Six Flags New England

Another beautiful day in Massachusetts, and I’m on my way to Lake Compounce. I have no idea why we decided to do Lake Compounce in the evening, but whatever. Rose has assured me that it makes the most sense.

We did Six Flags New England this morning, and I was really freaking excited. Once I had coffee. Before that, I was not excited to be waking up so early. I digress. We got to Six Flags New England just ten minutes before opening at 10 am, so we had some time to consider which direction that we wanted to go in first. Since everybody always runs to the back where Bizarro is, and I freaking love me some B&M goodness, we headed right for the Dark Knight. We managed to get a walk on for the front row, back row, and then having to wait only a few trains for the front row a few more times. As always, the beginning is butter and the end is gravel. Does B&M retrack? I have no idea. If they do, they should really look at Dark Knight’s interlocking corkscrews. Riding in the back was like trying to ride a jackhammer. Horrific.

 

3. Come to think of it, the Dark Knight's "architecture" does remind me of Boston!

It had only been a half an hour, so we just headed over towards the wooden coasters, and had a walk on Cyclone for the front. I have to say, “Wow!” That topper track that was recently installed seriously, seriously helped. That had to be my second to worst coaster I’ve ever ridden, but it’s definitely gone up at least ten spots. Naturally, Rose and I rode the front, but Philip and Ben decided to go for the back. Turns out, that hasn’t changed much, haha. Pandemonium was running pretty well and it seems that nobody had discovered that area of the park yet, so we actually managed two rides without having wasted much time. Thunderbolt was an enjoyable little ride, as always. Naturally, they were running one train, so we had a two train wait, if that.

With all these rerides and bathroom breaks, it was already noon when we had to make the all-important decision as to which line to enter: Goliath or Bizarro. Knowing how crappy the capacity for Goliath would be, we decided to just go with that. Plus, Bizarro is ridiculously far away from everything else. Turns out, most people must have forgotten that Six Flags New England got a new coaster this year, so the wait was only about 20 minutes for a front seat ride. I’ve gotta say, it was a little bit rougher than I expected, but that vertical drop? BEAUTIFUL.

Pumped, we headed down to Bizarro. There was a line. I sort of regretted not getting the fast pass, but I seriously can’t stand how that works. Money shouldn’t buy you everything. We dealt with the line, which ended up being an hour, by the way. Looks like only one ride for us, huh? It was around 2 at that point, so we decided to beat on down to Lake Compounce. And what timing! I’ll talk to you later, blogspot, time to go ride me some good solid wood!