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SIX FLAGS
NEW ENGLAND
Agawam, Massachusetts
Six Flags Theme Parks
 Park News - (2/7/2025) The waterpark at Six Flags New England is going to be a little smaller in 2025 as I’m told that a couple of major slides are coming down. I believe these slides have actually been closed for the past season or two anyway, but I’m told that Bonzai Pipeline is finally coming down. Once this is done, rumor has it that the closed Typhoon zip-slide is also said to be next in line for demolition.
As I’m told, Typhoon has been closed for the past couple of seasons anyway, and was built as one of a small handful of prototype Zip-Slides. The ill-fated idea was to try and create something that could mimic the idea of a Master Blaster style coaster-slide, but instead of using water jets (or LSM magnetic drives) to propel the tubes up the hills, they instead installed a series of high speed conveyor belts.
I believe this entire concept is no longer offered for sale in the marketplace, and that probably means the needed parts to keep them operating are difficult, if not impossible to come by. In fact, the first prototype of the concept was installed at one of the Kalahari waterpark resorts, who has already removed and replaced it with something new.
The two slides were located next to each other, so it is possible that the park is planning on making something new in the future to expand the waterpark once again.
In other news, there was also a rumor that the park may be removing one of their flat rides as well, but nothing has been confirmed yet. There is a winter ACE event set to take place on Feb. 22, where more information about what is leaving the park may be shared.
(9/2/2024) Six Flags New England is the latest Six Flags park to announce a new Chaperone Policy will be put into effect during Fright Fest events. All guests age 15 and under must be accompanied by a Chaperone at least 21 years old to remain in the park after 4pm. Underage guests in the park will be asked to leave or ejected from the park at that time.
2025 - Quantum Accelerator and Other Park Changes - (2/24/2025) Footage from a behind the scenes tour at Six Flags New England showing off the process on Quantum Accelerator and more can be seen below, as shot by Theme Park New England.
(2/23/2025) Bob Cornellier sent in photos showing off the construction of the new Quantum Accelerator coaster at Six Flags New England, taken from the ACE Great Nor’Easter event. He also sent in a shot of the park’s Tomahawk (Huss Frisbee), which was also confirmed at the event as being closed for good and in the process of removal. I’m told that Tomahawk was the last Huss Frisbee ride in the Six Flags chain, and once again, the removal fits the bill they were looking for, to retire older rides that may have high maintenance costs involved, extensive downtime or parts availability issues. I believe the original Huss Frisbee model ride was only in production from the mid 90’s until about 2003, so being 20-years out of production didn’t help, though there are still several of these in operation around the world. In fact, Six Flags Great America took down their version (Revolution) in 2023, and sold it to Niagara Amusement Park where it is expected to open in 2025 as Midway Mayhem, so you never know if Tomahawk might also appear somewhere else again.
He was also able to take a couple of shots from the air by drone (from public airspace) of the waterpark at SFNE, showing off the empty site formerly occupied by Bonzai Pipelines and Typhoon as well as a look at Quantum Accelerator from the air. While the new coaster won’t be ready in time for opening day, they do believe it will be ready in time for the start of the Summer season. One more fun bit of news, apparently the park is repainting the Swiss Family Toboggan slide, and working on improving the landscaping throughout the park.
A few other fun notes revealed at the ACE event were sent in as well. Six Flags New England will host ACE Coaster Con 2026 along with The Great Escape and Lake Compounce. It was also mentioned that the unused equipment box on the fifth car of Superman: The Ride is finally being removed. New seats will be returned to this row once again, which will bring back the capacity of each train back to 36 riders per train.
For a little history… Superman first opened with 36 seats in 2000, but during the Shapiro era of Six Flags management, when Superman was transformed into Bizarro (2009 to 2015) an on-board audio system was installed that didn’t go over too well. (You can see a couple of great shots of the audio box in the second row of the fifth car photos taken in 2012 and 2009). In 2016 when the original Superman theme and name was restored, the equipment box remained because I believe it may have been put to use for the attempted VR enhanced version of the ride experience. Regardless, the VR didn’t last long, but the park has left the empty equipment box on the train all these years for some strange reason, rather than restore the missing seats until now.
(8/17/2024) Six Flags New England has confirmed that the park will add Quantum Accelerator for the 2025 season, an Intamin-made family straddle-coaster featuring two launches. Quantium Accelerator will hit a top speed of 45mph along a 2,604 foot court length, but is suitable for riders 48 inches tall or more. This is a fun and twisted layout that stays close to the ground for the most part, hitting a max height of 59 feet.
(8/14/2024) While the park’s official announcement is not set to take place until the 15th, it looks like someone on the website team has accidentally posted the text portion of the upcoming announcement page for the park’s new roller coaster to Six Flags New England website.
They are calling it Quantum Accelerator, and pushing it as New England’s First Dual Launch Straddle Coaster, confirming the coaster is from Intamin with a top speed of 45mph, and 2604 feet of track.
“Launching through space and time in 2025 is Quantum Accelerator, New England’s first dual-launch straddle coaster. Quantum Accelerator is a family-friendly thrill ride with two exciting launches, twists and turns, 11 moments of airtime, and speeds up to 45 miles per hour. For more information and construction updates, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, X, and Tik Tok, and join the conversation using the hashtag #QuantumChronicles.”
They’ve even posted the backstory - “In a quiet, secret transaction, Professor Screamore purchased the tiny town of Crackaxle Canyon. The abandoned wild West outpost was the perfect hiding place for his laboratory of bizarre inventions. Time travel always fascinated the eccentric inventor. He dreamed of combining old-world technologies, like steam-powered machinery, with modern marvels to launch himself back and forth through time. But not straight paths through time. Professor Screamore wanted to travel at high speeds with twists, turns, and lots of ups and downs with airtime. Now the professor is almost ready to reveal his latest creation: Quantum Accelerator. Ready to launch into yesterday and tomorrow, steampunk style?”
You can see it yourself (until they take it down) by following this link.
(8/7/2024) Six Flags New England has posted a teaser that the park will make a 2025 announcement on August 15th. Given the theme of the teaser showing off a bunch of gears, I can’t help but wonder if the rumored new family launched coaster could be given a Steam-Punk style theme.
(8/4/2024) So what’s going on at Six Flags New England in 2025? According to leaks posted to social media by ParkFans, it looks like a multi-launch family coaster, possibly from Intamin, is in the works that may be similar in concept to rides we’ve seen United Parks add lately like Arctic Rescue at SeaWorld San Diego, DarKoaster at Busch Gardens Wiliamsburg, or Wave Breaker at SeaWorld San Antonio.
(7/28/2024) Is something new in the works for Six Flags New England for 2025? According to one report on Facebook, something has popped up on the agenda for the Town of Agawam’s Planning board for August 1, 2024. It’s the #1 item on that night’s agenda, listed as going over the “SITE PLAN - 1623 Main Street - Six Flags New England, Inc.”
Stay tuned, hopefully more details will be revealed about what the park is planning.
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