Area Adventure Seaport Opening date June 1981 Lift system 1 lift hill | Status Operating Manufacturer Intamin Capacity 1,500 riders per hour | |
Congo Rapids is a river rapids ride operating at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
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History
Six Flags Astroworld and Intamin AG partnered in 1979 to build the world's first river rapids ride in 1980 called Thunder River. The water ride became popular at Astroworld that Six Flags debuted two new river rapids in 1981 at Six Flags Magic Mountain and at Six Flags Great Adventure both named Roaring Rapids. During the 1980s, Roaring Rapids at Great Adventure received major modifications to get guests wetter with a safer ride experience. In 1991, Roaring Rapids received a new name, Congo Rapids, with the new theme area Adventure Rivers. Today, the river rapids is located in Adventure Seaport, along with Nitro and two kids areas: Safari Kids and Looney Tunes Seaport. Congo Rapids operates from spring to the end of the season in October for Fright Fest.
Ride
Once the twelve riders strap themselves into one of the twelve boats, the boat then leaves the station to the man made river that is shaped like an rectangle. During Congo Rapids, there are different objects that are in the water disrupts the flow of the water that creates the rapids in the river. Also the ride features waterfalls at the end of the course of the ride as another way to get riders completely soaked. Once riders go through the course of the ride, then the boat will reach to one of the lifts to take the boats back to the station. Congo Rapids features dual loading stations, where boats can be loaded as twice as fast than one loading station.