Six Flags O G...the 80s

1988 video of some rides at six flags over georgia (atlanta)

[@hume7171]

The 70's and 80's Six Flags were best times---for visiting the park.

[@christfollower7315]

I worked at many of these rides as an employee of Six Flags. Working at the Free Fall in the 90s, one could easily collect twenty to thirty dollars in change every night after closing.

[@zacharywysocki8660]

I wish I could of experienced the 80's. even the amusement parks looked really fun in that time.

[@ronthatus]

Six Flags in the 80s were the best times

[@popetzm1]

Even during the 70s

[@amyholley4331]

@@ronthatus yeppers

[@Kippu1]

I lived up the street from Six Flags in '84, I and my friends would sneak in all the time. We would go in through the woods by the Mind bender or one friend that had a pass would go in then come right back out and get stamped with UV ink so they could go back in. We would meet him in the restroom at the entrance and he would transfer the ink from his wrist to ours so we could go in at the entrance. We had a lot of friends that worked there too. We always got our food and drinks free! We had one friend that worked at the gift shop, we would go in and load up on anything we wanted! At the time I was young and it was the 80s so I didn't think about if it was right or wrong then. I saw the Go Gos there, Red Rocker, and best of all, Night Ranger. I met a lot of girls there too, a lot! Well, I was cute then. Pretty good memories at Six flags.

[@Milani-qe7jp]

Kippu1 sounds like hella childhood, dude.

[@McFlySwatter]

Lucky! As a kid we would drive up to Atlanta from my hometown of Macon and have a blast at SFOG. I graduated hs in 1986 and still remember seeing Mister Mister in concert there

[@rickjames2.0]

Me and my friends did the same thing two friends with season passes got about ten people in with the UV ink and a little water.😂

[@Blepoo]

Kippu1 i go to six flags high as a kite every fucking day

[@newclothes8165]

Im reporting you to the authorities. LOL

[@ashleydurden7179]

When time machines get invented, I'm gonna travel back into those times.

[@piercerainy4339]

Thank you for posting this. These were my best years as a kid. I remeber every nuance and feel of all those rides. Slushies, pizza, running from one ride to another and chasing girls with puppy love. My absolute best times in life.

[@unclemoose1970]

Thank you so much for this! Six Flags in the 80's was the best time of my life!

[@elbrujodetexas8172]

Yes I remember those fun days at six flags with family I was 10yrs old in 1988

[@jenniferjohnson7576]

So was I!

[@AalazieaLeach]

Mind bender has been at six flags for ever!!!!

[@christfollower7315]

Since 1978.

[@popetzm1]

yes indeed at that time the mindbender was silver grayish color

[@swedejohanson7739]

My mom is from Atlanta and all of her family lives there. I remember my aunt’s and my mom taking me to six flags OG every summer in the 80’s when I was a kid. I rode Free Fall the first year it was put in, scared the shit outta me. Had to be talked into it. I remember the mind bender when it was brown and riding the Georgia Cyclone when it was the new ride. That park might as well have been Disney World to me and I had some great times there.

[@christfollower7315]

Remember when the splash from Splashwater Falls went much farther and would completely soak everyone on the bridge. Now it barely gets to it and barely gets you wet. I don't know why there has been a change with this.

[@tonyp8808]

Christ Follower they reduced water level cause of drought conditions after the park flooded. had to keep as much water in the ride pool as could for conservation efforts.

[@kyleigha9461]

now it’s closed

[@Joe-hx1md]

@@kyleigha9461 it was such a fun ride too :(

[@crystalturner152]

I miss the Free Fall. The 80's & 90's were awesome at Six Flags. You could go out of the park to eat by the water & go back in.

[@dvdtranslations]

The Wheelie still was moved to Fun Spot in Orlando, FL and is now called the "Enterprise".

[@donaldcarter2970]

My first time at SFOG was in 1971 very exciting place then & still is now....I REALLY WISH THEY BUILD AN INSIDE COASTER

[@atl2003]

Continued: Other rides no longer at SFOG... The Great Gasp (it and Looping Starship were replaced by Goliath), The Great Six Flags Air Racer (replaced by Acrophobia), and Flying Dutchman (replaced by Batman: The Ride). Ninja later replaced Z-Force... just like Dare Devil Dive later replaced Free Fall...and Superman: Ultimate Flight replaced Viper. Log Jamboree, Thunder River, Monster Mansion (former Monster Plantaiton), and Mine Train are still there too. This bring back memories.

