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"AGAWAM - Six Flags New England hopes to add three new rides before the amusement park reopens this spring.

But before the rides can be built, the amusement park must receive permission from the city, including permission to erect a 146-foot-high ride called the Slingshot.

Officials at Six Flags declined to comment on specifics about the three rides. "I don't want to get into anything until the plans are finalized," Six Flags spokeswoman Melissa Pinkerton said Wednesday.

The amusement park recently submitted various plans to the city for the three amusement rides. If approved, all three rides would be built within the existing boundaries of the park, according to the plans created by Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. of Springfield.

The Slingshot would be located in the Crackaxle Canyon area of the park. The proposed ride is temporary and could be relocated to another area of the park, according to documents submitted by the amusement park to the city.

The Spinning Coaster would be 42 feet high and built around the Time Warp, an existing ride. The new ride would require approval from the Conservation Commission, according to the site plan.

The third proposed ride is the Typhoon Water Slide located in Hurricane Harbor, the amusement park's water park. The proposed slide would be 39 feet high, according to the site plan.

The Planning Board must approve the site plans for all three rides.

The Board of Appeals must also grant a variance for the Slingshot due to the height of the ride. The maximum height allowed for amusement rides is 45 feet, according to the variance application submitted by the amusement park. The Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing Feb. 14 about the height variance application.

Six Flags New England has been adding new rides regularly to the park since Six Flags Inc. of Oklahoma City, Okla., purchased Riverside Amusement Park in 1996 and renamed the park Six Flags New England in 2000.

One of the biggest additions to the park came in 2000, when Six Flags New England unveiled Superman: Ride of Steel, the 208-foot-high roller coaster which reaches speeds of 77 miles per hour.

In 2002, the park unveiled Batman, the Dark Knight, a twisting, turning floor-less roller coaster.

Then in 2003, the amusement park spent more than $8 million to significantly expand its existing water park, which was then renamed Hurricane Harbor. "




when i got to talk to the GM he told me that they would add a sling shot. and he also said a ride would go in some place in CAC>. it seems both are happening.. but for the spin coaster around timewarp.. thats going to be a hard fit..or a small coaster.

Wow! That cool! I'm was not thinking that they would get 3 rides, i only think that they would get the spinning coaster... But hwy, SFI are going the right way now... I think that they maybe is listing to us... :-D I think that 2005 will be a breatty good year for them... Keep up the good work, Six Flags Inc.!!! I know you can do it!!!

Is this what the Slingshot is? http://www.watervilleusa.com/ejection.htm
Let me know and if it is not let me know what you think it is

yes thats what it is.
wow you live in the same town as SFNE.. thats cool. i wish i did.. lol

yeah I am so excited when they put batman in three years ago i wasn't that into coasters. SFNE has a good potential to be a good park

Wow, impressive, a bunch of new stuff. And MedusaBoy, that is an older, ghetto, slingshot.

SFGADV had a Slingshot I believe at least 2 years ago. It was a temporary tractor trailer ride erected by The Right Stuff/Dino Island/Spongebob Simulator. The permanent installation Eruption took its place. It looked like the same principles in the ride.

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What do you even classify as "ghetto"? "Ghetto" is a meaningless word/phrase, just like "selling out".

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Yes and SFNE is to get a "temporary" one also.. and seeing how Gadv had it.. moveing it a bit north wouldnt be to hard.. that is if they still have it(just not in use)

SF has a big budget this year. WOW

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The only thing bad about the Slingshot is that'll definately have an extra fee and like the SkyCoaster as SFNE the Slingshot is also going to be expensive.

I have always wanted to ride one of these rides but as Medusaboy has mentioned the cost to ride is a major factor. I am glad SFNE might be recieving these rides!

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