News Six Flags Great Adventure Project 2027 (?): Delayed “Record Breaking Coaster"
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Something I definitely can’t see is them having decided this very recently. I think that this decision to push things back was made awhile ago. Part of me is really starting to believe that whatever we’re seeing construction of is for something completely different, part of whatever multi-year plan the chain claims they have for the park.
edit: 2026 always seemed like an almost fantasy-like scenario for a coaster like this. They couldn’t even get Flash open on time, and the idea of having a Ka replacement open on time just seems ridiculous.
Rapterra I believe starting construction in late 2023 and was actually nearly done by the time they announced it in 2024. Maybe this is one of those situations.
Now this is actually very interesting, and I have two more pieces of evidence to support this.
#1 is the upcoming ACE event that will tour the construction site. There’s no way this was done on a whim, corporate had to know there was a possibility that this happens. Why would Six Flags approve a tour of the construction site for a ride that was delayed indefinitely.
#2 is the footers, that’s been all everyone has been talking about this week. I’m no expert on footer shape, but if the rumors are true about these being Intamin footers it makes a lot more sense. I cannot see Six Flags working on a major thrill ride with Intamin for a long time, but a family coaster? Maybe. I know Six Flags New England’s coaster was unfortunately delayed, could see this being a situation similar to the Bat where Intamin, desperate to get back into the North American market again (as is apparent with the recent expansion of their Maryland facilities) gives Six Flags a good deal.
Is it a stretch? Maybe but I think there’s a good your conspiracy has some truth
My guess as of right now is they knew for a while that the Ka replacement would be delayed (or potentially even scrapped for something else), so this is just gonna be something off the shelf to fill the Green Lantern plot. It's probably out there, but it wouldn't entirely surprise me if they were able to get their hands on another scrapped coaster and they're gonna use it for the Lantern plot.
This also explains why they decided to make the delay announcement, as to prevent people from thinking this family coaster would be the Ka replacement.
edit: fwiw, I also recall seeing a family coaster on the same GAdv survey the Mack spinner was featured in.
It pretty clearly says in the email that a record breaking coaster is coming and construction on it has begun...so they are being upfront that the construction we are seeing is for the coaster they teased back in November as Ka's replacement.
Thinking about it more... it did just take them well over a year to make a simple shuttle coaster in Flash which was supposed to open in 2024. This might just be the reality of the industry right now... construction projects taking much longer because of external reasons.
Flash could have been ready to go by the end of last year but was purposely pushed back so it could open with the park in 2025. It’s not the reality of the industry. As far as what they said about the construction, nothing that they say can be taken at face value. Just look at anything they’ve put out over the last year. Details like that are never reliable and always subject to change
That's how I read it at first too but, to play devil's advocate, it can definitely be read either way.
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Are both sides of the "and" talking about the "record-breaking coaster" or are they simply citing two data-points re: future park development broadly that they have confirmed publicly previously (that there's a record-breaking coaster in the works AND there is construction on a new project underway).
Totally agree that most people will read it the first way, but either can be true I think.
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I still think this is a tariff issue— the cost of buying the coaster from Europe shot up.
I got a far less nefarious theory that’s really plausible. They did the site prep and footers, and the township and FAA decided to play hardball, won’t feast track permits/approvals, and now SF is stuck with a project they started but are orange tagged on.
Yes there was a family coaster described in enough detail to know it can't run 2 trains, an absolutely horrible choice. AND an amazing sounding dark ride that may well have gotten the most votes considering they already had a 400' coaster at the time of the poll. Which may be why they now have no 400' coasters. Has anyone checked to see if these footers could be for a large building?
Is there any way they could complete the Toro renovation in one year instead? It's terrible right now.
As to the FAA, I wonder if Ka is a useful landmark. If the Coast Guard lost a lighthouse, there would be no objection to a new one, hurry up.
Would absolutely love that here but if this ride is going to open next year it needs to be a clone able ride model and B&M typically doesn’t do that
The email states "You may know that we have a record-breaking roller coaster coming to the park and construction has begun!" which leads me to believe the construction we are seeing is for the record-breaking coaster.
If this coaster gets pushed to 2027, I imagine they will need to do something for 2026... even if it's an area refresh and some flat rides. I will say some of the wording in that email is kind of cryptic and hard to decipher, and maybe that was intentional but at this point, I think it is in Great Adventure's best interest to be transparent.
It totally is in their best interest but when has this company actually acted in Great Adventures best interest since the merger? I can’t think of one point where they did
A surf coaster would be nice with the boardwalk, but saw this before and will say again, imagine a tilt coaster like Siren’s Curse next to Superman? Would be wonders for guests driving into the park and the GP, along with a good replacement for GL and GASM. With all the power and electrical markers, seems more feasible than just for the new 2026-27 coaster?
I would love a showstopper coaster like a Tilt in GL's spot to bring that wow factor back to the parking lot. Siren's Curse would have worked rather well there...
Superman has done an admirable job of surprising onlookers with its vehicle angling, but inexplicably (and I don't know how temporary or permanent this is), they recently cut the view of that significantly by planting around the fenceline.
Superman has done an admirable job of surprising onlookers with its vehicle angling, but inexplicably (and I don't know how temporary or permanent this is), they recently cut the view of that significantly by planting around the fenceline.
