Ccron10The other day I went to Six Flags Great Adventure and started out on the left side of the park and planned to head over to the right side on the Sky Ride to ride Nitro, and Jersey Devil. The park was slow so I figured that there wouldn't be much of a wait... turns out I was wrong as the Sky Ride looked to have the longest wait in the park with only one side running and maybe around 10 gondolas running.
The history of the Sky Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure is kind of interesting as it has a lot of history and fascinating info behind it. It is the last dual Von Roll Skyride in operation and is actually a combination of two dual skyrides as the towers were from one that operated at the defunct Freedomland Park in New York and machinery and cars from the Swiss Sky Ride that operated at the World's Expo in 1964 and 1965. Over the years the cars were replaced with the current ones that operated at Six Flags Great America and only two of the original cars exist today.
During my visits to the park in the 2010s the number of cars the Sky Ride operated has continuously dropped to the point where it is today and it is pretty depressing. I counted around 14 gondolas on the unused side when I was there yesterday. The operating side had three gondolas in the storage area and one or two were missing their door. The park did get about 20-30 new gondolas from the recently closed Sky Buckets from Six Flags Over Georgia last year, but they all currently sit in the boneyard next to Nitro without hanger arms or clamps. I really hope this is a work in progress to add more gondolas to add more years to this ride, but in it's current state it wouldn't shock me if it closed in five years. Included is a POV I took back in 2018 going from Dream Street to Frontierland when it had more gondolas and both sides running. You'll see the otherside briefly E-Stop too.
Sky Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure - On-Ride and Off-RideCcron102022-07-28 | The other day I went to Six Flags Great Adventure and started out on the left side of the park and planned to head over to the right side on the Sky Ride to ride Nitro, and Jersey Devil. The park was slow so I figured that there wouldn't be much of a wait... turns out I was wrong as the Sky Ride looked to have the longest wait in the park with only one side running and maybe around 10 gondolas running.
The history of the Sky Ride at Six Flags Great Adventure is kind of interesting as it has a lot of history and fascinating info behind it. It is the last dual Von Roll Skyride in operation and is actually a combination of two dual skyrides as the towers were from one that operated at the defunct Freedomland Park in New York and machinery and cars from the Swiss Sky Ride that operated at the World's Expo in 1964 and 1965. Over the years the cars were replaced with the current ones that operated at Six Flags Great America and only two of the original cars exist today.
During my visits to the park in the 2010s the number of cars the Sky Ride operated has continuously dropped to the point where it is today and it is pretty depressing. I counted around 14 gondolas on the unused side when I was there yesterday. The operating side had three gondolas in the storage area and one or two were missing their door. The park did get about 20-30 new gondolas from the recently closed Sky Buckets from Six Flags Over Georgia last year, but they all currently sit in the boneyard next to Nitro without hanger arms or clamps. I really hope this is a work in progress to add more gondolas to add more years to this ride, but in it's current state it wouldn't shock me if it closed in five years. Included is a POV I took back in 2018 going from Dream Street to Frontierland when it had more gondolas and both sides running. 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