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When you pick up a map in the park, do you find it hard to locate what you're looking for? Maybe you have a hard time spotting restrooms or your favorite ride -- or maybe you think the map is perfect just the way it is.
Whatever your opinion, SFOG wants to hear it, as they are in the process of re-designing the park map and guide. Please visit the forum topic and share your ideas today!
http://www.sfog.net/forums/index.php?topic=1784.0
[ Posted by Jackie ]
We've just made an update to our photo gallery, adding over 25 new photos covering everything from Monster Plantation to Mind Bender to Goliath, as well as scenic views. You can browse the gallery at:
sfog.net/pics
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SIX FLAGS HIRING QUALIFIED GHOULS AND GOBLINS
Park hosting open auditions for annual Fright Fest celebration
Photo copyright Six Flags.AUSTELL, Ga., (July 28, 2008) – Calling all ghouls and goblins! It’s time to audition for the most frighteningly fun event in Atlanta: Fright Fest at Six Flags Over Georgia. Each year the park transforms itself with gore-décor, scare-actors and spook-tacular shows during October, and Six Flags is currently in the process of casting for all theater shows and performances. Open auditions for Fright Fest will be held on Saturday, Aug. 2 and Saturday, Aug. 9.
Applicants should come to the employee entrance of Six Flags Over Georgia at 275 Riverside Parkway. Auditions will be held in the Crystal Pistol Music Hall.
Six Flags Over Georgia is seeking talented and outgoing individuals to fill positions in the following areas:
- Actors, scare-actors, streetmosphere, specialty actors and other talent
- Sign-in begins at 11:00 a.m. and auditions begin at 12:00 p.m.
- No experience required, but candidates should be outgoing and enjoy working with kids
- Should prepare one minute comedic monologue
- Individuals are encouraged to bring recent head shot and resume
- Singers/Dancers
- Sign-in begins at 2:00 p.m. and auditions begin at 3:00 p.m.
- Previous experience required
- Interested singers and dancers should visit website for more info on auditions
- Individuals are encouraged to bring recent head shot and resume
Interviews will also be held at 11:00 a.m. for individuals interested in the following positions (previous experience required):
- Audio Technicians
- Spot Operators
- Choreographers
- Lighting Technicians
- Makeup Artists (bring portfolio)
Individuals must be available to work Friday nights and all day on Saturday and Sunday between Sept. 26 and Nov. 2. Singers and dancers must be available to work Friday nights and all day on Saturday and Sunday starting Aug. 29.
For more information about the auditions, please visit www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia.
Six Flags is an Equal Opportunity Employer and supports a drug free work place.
[ Posted by Jackie ]
KIDS FEST 2008 WITH RAVEN SYMONÉ IN CONCERT
Special weekend for kids to take place Aug. 2 – 3 at Six Flags Over Georgia
AUSTELL, Ga. – (July 21, 2008) – Summer is winding down, and the kids will soon be heading back to school, but there’s still time for one last hurrah! Six Flags Over Georgia is wrapping up its 2008 concerts in a big way beginning with Kids Fest on Aug. 2-3. The main event of the weekend will be a live concert by Raven Symoné, one of the biggest stars in television and music, on Sunday, Aug. 3.
Raven will take the stage at 6:00 p.m. in the 8,000-seat Southern Star Amphitheatre for the last edition of Sunday Rocks! presented by DanceDanceRevolution® and Chase.
Other artists such as Savvy & Mandy and Joey Page will perform on Saturday, Aug. 2, starting at 12:00 p.m. These concerts will take place in front of the Crystal Pistol Music Hall. Face painters, balloon artists and craft stations will also be located throughout the park during Kids Fest.
“Six Flags Over Georgia has delivered an amazing pool of talent for its concerts this season and Kids Fest is no exception,” said Melinda Ashcraft, park president. “This will be a great weekend to enjoy everything the park has to offer in addition to the family-friendly concerts.”
Kids Fest and all concerts are free with park admission, and everyone pays kids price of $29.99 when purchasing tickets at sixflags.com.
Six Flags Over Georgia boasts 10 thrilling roller coasters, including Goliath and the Mind Bender, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this season. The park also offers 15 kids and family rides, with favorites such as Bugs Bunny World and the Riverview Carousel – celebrating its centennial anniversary; four interactive water rides including Skull Island and Thunder River; daily live shows; meet and greets with characters such as BATMAN and ROBIN; and the all-new Thomas Town℠, a Thomas the Tank Engine™ themed kids area.
Six Flags Over Georgia is open daily through Aug. 10. The park resumes weekend operation beginning Aug. 16 with additional operating dates during Fright Fest. For additional information, including hours, pricing, events and more, visit www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia.
[ Posted by Jackie ]
SIX FLAGS PRESENTS FLO RIDA, NATASHA BEDINGFIELD IN CONCERT
Summer concerts continue, plus mtvU concert announcement
AUSTELL, Ga. – (July 9, 2008) – Now that summer is in full swing, Six Flags Over Georgia is ramping up with big-name performers hitting the stage for its popular summer concert series. Flo Rida, whose hip-hop track Low has been one of the top songs of 2008, will perform live in concert July 10 as part of the STARBURST® Thursday Night Concert Series, presented by got2B. Pop sensation Natasha Bedingfield headlines the Sunday Rocks! presented by DanceDanceRevolution® and Chase concert on July 13.
“Six Flags Over Georgia continues to offer value-packed entertainment,” said Melinda Ashcraft, Park President. “Guests can enjoy the big thrills of Goliath, the family fun in Thomas Town and a great concert for one affordable price.”
Six Flags Over Georgia is also excited to announce the mtvU Video Music Awards ’08 Tour concert, featuring Boys Like Girls and Metro Station on July 27.
All concerts and events are free with park admission or a season pass, and everyone pays kids price ($29.99) by going online to purchase tickets at sixflags.com. Upcoming events include:
· Thursday, July 10 – Flo Rida – This sunshine state native has rocked the hip-hop charts in 2008 with his smash hit Low. Flo Rida is on his way to becoming one of the hottest artists of the year.
· Sunday, July 13 – Natasha Bedingfield – This U.K. performer hit the pop music scene with her 2004 hit album, Unwritten, which climbed to the top of the U.S. pop music charts. Her newest release, Pocket Full of Sunshine, is one of the top songs of the year.
· Thursday, July 17 – TBD
· Thursday, July 24 – TBD
· Sunday, July 27 – Boys Like Girls and Metro Station – mtvU’s Video Music Awards Tour ’08 brings Boys Like Girls, the U.S. rock band that has performed live on MTV’s TRL and has taken the nation by storm with their hit song The Great Escape. Metro Station, whose single Shake It is currently the #2 alternative track on iTunes, will be the opening act for the concert.
The concerts listed above will take place at the 8,000-seat Southern Star Amphitheatre and will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Six Flags Over Georgia is open daily through Aug. 10. The park resumes weekend operation beginning Aug. 16 with additional operating dates during Fright Fest. For additional information, including hours, pricing, events and more, visit www.sixflags.com/overgeorgia.
[ Posted by Jackie ]
We are very pleased and excited to announce our completely new photo gallery! You can visit it at:
www.sfog.net/picsOver the 2008 season, we will be working on replacing the majority of our photos with new, updated, higher quality shots. This will take some time, and you may notice that galleries for some rides are currently missing. Don't worry, we will get around to everything!
Older photos, such as shots of past rides, will be added back in.
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Yesterday, on Saturday, June 28, 2008, a 17 year old boy climbed over two fences and entered a restricted area containing Batman: the Ride. The boy was hit by the ride and killed instantly.
The following article is from
AJC.com:
~Boy decapitated by roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia
Victim from Springfield, S.C., identified
By RHONDA COOK, MARCUS GARNER
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 06/28/08
The popular "Batman the Ride" rollercoaster at Six Flags Over Georgia remained closed Sunday while authorities continued investigating the death of a teenager who jumped over two fences and was struck by the ride.
The 17-year-old South Carolina teen who died was identified as Asia Leeshawn Ferguson, of Springfield, S.C. He was on a church outing when the incident occurred about 2 p.m. Saturday. It was the second Batman ride-related death at the Cobb County park.
According to police and the amusement park, Ferguson and a friend climbed over two 6-foot fences -- a wrought-iron style park perimeter fence and a second chainlink fence around the Batman ride -- as a shortcut to get back into the park after lunch. Signs about 40 to 50 feet apart on the outer fence warn that it is a "restricted area" for "authorized personnel only."
According to park officials, a sign on a locked gate at the chain link fence also reads "Danger zone" and "Do not enter."
Ferguson was decapitated when the ride struck him, police said.
"It is still unclear why the two men were trying to gain access to this unauthorized area," park spokeswoman Hela Sheth told reporters Saturday, reading from a prepared statement.
She declined to answer questions at a news conference and did not return calls seeking more information.
The teen was with a group from Oakley Spring Baptist Church in Salley, S.C., a small town about 50 miles east of Augusta. He had been in Six Flags earlier in the day, but he and another boy left the park property to get some lunch, according to Cobb County police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce.
