Six Flags New England in Agawam to open 'Goliath,' its 11th roller-coaster
The newest roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam called Goliath is seen under construction Friday.
AGAWAM – Six Flags New England announced it will inaugurate “Goliath,” its 11th roller-coaster ride, sometime in late spring around Memorial Day. The park opens for the season April 14.
“It is the world’s tallest inverted boomerang roller coaster,” Jennifer Mance, director of sales and marketing at the park, said Friday.
The ride, under construction now in the Crack Axle Canyon part of the park, will be about 200 feet high.
Riders will be strapped into chairs suspended from a track so they will be dangling face down out of the station and up the first tower. When riders reach the top of the tower they will be dropped into a complete vertical nearly 20-story free-fall, reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour before racing head over heels on the outside of a 102-foot-tall vertical loop followed by a 110-foot butterfly turn before rocketing up to a second, 19-story tower.
“Six Flags New England is thrilled to announce the addition of ‘Goliath’ to our already amazing arsenal of rides,” John Winkler, president of the park, stated in a press release. “This ride delivers pure adrenaline from start to finish and solidifies our commitment to adding high volume fun for the entire family.”
“Goliath” will be located next to the indoor ride “Houdini/The Great Escape.” Nearby, workers are finishing construction of JB’s Smokehouse BBQ, a new restaurant at the park. Mance said it will be the first eatery at the park to provide waitstaff who will bring people their food.
The park this season will also offer two new shows. Allusionquest will be a magic show giving performances starting May 26 and through Sept. 23. SOAR: Birds of the World, a wildlife show, will feature exotic and endangered birds. It will offer shows from June 16 through Aug. 26.
Last season, Six Flags New England added the Gotham City Gauntlet Escape from Arkham Asylum roller-coaster ride to its attractions. Guests attempt to escape from Arkham Asylum, the home of Gotham City’s criminally insane. Riders board four-passenger cars that make a five-story climb toward the sky.
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world’s largest regional theme park company with 19 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
