Talk:Six Flags Great Adventure
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[edit] Incidents
Does anybody have detailed information about the deadly fire in the Haunted House (circa 1988 or so) that prompted (a) the ride's removal or (b) the change in amusement ride governance by the state of NJ that can be added to this article? SpikeJones 14:25, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
If you are still loking for infor on that fire it can be found at this website, http://www.hauntedattraction.com/33/industry.html
Scroll down and you will see a long artcile on it. Here is an excerpt from the artcile,
"Fire at the Haunted Castle by Joe Costal It was 6:40 p.m., May 11, 1984. Kathy Ziprik had just gotten home from her job as assistant public relations director for Six Flags Great Adventure, a 1,700-acre theme park in Jackson, New Jersey. The phone rang. On the other end was the park’s on-duty, senior security officer. She was glad he called. Since Kathy had started her job at Great Adventure a few months prior, she worked hard to get employees to follow the correct chain of command. He was right to call her. There was a small fire at the Haunted Castle attraction. Nothing too serious, he just wanted her to know. It was her job to know. He did not think she needed to come back to the park, but Kathy wanted to anyway. It was her job, and besides, her boss was away. She wanted to make doubly sure everything would be all right. She hung up with the officer, and began to get dressed. Kathy never liked the Haunted Castle; frankly it gave her the creeps. Five minutes later, the phone rang again, this time it was a different park security officer. His question would ring in Kathy’s ears for the rest of her life. “There’s a fire at the Haunted Castle, where can the ABC News helicopter land?”" To continue reading, click on the following link, http://www.hauntedattraction.com/33/industry.html
[edit] Rail line
It would probably be a really good idea for NJ Transit to build a new rail line from Trenton Station to the park, which would provide easy rail access to the park from Philly and NYC. This would make the park accessible to all the city-dwellers who don't drive. Anyone with me on this? Dusso Janladde 06:14, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
(Anonymous patently racist remark removed by ThatsNotFunny 10:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC))
[edit] Transportation?
Do we really need a section here for directions on how to get to the park? SpikeJones 21:05, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry that it took 16 days for you to get a response - well it is a good idea to help people out, but that is not Wikipedia's purpose. And besides the text in this section isn't wikified. So I am thinking of taking it out. --NicAgent 01:16, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- Take it out. Same information can be found at the Six Flags website or at Mapquest.Zotdragon 14:38, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
- Done. --CliffC 05:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Reads like a travel brochure - tagged it "advertisement"
I couldn't find a {{travel brochure}} tag, so I could only add the "advertisement" tag. There is a lot of hype and breathless writing in this unsourced article that could stand toning down. For example,
- "74 miles from New York City, 67 miles from Newark and 60 miles from Philadelphia"
- "brilliant and colorful"
- "the world's tallest and fastest"
- "more rides than any other theme park in the world, with 72 rides as of 2006"
- "The theme park will open on April 2, 2007"
Those are from just the first paragraph. The rest is in similar style, with much of it sounding like a Six Flags press release. --CliffC 14:18, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
