Hey guys! Jglonek and myself decided to take a trip out to the park this past week because I had received a new battery for my camera and also I had never seen the Glow in the Park Parade yet. It was very moderate crowds for going to the park at around 6 PM, but definitely not the worst I had ever seen.

Upon walking into the park these days, you are greeted by lovely signs stating that the Glow in the Park parade is now nightly so you now have the opportunity to experience this fabulous parade, if I may say so. We will get to more on the parade later.



Also above the ticket booths are the colorful banners displaying the promotions of the Flash Pass as well as the new promotion, the Big Six Pass. Hit the link for some more information but in short, its six visits for the price of one.





We unfortunately missed the Jeep "Go Anywhere, Do Anything Tour", which can be seen on GAHistory's website, but the signs were still up so maybe it ran earlier in the day and they shut it down when it was time for dinner?

Some new things I spotted, granted I have been to the park in a month or two with trips to California and work, were alot, if not all, the basketball games now have a Modell's sponsorship plastered to the top of the stand. I guess with you stock at $0.80 a share, you need all the sponsorships you can get.

Moving forward, if you guys remember back in late April when we first reported to you about cabana rentals, you can now see they have modified to old entrance to Old Country and Spinmeister to be known as Cabana Cove. As far as I can see, they have tents that can be bought at Target and is completely closed off from the rest of the park. I guess me and the other Insider guys are gonna have to pitch in one day and rent one of these things. Definitely looks like a good way to beat the heat, if you are willing to spare the change.



So to conclude this update, lets close out with a few things we also spotted while visiting:

• Rolling Thunder was racing both sides that night so that was a pleasant sight to see.
• The old laser tag building is now an indoor mini golf so it is another way to beat the heat of the summer.
• Over by the Big wheel, there is a random patch of concrete missing. Anyone know why this is or if its just a patch that needed replacing?
• Food vendors are now in the lines of most major attractions as like this one in the line for Nitro. Since the new policy prohibits you from bringing bottles and such in line with you, there is still an opportunity for you purchase water or something else to keep you happy and satisfied.

Well that pretty much wraps it up. Here is the link to the album for you to look at. Feel free to bring up anything you find interesting inside the album. It also contains some new Glow in the Park parade pics but forgive me as it is hard to snap pictures of moving objects in the dark. As far as the parade goes, I enjoyed it and it reminded me of the Disney Electrical Parade which I just saw recently out in California Adventures. Hopefully the park continues to thrive on it and makes it bette.

Screamscape is reporting that they have heard people in line for the major coasters are [again] being given tickets when entering the line that they need to give in at the end of the gate or else they can't get on the ride. A way to help line cutting, as it were. Screamscape is reporting this as something new but we know the park has tried it two or three times in the past.

However, overlord and I were at the park last Tuesday (granted, it was 7pm) and we didn't see anything like that happening. Has anyone else?

And we do have pictures from that park trip, if overlord ever puts them up!

Six Flags has come out with a new BigSix pass, which is available for purchase online and at Great Adventure. This pass is the same price as a one-day season pass, and is good for six visits to the park until the end of the season! Sounds like a great deal to me for those who don't have a season pass!

You can buy them online here, and more information is below:

Screamscape is reporting that somewhere in Hurricane Harbor there are orange markings on trees, which are probably designated as trees to be removed for whatever we might be getting in 2009.

Does anyone have more information or a location in the park where this is happening? We'd love to hear!

After dropping below the 1.10 margin in the past week frightening investors the Six Flags stock has begun to rise again. Some blame reasons for the sudden drop on the incident at Six Flags Over Georgia last week and a continually worsening economy. However it looks as if it is correcting itself and time will tell. Lets all hope for the best.

According to this paper, Six Flags is ready to debut its ThrillLeader cheerleading squad, starting with Six Flags Great Adventure this Friday, July 4th.

The rest of the article discusses the issues with the chain right now and how poorly the stock price is running, if that interests you.

You can actually read more about the ThrillLeaders on the official site at this link.

And below is an image of the 2008 ThrillLeader team.

Screamscape is reporting that it's almost definite that Hurricane Harbor will be receiving something in 2009, probably a Tornado. Knowing the track record I think we will take a wait and see approach on this.

I was just out grabbing some lunch and I saw the headline for today's Trentonian. For those of you who don't know, the Trentonian is a local Central NJ newspaper that usually displays less then appropriate news covers every day. Some are amusing, some are just downright terrible. And I have to say today's is awful.



I'm sure you guys can easily see what the problem is.

No, it's not the headline.. this whole incident is still kind of sad and stupid at the same time, and I want to know the facts of it.

It's the fact that it's a big NJ newspaper, spouting "BATMAN BEHEADS TEEN" with a coaster that looks EXACTLY (because it almost is) like our Batman. And then in little tiny print it says Georgia Six Flags. I know people around here, and most of them will see the headline, see the coaster, and assume it's ours.

Ouch.

If I were Great Adventure I'd be pretty furious at this headline.

To all our readers - NO ONE WAS INJURED OR KILLED AT SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE.

For the record, I didn't look through the Trenton Times today (the reputable paper in the area), but as far as I could see it definitely wasn't on the front page.

This is a sad story, and details are just coming in but it seems like it was the teen's own fault that this happened.

Full story

So as I'm sure everyone is aware there hasn't been much in the way of news posting lately. We're past the point of new things opening at the park for the year, and barring anything breaking (such as Kingda Ka back in 2005) news out of the park will probably continue to be slow until the fall when we may get new announcements about 2009.

Hopefully we will be able to stop in sometimes over the summer and see what's going on, and post some news and photo updates like usual. But that's about it! If you guys want us to post news from other Six Flags parks we have no problem doing that, but I think we tried that a year or two ago and the reception wasn't great. So let us know!

And right now Innervision and overlord are off having fun in California, and I'm working on moving to an apartment in a little over a month so it's been a busy summer for us! We may start looking into recruiting some help for this site from people who visit a lot and want to post news and photos and updates for us. Stay tuned for that.

Also, we have been slowly working on a new version of the site that should be rolled out sometime this year. We hope everyone will like it when it's done! If there is anything from this site you guys really love (besides the forums), or really hate, let us know! And if there's anything we should add, now would be a great time to tell us!