Six Flags Over Texas opened in 1961 with a few attractions, but it was all Texas history and the people responded. Some 500,000 came through the turn styles the first season which lasted just 45 days.
Today, Six Flags has 5,662 acres in 19 parks in the US, Canada and Mexico. There are about 800 rides and 128 roller coasters. In 2010 Six Flags emerged from bankruptcy and even then had 24.3 million pay for the privilege.
INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SIX FLAGS
** Six Flags claims to have had the first all-inclusive one price admission starting in 1961 when it cost $2.95 plus tax.
** It has the tallest coaster in the world and fastest in North America: The Kingda Kat in Jackson, NJ at 456 feet and 128 mph (No Thanks from Me).
** Six Flags coasters travel 25 million miles a year.
** ON a clear day, you can see the White House, the Capitol and the Washington Monument from the top of Superman: Ride of Steel, in Mitchellville, Maryland.
Six Flag Operations are located:
Vallejo, California
Austell, Georgia
Gurnee, Illinois (about 20 miles from us)
Mitchellville, Maryland
Agawam, Massachusetts
St. Louis, Missouri (right off Route 66)
Jackson, New Jersey
Lake George, New York
San Antonio, Texas
Montreal, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico
I Stay Away From these Places. Too Many Kids. Plus, I Don't Like to Wait in Lines. --Cooter
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