Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp.. Situated between New York City and Philadelphia, the park complex also contains the Six Flags Wild Safari animal park and Hurricane Harbor water park.
The park opened in 1974 under restaurateur Warner LeRoy. Six Flags took over ownership of the park in 1977. Today, the park contains eleven themed areas, four of which are designed for small children. Including the animal safari, Six Flags Great Adventure covers the most land of all Six Flags properties.
On August 30, 2012, Six Flags announced that the Great Adventure entertainment complex will become the world’s largest theme park for the 2013 season when the current 160-acre theme park and 350-acre Wild Safari animal park unite as one 510 acre property.
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