News: Great Escape celebrations extended

Posted at 9:05 PM EDT (0105 GMT)

Jul. 19th, 2004 -- LAKE GEORGE, N.Y., July 19, 2004 – The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom will host the third in a series of celebratory fireworks displays on Saturday, July 24, as part of its yearlong 50th Anniversary celebration. Fireworks will kick off at 9:45 p.m., weather permitting.

Provided by famed pyrotechnics specialist Alonzo Fireworks Display, Inc. the distinctive exhibition will showcase criss-crossing fireworks, pattern fireworks, and several multi-color combinations all in commemoration of the milestone season.

The fireworks display is free to park guests with their paid admission to
The Great Escape.  There is also a special after 4 p.m. admission price of $17, plus tax.

The Great Escape officially celebrated its 50th Anniversary on June 27,
2004, with a birthday bash that included the return of park creator
Charles R. Wood, the participation of park mainstay Marshal Wild Windy
Bill McKay, and loads of birthday cake.  Wood originally opened Storytown USA as a single-themed amusement park dedicated to the popular nursery rhymes of Mother Goose.  Today, The Great Escape features more than 125 rides, shows, and attractions.

Six Flags, Inc. is the world’s largest regional theme park company.
Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of 31 parks in
North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 34 of the 50 largest
metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly
held corporation with corporate offices in New York City and Oklahoma
City. The Company’s stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS.

For more information regarding the fireworks display and other 50th
Anniversary festivities, call (518) 792-3500 or log onto www.sixflags.com.