Great Adventure making plans to attract additional families - Courier-Post

Great Adventure making plans to attract additional families - Courier-Post: Six Flags Great Advenutre in Jackson...

Six Flags Great Advenutre in Jackson, known for its steep and fast roller coasters, will shift gears this summer and add four new rides, including a towering swing ride known as the SkyScreamer and a bumper car ride known as the Fender Bender, the park’s president said this week. John Fitzgerald said the company wants to reach adults who both have children not quite old enough for the roller coasters and who have fond memories of similar rides during their youth. “Great Adventure has always been a park split evenly between teens and families,” Fitzgerald said. After last year’s big attraction, The Green Hornet roller coaster, it was time for the park to turn its attention to families. Six Flags Great Adventure is one of New Jersey’s biggest summer attractions. The company’s parent, Grand Prairie, Texas-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp., doesn’t break out attendance figur...

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