Kingda Ka, Six Flags and roller coaster

Six Flags shuts down Kingda Ka roller coaster as fans sound off: 'Heartbreaking and insulting'
Kingda Ka, the world's tallest roller coaster, will be demolished in the near future, New Jersey's Six Flags Great Adventure announced. Fans took to social media to react to the news.
Roller coasters Kingda Ka, Green Lantern coming down at Six Flags Great Adventure
Kingda Ka was once the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, though its record speed was later broken.
Six Flags Great Adventure retires Kingda Ka, world's tallest and fastest roller coaster
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 closed to make way for ‘record-breaking’ mystery ride at Six Flags Great Adventure
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.
World’s Tallest Roller Coaster Closes After 20 Years for New Mystery Ride — and It's Not in Fla. or Calif.
Six Flags Great Adventure’s record-breaking ride, Kingda Ka, is officially being retired nearly two decades after it opened in 2005
Six Flags to retire N.J.’s Kingda Ka, the world’s tallest roller coaster, and replace it with North America’s first ‘boomerang’ coaster
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,
Great Adventure retiring Kingda Ka, Green Lantern, debuting new coasters
Great Adventure announced Thursday, Nov. 14, that its introducing The Flash: Vertical Velocity in 2025. But to make room for the new addition, Kingda Ka and the Green Lantern rides will be taken down. Kingda Ka was ranked as the world’s tallest and fastest coaster, and has been ridden 12 million times since 2005.
Six Flags Great Adventure retires Kingda Ka for new ‘multi-record-breaking launch coaster’
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
Fate of Great Adventure‘s Kingda Ka roller coaster coming ’very soon,' park says
The park has not filed at notice with the state that the ride is shutting down, Lisa Ryan, a spokesperson for the state Department of Community Affairs, told NJ Advance Media. Theme parks are not required to submit notice of closure, they would just let the permit lapse if not opening the ride for the next season, she said.
Six Flags shuts down 'Kingda Ka,' other thrill rides ahead of new coaster launches
A legendary New Jersey roller coaster has taken its final ride to make way for new record-breaking thrill rides over the next couple of years.
Six Flags Great Adventure retiring 2 coasters, including Kingda Ka; announces pair of new coasters
Six Flags Great Adventure confirmed the long-rumored closure of two of its roller coasters, including the iconic Kingda Ka.
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