Ranking EVERY Coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure (Past, Present & Future)

[@pyscha]

Never thought you would do this video because of the amount of defunct coasters. You surprised me.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@pyscha yeah thats one reason it took me a while to tackle it

[@jzckvsn]

Here’s hoping Ka sticks around, I’d hate to see it go 🙏

[@IlovegachalifewithNaomi]

Nope 2024 is its last operation year due to high costs for its operations 😢

[@GDAccelerate]

@@IlovegachalifewithNaomino? that’s just a rumor lol.

[@crlaltcoasters]

@@IlovegachalifewithNaomijust a rumor! it’s been confirmed it’s still staying

[@Possibly_A_Drummer]

I don't think that was a rumor

[@crlaltcoasters]

@@Possibly_A_Drummer well… it’s been confirmed now…

[@rct2nerd]

If you love Nitro during the summer, I recommend riding it during the winter. In early March and all of December, Great Adventure usually disables the mid-course brake run trim which makes the airtime hills during the second half of the ride more extreme.

[@Matthew_Melara]

I was just there yesterday, amazing timing, excited to see this.

[@shane-bauer]

Really enjoyed the list. As a kid in the mid 90s, Great American Scream Machine was my first big coaster. I don't remember a lot about my first ride aside from my mom being in pain from the head banging. For the most part I just remember seeing the inversions and feeling like it was just towering over the rest of the park at all times. At the time it really felt intimidating.

[@tiffanyjones7360]

This was truly amazing and brought back so many memories! From childhood trips to meeting the love of my life while working at the Runaway Mine Train 22 years ago. We can't wait to go back and experience the newer coasters. Thank you for this video!

[@Mini_V4]

HE UPLOADED GUYS HOLYYYYY (what is that bum looking tiger statue at the start also 😭)

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@Mini_V4 haha thats at the safari

[@omarfaruq9233]

​@@AirtimeThrillsthe great adventure saga ENDS

[@WhatAG23]

He doesn’t upload that infrequently…

[@michael7054]

Great video! Looked like a lot of fun coasters! I really enjoyed watching this!

[@SlenderMan165]

going to USA for the first time in my life next week and going to visit SFGA, so you got me very hyped!! Cant wait 🤩

[@WhatAG23]

I hope you got on Kingda Ka and Green Lantern

[@SlenderMan165]

@WhatAG23 Yes we did, it was awesome 😍 But toro is my #1 Coaster at SFGA

[@ArtfulAmy]

8:52 Warning about Runaway Mine Train: be careful riding this at night if you’re not very familiar with the layout. Over a week ago I bruised my left ribs during an abrupt transition when my torso slammed into the side of the train (I believe it occurred when entering the midcourse break run). I hadn’t ridden this in years so I’d forgotten how janky it can be, and I wasn’t prepared for the transitions in the dark. It’s a fun coaster and has historical significance to Great Adventure, but my aching ribs and I are not currently fans. 😬

[@PracticallySquared1]

I rode Eltoro 8 times Saturday. Pretty smooth to me, I prefer the back seat and it has a touch of jankyness, sit on a non wheel seat and it's smoother but I think the slight jankyness adds character. My #2 coaster behind Steve.

[@amandaluongo2112]

row 17, right side. best and smoothest ride!

[@joeb2]

Man, I can’t agree with Superman being behind Green Lantern. Green Lantern is just painful and not enjoyable at all. Superman is silky smooth and always fun. That pretzel loop is elite.

[@claytonlatone8959]

Crazy timing considering I was just there last weekend and just starting to watch your vids again!

[@TyrellDunn]

Kingda Ka to me is #1. I hope it stays for a long time and continues to get the love and care it needs

[@christopherzehnder]

Kingda Ka and Nitro are in the top slots for me…. They’re both amazing in their own ways

[@jzckvsn]

0:37 that’s a young enthusiast right there

[@Muffinman6448]

The documentary of this park was so good! I watched it on a road trip to Knott’s

[@jondaltonpayne2251]

Yo. Chiller at #4 damn straight! It was pretty awesome. But I have nothing but fun memories of Viper - not the shaky hunk of crap it seems to be remembered for. My first visit to Great Adventure (pre El Toro & Kingda Ka): 1. Nitro 2. Chiller 3. Batman… 4. Viper 5. Old Man Thunder

[@matymil]

I think you did GASM alil dirty. It got a reputation for being rough but prime Scream Machine was phenomenal. I cant wrap my brain around how Green Lantern is that much higher.

[@AirtimeThrills]

It's hard to rank defunct coasters, because do you rank them in their prime or how they last ran?

