest being canceled, the park did a great job decorating the park for the Kids Boo Fest. I wasn't expecting the decorations that they had for a kids event. However, if they were Fright Fest props, makes sense to not waste them. For a Saturday, it was actually a great day to visit the park. Crowds were pretty minimal and I was able to ride everything except for Ragin' Cajun, Firebird (Skipped as always) and of course Batwing, multiple times. Even Superman's line was short despite one train operations.

I also want to give a shoutout to the employees yesterday as well. They were much better than before on my previous visits this year. Ride ops did their best enforcing line jumpers and phone policy on rides. The two ride ops checking restraints on Screamore's SkyWinder were some of the fastest I've seen in any park this year. I'm sure they were racing each other on who can check the restraints on their side the fastest. It's nice seeing they're still doing the best they can to give a good experience to guest, despite the park closing for good in a couple months. Another thing I will miss the most about this place is their stunt shows. I'm not much of a show person when it comes to theme parks, but I've always enjoyed the stunt shows they do here. Something you can't find at KD or BGW,

Even though I doubt it, I hope to make it back out one more time before they close. It didn't strike me until I was leaving on how much I was going to miss this place.

 

[Bring Back Questor 87]

Last time I was here was 2004. I wonder if I should go just for the hell of it. What's a single day ticket run now, even for half the day perhaps?

 

[RollyCoaster]

Get a Kings Dominion gold pass through the MVP sale. You can still buy a new one for $89 and will get you parking and admission to SFA this year, and all other Six Flags parks now through the end of 2026.



The most expensive SFA single day ticket I saw was $45 on a saturday in October. You would still have to pay for parking.

For $89 the KD pass is the way to go. Even SFA is telling you to buy one lol