2004 — sixflags

A list of events in 2004 related to Six Flags.

Timeline

January 4 – Winter Lights closes for the 2003/2004 holiday season at Six Flags Great Adventure.

March 10
- Six Flags announces to sell their struggling Six Flags Worlds of Adventure to rival Cedar Fair for $145 million. The deal would revert the park to its original name of Geauga Lake and the removal of all Warner Bros. theming, as well as the "Wild Life" area; of which the animals would be relocated to other Six Flags parks.
- Six Flags announces the sale of its Six Flags European Parks division (consisting of Six Flags Belgium and Bellewaerde Park in Belgium, Six Flags Holland, Walibi Aquitaine, Walibi Lorraine, and Walibi Rhône-Alpes in France and Warner Bros. Movie World Germany) to an unknown buyer, later revealed to be Palmon Capital Partners.
March 24 – Six Flags St. Louis opens for the 2004 season.

April 9 – A 21-year-old employee dies after being struck by Scream! at Six Flags Magic Mountain while underneath the track during a test run prior to the park's opening that day. The roller coaster was allowed to be re-opened the next day after an OSHA inspection found no mechanical issues.

May 1 – A 53-year-old, 230 pound man from Bloomfield, Connecticut falls out of the Superman: Ride of Steel roller coaster at Six Flags New England during the last turn and is killed. Reports show that the ride attendant had not checked that the guest's ride restraint was secure as his girth was too large for the T-bar-shaped ride restraint to close properly.
May 27 – Half Pipe opens at Six Flags Elitch Gardens.
May 28 – Ragin' Cajun opens at Six Flags Great America.
May 29 – A 52-year-old ride mechanic from Zion, Illinois is killed by a train on Ragin' Cajun at Six Flags Great America as he attempted to cross the tracks. Suffering from a traumatic head injury, he died at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.

June 24 - The sale of Six Flags European Parks to Palmon Capital Partners is completed, with the new owners rebranding the business as StarParks. The company would also be allowed to continue operating the two Six Flags branded parks as well as Warner Bros. Movie World Germany as is until the end of the 2004 season.

July 26
- Soul Lift '04 at Six Flags St. Louis.
  - Sonicflood in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.

August 14
- Christian Family Day 2019 at Six Flags St. Louis.
  - Third Day in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
August 18 – Lightning hits a power substation near Six Flags Great Adventure, causing a power cut to the park. Twenty guests riding Batman & Robin: The Chiller are left stranded on the ride, approximately 75 feet above ground, for 40 minutes. The train's angle is such that eight of those passengers were upside-down. No injuries are reported. Only the Robin side was operating during this incident.
August 21 – "Weird Al" Yankovic in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.

October 1 – Fright Fest 2004 begins at Six Flags Great Adventure.
October 8 – Fright Fest 2004 begins at Six Flags St. Louis.
October 9 – Fright Fest 2004 begins at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
October 31 (Halloween)
- Warner Bros. Movie World Germany closes for its final season.
- Fright Fest 2004 ends at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- Fright Fest 2004 ends at Six Flags St. Louis.
- Fright Fest 2004 ends at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

November 19 – Superman El Último Escape opens at Six Flags Mexico.
November 23 - Six Flags' 99-year agreement to operate Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid was terminated by the park's management firms, who would take operations in-house, while Six Flags' 5% stake would go to Warner Bros.
November 26 – Holiday in the Park 2004 begins at Six Flags Over Texas.

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