Rather than returning to the park through the regular entrance, the pair took a shortcut, Pierce said.
"The area's clearly defined with signs," Pierce said. "It's very tragic that these individuals would decide to jump over the fence. It would be hard to imagine somebody not seeing the signs and jumping two fences."
No one on the ride was injured, Six Flags said in the statement. Ferguson's family was at the park at the time of the accident, according to the amusement park.
Pierce said there were many witnesses, and the county's 911 center was almost immediately flooded with calls from people reporting what they had seen.
The park's statement said one of the first to call for help was an Marietta police officer who had been in line for the Batman ride.
"Six Flags security and safety personnel responded immediately, and Cobb County Fire [Department] was on site just minutes after the incident occurred," Sheth said. "The medical examiner arrived on scene and confirmed that the 17-year-old male was killed instantaneously."
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family," she said.
The Batman ride was run briefly after the accident so police investigators could take measurements. It was closed to the public Saturday evening. The rest of Six Flags remained open. The park said the ride likely will resume operating on Monday.
Batman riders dangle beneath a track and travel up to 50 m.p.h., climbing and dropping the distance equal to an 11-story building and going through two vertical loops and two single corkscrews.
The first fatality involving the Batman ride in Georgia occurred six years ago.
A 58-year-old park worker, Samuel Milton Guyton of Atlanta, was killed May 26, 2002. Guyton was in a restricted area on a platform when he was kicked in the head by 14-year-old girl on the front car of the ride. The girl was hospitalized with a leg injury.
Over the years, several ride-related deaths have been reported at Six Flags parks nationwide.
Last March, a worker dismantling a ride at Six Flags Great America near Chicago fell 40-feet to his death. In 2004 at the same park, a maintenance worker was hit by a roller coaster and killed.
A 55-year-old disabled man was killed in May 2004 when he was thrown from a ride at Six Flags New England near Springfield, Mass. Five years ago, a grandmother strapping her 4-year-old grandson into Six Flags New Orleans' Joker's Jukebox ride was hit by a spinning car when the ride began operating before she was out of the way.
-- Staff writer S.A. Reid and news researcher Joni Zeccola contributed to this story.
~Please remember that rules and regulations -- as well as fences, barricades, and posted signage -- are in place to protect you, the guest. Please make yourself and your children aware of this, as tragic accidents such as this are so easily avoided.
[ Posted by Jackie ]
Press release from the park:
Guests Encouraged to
'Walk In The Park' for a Good Cause
Six Flags Friends partners with Cure Kids Cancer
to host 2K walk at Six Flags Over Georgia AUSTELL, Ga. – (June 5, 2008) – Visitors to Six Flags Over Georgia know that there’s typically a lot of walking involved during a day at the park. Now, guests have the chance to walk toward a good cause as Six Flags Friends, the philanthropic arm of Six Flags, Inc., and Cure Kids Cancer team up for the first time to host “A Walk in the Park.” This 2K walk event will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 8:00 a.m. inside the park and all proceeds will benefit Cure Kids Cancer, an organization that raises funds for local pediatric cancer programs including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
“Cancer affects people from every walk of life and is the leading cause of death from disease in children,” said Melinda Ashcraft, park president. “I encourage everyone to take part in this event to support a great cause as we all walk toward a cure.”
Six Flags Friends is coordinating walks at 12 Six Flags parks across the country Sept. 6-7 with the goal of raising $1 million. Interested walkers may register at www.walkintheparks.org where they can join the Six Flags Over Georgia Team and help support the overall park goal of raising $100,000. All proceeds from the Six Flags Over Georgia “A Walk In The Park” event will go directly to various Atlanta children’s hospitals.
Stephen Hess, age 7, will serve as Six Flags Over Georgia’s walk ambassador. At age 6, Stephen was diagnosed with Burkitt's leukemia, a rare and highly aggressive form of cancer that affects only about 400 children in the United States per year. After undergoing seven months of intense treatment, he is now cancer free, thanks to the care he received at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.
"Cure Kids Cancer is honored to be working with Six Flags Friends to generate resources to help hospitals and physicians find better treatments and hopefully someday a cure for pediatric cancers," said Jami Brinton, Director of Cure Kids Cancer. "As a cancer survivor myself, I strongly believe children should be able to experience all the joys of childhood without having to worry that a diagnosis of cancer may dampen their greatest dreams."
For a $25 registration fee, walk participants will receive breakfast the morning of the event, a gift bag, a Cure Kids Cancer souvenir wristband and the ability to purchase discounted admission to enjoy Six Flags rides and activities after the walk. For more information and to register, visit www.walkintheparks.org.
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