Six Flags Announces Wild Safari Tradition To End
Great Adventure's Wild Safari Growing up Jersey, the theme park du jour of the shore was Six Flags Great Adventure. Unlike the other 18 Six Flag parks nationwide, Great Adventure stood apart from the rest because it has the largest drive-thru safari outside of Africa. According to an article in The Star-Ledger newspaper, Six Flags Great Adventure announced on Aug. 20, 2012 that they would stop letting guests use their own cars for tours of the animal sanctuary, ending a tradition that began almost 40 years ago. The article reported that park spokeswoman Kristin Siebeneicher said, “We are discontinuing allowing cars to drive through Wild Safari at the end of the 2012 season.” She also said the park is closing for the season on Sept. 30, 2012, a month earlier than scheduled. According to a recent article in The Star-Ledger , Six Flags announced today that it would be revamping the Wild Safari to Safari Off Road Adventure. Park visitor...