Six Flags Over Georgia Rebrands Upcoming Ultra Surf Coaster as "Georgia Gold Rusher" Before Spring 2025 Opening
Six Flags Over Georgia has rebranded its new 2025 coaster, previously known as the Georgia Surfer. The first-of-its-kind Intamin Ultra Surf Coaster is now known as the Georgia Gold Rusher. The new coaster will be in the park’s ScreamPunk District, a steampunk-style area home to the Thunder River rapids ride, the Pandemonium pendulum ride, and the Gold Town Racers go-karts.
The attraction’s backstory references Georgia’s gold rush of the 1880s:
“There’s gold in them thar hills!” Georgia’s gold rush in the 1880s brought prospectors from far and wide to extract the precious ore. One such miner was William “Willy” Gibson, a young, smart entrepreneur with a wily streak.
With thoughts of “work smarter, not harder,” Gibson figured out a way to avoid the hard work of manual labor to mine gold. He used a steam-powered hydraulic excavator. The giant machine slugged forward and backward through a huge water reservoir, twisting and turning the dirt below with the hopes of loosening valuable gold from the soil. It worked beautifully—and offered folks a refreshing treat, too.
Sometimes when townspeople needed a break from the hot Georgia sun, Gibson let them cool off with a thrilling spin on the machine. Riders enjoyed refreshing mist of water as the mining sled careened up and down the U-shaped track.
The Ultra Surf Coaster was first planned to open in the summer of 2024, and a fan vote determined the name “Georgia Surfer.” Citing construction and supply challenges, the park announced in August 2024 that the coaster would open in 2025.
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