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Six Flags America & Hurricane Harbour to close at the end of the 2025 season

TPoseOnTantrum said:
The last brand new coaster was Batwing in 2001
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That is absolutely mad for such a large park to have had only a couple of small hand-me-downs for the last 24 years, no wonder it's (presumably) not getting the attendance it needs.
I'm pretty gutted about this as it's been unreasonably high on my to-do list for years because of Batwing (loved Nighthawk, really wanted to try the modified version) and Wild One (historic value). In fact on paper it has a really solid line-up, one of the best of the mid-tier SF/CF parks, yet everyone who goes says it's a bad park, I guess I'd have to go there to understand why. Wish they had given us an extra season so I would have half a chance of getting a trip planned 😞.
 
I only need to reflect on my trip report (https://coasterforce.com/forums/threads/six-flags-america-in-an-hour-and-a-half.41004/) for why the SFA closure announcement does not move me, but it's always a bummer to lose any major park, even a lower Tier 3 type.

While the coaster lineup is lackluster, there are some I'd love to see another day:
  • Joker's Jinx - A nice Premier Spaghetti Bowl would go a long way in other, lesser Six Flags parks.
  • Ragin' Cajun - it's already a relocation, and a travle coaster at that.
  • Firebird - it's the OG B&M, and would be sad to see meet the scrapheap.
  • Wild One - Already a relocation, and one of the world's oldest remaining wooden coasters; would be a loss of history also to be put out to pasture.
While I'd love to defend Superman or Batwing - they are either too large or genre already on decline to say there's merit.
 
By the way, Superman is running both new trains now. No more U-bricks.
Still, sitting in the back will cause your knees to hit a plastic cover occasionally if you’re tall.
Batwing area is “temporarily” closed.
 

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I was there on sunday and batwing still had construction equipment left directly on the track, with some light cranes parked nearby. nothing that seemed too extreme but there clearly was no rush to get it going. I wouldn't bet on it running on any given day in the near future!

the park is in a funny state, almost poetic in a way. It was a warm, June sunday and everything was walk-on, including being able to cycle superman endlessly. The odd thing was that I would estimate at _least_ 5-10% of the guests in the park were also enthusiasts, based on t-shirts and uh general aesthetic proclivities. it was funny hanging around the superman station and hearing snippets of conversation from every direction that was clearly thoosie speak. I've never been in that kind of situation before, and I found it bittersweet.
 
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