[@krav3519]

I remember when they had 2 log flumes, ZForce, Viper, Starship, Freefall, Gasp, etc. so many good rides gone (not the viper, that one was meh).

[@krav3519]

lol, wasn't the looping starship and super chevy show in that area too? That McD's was ridiculous, pricier than today's fast food outside of a theme park and that was in the 80's and 90's, lol, think they were on par with Five Guys prices today!!

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

KrAv3 Freefall is gone?

[@krav3519]

MsFears sadly, it is gone.

[@Tr0nzoid]

They also had another small rollercoaster next to the one mine train.

[@theshevirgo]

Omg nostalgia the looping starship used to be a favorite, along with free fall, The Viper, the water slide at the back gate, and the wheelie

[@popetzm1]

i also loved the drunken barrels and the horror cave.. and the flying phlurpus

[@donaldcarter2970]

Whatever happened to them both? The horror cave was very unique not all that scary but was just "unique"😁

[@cryptickissy]

That flipping spaceship can eat one. Tried that ride in my mid teens and the upper body harness didn't lock and my remaining support was a bar that went between my legs with a cushion that was holding my waist and upper legs in place. Needless to say I had to wrap my legs around the bar and curl my arms under it to hold on. Loathe that ride.

[@ashleydurden7179]

Wow, I see rides like The Wheelie (now removed to make way for SkyScreamer) the Looping Starship, the FreeFall, and Splash Water Falls (now standing but not operating)

[@unclemoose1970]

The best part of my teen years were spent here in the 80's. My girlfriend (now wife) would get a seasons pass and come when the park opened and stay for the fireworks at midnight. Tried going back a few times recently but just doesn't have the same appeal.

[@sharkheadism]

_Tried going back a few times recently but just doesn't have the same appeal._ You said it

[@sharkheadism]

Of the 8 rides shown, only 3 still exist at the park: the Scream Machine, Splashwater Falls, and the Mindbender.

[@ashleydurden7179]

Splash Water Falls is closed : (

[@sharkheadism]

@@ashleydurden7179 Another one bites the dust

[@adaminfinity1733]

Scream Machine is a historical roller coaster and likely can't be knocked down. Splash water falls will be replaced by a nother rollercoaster. Probably an S&S free spin. Mind bender will probably be there forever. The same with the Mine Train.

[@sharkheadism]

@@adaminfinity1733 There is literally nothing stopping the park from removing the Scream Machine if they were inclined to.

[@77nizzova53]

I went here last week, I found out soda was high!!! $5.50 for a 20oz bottle!!!! And also Rode Goliath 4 times and Twisted Cyclone 4 times, and mind Bender, and pandemonium,and Batman,and Georgia scorcher!!!!!

[@adaminfinity1733]

Yeah ticket prices to the park are low, but food and beverages are high. That's how they get away with it. You're going to want to buy a poweraide in that hot Georgia heat.

[@ohh338]

I miss the rides that are no longer there:((

[@MrCatalina31768]

The z force was an awesome coaster but I think they had some complaints of neck injuries. I think that's why they retired it so early. The viper was also a great ride. I think the Ninja is now standing where the z force was in the 80's.

[@jeremycole8454]

Andy Ballard that's correct! Z-Force was my first coaster and when Ninja replaced it I wasn't happy about it. As long as they keep the Monster Plantation!

[@MallyG678]

@Matt Beeman "Only" one child died on that ride in 1989. He was 11 years old and the autopsy was inconclusive b/c I don't think there was an apparent injury. People heard about it and the legend grew that a few people had died on the Z-Force. I do remember people would say the ride made there neck hurt (just like the Ninja). They ended up removing it not even a year later after that kids passing giving it only a two year run.

[@orangecrust76]

They may have repainted the thing but it's no smoother than it was.

[@swedejohanson7739]

Jeremy Cole “Don’t go into the Marsh”! Yeah I loved that ride too.