[@ChristopherSimansky]

If you haven't yet, watch Airtime's documentary on this park. It's stellar

[@JohnSweeney-j3i]

Screem machine was my favorite roller coaster when it opened and so rolling thunder

[@Wers11111]

Thank you for not disrespecting Jersey devil for no reason

[@DJJODolla]

Viper turned into El Toro, which is a top tier replacement. You should do a ranking of best replacement coasters.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Best upgrades. Pretty good idea

[@Toxic-hz8sl]

@@AirtimeThrills I agree

[@MarsJenkar]

@@AirtimeThrills And if you ranked it by how much improvement there was, rather than by _just_ the quality of the replacement coaster, that would keep it interesting because we'd no longer be 100% certain that Steel Vengeance would top the list.

[@CedarThrills]

I think that Green Lantern pulls good forces. Not the most comfortable, but I actually like the ride.

[@ajtopia]

Toro was closed the first and only time I’ve been to GA this June. Just means I’ll have to get back a second time, long live Ka

[@garywillig5143]

If there's one thing I strongly disagree with it's the placement of The Chiller. I went on it only once when I was a kid, and it was my introduction to the idea that roller coasters could be rough and painful. It holds a special place in my heart for being the first coaster to ever hurt me and leave me in pain when it was over. I'd rank it second to last, with only Viper being worse.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@garywillig5143 do you remember if you rode it with the over the shoulder restraints? Im sure itbwas better with lapbars

[@garywillig5143]

@@AirtimeThrills It was definitely with the over the shoulder restraints. I was slammed into them during the ride and it really hurt my chest. I'd have probably had a much better time with lapbars. I never went back on it, so I didn't know they changed the restraints. I think it was the Batman side that I rode, but I'm not 100% sure of that. It would have been the one I would have been more interested in riding as a Batman-obsessed child.

[@history_leisure]

Some say the pothole led to some fixes, I'd put it about the same position as Green Lantern and Superman as lower tier B&M's. Would I say it's the park signature coaster? Yes (besides, Ka will loose its records anyway so a remodel would make it relevant and possibly get that title back, especially if Toro continues to deteriorate). Does it run like it? Hell no

[@danamarie2970]

El Toro's not deteriorating, lol. btw. google "save KINGDA KA" to sign the free petition

[@APPLE1TO1]

Man. I stuck on the Chiller twice. That coaster was a nightmare. Rolling Thunder and Toro is mine. But I can’t fit on Toro anymore so that’s out.

[@christopherzehnder]

Yea, I loved Toro in my 20’s but in my 40’s even though i fit, it’s brutal! The restraints on that coaster are the most uncomfortable in the park. Sad because it’s an amazing ride

[@LancoasterPA]

Rode Ultra Twister when it was there. The visuals when riding it are stuck in my memory to this day. Ride the one in Japan if ever you get the chance.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@LancoasterPA yep i plan on riding at least 1 next summer

[@gddarrentriplet]

I rode kingda ka over 50 times last year. That launch is way too addicting

[@christopherzehnder]

It’s like being launched into space on the back of a rocket.

[@brianmacdonald7297]

Another wonderful walk down memory lane, so thanks for that. I'm going to disagree with some of your placements, based on personal experience: the Scream Machine is too low for my taste, and both Shockwave and Chiller are way too high. Chiller was really unbearable with the original OTSRs, and it was still pretty rough without them. I don't miss it.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Especially for defunct coasters, its hard to rank them because the ride experience changes so much over time

[@brianmacdonald7297]

@@AirtimeThrills Personally, I love having strong opinions about defunct coasters, because nobody can prove me wrong, and I can't ride it again to change my opinion. Also, I will never have anything nice to say about Shockwave.

[@darkridedan1]

@@brianmacdonald7297Shockwave was my 1st coaster with inversions. I loved my 1st ride, but I was already bored with it the following year. I didn’t miss it. Chiller WITH the zero g rolls and the original wheel bogies and WITHOUT the OTSRs was amazing.

[@Modusprimax]

Nitro at the back row is SO FUN I could ride it 10 times straight!

[@Hi1mErin]

the ranking of joker, dark knight, and great american scream machine were CHOICES lmao

[@NoahRhodes-wb1hb]

I’m waiting for the end of year tier list can’t wait to see how all of your new credit stack up against the old ones. Hope you’re 325 gains a little bit of ground or I 305 definitely I305.

