Park section Lakefront Height 12 m Height restriction 1.07 m | Status Operating Max speed 53 km/h Opened 23 September 1996 | |
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Opening date September 23, 1996 (1996-09-23) Model Virtual Reality/Indoor/Family Roller Coaster Address 1 Six Flags Blvd, Jackson, NJ 08527, USA Similar Nitro, Runaway Mine Train, Rolling Thunder, The Dark Knight Coaster, Green Lantern | ||
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Skull Mountain is a steel enclosed roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
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Ride experience
After ascending the first lift hill, the train travels around the front facade of the enclosure to ascend the second lift hill. The first drop is the ride's only steep drop, while the rest of the ride contains three horizontal helices.
The building is punctuated by strobe lights, and sound effects play over a tribal or heavy metal music score. Occasionally, ride operators will operate Skull Mountain with the interior lights illuminated. On hot summer days, the park turns on the ride's exterior waterfall, which falls from the exterior skull's eyes. It pours down into the water below, wetting guests in the ride's queue.
While most of the park's coasters (except Kingda Ka) will operate in light rain, Skull Mountain remains open during thunderstorms, since it is enclosed. It will be closed only if the thunderstorm is severe.
History
Skull Mountain was opened in 1996 and is one of three roller coasters at the park with a 44-inch (1,100 mm) height requirement. Since 2012, this height requirement requires a child to be accompanied by an adult. To ride alone, you must be 48-inch (1,200 mm). The top height of the ride is 41.5 feet (12.6 m).
A flume boat ride of the same name, Skull Mountain at Six Flags America near Baltimore, MD, closed in July 2011 to make room for Apocalypse.