The general sensation I'm imagining for this launch:
What in the inverted spinning launch is even that.
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Six Flags Great Adventure | Unknown | Unknown Kingda Ka replacement | 2026+
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WarmishSign
Mega Poster
Crane is determined no hazard. Coaster tower not quite yet
Peet
Giga Poster
Some great aerial updates here:
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It has been said before but I'll say it again - it's really odd that Project Purple is in the car park *next to* where Kingda Ka once stood, like it's respectfully avoiding standing on Ka's grave.
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It has been said before but I'll say it again - it's really odd that Project Purple is in the car park *next to* where Kingda Ka once stood, like it's respectfully avoiding standing on Ka's grave.
Crazycoaster
Giga Poster
Wait, so the ride isn’t even being built on the KK site, just next to it instead?
WarmishSign
Mega Poster
Yep. This isn't Ka's replacement, that site is basically untouched. The station is in the GL plot and it runs next to Ka's area. In the recent interview with Ryan, he said the two were originally gonna operate next to eachother.
IGwaziSolos
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"As construction continues on the park’s highly anticipated 2027 coaster project, currently known as “Project Purple,” Six Flags Great Adventure is proud to announce a meaningful new partnership with Project Purple, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting pancreatic cancer through research funding, patient support and awareness initiatives."
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Six Flags Great Adventure Partners With Project Purple | Six Flags Great Adventure and Project Purple Partner to Turn Thrills Into Something Bigger
Six Flags Great Adventure partners with Project Purple to support pancreatic cancer awareness and research.
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Eclipsehdegie2010
Roller Poster
And here we thought it was to be for a mattress company, or something else. Nope. Something better, and not as annoying.
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
I mean, those purple mattresses are super comfortable
Eclipsehdegie2010
Roller Poster
I wouldn't know. Going off-topic, but I use a Sleep Number. I may have a bias since at my other house, (DP(Divorced Parents)) I sleep on a Walmart mattress, and my dad works at Sleep Number, but you can change settings from firm to soft, and just so you know, my SN is 0. Back to the topic, it seems Project Purple is a marathon company that gives all money to pancreatic cancer research. I know, since my mom had breast cancer, that cancer sucks, so this seems like a good thing for them to sponsor the ride. One thing I do have to say is, Will this make the ride cost twice as much, with the pancreatic donations, or will it work some other way?
martinparks
Roller Poster
Nah, six flags just likes putting coasters on parking lotsSome great aerial updates here:
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It has been said before but I'll say it again - it's really odd that Project Purple is in the car park *next to* where Kingda Ka once stood, like it's respectfully avoiding standing on Ka's grave.
CaliAngel
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Some great aerial updates here:
Coaster Pulse
Shoreline Pier at Six Flags Great Adventure construction Update 🚧 #sixflags #construction #newin2026 #coasterpulse
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It has been said before but I'll say it again - it's really odd that Project Purple is in the car park *next to* where Kingda Ka once stood, like it's respectfully avoiding standing on Ka's grave.
I am going to guess that although the ride is cleared above ground, those KK footers are still in the ground, and there's a lot of them and they're probably huge.
So as opposed to having to pay to demo the footers and have them removed, they just shifted the install to avoid them altogether.
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
Exactly, the park being cheap versus this "not being the replacement" it clearly is
WarmishSign
Mega Poster
It's not ka's replacement. it's next to that site, which has been said so many times
Efteldingus
Mega Poster
While the park/management has previously stated that this project was in the works before the decision to close and remove Ka was made, which was seemingly an immediate (and rather extreme) short-term costcutting measure by the then newly merged Six Flags/Cedar Fair company, I can't imagine these two coasters would've actually coexisted for more than one or a couple of years. A project of this magnitude is a once in a generation thing for only a small number of parks around the world. I'd say only because of the coasterwars around the turn of the century are we getting a project like this again now, if they had eventually retired Ka and not replaced it with an attraction of the same calibre the park would be less appealing to guests and essentially lose 'status'. So while this project maybe isn't the direct reason Ka was closed and therefore isn't using the same plot of land, I think we can be pretty sure it's existence shows us it wouldn't have been long before Ka was retired anyway.
WarmishSign
Mega Poster
I'm just saying it's not the physical replacement for ka, like hagrids was for dueling dragons
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
Sorry, I just don't see this and Ka ever having coexisted. The extreme unlikeness that you would put a record-breaking launched tower based coaster next to an already record-breaking launched tower based coaster but on a smaller scale would make even less sense than La Ronde putting in a used SLC into a park thay already had a better BTR model (although they were contractually obligated to make investments)
Also, we saw this exact model already proposed via survey to both Kings Island and Carowinds (?), parks where it would have been far more unique and again, while it may not be physically replacing Ka on its land plot. This is clearly a replacement for a park "needing" a tall...and also launched... coaster.
Also, we saw this exact model already proposed via survey to both Kings Island and Carowinds (?), parks where it would have been far more unique and again, while it may not be physically replacing Ka on its land plot. This is clearly a replacement for a park "needing" a tall...and also launched... coaster.