Six Flags Great Adventure

Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation. Situated between the New York City and Philadelphia regions, the park complex also contains the Six Flags Wild Safari animal park and Hurricane Harbor water park. Originally opened in 1974 under restaurateur Warner LeRoy's vision of a seven park complex named Great Adventure (by which the park is still known as by locals today), it has been continuously operated since then. Six Flags took over ownership of the park in 1977. The park today contains eleven themed areas, four of which are designed for small children. It is the largest (land-wise) of all the Six Flags properties, including...