Kingda Ka Kingda Ka Kingda Ka is a steel accelerator roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. It is the world's tallest roller coaster, the world's second fastest roller coaster, and was the second strata coaster ever built. It was built by Stakotra, a subcontractor to Intamin. Riders have to be at least tall in order to be able to get on the roller coaster. The train is launched by a hydraulic launch mechanism to in 3.5 seconds. At the end of the launch track, the train climbs the main top hat tower, reaching a height of
Kingda Ka The ride was closed for three months for repairs and reopened on August 21, 2009. On August 27, 2011, Kingda Ka suffered unspecified damage shortly before Hurricane Irene; that same day, Six Flags Great Adventure did not open due to the approaching hurricane. While it is unknown whether additional damage occurred due to the storm, the coaster was damaged to the extent that it could not run before Irene. Kingda Ka remained closed until the start of the 2012 operating season on April 5. Shortly before 5:00 pm on July 26, 2012, a young boy was sent to the hospital