Six Flags America
Largo, Maryland
This park sits off the Beltway just to the east of Washington,
D.C. It started in 1982 as Wild World. Water rides were the main attraction in the early years, but thrill rides began to dominate as the
amusement park evolved. The park went bankrupt in 1990 and remained closed until it was purchased by the
Tierco Group in 1992. Its name was changed to Adventure World in 1993. Six Flags purchased it a few years
later, and in 1999 it became Six Flags America.
Shortly after the Cedar Fair and Six Flags amusement park chains merged, it was announced that Six Flags America would permanently close at the end of the 2025 season.
The land is expected to be sold to developers.
Four coasters left the park before its final season:
- From 2006 to 2010, a TOGO Ultra Twister sat in pieces in various places around the Six Flags America. Previously, the ride operated as Ultra Twister at Six Flags Great Adventure from 1986 to 1988 and Ultra Twister at Six Flags AstroWorld from 1990 until the park closed in 2005. The pieces of the rides were ultimately scrapped after 2010.
- In 1993, the park acquired one of the two Arrow shuttles operating as Lightning Loops at Six Flags Great Adventure. They renamed it Python. It was put into storage at the end of the 1998 season and ultimately was scrapped in 2005.
- The Great Alonzo's Cannonball Coaster, often just called Cannonball, ran from the early 1990s until 1998. It was a small kiddie coaster from Molina.
- Two-Face: The Flip Side was a Vekoma Invertigo that operated here from 1999 to 2007. It sat dormant during the 2008 season. Since 2015, it has been running as Diabolik at Movieland Park in Italy. (Click pictures below for more information.)
Batwing
Firebird
(formerly Apocalypse)
Great Chase
Joker's Jinx
Professor Screamore's SkyWinder
(formerly Mind Eraser)
Ragin' Cajun
Roar
Superman - Ride of Steel
Two-Face: The Flip Side
Wild One
