Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, Connecticut is a park known by enthusiasts for its Gravity Group wooden coaster, Wooden Warrior. This week, the park’s President, Eric Anderson, shared details about their largest investment yet: a brand new water coaster coming...
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Lake Compounce Debuts Massive Transformations For 175th Birthday
Lake Compounce is one of the “hidden gem” parks of New England, and is officially the oldest park in America, celebrating its 175th birthday in 2021. To commemorate this massive milestone, the park has a large slate of changes and...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Guide to Quassy Amusement Park
New England and the surrounding area is a really great spot for a theme park road trip, with heavy hitters like Six Flags New England, Great Adventure, and Lake Compounce, as well as hidden gems like Canobie Lake Park. However,...
Continue reading...Roller Coaster Race Series Blends Running with Coasters
If you’re a runner and a coaster rider (or just a coaster rider), you won’t want to miss the expanded Roller Coaster Race series in 2016. The foot races held at amusement parks across America combine running with coaster riding....
Continue reading...Six Flags Twisted Colossus, Wicked Cyclone Testing
It’s a West Coast versus East Coast as two Six Flags parks prepare to open their respective Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid coasters. Magic Mountain is testing Twisted Colossus while New England readies Wicked Cyclone. And fortunately for us, videos of both...
Continue reading...Six Flags New England Announces Wicked Cyclone
The second RMC transformation announced today might not be one of the biggest hybrid transformations, but it’s certainly one of the most compact and thrilling done to date. Wicked Cyclone takes William Cobb’s Riverside Cyclone layout and lets famous roller coaster designer Alan Schilke have his...
Continue reading...Cyclone at Six Flags New England Closing
Another one bites the dust — for now, at least. Only a few weeks after Six Flags Magic Mountain announced Colossus’ forthcoming closure, Six Flags New England has announced that the park’s Cyclone wooden coaster will also “close” this summer. © Six...
Continue reading...Six Flags New England SkyScreamer in 2014
Six Flags New England announced today plans to add the planet’s tallest swing ride to Massachusetts, the New England SkyScreamer. Adding this new record-breaking attraction will solidify Six Flags New England as the Thrill Capital of New England and will...
Continue reading...Six Flags relocating 2 coasters for 2012
Six Flags America and Six Flags New England will both open relocated coasters from other Six Flags properties in 2012. Six Flags America will receive Apocalypse, formerly known as Iron Wolf at Six Flags Great America. “The end is near...
Continue reading...Poll: Where would you rather see SFMM’s Deja Vu?
Multiple sources are reporting that Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Deja Vu is leaving and heading across the country to Six Flags New England. At the surface, this doesn’t sound like the worst idea. However, seeing that the Giant Inverted Boomerang will...
Continue reading...September 1 is a big day for Six Flags
Six Flags has hinted through the company’s blog that September 1, 2011 will likely be the day for announcements regarding new-for-2012 attractions. Read for yourself: “And the only thing more exciting than the past 50 years? Looking forward to the...
Continue reading...Poll: What Six Flags park needs a coaster?
There has been a significant amount of talk lately about which Six Flags parks will receive coasters (new or used) in 2012. My question to you is: what Six Flags U.S. park do you think is most deserving of a...
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