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SUPERMAN: RIDE OF STEEL
As you enter Springfield Massachusetts, heading towards Six Flags New England, You go over a bridge that goes over the Connecticutt River and you look out the window of your car and you see Superman:Ride of Steel. You look at the monstrous roller coaster and you think to your self WOW! Once you see the Superman from a distance going to Six Flags New England you can't get it out of your head. About 20 minutes later you see a sign that says Six Flags New england Traffic stay right. You are amazed and think to yourself "In about a half an hour I will be riding that roller coaster. As you enter the park you head straight down to the Superman. You get in line and wait about 20 minutes before you go up to the loading station. you are excited and nervous at the same time when entering the station because for the last 20 minutes you have been watching the coaster go around the track. You decided that you want airtime so you sit in the back of the train. You sit down in the train and the restrians come down very soomthly against your body. You watch the ride operater give the thumbs up and up you go up the lift hill. Once the train gets the last two cars in the station the lift hill starts kicking in and takes a burst of power to lift you up the monstrous lift hill faster than any other coaster in the park. Up you go as you see people in boats down on the Connecticutt River. As the train gets to the top, you think WOW I'm very high up. As the train gets to the last two cars going over the lift hill it wipes the last two cars over the lift hill and DOWN, DOWN you go crashing down the monster's back into the smallest tunnel you could possibly fit through. You heart is racing, you wonder if the train will fit through the tunnel. About a half second later you are through the tunnel and you are looking up at the "Monster's" second hill. Up you go, WHOOO. Up the hill you are as you get extreme amounts of airtime. And down you go to the big Overbanked Turn. OH NO you are falling off as you go over the turn. Once you are over the turn you finally take a breathe for the first time since on the lift hill. With your hands in the air you enter into a camel back section. Up you go not once But TWO TIMES of extreme air time over the camel backs. Then you start to go up again, But at the top of the hill you suddenly turn sharply and go down. You then hit the first helix. Extreme amounts of G Force you get as you go throught the first helix. Then you go up and back down into the second helix. You can barely hold your hands in the air from the G Force. You go up again then go down into the second tunnel and suddenly pop back out the other side. Then you hit THREE more bunny hops that give you a lot of airtime before hitting a banked turn and all of a sudden....The funnest coaster in the world comes to an immediate STOP. You enter the station with the biggest smile on your face as you run around to get one more ride on "The Monster"-Superman: Ride of Steel.
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CYCLONE
Driving up to Six Flags New England, you see this big, white, tall, wooden roller coaster. You get into the park and of course you want to go on Superman: Ride of Steel. The line is to long so you decided to do something else. You walk over to the South End of the park and you see that big, old, wooden coaster again. You decide to go on it. The name of that ride is Cyclone. You get in line, pick the back car, get in. Those old squeaky restraints come down on you. You leave the station and turn very slowly then start to go up the lift hill. You suddenly get pushed forward when the coaster grabs the squeaky old chain. You get to the top of the hill and you look at the drop and say to yourself "Thats the smallest drop there can be".
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MIND ERASER
When you were off riding Superman: Ride of Steel, you saw this green, small, inverted coaster at the South End. You get in line and wait a while. You then choose to sit in the front. The restraints come down and you operator checks them and gives the thumbs up. As you start to go up the lift hill you watch Superman go around and around. At the top of the lift hill, you look down and you say to ytourself, "I'm higher than i thought i was". Then all of a sudden you start to go down. FASTER, FASTER you go down. You get shot down into a maze of track and supports.
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BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT
Ok, today I drove past Six Flags New England at about 9:30 and didn't stop because it was too early to get down there for media day, and man, Batman the Dark Knight was just sitting there taunting me. My dad and I drove back and got out of our car at aroun 9:50, we were right next to Batman - the Dark Knight and Superman's overbanked turn. Then, we stood there and talked to some people for a while, and then they dispatched the first test train of the day. Man, the lift is QUIET! No ratcheting at all. WE watched it slowly make it's way over the top of the loop and through the rest of the course. It was very quiet, not the normal extremely load B&M roar, a slight disappointment, but at least it won't get annoying. This happened 3 times until finally we were allowed in and escorted to BDK. The station looks very nice, and so does the entrance plaza. There's a huge Batman logo painted in the front on the ground. WE made our way through a special queue line, I think the Lo-Q line, but it's not the exit, and then went into the station. AS we got there, management told us 2 more test runs. Well, we watched one anxiously, then the second one they let the fighter pilots on. Finally they let us on, and I got 2nd to last row, right edge seat in the first train we were allowed on. The trains are very cool looking, and they are identical to BKF (I think). Finally we started up the lift hill, which is energy saving and surprisingly steep. The climb seemed long because I wanted to start so bad, but it's really not. Finally you do the little dip and your off. The drop is great, steep, absolutely great in the second row left seat, you get floater and you feel like you'll fall out to the left. In the back, you just get pushed into your seat. The pullout into the vertical loop caught me by surprise, it pulled some considerable Gs in the back row. As you go over the top of the loop, your butt leaves the seat for some quick floater air and then down into the dive loop, which, like all other dive loops, is fun. The pullout to the dive loop offers some nice head choppers and then you're into the turnaround. It's fun, not intense, but it preps you for the zero-g roll. Just before the roll there is a trim, which probably only took about 1 mph off, max, and then you start to twist in the zero-g roll. Man, this roll is great. It provides some awesome airtime and the airtime lasts a while. Make sure you ride middle and both sides of the train, the roll is different in every seat. Then into the ground scraping turn, which offers some ok Gs, and is awesome in the right side of the train because you're so close to the ground. After you nearly hit the ground your up and floating out of your seat at the top of the first corkscrew. Next the train quickly goes left around the turnaround, then quickly back right. The second corkscrew is very whippy, and has constant G forces, though not excessivly strong, they are ok. The top of the cork has a little head bang, but it get less as the day went on, so by the time you all ride, it may be gone. Finally, you turn left and into the brakes. On the left edge seat, the finally pullout into the brakes offers a little bit of airtime. And that's the ride, an excellently paced ride, if I might say.
The elements hit you fast, and you don't have much time to think. Overall, it's a fantastic coaster, and took my number 2 spot, and is easily better than Medusa. The only bad things were the station was very narrow, which will cause many problems (not even four people could stand in the corrals), and the only covered queue part that you are guarenteed to be under is the station. The other portions are very small, only to protect people from flying objects. Although, by Saturday, there may be some more covering over the major cutback section.
By: Coaster Fanatic Kid
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