This was the most recent roller coaster to be introduced, excluding the family coaster Road Runner Express (later renamed Frankie's Mine Train in 2010). These additions slowed and did not continue until the opening of Canyon Blaster in 2003. The rapid addition of roller coasters included the next year with the addition of the indoor ride Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon. ![]() ![]() In 1997, it opened another coaster, the Boomerang Coast-to-Coaster (now Flashback), and the Alpine Bobsled opened the next year. The next year, the park was acquired by Six Flags, though it retained its park name. In 1995, The Great Escape opened its waterpark, Splashwater Kingdom. Roller coaster enthusiasts recognize it as one of the best wooden roller coasters in North America. This roller coaster had moved from Crystal Beach after 41-year history as The Comet. The main attraction, a wooden roller coaster called the Comet, re-opened at The Great Escape in 1994. In 1984, the Great Escape opened Steamin' Demon, the first of its eventual seven roller coasters. This practice stopped a few years later due to complaints. For publicity, the park placed bumper stickers on every car in the parking lot. In 1983, the park officially changed its name from Storytown USA to The Great Escape. In 1957, realizing that the park was geared only toward small children, the park opened its Ghosttown area, the first of many themed areas opened in the park's history. ![]() The Great Escape first opened in 1954 as Storytown USA, a Mother Goose themed amusement park. The two currently not using the branding are Frontier City and La Ronde. It was one of three Six Flags parks that are not branded as a Six Flags park. It opened in 1957 as Storytown USA and has since been renamed to The Great Escape after being acquired by Six Flags in 1996. Six Flags Great Escape & Hurricane Harbor is an amusement park located in Queensbury, New York, USA.
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