Visiting Six Flags Over Georgia every summer as a child (and even some as an adult) was one of the most constant events in my life. It was my family’s tradition. Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags more generally has always had a special place in my heart. Some families visit Disney every year, and Disney is great, but my family always went to Six Flags. My father was a high school physics teacher who would take his classes to the Physics Day at Six Flags (you can decide how much physics was actually learned, though these rides really do have a lot of physics behind them). When the students didn’t want to use their bounce back passes, they sometimes gave them to my dad so he would have enough free passes to take our family. Six Flags later changed the bounce back to Whitewater, the water park, which was still fun, but not the same.

After I graduated college, I moved up to Boston, MA for work. Leaving my home was hard and there are so many things I miss. However, one plus is that there is a Six Flags Park in Massachusetts (Six Flags New England). It’s not the same, my Goliath is called Superman (previously Bizzaro) and my Superman doesn’t exist, for example, but it’s familiar in a way that much of Massachusetts is not. New England also has some really cool rides that Georgia does not have currently (and vice versa).

Learning of this park, I wanted to go with my boyfriend and I looked into the most affordable ways for us to go. What seemed to make the most sense to me was to get a membership to Six Flags. I’d never thought about it before since my family usually had free passes to use up, but if I went just twice a year, the membership was by far the best deal. I also learned that the membership would let me into any of the Six Flags parks. And this sparked in me a desire to travel the country and visit all the parks at least once. New England is my home park for now and Georgia will always have an incredibly special place in my heart as my first and most visited park. But I want to see them all.

As a note, I’m not looking to rank the parks. Having grown up with one park and now living somewhat near another, I just don’t think it’d be fair. Different parks are also different and I think the differences give me a great reason to visit them all.

Oh, and I know the website address is a bit weird. This website has gone through a few iterations from what it was originally created to be, so I’m just going with it.

For fun (and since it’ll be a little while before/between visits to new parks), I’m including some information on the parks in case others are interested. Scroll down to learn a little more about Six Flags and Six Flags Over Georgia or use the tabs at the top for more specific information.

 

Six Flags: the basics

Six Flags Over GA is one of 18 “six flags” parks (including a few water parks) throughout North America. The first park was started in Texas in 1960. GA was second to get a park in 1967 when a plot of land outside of the booming city of Atlanta and along the Chattahoochee river was purchased. Other locations followed. The name “six flags” (and the original names of the areas in the parks that are still somewhat used today) was in reference to the number of different flags that flew over the state where the park is located. The six flags over GA were/are Spain, France, England, United States, Confederate States, and Georgia’s state flag. Upon entering the park, continue straight forward and, before turning down either the left or right path, you’ll see all six flags flying side-by-side on flagpoles. This original meaning behind the name “six flags” has been mostly forgotten through changes in owners and additional locations that didn’t conform to the initial stipulations. But I find the tie to history a charming feature of the Six Flags Over GA park.

Want to check out all the parks? Go to https://www.sixflags.com. To get to the Georgia-specific site: use the drop-down menu to select the park you want (going to the Six Flags Over GA site will allow you to buy tickets).