[@GPK1075]

was waiting for this

[@xtlm]

Viper sure was something lol Batman and Robin WERE awesome (Even If I only did the Red side) And I am a weirdo. I acknowledge that El Toro is crazier, but riding the Nitro all day is one of my favorite things to do and therefore my favorite ride in the park.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@xtlm nitro is super rerideable

[@MakBot]

Nitro is a rocking chair, El Toro is a car crash

[@mitchellries256]

Wow. He's been to this park six times while I've yet to go there. I should fix that by going there next summer.

[@Scott-lv9uh]

@@mitchellries256 I’m lucky enough to have it as my home park! Definitely worth the visit! Hope you enjoy it😊

[@mitchellries256]

Lucky. All I have is Valleyfair and Nickelodeon Universe.

[@N_Drogyny]

honestly, if green lantern was less of a ballbuster, i'd probably enjoy it

[@TrthWrld]

Park should have more than 13-14 coasters. Place services most populated area in the nation.

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

So does Hershey Park and Dorney Park and Knoebels, and Hershey Park is now its equal, unlike 20-30 years ago when I was growing up just south of Baltimore, which you're probably not even counting with the Philadelphia and NYC areas. However, when six flags rebranded Wild World/Adventure World into Six Flags America in the late 90s that thrust the Baltimore DC metro area into the Six Flags Great Adventure market because of the chain wide Six Flags passes, and because great adventure destroys six flags america.

[@Coyotek4]

Personal ranking (among those I've actually ridden): (1) Nitro (2) El Toro (top two in this order as Nitro holds higher nostalgia value for me) (3) Medusa (4) KK (5) GASM (6) Ultra Twister (7) Rolling Thunder (but these days, Phoenix at Knoebels has spoiled me) (8) Runaway Mine Train (9) Viper (I liked this more than most, and I don't care for some that come after at all) (10) Sarajevo Bobsled (I miss this one, but Flying Turns at Knoebels more than makes up for that) (11) Lightning Loops (really hated the long walk up those stairs) (12+13) The two 'wild mouse' coasters (14) Superman (just not a fan of this type of ride) (15) GL (even less so) (16) Harley Quinn coaster (17) Chiller (just didn't do it for me at all, but waiting so long certainly affected my opinion) (18) Shockwave (my least favorite) At some point, I hope to get on Jersey Devil and (if it ever opens) Flash VV no desire to try the Joker coaster, which reminds me of a Zipper on a track.

[@darkridedan1]

This is a more legitimate list. No way GL belongs in the top 15, but RT and GASM are at home there 😉

[@hogscattle7877]

I thought Nitro should be more like #10, The Chiller, King Da Ka, El Toro, Jersey Devil, Rolling Thunder and Scream Machine were definitely more of a thrill to me. I think you missed Free Fall if that counts as a coaster. Awesome review!

[@JosephKanagy]

Can you do kennywood please? They have a lot of defunct coasters

[@SSDDR32]

12:28 you caught a bird swooping by real close for like two frames! i thought it was a subliminal insert of someone who doesn't like green lantern or something and had to go back and look

[@stevedambro5709]

This is and has been my home park since i was a kid.... And i gotta say - this video makes it abundantly clear i have no concept of time. 😂😂😂 Coasters i 'remember' being around much longer then they actually were. Great look back at some awesome coasters.

[@christopherzehnder]

Yea, time just keeps passing us by. Some of this feels like it happened yesterday

[@AmazedBunion]

i've gone to great adventure twice a year for almost 2 decades now and green lantern is the worst coaster ever. not just there but anywhere. most of us locals call it the nut cracker. very painful ride

[@spentron1]

I liked Viper and would put it as high as 14 after moving Superman down below Dark Knight.

[@travispettipiece2331]

Great american scream machine looked like a genuinely good ride

[@christopherzehnder]

It was. Right up to the end it was a kickass coaster. Long ride and lots of elements

[@darkridedan1]

I always enjoyed it better than Medusa, Superman or Green Lantern. These B&M’s messed with my head far more than GASM ever did.

[@MakBot]

@@christopherzehnder With the mid course cranked to almost a full stop, the hang time going into the batwing with those old school Arrow OTSR was DIABOLICAL

[@Mr.Coaster1]

Don’t know if this is a hot take or not but Joker > Superman joker is out of control while super man has no forces besides on the pretzel loop

[@worldsheaviestjamband93]

I seem to remember Viper causing my sister’s ears to bleed because of her earrings banging against the head rest. It wasn’t good..

