Six Flags Announces Park Opening Dates for 60th Anniversary
On August 5, 1961, Six Flags Over Texas opened in Arlington, Texas. The park was developed by Angus G. Wynne, Jr., who was inspired to build a Texas park after a visit to Disneyland. The name "Six Flags” refers to the six different nations that have governed Texas: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the United States of America, and the Confederate States of America.
Sixty years later, Six Flags operates 26 different locations, some of which will be reopening for the first time since shutting down in 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
All reopening dates and details are subject to change, but here’s the latest:
Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington)
The Fire & Ice Winter Festival runs through February 28, and one-day admission is $19.61 in celebration of the opening year, 1961
Nearby, Hurricane Harbor Arlington opens May 1 with a new slide called “Bonzai Pipeline”
Six Flags Fiesta Texas (San Antonio)
Mardi Gras Festival runs through February 28
The park is currently recovering from the Texas winter ice storm
A new Zamperla Super Air Race ride called “Dare Devil Dive Flying Machines” opens on February 27
Six Flags Great Adventure (New Jersey)
Opens March 27
The Wild Safari Drive-Thru Adventure opens March 20
The “Jersey Devil Coaster” will debut this year—it was topped off three weeks ago
Hurricane Harbor New Jersey opens May 15
Six Flags Over Georgia
Opens March 6
“The Riddler Mindbender” coaster will debut in the spring
Nearby, Six Flags White Water Atlanta opens May 8
Six Flags Magic Mountain (Southern California)
No reopening date yet
A drive-thru “Cruis'n the Park Car Show” runs February 28 through March 13
A new racing launch coaster “West Coast Racers” debuts this year
Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles has no reopening date yet
Six Flags Great America (Illinois)
Opens April 24
Hurricane Harbor opens May 29
The “Tsunami Surge” water coaster opens in the summer
Six Flags Mexico
Opens in the spring
The “CraZanity” pendulum ride debuts this year
Six Flags Darien Lake (Buffalo)
Opens May 21
A drive-in experience called the “Rockin’ Drive-In Laser Light Spectacular” is now open
Six Flags The Great Escape (Albany)
Opens May 1
The “Adirondack Outlaw” Vomatron flat ride debuts this year
La Ronde (Quebec)
Anticipates reopening in the spring
Six Flags New England (Western Massachusetts)
Opens in the spring
The “Supergirl Sky Flyer” flat ride opens this year
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (Northern California)
The park remains closed except for the walk-through “The Marine World Experience”
No reopening date yet
Nearby, Hurricane Harbor Concord has no reopening date yet
Six Flags St. Louis
Open March 20
The park’s 50th-anniversary celebration runs June 5 through July 24
Six Flags America (DC)
Open March 6
The “Harley Quinn Spinsanity” pendulum ride debuts in the spring
Frontier City (Oklahoma)
Open March 13
The classic wooden coaster “Wildcat” will have all-new trains
Nearby, Hurricane Harbor Oklahoma City opens May 22 with the all-new “Wahoo Racer“ waterslide complex
Hurricane Harbor Rockford (Illinois)
Opens May 29
The “Tidal Wave” tailspin waterslide debuts this year
Hurricane Harbor Phoenix
Opens May 29
A new area called “Paradise Island” will debut with a new restaurant and activity pool
Hurricane Harbor Splashtown (Houston)
Opens May 1
The “Wahoo Wave” water slide debuts this year
