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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Hard to believe it, but Raring Rapids will be 45 years old this season. It was only the second ride of its kind in the world when it opened in 1981. www.greatadventurehistory.com/Roaring%20Ra...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The 2026 season will mark the 20th year for El Toro! Great to see that it's getting some much needed TLC in the off season to bring it back to the great ride it started out as.

Photo of El Toro from the 2006 season, just after the ride opened in June.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Excited to share that “Ticket to Ride- America’s Theme Park Trains” is now available for pre-order! rivershorepress.com/ticket-to-ride This book will be a “must have” for train & theme park fans everywhere. Photos from my Great Adventure History collection and my personal collection of are included.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

From this date in 2008– both coasters are gone now…

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

These photos are so awesome— I time capsule of the late 70’s/early 80’s in a theme park! The fake Darth Vader/C3PO photos are rare and amazing!

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Another Monday, another map! This week it's 1987-- Splashwater Falls made a big splash, but it was another rough year for the park with bad publicity. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1987_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This could have interesting implications for the theme park world. I believe the licensing with Six Flags runs out next year...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Map Monday this week is 1986, and the debut of the first (and only) Togo Ultra Twister outside of Japan! The unique ride was thrilling, but low capacity and only lasted a few years. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1986_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Today’s Map Monday brings us to 1985, a “rebuilding” year for the park. Looping Starship was the new ride, and the Looney Tunes took over as park mascots. Behind the scenes a $5 million fire safety system was retrofit park wide. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1985_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

More ‘84 goodness with a look at the Season Passholder mailer: www.greatadventurehistory.com/New1984SPMai...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

To go with our Map Monday, the 1984 season also had Pac Man and Ms. Pac Man.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This week’s Map Monday takes us to 1984, the year that changed everything for Great Adventure and industry wide. The Sarajevo Bobsled was the marquis addition for the season. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1984_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I missed Map Monday, so we’re doing a Two Map Tuesday to make up for it! Here’s the 1982 map featuring the “new” Games Area, and the 1983 map which introduced Freefall, Parachutes, and the Ski Show! www.greatadventurehistory.com/1982_Yearboo... www.greatadventurehistory.com/1983_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Before AI, computer animation, and CAD drawings were used to show new rides, elaborate models used to be made to help show off what was coming to the park. The Roaring Rapids model was one of the most elaborate, and actually could hold water! www.greatadventurehistory.com/RoaringRapid...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Another Map Monday— 1981 and the arrival of Roaring Rapids! The rapids ride was developed by Six Flags and Intamin and was only the second in the world when it opened. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1981_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It’s Map Monday again! This week we’re looking at 1980, when swinging ship mania was in full swing and the Buccaneer was introduced. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1980_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This week’s Map Monday brings us to 1979, the year Rolling Thunder made its debut. The wooden racing coaster would remain Great Adventure’s largest coaster for ten years.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

It’s Map Monday, and this week’s map is from 1978, the year Great Adventure became a member of the Six Flags family. Lots of new additions to the park for 1978 including the Monster Spin, Americana Music Hall, and Lightnin’ Loops, the park’s first looping roller coaster!

Poster map of Six Flags Great Adventure from the 1978 season

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I love that it is almost exactly what the rendering looked like.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Our next Map Monday brings us to 1977, and the introduction of the popular rainbow logo 🌈 . The only new attraction introduced was the historic Gondola ride which only ran for a portion of the year.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Our next Map Monday takes us to 1976– new park entrance, new kiddie area, and a few new rides all debut! www.greatadventurehistory.com/1976_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

To help everyone through the “off season” we’ll be featuring poster maps from the park through the years. Our first is 1975, which was the first one issued. www.greatadventurehistory.com/1975_Yearboo...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy Holidays and let’s all hope for a better 2025!

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

One of the odder thing that Great Adventure had over the years was the Parashooter game. It lasted from 1976-81 and was a shooting gallery target game that would send a parachuter up 60' and then it would parachute back down. The better the aim on the bullseye, the higher it would shoot.

Trade magazine ad for the Parashooter, which was the first (and as far as we know) only one of its kind.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Can’t wait to have our cars match our workplaces! WDW on mine, Universal on hubby’s.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A poll of our fans determined the Great Adventure Rainbow 🌈 logo is everyone’s favorite—

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

A “Star Wars” photo op that was available one summer at Great Adventure. It’s practically Galaxy’s Edge level…

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Before Universal, before Disney, Marvels characters appeared at Six Flags Great Adventure. Spiderman, Ms. Marvel, and Captain Marvel all spent a summer greeting guests in 1977: www.greatadventurehistory.com/MarvelCharac...

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

With the theme park boom of the 1970's one of the most ubiquitous souvenirs was the ashtray. It may be hard to believe now, but in the 1970's ashtrays were EVERYWHERE. People collected ashtrays and often matchbooks as well.

Mid-mod triangular ashtray from the opening season of Great Adventure in classic 1970's brown.

Bathtub shaped ashtray featuring a stylized version of the Yum Yum Palace restaurant.

Great Adventure match books featuring the Safari animals.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Do you still have Pac-Man fever? Did you know that Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man used to be walk around characters at Great Adventure? While Bally (owner of Pac-Man) owned Six Flags the larger than life Pac-Man characters were there to greet guests and take pictures.

Pac-Man eats some fans in front of the Air Brush shirt stand.

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man in front of the Big Wheel

Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man dancing to the sounds of Touch of Brass in front of the Liberty Square Gazebo

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I was just a really young boy when we went to NYC to watch the parade and Kermit (the balloon) was amazing to see in person!

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Ben Siemon @benjaminjs.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Elon waited for liberals to sniffle and cry. But he looked, they had left! They had gone to BlueSky. What made Twitter special was never the site. It was always the people that made it so bright.

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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Be an ally. 💜🩵🩷

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Posted a poll over on our FB page— if the park reverted back to one of the older logos, which would you like to see? Or would you like to see something new?

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Most people know the Skyride came to Great Adventure from the 1964-5 New York World's Fair, but also some of the park's benches, trash cans and the original parking trams all were World's Fair surplus. These trams were only 10 years old when the park opened.

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GreatAdventureHistory.com @gahistory.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Do you remember when Great Adventure was home to a McDonalds? The in park restaurant operated from 1994-2003 and was located across from the Bandstand in what is now Bugs Bunny National Park.