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Industry Announcements: Six Flags New England adding two rides for 2006 season

Posted at 2:29 PM EST (1929 GMT)

Feb. 23rd, 2006 -- As part of Six Flags' chain-wide 45th anniversary celebration, Six Flags New England announced today that it will build two new rides for the 2006 season.

The first ride, Catapult, is a Mayan-themed S&S Sky Swatter that whirls guests around in a vertical loop up to heights of 105 feet, forwards and then backwards. The second ride, Splash Water Falls, is a 60-foot-tall raft ride. Up to six guests board the circular rafts, which are sent spinning down a tubular track of drops and spins. Spectators can add a new element to the ride experience by firing water cannons at the riders.

Both rides were relocated from the now-closed Six Flags AstroWorld. Six Flags New England begins seasonal operations on April 15.

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James Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10675 View Park/Ride Count	The best part of all this is Mr Sixs Pandemonium! Is now just Pandemonium :D I hated "Mr Six" so much...
2/23/2006 2:36 PM
sfft_2108 Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 5040 View Park/Ride Count	Oh, I will miss you Mr. Six.... ;)
2/23/2006 2:37 PM
slnewbus Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1670 View Park/Ride Count	LMAO. Someone predicted that the mr six name would disappear in the future.
2/23/2006 3:05 PM
James R Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1256 View Park/Ride Count	It was Mayan themed? It was in "Mexico" while at AstroWorld...haha!
2/23/2006 4:26 PM
steel Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2320 View Park/Ride Count	Isn't the water ride basically like Sawmill Splash at Adventureland (IA), but extended?
2/23/2006 4:49 PM
BryanWood Joined: May 2001 Posts: 4009 View Park/Ride Count	Actually, I think it's the exact same ride.
2/23/2006 5:25 PM
steel Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2320 View Park/Ride Count	What do you mean by "exact same?" It's an all-out blast no matter what, though. Not too much wet, not too much spinning, just enough speed.
2/23/2006 8:10 PM
Zingoman Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 1298 View Park/Ride Count	I'm not sure I know what that water ride is. Is it like an Intamin river rapids or what?
2/24/2006 12:57 AM
James Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10675 View Park/Ride Count	Its a white water west ride.. Its like a waterslide but not in a waterpark. You sit in a big raft and ride down the slide.
2/24/2006 6:57 AM
bgwfreak Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10939 View Park/Ride Count	Isn't the sky swatter is the only one in the states? Of course it would go to the park closest to James since he's a flat junkie. ;)
2/24/2006 3:37 PM
coastrfreak2000 Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 794 View Park/Ride Count	At least they're not another batman or superman ride
2/24/2006 7:40 PM
James Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10675 View Park/Ride Count	"Isn't the sky swatter is the only one in the states? " Yeah its the only one in the US and one of only two in the world (and I get to ride both this year :D:D)
2/25/2006 11:08 AM
steel Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 2320 View Park/Ride Count	I think the water ride is like Saw Mill Splash on this page: http://www.adventurelandpark.com/ind...id=13&Itemid=41
2/25/2006 11:12 PM
James Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 10675 View Park/Ride Count	Yeah... thats what it is.
2/26/2006 12:10 AM

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