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6 unusual facts about Six Flags


Arrow Dynamics

At the time, Penn Central owned Six Flags and Rio Grande had plans to build several theme parks of their own, in addition to owning a coaster-building company.

Bellewaerde

Originally opened and run by the Florizoone family, which also operated Meli-Park in Adinkerke, Bellewaerde was sold in the early 1990s to the Walibi group which in itself became part of the Six Flags Chain in 1998.

Cleve Hall

After seeing the film Godzilla vs. the Thing Cleve built a Godzilla costume that caught the attention of Six Flags, who hired him to build another costume.

Fred Christenson

Christenson left ESPN after nearly 20 years of service in 2006 and went to work for Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder’s newly acquired company Six Flags, Inc. (SIX) as Regional Vice President of Parks Strategy and Management.

Reino Aventura

In March 1999, Premier Parks, the holding company for all the Six Flags theme parks, announced the purchase of Reino Aventura for an estimated $59 million.

The Ice Harvest

He finds Sidney with his kids on the side of the road in a camper-motor home, on their way to Six Flags, that has run out of gas.


Blambot

Since founding Blambot in 1999, he has lettered comics for Marvel, DC, Oni Press and Dark Horse, has become type designer to Harvey Award Winner, Mike "Madman" Allred, and has had his designs licensed by such companies as Microsoft, Six Flags Amusement Parks, The New Yorker, The Gap, and many more.

Kiddee Koaster

In late 2010, Six Flags began the process of terminating the licensed intellectual property attraction theming deals they had with Thomas the Tank Engine, The Wiggles and Tony Hawk.

Love and Rocket

While the two machines play a cat-and-mouse game, Leela continues to attempt to shut down the brain by popping the tops of its carbonated logic unit similarly to Dave shutting HAL 9000 down in 2001: A Space Odyssey (also winning free admission to Six Flags), which makes the ship even less rational.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

The game is also licensed by Six Flags to include scenarios based on five of their real Six Flags amusement parks (such as Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, and Over Texas. Also included were parks known today as Walibi Holland and Walibi Belgium that were known in the game as Six Flags Holland and Six Flags Belgium respectively because at the time the game was made, Six Flags owned those parks.).

Six Flags Atlantis

Six Flags Atlantis was a Six Flags water park in Hollywood, Florida, that occupied several acres on the southeastern intersection of Stirling Road (State Road 848) and I-95.

Wild Kitty

The Wild Kitten name stayed until Six Flags purchased the park and themed the ride to Great Chase in 1999 after the Looney Tunes.


see also

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing

) Christian's 1986 live album release Live At Six Flags features "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" in medley with "Don't Worry Baby" and "I Go to Pieces".

DC Comics Super Hero Adventures

Batman: The Ride (Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster) - Refurbished and rebuilt at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and renamed Goliath.

Fright Fest

One of the major additions was in 1999 when Six Flags licensed and opened some of their haunted houses as Alice Cooper's Brutal Planet, featuring music from the album and using similar elements in each house.

Glass House: The Good Mother

Their parents' friend, Ben Koch (Jason London), comes over to the house to take the kids to Six Flags, but Raymond tells him that Eve took them to an art gallery.

Glow in the Park Parade

Six Flags teamed up with The Goddard Group to create a nighttime parade at several of their parks.

Monster Mansion

In April 2008, impressed with the newly opened Glow in the Park Parade at Six Flags Mexico, Six Flags management approached designer Gary Goddard about the possibility of renewing the popular-but-rundown Monster Plantation dark ride at Six Flags Over Georgia, which Goddard had originally created over 25 years earlier.

Runaway Mine Train

River King Mine Train, known at one time as the River King Run-Away Mine Train, Six Flags St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

Screaming eagle

Screamin' Eagle, a wooden roller coaster in Six Flags St. Louis

Six Flags Mall

Six Flags Mall opened in 1970 at 2831 East Division Street (SH 180) and SH 360 in Arlington, Texas between Fort Worth and Dallas.