Six Flags Great Adventure Unleashes Bakunawa for a Six-Record Launch

Six Flags Great Adventure is going big again, and this time the skyline-changer has a name: Bakunawa. The park officially unveiled Mack Rides’ launched spinning coaster as a record-busting beast in the making, one that’s planned to stack up six world records before it even opens. If the numbers hold, this is the kind of project that doesn’t just add a ride to the park map — it redraws the scale of what a spinning coaster can be.

What makes Bakunawa stand out is the combination, not any single stat. The announced profile pushes to around 245 feet tall, with speeds topping 70 mph, multiple inversions, and spinning seats built into a layout themed around a Philippine sea serpent. That mix of height, launch, rotation, and inversion territory is rare enough on its own; together, it points to a coaster designed to feel far more aggressive than the phrase “spinning coaster” usually suggests. For Great Adventure, it’s another swing for the fences in a park already known for chasing marquee steel.

The world-record angle is the real attention-grabber, but the theme gives the project some identity beyond the numbers. Bakunawa’s name ties the ride to legend, and the concept fits the sort of over-the-top scale that has become part of Six Flags Great Adventure’s DNA. There’s still more to come as the ride moves from announcement to reality, but as of today, this is one of the most ambitious coaster reveals of the year — and a very loud reminder that Jackson still likes its thrills oversized.