Six Flags has made a terrible decision...
By Suzieqmom
@Suzieqmom (2755)
United States
August 24, 2012 8:29pm CST
Six Flags has suddenly announced that it will be closing the Wild Safari portion of Six Flags Great Adventure (in New Jersey) on September 30--FOREVER. Considered the largest drive through safari outside of Africa, Wild Safari has delighted millions of families since it first opened in 1974. It is certainly my family's favorite park of the Six Flags complex, and I have taken my kids there many times without ever going on the nearby rides and roller coasters. Now Six Flags has decided to close it to private vehicles forever, with no explanation. Maybe this is just a money-making scheme by Six Flags to see how much interest there really is in the Wild Safari, but the news has disappointed kids and adults alike, and I truly hope they change their decision.
For those of you who have visited or have wanted to visit Six Flags Wild Safari, what do you think of the news? For others have you ever had a tourist spot that has been around since you were a kid just suddenly close without any explanation? I feel like a part of my childhood and my kids' childhood will be gone forever!
4 responses
@musicluv4life (1867)
• United States
25 Aug 12
I was only ever there once and i was a kid at the time, I loved it.
I remember the monkeys at the end didnt want to get off the car and i remember a giraffe they were my biggest memories, i hope they dont close i would love to go there again when i have the funds.
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
25 Aug 12
I have great pictures of the giraffes licking our front windshield. . .and no, we weren't feeding them! LOL. Six Flags has announced it is closing Wild Safari. . .I hope they reconsider, but I doubt it. 
@musicluv4life (1867)
• United States
27 Aug 12
Aww, thats cool. I think my mom has all the pictures we got i dont think theres too many.
:( I hope they do reconsider
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
25 Aug 12
That is too bad. We had a amusement park where we had our family reunions...it had the oldest ferris wheel....(wooden) It did become unsafe and had to be taken down...but it was wonderful to know I actually rode on it. As far as things from my childhood I grew up around Pipestone Minnesota which had a pageant every year called the song of Hawatha....they quit the pageant a few years back and I think that is a shame. It was amazing!
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
25 Aug 12
It is sad to lose a piece of your childhood, isn't it? So where do you have your family reunions nowadays?
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
26 Aug 12
I hope that's not because the venue closed--that would make it doubly sad!
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
25 Aug 12
We have had a few in NJ over the years, but this one has been around since 1974--and millions still visit it every year, so this is a big surprise, to say the least.
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@yanzalong (18982)
• Indonesia
25 Aug 12
There could be someting behind the closing that should further be found out. I have never heard of the name Six Flags Great Adventure before. It's sad that such a good site should be closed without any explanation.
@Suzieqmom (2755)
• United States
25 Aug 12
Great Adventure has been the name of the amusement park since it first opened; it was bought by the Six Flags company several years ago, which owns several parks across the country. But in NJ, most of us still call it Great Adventure.
