Six Flags announced it shut down the Kingda Ka and Green Lantern roller coasters to make way for two new rides including The Flash coaster.

Kingda Ka was once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, though its record speed was later broken.

Two new rides were touted in Kingda Ka’s departure. The previously-announced The Flash: Vertical Velocity will open in 2025. The ride is a “super boomerang coaster,” and the first of its kind in North America, park officials said in their announcement.

Six Flags Great Adventure announced Thursday that the Jackson Township, N.J. park will “retire” Kingda Ka, ending a nearly two-decade run for the world’s tallest roller coaster. Thrill-ride enthusiasts took to social media this weekend to mourn the rumored loss of Kingda Ka,

Kingda Ka, the world’s “tallest and fastest” rollercoaster, is among several rides being retired to make room for a pair of new attractions at Six Flags Great Adventure in New

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Six Flags Great Adventure’s record-breaking ride, Kingda Ka, is officially being retired nearly two decades after it opened in 2005

Six Flags Great Adventure confirmed the long-rumored closure of two of its roller coasters, including the iconic Kingda Ka.

The New Jersey theme park says new attractions will include a 'multi-world-record-breaking launch roller coaster.'

Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey just announced they would be retiring two of their most popular roller coasters to make way for something new. Six Flags Great Adventure announced earlier today that it would be retiring its world-renowned roller coaster Kingda Ka,

The rumors of Kingda Ka’s closure have been swirling online for days among roller coaster enthusiasts and Six Flags fans. Park officials have been tight-lipped, neither confirming or denying the closure rumor in an statement to NJ Advance Media on Tuesday morning.