American Adventures

Not to be confused with Americana Adventure.

American Adventures (formerly known as Thomas Grove and Six Flags Over Pennsylvania) is an amusement park located in York, Pennsylvania. It first opened in 1955.

History
The park opened in 1955 as Thomas Grove, named after the park founder William A. Thomas. It featured only a few flats and a wooden coaster, Bobcat.

The park closed in 1964 after William Thomas' death, and stood Standing But Not Operating for both 1965 and 1966.

In 1967, the park was bought by Ecstatic Parks, Inc., who would later go on to buy Akron Acres in Ohio. The park was renamed American Adventures.

In 1983, the park was sold to Funtime Parks, Inc. They added Mountain Mine Train and several new flats during that year.

In 1995, the park was bought by Premier Parks, along with Funtime's other parks.

In 1999, Premier Parks became Six Flags, and the park was renamed Six Flags Over Pennsylvania. As a result, the park received two new coasters that year - Batman: The Ride and Mr. Freeze - in an all-new Gotham City area, as well as a new flat ride named Cyclone.

Due to competition from multiple other theme parks in the state such as Hersheypark, Williams Grove Amusement Park, Sesame Place Philadelphia, Knoebels Amusement Resort, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom, etc., and Six Flags focusing more on Six Flags Over Philadelphia, they sold the park in Fall of 2004 to Baker Amusements, who took over operations of the park in 2005 and gave it back it's old name.

Areas

 * Adventureland for Kids (formerly known as "Looney Tunes Seaport" [1999-2004] and "Popeye's Seaport" [1996-1998])
 * Thrill City (formerly known as "Gotham City" [1999-2004])

Roller coasters

 * Bobcat (1955; A Philadelphia Toboggan Company wooden coaster, the static restraints replaced with buzz bars in the 1970s, retracked by GCI in 2005, given two Millennium Flyer trains in 2010 which operate with one of the original PTC trains, magnetic brakes were added in 2011 to allow three trains to run at once)
 * Freeze Ray (1999; A Premier Rides "Mr. Freeze" clone, formerly known as "Mr. Freeze" [1999-2004], given VR for a limited time in 2017)
 * Mercury (1986; An Arrow Dynamics looping roller coaster, given Vekoma's vest restraint trains in 2013, given VR for a limited time in 2015)
 * Monty's Python Pit (2005; An E&F Miller "Python Pit" kiddie coaster)
 * Mystery Mountain Mine Train (1983; An Arrow mine train coaster located inside a man-made mountain, formerly known as "Mountain Mine Train" [1983-1998) and "Runaway Mine Train" [1999-2006], given VR for a limited time in 2016)
 * Screamin' Demon (1999; A B&M Batman clone, formerly known as "Batman: The Ride" [1999-2004], given VR for a limited time in 2014)
 * Star, Stripes, and Spin (2010; A Gerstlauer 420/4 spinning roller coaster, given VR for a limited time in 2018)
 * Time Twister (2001; An Intamin impulse roller coaster, formerly known as "V2: Vertical Velocity" [2001-2004])

Flat Rides

 * Calypso (1972; A Mack Calypso ride)
 * Cyclone (1999; A Wisdom Tornado ride)
 * Fling Shot (2000; A Huss Frisbee ride, formerly known as "Tasmanian Devil" [2000-2004])
 * Great American Railroad (1955; A train ride, formerly known as "The Train" [1955-1995], "American Junction" [1996-1998] and "Six Flags Railroad" [1999-2006])
 * Pop Star (1983; A Mack Music Express ride, formerly known as "Music Express" [1983-2004])
 * Sky Ranger (1988; A Zamperla Telecombat ride, formerly known as "Black Hawk Jets" [1988-1998] and "Superman Krypton Flyers" [1999-2006])
 * Spider (1983; An Eyerly Spider ride)
 * Vortex (1978; A Schwarzkopf Enterprise, formerly known as "Enterprise" [1978-1995])
 * Wave Swinger (1979; A Zierer Wave Swinger ride)

Kiddie Rides

 * Adventureland Express (1996; A Zamperla Rio Grande train ride, formerly known as "Anchors Away Railway" [1996-1998] and "Looney Express" [1999-2004])
 * Balloon Race (1996; A Zamperla Samba Balloons ride, formerly known as "Up, Up, and Ahoy!" [1996-1998] and "Seaport Weather Balloons" [1999-2004])
 * Junior Vortex (1984; A Zamperla Mini Enterprise, formerly known as "Junior Enterprise" [1984-1995])
 * Lobster Roll (1996; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride themed to a submarine, formerly known as "S.S. Popeye" [1996-1998] and "Daffy's Diver" [1999-2004])
 * Merry-Go-Round Swings (1996; A Zamperla Loli Swing ride, formerly known as "Swee Pea's Swings" [1996-1998] and "Taz Twister" [1999-2004])
 * Pirate Rafts (1996; A Zamperla Mini Jet ride themed to log rafts, formerly known as "Sea Hag Island" [1996-1998] and "Pepe Le Pew's Rafts of Romance" [1999-2004])