Make your stance nice and wide for this straddle coaster, the kind you ride like a motorcycle, at Six Flags New England, in Agawam, Mass. These kinds of coasters work best when there’s plenty of track to traverse and take you on a trip, and that’s the case here, with Six Flags billing this as New England’s first dual-launch straddle coaster, meaning that it shoots riders up two separate times. You traverse an impressive 2,604 feet of track.
The ride, which plays up its steampunk theme with cars that look like time machines, gets moving pretty quickly out of the gate. Its initial launch sends you into a sharp upward turn. But it’s the second launch that makes all the difference, picking up more speed and propelling you higher. The ride, which has a top speed of 45 m.p.h., has some exciting moments where riders interact with the track, zooming over and under parts of it.
Open since this spring, it’s a welcome addition to Six Flags New England, which hadn’t had a new coaster since 2017.
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