Six Flags Great Adventure · operating · 2001
Nitro
230 ft · 80 mph
A B&M hyper coaster with a 230-foot drop and long floater hills through the back of the park.
Specifications
Ride profile
Scaled against Six Flags Great Adventure's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
230 ft
Tallest at Six Flags Great Adventure
Ride experience
Launches, airtime, layout style, and more
- Hyper
- Steel
Specs from sixflags.com
Learn more
Airtime hills explained
Shaped hills that pull you out of the seat — the heart of hyper and many modern layouts.
Giga vs hyper — what changes at 300 feet?
Giga coasters push height even further. The feel is still about speed and airtime, not inversion tours.
Tubular steel track basics
Round rail stacked and welded — the default modern coaster structure.
What is a hypercoaster?
A coaster focused on speed and airtime — usually 200+ feet tall with a lift hill, not a looping marathon.
History
Sourced timeline and background for Nitro.
Timeline
2001
Nitro opens
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Sources & official links
We link out to parks, manufacturers, and the pages where facts and media come from.
- Six Flags Great Adventure — official sitesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Six Flags Great Adventure on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Bolliger & Mabillard — manufacturerbolliger-mabillard.com(opens in a new tab)