Six Flags New England (SFNE) Discussion Thread

[michaellynn4]

I’ve a feeling you’ll survive regardless. 

[DannySixFlags]

Hangtime just makes me feel uncomfortable

[DannySixFlags]

So apparently, there's not really hangtime on Harley Quinn Spinsanity, but you do get pushed against your restraint like on a holding break on a dive coaster. And I've been on Valravn and Griffon (the latter even in the front!) And it's not that high. I think I might do it.

I'm also scared to go on Scream, even though I did the Hershey's Tower at Hersheypark. And Scream is 16 feet taller than Hershey's Tower. I'd do the Combo Tower so that way I get launched up, then drop (like the Hershey's Tower), but TBH 200+ foot drop towers scare me, even though I've been on Superman: The Ride and Steel Force (the latter of which is the same height as Scream) and I305. It's different on coasters because I sit a few rows away from the front so I won't see how high I am.

[DannySixFlags]

I went yesterday and it started RAINING after like, 3:30 PM. So we had to leave early.

They changed the Block Party show this year (I only caught the end of it.) I think they're using a remix of We Like to Party in the show. I met Coyote, Foghorn, Bugs, Petunia, and Tweety.

I also dressed as Supergirl and folks noticed me (I even got to go thru the Flash Pass line for Superman: The Ride for free thanks to my outfit, because it was going to rain, and I wanted to get a reride before I left.) But they made me take the cape off on, ironically, Supergirl Sky Flyer.

WiCy felt like it was going to murder me with its airtime from both hell and heaven. Yes, I sat near the back. These folks behind me were screaming bloody murder too.

All in all, okay trip. Didn't meet Marvin or ride Harley Quinn Spinsanity/Scream. I doubt I ever will (and I want to ride Lex Luthor Drop of Doom dressed as Lois Lane because of the scene in Superman II where she's attached to the Eiffer Tower shaft...)

[BobloLives]

Got our first, brief visit to the park yesterday now that it's springtime again (it's been icy cold in the northeast). Overall, 4.5 hours in the park, three rides. Batman -- operations were horrible. At least five minutes between dispatches, two trains, waited 75 minutes in a half-full queue. Wicked Cyclone -- not as bad, still at least one ride op who staples with extra zeal, literally jumping and pushing down on the lap bar. Superman -- almost as bad as Batman. It seems like between every dispatch on those two coasters the main ride op had to sign paperwork and talk to a group of other employees. Literally between every dispatch. Training? I don't know, they've been open weekends for well over a month now. And the exit lane passes -- my lord, EVERYONE has these now. Only food we ate was the gyros and fries which are honestly delicious!

 

Quantum Accelator: two trains on the track (one in station, one on transfer). Still building in the station and looks like a shed for the transfer track. Didn't know this has two launches! Sorry, only got a couple pictures, was hurrying from one end of the park to the other. Is it just me or are the trains super ugly? Anyway, looks like it'll be a fairly wild ride even if it is a "family launch" coaster.

 

^^ This is, I think, the highest point on the ride. There's a gentleman in the station doing what looks like electrical work.

Zoomed in on the train in the station. 

The trains are very brown. Transfer track is forward of the station, not behind it on the circuit. Can just barely make out the two parallel launch tracks, sorry I didn't get better picture.