News The King Is Dead: Kingda Ka (& Zumanjaro) Closure & Demolition Confirmed

[horsesboy]

I see a lot of news out11lets now reporting that KK Was demolished to make room for two new coasters, Flash and the 2026 project. Well we know the Flash bit is a lie as they were at two different sides of the park besides once coexisting. The company just keeps putting their foot in their mouths concerning PR around KK's closing.

Hot to admit it was a little funny to see SFGA back track and pull their non Ka related social media post yesterday after it got initiated with Ka comments. I personally feel like the park should have extended the olive branch and posted some kinda farewell and tribute post but I don't know maybe there are just to many bad feelings for that to have been done. Maybe the best thing might have been for SFGA just to have said to their social media people hey today might not be a good time to post anything till the Ka dust figuratively and literally had settled.

 

[NKMM10893]

I see a lot of news outlets now reporting that KK Was demolished to make room for two new coasters, Flash and the 2026 project. Well we know the Flash bit is a lie as they were at two different sides of the park besides once coexisting. The company just keeps putting their foot in their mouths concerning PR around KK's closing.

I wouldn’t put the ignorance of local news outlets on Six Flags’ PR. Six Flags never said they were demolishing it to make room for The Flash. That’s all on news reporters skimming their press books without getting the details down to memory.

 

[The Master]

I wouldn’t put the ignorance of local news outlets on Six Flags’ PR. Six Flags never said they were demolishing it to make room for The Flash. That’s all on news reporters skimming their press books without getting the details down to memory.

Its possible one reporter got it wrong and other reporters just copied and pasted. However, it could also be a press kit from the company, hard to say.

 

[plighting_engineerd]

The Asbury Park Press did a nice job with their article today:

R.I.P. Kingda Ka, 2005 to 2025. Long live the king!

Kingda Ka, the tallest and second-fastest roller coaster in the world, came down in a controlled implosion at Six Flags Great Adventure.

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That's a beautiful tribute, a really well written article, and really, really sad.

 

[horsesboy]

A neat video angle of the demo that I hadt seen before

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[GASM]

Was hoping we’d get an up close view. Absolutely insane footage.

 

[mkj3322]

The nostalgia makes me want to re-vamp this No Limits Kingda Ka recreation that I made 10 years ago...

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[Fishels]

A neat video angle of the demo that I hadt seen before

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Makes me even more mad and sad that they didn’t tell people beforehand. I would have absolutely made a trip to ride the tallest fastest hydraulic launch coaster or died trying. And to them they just see it as an object they can blow up and move on to the next thing. They don’t care about the memories or history behind the coaster wars.

The next ride could be 600 feet tall, you still don’t treat loyal customers like this. Because of this I now have a very negative view of great adventure(yes I know it wasn’t THEIR decision) but still. I’m pissed lol

It makes me very uninterested in a visit.

 

[The Master]

The Asbury Park Press did a nice job with their article today:

R.I.P. Kingda Ka, 2005 to 2025. Long live the king!

Kingda Ka, the tallest and second-fastest roller coaster in the world, came down in a controlled implosion at Six Flags Great Adventure.

www.app.com

That was a pretty good article, much better than the canned articles most of the other news outlets gave out.

 

[The Master]

Just saw this meme.

 

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[Crunchewy]

A neat video angle of the demo that I hadt seen before

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I hate the “Reels” concept so much. This video is gone and I didn’t get to see it. What even is the point in Reels?

 

[Great Adventurer]

I think the first angle in this compilation is the one from the Facebook reel:

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[Crunchewy]

I think the first angle in this montage is the one from the Facebook reel:

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Thanks. Of course, this also seems to be a reel and therefore will be gone soon. But at least I got to see it.

 

[the_pantsmith]

I hate the “Reels” concept so much. This video is gone and I didn’t get to see it. What even is the point in Reels?

Shorter content means faster consumption means more ads they can shove in a shorter time frame. Go swipe through instagram stories and see how often ads pop up. It’s ever 2-3 accounts at this point.

Capitalism sucks man

 

[GAcoaster]

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Rather misleading caption-- implying something other than planned, controlled demolition for clicks.

 

[horsesboy]

I hate the “Reels” concept so much. This video is gone and I didn’t get to see it. What even is the point in Reels?

Sorry it's gone it was an extremely close in shot of the demo. I try to see if I can track it down from another source.

 

[Flyin Phil]

Hi everyone...Flyin Phil here from New Jersey.

I just posted a new set of 195 photos in chronological order featuring a Tribute to Kingda Ka, which is part of my personal website, Flyin Phil's Photos.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above

 

[italianstallion]

Phil you were my hero when I was 15 and now you’re my hero again at age 35. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

 

[GAcoaster]

Hi everyone...Flyin Phil here from New Jersey.

I just posted a new set of 195 photos in chronological order featuring a Tribute to Kingda Ka, which is part of my personal website, Flyin Phil's Photos.

As always, I hope you enjoy the view from above

Thanks for posting Phil!