[@swedejohanson7739]

Jahmal Drummond I remember Z Force and walking by it and saying, nope. Only ride in the park I wouldn’t ride. I just didn’t have a desire to get on it. Ninja is cool though. I rode it when it was new

[@zombiepirateninja1438]

Just go to Six Flags Saint Louis and ride the Screaming Eagle, Ninja, Log Flume, Mine Train, and Thunder River. Was just there yesterday and aside from the ppl on their phones, those ride were just like it used to be in the 80's.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

1988... wow!! I was like -8 back then. I still went on some of these rides when I went in 2004. Like the Looping Starship, that was fun!

[@carlosedwards3230]

I remember all those rides and even the rides before the 80's. Just say I first visited six flags a couple yrs after they opened and the tickets were $5.50 for kids and $6.50 for adults...🤣

[@tonyp8808]

tip - ride in the middle seats on cyclone and scream machine. the wood is old so the track is very rough. any of the seats in the front or back can bruise rib cage and back quickly. feel every bump and screw through the whole ride. Couldn't walk or lay down comfortable next day after riding in back seat. ouch. look for seats 5 6 or 7, fairly comfortable ride.

[@ashleydurden7179]

My nana broke her rib on Splash Water Falls.

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

I've rode every seat on every coaster (excluding Scorcher and Goliath) and have never had any problems. Now mind you I also grew up riding those things too. My last visit was the year Goliath opened, I know I know... it's been a minute. Lol

[@Hfreisem]

looping starship would slowly extract all your loose change

[@ronthatus]

Lol

[@JoeDawley]

I hated that ride, there was game people played where they would spit at the top and see if it would beat them to the bottom... sometimes it didn't.

[@ashleydurden7179]

Hfreisem, don't compare Looping Starship to a homeless person.

[@vanillacoker1]

And beepers...as I found out the hard way one night. I was on the receiving end of one to my mouth while waiting in line.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

LMAO!!

[@mastermind6065]

Correction: The Viper (which you say was Greased Lightning) was actually the Tidal Wave from Six Flags Great America. It came to SFOG in 1994 the year after I visited SFGA because they were breaking ground for the first Batman coaster. I participated in the work to create the Viper experience.

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

The version in THIS video was Greased Lightning. If you know the ride from Georgia you know it was not in this video.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

So you worked for Time Warner at one point? What were some Six Flags experiences that never got off the ground? I heard GAdv was gonna get a ride based on the movie Contact... that probably ended up being Cyborg Cyber Spin!

[@fyadcorp]

Awesome video, thanks for uploading it. My first visit to SFOG was in 87, and we went annually for years afterward. I was too chicken to ride the Z-Force, but I miss the Starship and even the FreeFall.

[@hume7171]

I can't wait returning into Atlanta, GA.. It's much better than Anderson, S.C..

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Where did you find this footage? Did you produce it or is it a promotional video?

[@teamfe4r649]

Hello

[@CoasterMan13Official]

Possibly a promotional video. This stuff looks very professional.

[@fairfax1960]

I really miss Z-Force. I never understood why so many people disliked it. I thought it was a fun and unique coaster.

[@darrylmarable9050]

Right in my backyard, Adamsville, ATL.

[@rengalafuze8700]

All Six Flags parks must've had all of the same rides in the 80s because Six Flags Great Adventure had all of these.

[@pistachiosandpopcorn7146]

Peak was when the cyclone was new. 1990 if I’m not mistaken. It will never be as good.

[@Daehawk]

Loved the 80's Brings back memories. Went in 86 and 87 when I was 17 and 18. Fun days. Anyone remember what the ride was near the entrance that was a wheel that spun and as it spun your car leaned out due to gravity then the whole wheel went vertical and you went upside down and over at the top?

[@Daehawk]

+Daehawk NM I finally found it after posting..it was called The Wheelie and it was an Enterprise ride. Now to figure out where it used to sit at Six Flags Georgia in 1986. I was with a really hot girl and that ride squished her into me so much lol. My crotch has never been the same....thanks Jill! :P

[@brentwhite]

+Daehawk Unless it was relocated at one point before I can recall in the early 90s, the Wheelie sat where the "Skyscreamer" swings are now located, on the edge of the lick skillet section. It was actually just removed a couple years back.

[@Daehawk]

Brent White Yup that was it. Its in Florida now. Looks great with it's blue lighting.

[@christfollower7315]

Daehawk, the wheelie's original location in the 80s was at the location of where the Looping Starship would eventually go. That is, it was over by the Great Gasp. When Looping Starship came, I believe that is when it was moved to the present-day Sky Screamer in the Lickskillet section of the park.

