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A list of events that occurred in 1999 related to Six Flags.

Timeline

March

• March 13
  • Six Flags Over Georgia opens for the 1999 season.
  • The first two towers of Scream! open at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
• March 21 – A 28-year-old woman is killed and 10 other guests are injured on Roaring Rapids at Six Flags Over Texas when the raft they were on is overturned in 2–3 feet of water due to sudden deflation of the air chambers that support the raft.  The raft then got caught on an underwater pipe, which provided leverage for the rushing water in the ride to flip the boat over. In a subsequent settlement, Six Flags agreed to pay $4 million to the victim's family, and the company joined the family in a lawsuit against Canyon Manufacturing Co., the company responsible for parts that were related to the accident.
• Unknown - Premier Parks purchases Reino Aventura for $59 million.

April

• April 2
  • Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the 1999 season with the openings of Medusa, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Twister, and other rides as part of the "War on Lines" expansion.
  • Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom opens for the 1999 season.
• April 30 – Boomerang Coast to Coaster opens at Six Flags Elitch Gardens.

May

• May 1 – Raging Bull opens at Six Flags Great America.
• May 5 - Premier Parks purchases White Water Atlanta and its sister park American Adventures.
• May 8
  • Grand opening of Six Flags America, with two new lands (Gotham City and Looney Tunes Movie Town) and many new attractions such as The Joker's Jinx, Two-Face: The Flip Side, and The Great Chase.
  • Georgia Scorcher opens at Six Flags Over Georgia.
• May 14 – Roar opens at Six Flags Marine World.
• May 17 - Premier Parks purchases Splashtown USA in Spring, Texas.
• May 26 – Batman: The Ride opens at Six Flags Over Texas.
• May 27 – The Batman Thrill Spectacular debuts in the Gotham City Arena at Six Flags America.
• May 28 – Poltergeist and the third tower of Scream! opens at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

June

• June 5 – Grand opening of Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags St. Louis.

July

• July 31 – Randy Travis in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.

August

• August 2
  • Soul Lift at Six Flags St. Louis.
    • Big Tent Revival in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
• August 13 – Britney Spears in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
• August 14 – "Weird Al" Yankovic in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
• August 21
  • Christian Family Day at Six Flags St. Louis.
    • Michael W. Smith in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.

September

• September 11 – Six Flags County Fair begins at Six Flags St. Louis.
• September 18 – Bryan White in concert at Six Flags St. Louis
• September 25 – The Wilkinsons in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.

October

• October 1
  • Fright Fest debuts at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom with Fright Fest 1999.
  • Fright Fest 1999 begins at Six Flags Great Adventure.
• October 2 – Gospel Family Day II at Six Flags St. Louis.
• October 6 - Premier Parks announces an expansion of their Warner Bros. theme park license (including Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network and DC Comics) to include Europe, Latin and South America. The deal would also include the purchase of Warner Bros. Movie World Germany, the management of the yet-unbuilt Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, and a license to construct more "Warner Bros. Movie World" branded theme parks.
• October 8
  • Fright Fest 1999 begins at Six Flags St. Louis.
  • Fright Fest debuts at Six Flags Darien Lake with Fright Fest 1999.
• October 9 – Alice Cooper in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
• October 31 (Halloween)
  • Fright Fest 1999 ends at Six Flags Great Adventure.
  • Fright Fest 1999 ends at Six Flags St. Louis.
  • Fright Fest 1999 ends at Six Flags Darien Lake.

December

• December 8 – In their 1999 report, Premier Parks announces that they will rebrand as Six Flags, Inc. during 2000, and that six more parks would adorn the brand and the addition of the Warner Bros. properties.
  • Geauga Lake would become Six Flags Ohio with the addition of twenty new attractions.
  • Riverside Park would become Six Flags New England.
  • Reino Aventura would become Six Flags Mexico.
  • Walibi Flevo would become Six Flags Holland, making the brand's debut in Europe.
  • SplashTown USA would become Six Flags SplashTown.
  • White Water Atlanta would become Six Flags White Water.

Unknown

• ? – Orbite opens at La Ronde.
• ? – Tasmanian Devil opens at Six Flags Marine World.
• ? - Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon opens at The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom.