Trip to Six Flags New England

[jdomkus]

We are planning a trip to Six Flags New England for the first time and I had a few questions.

 

1. We are only able to go on a weekend in August, Is the park very crowded this time of year? Is it worth getting a Qbot? Can you pick what seats you want on the coasters with a Qbot?

 

2. Are two days on a weekend enough to see the whole park?

 

3. I saw on the web site they have quite a few hotels listed, Any recommendations?

 

4. Any other parks or sights nearby, That are worth checking out?

 

Thainks in advance for all the info

[Token Yankee Guy]

1) The park is very crowded this time of the year when schools are not in session. It is worth to get a Q-Bot. Preferably a Gold Q-Bot which costs a bit more. On Friday-Sunday the prices go up a bit so it's like 50 for the first person and 25 for each additional. Those prices are for Q-Bot Gold.

 

2)Two Days is more than enough, actually one day is enough to get a lot done in the park. If you don't got the Q-Bot gold, then you might want to consider two days.

 

3) There are a lot of hotels off Route 75 near the airport that are affordable. I don't know the prices of them, but you can try searching like hotels.com and putting in Windsor Locks, CT as a location and look for the hotels that say they're off of the "Ella Grasso Turnpike." From route 75 to Six Flags it's about...20 minutes on the backroads to get there.

 

4)Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT (about 40 or so minutes south-west from SFNE)

 

a few additional tips..

 

- If you want to get the Q-Bot Gold, you will need to get to the park at a minimum of 30 minutes before the park opens, so you can get to Q-Bot Reigstration off the main st (on the left right after Season Pass Processing) and get a Q-Bot Gold, since they do sell out of the Gold in about an hour after the park opens.

 

- If you want to visit LC, you might want to do that on a seperate day, or do it after you visit SFNE. Because if you did Lake Compounce in the morning and then visit SFNE, expect the park to be packed by noon and line waits about an hour or more. If you went during Early June when school is still in session, then you'll be able to do both LC in the morning and SFNE in the afternoon and not worry about long lines at both parks.

 

I hope this has helped you.

 

Craiggers "I don't live far from the park, so I'm well knowledged about SFNE" K.

[sfne2005]

As far as seat choice, it depends on the ride. Superman, the qbot line merges just before the station, so once inside, you have your choice. Batman, it depends on the people in the station since it is set up so poorly, they assign you rows. Pandemonium is only one train anyways. The wooden rides, only allow you the middle cars. And I am not sure on the mind eraser. Have fun.