[@Daehawk]

Lickskiillet ya thats the place.

[@CoasterMan13Official]

You dropped some AstroWorld footage in here.

[@jeffreyspence7717]

Rode the Scream Machine for the first time in 1972. Need to get back there.

[@bandsreunited]

This is great video; however, this is not the Looping Starship model from SFOG. Two distinctive clues state otherwise: 1) The ONLY ride that could be seen from the Starship at entry ground level when it operated (1985 season, then again from 1989 to 2005) was the Sky Buckets. Also, the 1985 model did not have a 'cage top' above the carriage as seen here when it was at SFOGa. The Z-Force video may be the only video, not counting advertisements, to appear on youtube. An Intamin "Dive Coaster", it was actually a friendly experience overall. Shame Magic Mountain demolished it a few years back.

[@GarretGrayCamera]

I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking maybe it was moved one year. I kind of remember it started off without the cage but then put one on later. PS: I always imagined if the restraints failed and someone fell to the cage, they'd have to hold on for dear life until the ride stopped!

[@atl2003]

Z-Force moved to Magic Mountain, where it was renamed Flashback... it's no longer there. Sadly, an Alabama boy died after riding Z-Force in 1989. Viper moved to Kentucky Kingdom, where it was renamed Greezed Lightnin'... that park is currently closed. I remember Free Fall and Looping Starship. Scream Machine, Mind Bender, and Splash Water Falls are still there. Splash Water Falls needs refurbishing. Wheelie was retired at the end of 2012, to make room for new SkyScreamer.

[@mastermind6065]

atl2003 I was working there at Z-Force when the boy died. He apparently had an issue with his heart which was triggered by the ride. That's why the park posts warnings.

[@clswede1]

Cool to see the mind bender in its brown livery. It was silver from its birth. Remember that too :-)

[@ashleydurden7179]

MindBender looked like poop.

[@popetzm1]

Before it was yellow and blue it was navy blue and white when it was in the USA section from 1977 through 1984 it started off with bright yellow lights and I went from yellow lights to navy blue lights when it was over in the USA section from 1977 through 84 before it was moved to lick Skillet area in 85

[@jordanmathis6166]

A legend is still there

[@joebigs2064]

Long live the 80s

[@jameshayes7937]

I use to love splash water fall they don’t have this anymore or the star looper

[@jameshayes7937]

And I use to love free fall

[@pdk25]

Great video. I really miss the Viper coaster. I miss Free Fall too. Z-Force wasn't a bad coaster but it wasn't great either. I liked it better than the Ninja to be honest. This video brought back some great memories.

[@TheCottonTop]

I don’t believe the Viper was built until the 90s

[@50gopop]

It was such a rush...guess acrophobia was too much comp. There are other vids of other free falls at other SF parks on YT though.

[@Finallypeople]

I remember free fall it use to hurt so bad

[@jillsmith3937]

To all the fallen rides R I P

[@sammymartin8390]

my bad you had it in there

[@Strawberryfearsforever]

I forgot all about the Z force!

[@thenightfire1]

Why would they get rid of the free fall it looks like so much fun

[@ronthatus]

Six Flags tends to replace rides instead of just adding more and I hate that

[@sharkheadism]

They built Acrophobia a few years before the FreeFall got pulled out. No sense having two drop rides, especially since the FreeFall needed a lot of labor to keep running in its later years. I liked it, though.

[@mastermind6065]

Free Fall was a maintenance nightmare. Some kind of computer error would cause it to shut down and depending on the problem it could take minutes or it could take days.

[@JoeDawley]

I used to love the freefall. If you put a coin on your knee it would float in front of you and then fly off when you went on your back at the bottom.

[@penguinwithin]

RIP Wheelie, you ol’ barf-maker.

[@adaminfinity1733]

Catwoman's whip is basically the same thing. It's in Gotham city section of the park.

[@penguinwithin]

@@adaminfinity1733 kinda. The cars are open and riders each have their own car. I’ve ridden both and still fancy Wheelie better.

[@adaminfinity1733]

@@penguinwithin it's literally the same thing. A couple minor differences means nothing. It's like if the changed the log flume to only have one rider on each log. How does that change anything in the grand scheme of things?