[@1trackmindcoasters]

Buy or sell: Knoebels gets an RMC Raptor for an addition for their 100th anniversary in 2026

[@MichaelMyers3000]

Great Adventure is my home park and I’ve been going since I was born in 1993. For me personally, Viper was the worst coaster I’ve been on in the history of Great Adventure. My shoulders were black and blue after I got off of it. Hated it

[@Priano85]

Chris, I love your videos! I never miss one. Could you let me know if there is a way to download the videos from your raw footage channel without a subscription to KZbin Premium, or is that the only way? I'd love to use some of your footage when I edit together my home movies from a recent Disney World trip with my kids.

[@darkridedan1]

Well Chris, I have to hand it to you. You rode Rolling Thunder and you gave it an honest review. In 2008, it had been neglected all too long and it was riding as a shadow of its former self. If you were able to ride it in the rain, at night or racing, it would be in your top 10 where it belongs. It is one of the 5 signature coasters of this park’s history, along with GASM, Nitro, El Toro and Kingda Ka or The Runaway Train (depending on the generation of the guest.) No local over the age of 15 is reminiscing about SFGAdv without mentioning Rolling Thunder. It was the star of the show for 10 years and was a mainstay for another 25 years Sarajevo Bobsled and Shockwave needed to be a little higher as they were enjoyable coasters. I saw Superman following Rolling Thunder and I didn’t see Green Lantern so I stopped watching. I agree that Sarajevo and RMT are fun coasters! Green Lantern and some of the B&Ms, meh.

[@kaylawhipple7570]

Biggest take away from this video is I'm not ready for 2006 to be 18 years ago.

[@Andrew-gh5pm]

The fact little devil coaster isn’t one is a crime

[@Hperm-Cubes]

Thoughts on what is replacing scorpion at bgt

[@joe-murphyslife]

Spot on 👍👏

[@commonwealthedison2640]

Went to this park once, in 2005, during Ka’s opening week. Got one ride at the beginning of the day, and then it broke down the rest of the day. Thought the best ride in the park was easily Batman and Robin.

[@NortheastCoasters-456]

Do you remeber the original queue? If so, could you tell me about it.

[@SigmaCASOMT]

Do a documentary on Six Flags over Georgia

[@SlimFury]

El Toro is a no-brainer number 1. It redeemed itself for me and held on to its number 10 spot.

[@adamwalfish7329]

I grew up 20 min away from GA. Spent many of days and nights there in the late 70's and 80's. Noved away in 87. Have only been back to GA one time since. However you for got Free Fall.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Freefall is a very questionable "coaster" and i personally dont consider it one, but i know a lot of people do

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I really miss the old Medusa colors these are nice though I don’t miss Bizarro though

[@collegeluvr]

I used to really like El Toro but it’s just become too much for me… The ride is still OK, it’s just me… Along with its structural issues I don’t know… Nitro is my favorite, though. Not a fan of Ka’s rattle.

[@plighting_engineerd]

8:49 Cedar Point Police department in top right? 🤔

[@CesarHernandez-nh1wz]

Decent list. I wouldn't put any kiddie coaster over Viper, that's just crazy to me. Also TGASM should be a bit higher imo. The Chiller was appropriately top 5. That ride was awesome (I was lucky enough to ride both sides). Even though I got a headache from the Batman side one time, it was worth it. Medusa was my favorite last time I was there (~2000) but unfortunately haven't been able to ride any of the newer coasters (El Toro, Kingda Ka, Superman, Green Lantern, etc.)

[@Verdelite]

el toro is the roughest woodie ive ever done, that track clearly dosent hold up or isnt well maintained

[@darkridedan1]

Isn’t maintained well. That’s why the park chose it. It was easier (cheaper) to maintain than its old real woodie. The sad thing is, out-and-backs are easier to maintain or easier to smooth out the janks than cyclones and twisters.

[@Grimkaiser]

I'm so happy it's my hone park

[@ScottyMania313]

Nitro makes me happy. It's the anti NY Jets

[@derzflurgenz5397]

Been to this park so many times but the strange thing is el toro is constantly the least favorite with the groups I’ve gone with. Whips ya to uncomfortable levels in the 2nd half of the ride, mostly pain and unenjoyable. We ride it once and always say never again. Bizarre to me it gets so much love, it always beats the hell outta me and the people I go with.

[@nicoleloves2pac]

WOOHOO WE GOT ANOTHER PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

[@generalguy64x]

I wanted to go on Viper since it always looked so cool when I was younger. But when I was finally tall enough, it was never operating.

[@hesqn77]

Green lantern is so bad my legs feel like theyre going to burst

[@bettymac1866]

So many coasters I didnt get the chance to ride, and so many I'm nervous I wont be able to experience. I have to get myself to this park!

