This was going to be a hard trip for me. While I have always claimed Hersheypark as my homepark, the truth is, Wild World, followed by Adventure World, and finally Six Flags America (SFA) was closer to home. I just started going to Hershey first and much more often over the years. Still, my Aunt Cheryl would take me here in its Wild World and Adventure World days. I’d also visit with college friends before it became a Six Flags park. So yeah, I still have a ton of memories from the park.
With all that said, I am not surprised this park is on the chopping block with this new merger. Now that they have Kings Dominion, SFA, Dorney Park, and Six Flags Great Adventure (SFGAdv) all within a few hours of each other, it felt inevitable. It doesn’t make it hurt any less though.
Walking In with Tears Trying to Escape
When Six Flags announced that the park’s last day of operations would be on Sunday, November 2, 2025, I immediately took off from work to be there. I told a bunch of the crew members and a lot of them wanted to join me, or already had plans to visit themselves. Sam, Greg, and Jen all came with me. Kaylee had plans to attend with her husband and mom. Josh and Aaron said they were going to come down later in the evening for a couple hours, but weren’t sure if they’d be riding anything. They just wanted to be there.
Every single one of these crew members are people I share memories with from this park – ones I wouldn’t change for the world. Let me take you on a little stroll down memory lane here with each one of them.
This was one of the first parks Sam and I ever visited when she started her coaster trek. She was still nervous about every single ride, but those experiences helped her realize that coaster can be fun, even if they’re tall, fast, have a launch, go upside down, etc.
After meeting Greg at a restaurant he was working at the day after I quit my job elsewhere we made friends online and decided afterward to visit a park together. We chose SFA since it was close and it would be our first time hanging out. We had an awesome time and from that moment forward, he was part of the crew. He’s been an amazing friend ever since.
A few years ago Jen went to SFA on her own and messaged me from the park. She wanted to know about some of the rides. We knew each other through a mutual friend, but never really hung out. She knew I liked coasters and that’s why she hit me up. It got us talking a little bit and eventually I’d ask her if she wanted to go a park with me. Obviously she said yes and we’ve done on to do a bunch ever since. We did get in a couple visits to SFA, but had she not texted me from the park that day, who knows if we would have ever become such close friends afterward.
If it wasn’t for a rainy day visit to SFA, Sam and I might have never met Kaylee. She was a ride op on Penguin Blizzard River and yelled to us that she knew us from Instagram as we began our descent. We were wearing our We Were Inverted face masks due to it still being required due to the pandemic. Thankfully she also reached out on Instagram to introduce herself and we became quick friends. We even met up at SFGAdv a couple days later.
And last, but certainly not least because he’ll give me a bunch of grief for not mentioning him first, I met Josh and Aaron online in the Coaster Appreciation Society Facebook group. We talked a bit online and then decided to meet up at SFA, along with their friend Matt. We all had a blast and have done multiple visits to SFA along with several other parks. Josh does get mad… I mean jealous… I mean in his feels whenever Sam and I attend a park without him though. I still love him nonetheless.
So as you can see, I’ve literally MADE friends because of this park. This is why I was so emotional for this visit and wrote that subheading. When the park opened that day, tears began to run down my cheeks and I tried to hide them. Hell, they’re doing it now while I’m writing this. It turns out I loved this park much more than I realized and now it’s gone.
Regardless, I still want to share some of our last rides at SFA like I would any other trip report. The park might be gone, but this visit was a special one and deserves to be shared in its entirety.
Superman Ride of Steel
Even thought it was running only one train and we’d have to wait, there was no way that we were going to skip the park’s headlining coaster. It was also Sam’s first hyper, so I know that had some sentimental value to her.
We waited back in the bullpen area of the queue, which I hadn’t done in ages. I thought this park would be busier than normal, but our first few rides were not bad at all. Pretty much walk-ons and station waits. That wasn’t the case here.
This would be our first time experiencing the coaster’s new trains. Well, one of them. It would also be the last since we wouldn’t be able to make our way back over to the ride with the park growing more crowded by the hour.
That one ride, however, was great. It might have been November, but the coaster felt like it was riding pretty fast. The airtime pops were great and the laterals hit pretty good in the two massive helixes. Even the straight track was memorable as always.
Professor Screamoore's SkyWinder
Since Mind Eraser was not open when Greg and I visited the park the first time we hung out, he never obtained this credit. And although Jen and I rode the coaster with its new paint, trains, and name last year, Sam still hadn’t. So over to one of the most hated SLC’s we went.
Professor Screamoore’s SkyWinder (what a mouthful) was also running one train on its last day of operations. I honestly don’t even know if it got two new trains or not. I can’t remember from my visit last year. Regardless, we were going to wait even though the line was also backed up into its bullpen area.
While I wasn’t one to hate this ride with the old trains, I banged my head straight back a few times when I rode the new trains last year. I was worried about that happening again, but alas it didn’t. We all got off the ride saying it not only looked better, but was an improvement from what it used to be. Such a short-lived improvement. I’m sure the new train(s) will make their way to one of the other SLC’s in the Six Flags chain.
Wild One
This one hurt the most. Not hurt from the ride. That was still Roar earlier in the day. This ride on Wild One was actually one of the best rides we ever had. I only said this hurt because the line started down on the ground for this ride. Wild One was also on one train, so that meant plenty of time for all those memories from this park to run through my head over and over.
As we waited, the daytime turned into night and the final hour of operations drew near. This would be our last ride. I didn’t want it any other way. We were hoping for a front row ride, but others were already there and we were motioned to pick another row. In hindsight, I don’t know why I wanted the front. With only a couple of people waiting for the back, that’s where we went instead. And man, what an awesome night ride!
There was still a long line of people waiting to ride when we got off, but the park was technically closed. They weren’t letting anyone else into the line. And with that, we said our goodbyes to the park and headed for the exit.
Final Ride Counts
Firebird (1)
Harley Quinn Spinsanity (1)
Joker’s Jinx (1)
Professor Screamoore’s SkyWinder (1)
Roar (1)
Superman Ride of Steel (1)
Wild One (1)
* Ride counts only reflect rides for Patrick, Sam, Jen, & Greg as Kaylee, Josh, & Aaron were in the park, but not with us long
Walking Out with Tears Trying to Escape
On our way out of the park staff members were giving away some freebies at the gate. We got a lanyard, a double-sided park map, and a coozie. They were all branded with Six Flags America text and am I’m glad to have them.
I have no idea what the future of this park will be. My guess is that they will send certain rides off to other parks in the chain. Most likely it’ll be flat rides and perhaps Ragin’ Cajun and Great Chase. I don’t think any of the major coasters will make it, sadly.
Of all the rides at the park, I will miss Wild One the most. I wish Knoebels had some extra room and a desire to add yet another awesome woodie to it’s already stacked line up. That would be great since they already saved another childhood favorite of mine from the Wildwood Boardwalk – the Golden Nugget, now Black Diamond.
No matter what, this looks to be the final trip report from SFA as we knew it. Unless another park chain or buyer comes along to save it, this day will become another memory I have from this under appreciated park.
Six Flags America Photo Gallery - November 2, 2025
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CREW MANIFEST
The following flight crew members attended this park, & earned the respective credits below:
Patrick
CAG
New Credit(s): n/a
Sam
Admiral
New Credit(s): n/a
Jen
Admiral
New Credit(s): n/a
Greg
Admiral
New Credit(s): Professor Screamoore's SkyWinder
Kaylee
Commander
New Credit(s): n/a
Josh
Ensign
New Credit(s): n/a
Aaron
Ensign
New Credit(s): n/a