What is the timline of Six Flags Parks

rc3268

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:47 PM
Could someone tell me what the first Six Flag park was and the second and so on and so forth to the last park.

THANK YOU


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TrBiggar

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:50 PM
I only know that the first one was SFoT. SFoG was also an early park. 2nd or 3rd maybe?

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Mr. Papercut

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:51 PM
six flags over texas
six flags over georgia


I don;t know after that!

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Mr. Papercut

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:52 PM
magic mountain and great adventure were early too.

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Riddler0731

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:55 PM
I know that SFoT was the first because at that time, when it opened, Texas was under 6 flags of the world. Thats were the name 6 flags came from.

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BATWING FAN SFA

Monday, June 25, 2001 10:58 PM
it's sfot-1961,sfog-1967,sfmm1971.graet adventure was originally built and owned by the Marriott corparation.
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Koaster King

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:00 PM
Assuming you're only talking "flagged" parks and not any of the Movie Worlds, waterparks, or properties.

* are positives
The three originals:
*1)SFOT(61)
*2)SFOG(67)
*3)SFOMA or SFStL as it's known today(71)

The next:

*4)SFAW(75)
*5)SFGAdv(77)
*6)SFMM(79)
*7)SFAW(84)

I'm positive about 8-9, 10-11 are shaky, the rest is pretty close.

*8)SFFT(96?)
*9)SFKK(97?)
10)SFEG(97?)
11)SFMW(98)
12)SFDL(98-99)
13)SFA(99)
14)SFWoA(00)
15)SFNE(00)
16)SFH(00)
17)SFM(00)
*18)SFB(01) *** This post was edited by Koaster King on 6/26/2001. ***
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Dawg Byte

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:00 PM
I thought Magic Mountain didn't become a Six Flags name brand until the early 80's.....

Maybe it's just me.

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dmb-crush

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:22 PM

BATWING FAN SFA said:
"graet adventure was originally built and owned by the Marriott corparation."


Acually, Great America in Gurnee, IL was originally built by the Marriott corp. Great Adventure was built by Werner LeRoy. You can read the basic outline of that park's origins on ThrillRide! on the Medusa ride review.
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SFMWManiac87

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:35 PM
"11)SFMW?(98?)"
This is the only one I know for sure because i still have the paper declaring it! :)
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kcies13-SFGAm

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:41 PM
I'm pretty sure Six Flags purchased SFGAm in 1983 or 84 from Marriott. But I don't know for sure... but it was in the early 80's.

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sfne guy

Monday, June 25, 2001 11:49 PM
sf saint lois was called mid america that was an early sf.
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Snake Oil Elixir

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:07 AM
Great America was acquired by Six Flags (A Bally Company) in the off season of 1984-1985. The last ride added under Marriott's was in 1984, White Water Rampage (Roaring Rapids). The brochure for 1985 season introduces SFGAm as "new." The new ride for that year was Z-Force.

Jeffery Seifert posted a great message on r.r.c. back in November. The dates he gives are

1961 Texas
1965/55 Georgia
1971 Mid America now St. Louis (last original Six Flags park)
1975 AstroWorld
1977 Great Adventure
1979 Magic Mountain
1984 Great America
1996 Fiesta Texas
1998 bought by Premier Parks

That was all I have from the post. It goes into much more detail. Hopefully you can still find it!

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SFGAm home park for 25 years
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Jess

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 8:37 AM
Didn't Premier/Six Flags aquire Geauga Lake in like 98? That was the year (if I remember right) they started adding new coasters...

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2Hostyl

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 10:18 AM
Here is a link to the most complete SF timeline I could find. It should answer any questions you might have ( http://themeprk.home.texas.net/sfot/history/corptimeline.htm
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beltzies64

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:18 PM
Jess, Premier aquired Geuagua Lake in 1998, yes. They added Mind Eraser and Grizzly River Run that year.

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MF#1RB#2BVL

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 12:57 PM
If SFGAm became a SF park in the 84-84 season, wouldn't PGA have an American Eagle since that opened in 81? I'm probably 80% wrong, but didn't the two great america's have the same rides up until the year they seperated? Since they both had Tidal Waves. *** This post was edited by MF#1RB#2BVL on 6/26/2001. ***
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bigkirby

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:50 PM
Is there a timeline of Premier before they bought SF?

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slithernoggin

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 4:55 PM
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MF#1RB#2BVL said:
"If SFGAm became a SF park in the 84-84 season, wouldn't PGA have an American Eagle since that opened in 81? I'm probably 80% wrong, but didn't the two great america's have the same rides up until the year they seperated?


Well, no. The original concept for the Marriott's Great America parks (which were intended to be a chain, dotting the country with Great Americas) called for each park to identical in all ways. Within a few years of the parks opening in 1976, Marriott Corp. realized the importance of having attractions unique to each park. American Eagle was built at the Chicago park; I believe the California park got or was going to get something unique as well, but I don't recall the details.
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SFMWManiac87

Tuesday, June 26, 2001 5:11 PM
Didn't PGA get Grizzly? I think it opened in 1981.

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