[@alex33952]

With the merger and the rumors about rides, a whole video about this parks future might be in order?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@alex33952 idk about a whole video but i had a long segment in my last buy or sell talking about it

[@Ardy6]

B&R My Boy is #1. Best ride of all time

[@shannond2559]

Man, Viper HURT!

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Most of my rankings are quite similar, just a slight shuffling. But you do like Jersey Devil a lot more than me. I have it at # 10, easily behind Green Lantern/Batman the Ride/Bizarro. Ultra Twister, having ridden it at Astroworld, is also easily above Jersey Devil for me.

[@chrispa9573]

Viper was ok. Better than where it was placed.

[@Jason_Maier]

Regarding Batman & Robin: The Chiller 1. Now that launch technology has improved, could it work nowadays? 2. I've been told by people who rode it that the Batman side had more downtime because it required more LIM's; to the point where one year it didn't even operate. Yes, Kingda Ka has it's downtime. But dammit, that launch is fun; I always scream "Arms up, balls out!"

[@sdc5914]

Nitro front row is floater heaven

[@pickle318]

I feel like you need to use giant air quotes when saying Diamondback is "open to this day." FC is my home park as well

[@stephanievitale-ur1vo]

Kingda Ka was my fav then nitro then el Toro. I loved great American scream machine but haven’t been to great adventure since 2006. So el toro was amazing then. Check out canobie coasters top 100. El toro is like number 56.

[@CoastersPX]

So you're saying that Green Lantern is better that Superman UF?

[@Scott-lv9uh]

Viper really wasn’t that bad besides the fact it was barely ever open.

[@darkridedan1]

It was fun. The drop was great and the inversions were fantastic. That final u turn into the station was rough though.

[@PumpkinBear]

i feel like ive seen a bunch of parks have built coasters and never opened them in the past - why?

[@Zepp914]

Green Lantern is 18 places too high.

[@Productions427]

Agreed. It’s one of my all-time least favorites.

[@darkridedan1]

Amen

[@TTMfred]

I think the painful viper was so much better than el toro, i think this because el toro has amazing airtime but that can’t compare to vipers painful ride experience 😅

[@Nathan_iscool.]

All shockwave is like vortex at Carowinds and ultra twister looks unique they have them in japan

[@Gekkiiii]

Maybe you could cover the european six flags parks. Haven't seen many people cover the parks.

[@JamesSchubert-xz9iy]

Could ANY comatose coaster nerd EVER come up with an original video!?! Ranking every coaster at Great Adventure has only been done on You Tube about 10,000 times. And as usual, most fell asleep about 30 seconds into this insomnia cure borefest! I punched out 10 seconds in. Thank God!!!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I don’t ride Superman and Green Lantern anymore meh alone with Batman The Dark Knight and Skull Mountain

[@misterhelpyou6599]

Green Lantern aka The Migraine Machine. It's like Iron Mike's using your head as a speed bag 🤕

[@amandaluongo2112]

el toro and kingda ka are top rides. kingda ka was definitely smoother back in the day but that launch is still INSANE! gets me every single time. for el toro, row 17, right side is the smoothest and best seat. air time is insane! imo for a ride to be fantastic, i need to get that nervous feeling in my stomach beforehand. these two are the only ones to do it for me! scream machine was fantastic. bumpy but if you held your head still it was perfectly fine. deserves higher on list. same with rolling thunder, iconic ride green lantern should be dead last. worst ride this park has ever seen. i cannot wait until they remove it and replace it. rode it when it opened and i will never ride it again also, unpopular opinion, nitro is pretty boring. i live like 25-30 min from the park. ill go and ride el toro and kingda ka a few times and leave lol

[@DoswarePictures]

I think the way you said “Big Fury” activated my iPhone’s Siri.

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@DoswarePictures woops

[@static_gmedina]

16:24 😏

[@feliciasingleton4849]

I remember the first time I rode Medusa.... it had just opened at the time, and what was memorable was there was a brown -out and most of the park had no lights.... Medusa was the first of its kind of rollercoaster, and in the same year a couple of months later, I got to ride the second one -Kraken, at SeaWorld Orlando 💜💜💜💜

[@LH44-GC]

Green Lantern was sooo painful, it would be dead last if it was my countdown

[@TheEpic22]

Give me Ka over nitro every day of the week. I would and have driven to GA just to ride Kingda Ka, I would never do that for nitro. Honestly I skip nitro most of my trips these days, it’s really just not my kind of ride

[@crouse_2248]

Skull mountain is criminally low on this list. You just gotta give yourself room in that back row to appreciate it

[@youtubeenjoyer5306]

YAY Do this for sfne pls🙏😬

[@Tyler_1227]

TORO IS KING 👑