[@penguinwithin]

@@adaminfinity1733 oh wow someone trying to get me to start an argument in the KZbin comments of a video on old amusement park rides!

[@popetzm1]

you forgot about Mo Mo the Monster it ran from 1974-1990

[@christfollower7315]

Located at the end of the games area in the Cotton States section. Mo Mo was where the current water park entrance is located. However, Mo Mo was originally located where the Looping Starship was. Mo Mo first occupied the site, I believe, followed by Wheelie, then Looping Starship, if memory serves me.

[@popetzm1]

no mo mo was where the entrance to gotham city is and a few years later where the freefall was in that area ..and across was the great gasp and the wheelie..but before that there was the motor speedway cars before the great gasp

[@christfollower7315]

Randall Pope You know, I'm not certain. I know MoMo was at the end of the Cotton States area, but can't think of anything else. Perhaps it was a scrambler? The Viper was where Superman was in the mid 90s.

[@mastermind6065]

MoMo was retired and replaced by Tank Tag. It had a marine version called Boat Tag in the Jolly Rogers section right near the exit to Mind Bender. They were jointly operated by Games (who collected the money) and Rides (who were the attendants).

[@minecraftpoint1581]

my favorite ride is the batman the scream machine and the goliath

[@latashacolton1977]

Why the hell was the viper removed honestly ;-; Some of the rides didn't need to be removed .

[@adaminfinity1733]

Because it was constantly breaking down. And it was replaced by Superman, which was a much better ride and the time.

[@leighanna22]

I know right 😢

[@Dmal2301]

Great video. Does anyone remmeber a ride where you get into a river boat that had a captain and he had a speaker and took you through a jungle like setting and you were attacked by Indians? Native Americans.

[@50gopop]

The riverboat ride....precursor to thunder river. Anyone remember the walk-through haunted house?

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

Tales of the Okefenokee

[@abigailinferno]

Hope they never take down the Scream Machine, the Cyclone, and the Mind Bender

[@charlievelasquez4069]

Abigail DorisMae the cyclone is closing forever this Sunday

[@gogy4]

charlie velasquez to get RMCd, so thats a plus

[@ashleydurden7179]

they removed the cyclone not so long ago.

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

CYCLONE IS NOT REMOVED YOU DUMBASSES !!!!!! It was renovated by Rocky Mountain Coasters into a wooden/steel hybrid. Supposedly a lot smoother now (although I dont remember that ride ever being rough)

[@oburney2607]

They need to recreate Z force and bring it back

[@DangerKennyB]

Thanks for this video! Awesome footage. The Z-Force...that was a really awful ride. It only lasted two years, I think? And was good for nothing but giving you whiplash in slow motion.

[@Hfreisem]

hahaa! yes!

[@evanlathouse2688]

The Viper did not exist in the 80's.

[@hookster999]

Viper wasn’t till the 90s

[@clswede1]

It kept breaking down.

[@Coolharry64]

Who’s here from Expedition Theme Park?

[@rickjames2.0]

Good riddance to the Looping Starship

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

Awwwww..... was it too much for you little man ?? 😆😆😆 lol

[@vickiegrandmaetheridge1147]

They need to bring back free fall

[@satisfiction]

Do Dare Devil Dive -- it's like Free Fall with a coaster after it. Or Acrophobia

[@mollyodell4905]

i hate the wheelie

[@RJ1.]

hi

[@sammymartin8390]

forgot free fall

[@sammymartin8390]

z force hurt some people

[@bryanlee9960]

The Z-Force Sucked!

[@himothy0325]

Rides aren’t that good at six flags over Georgia now

[@gregschnupp5483]

Frj

[@lem0nz153]

Acrophobia is a lot better than free fall, skyscreamer is a lot better than wheelie, the joker superloop is a lot better than the starship, splash water falls is broken, it’s not greezed lightning it’s called viper, mindbender is dope at night, z-force was completely trash, if they mentioned the cyclone, the twisted (no pun attended) is better. Also brb, Goliath is better than scream machine and kind of better than mindbender.

[@TRoll-vv9kq]

Oh ye of little brains (and a backbone) FreeFall has Acrophobia beat hands down. Looping Starship was the shit. Haven't rode the Skyscreamer yet but the Wheelie was great. And the ride in THIS video IS GREASED LIGHTNING, those who know The Viper know that it is not in this video.