Six Flags New England

Six Flags New England

Location	Agawam, Massachusetts, USA
Status	Operating
Opened	1870
Owner	Six Flags
Previous names	Riverside Park and Riverside the Great Escape
Area	235 acres (95.1 hectares)
Website	http://www.sixflags.com/newEngland/index.aspx
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Six Flags New England, formerly called Riverside Amusement Park, is a Six Flags theme park located in Agawam, Massachusetts, USA. It is the oldest of the Six Flags parks, though it did not originally open as a Six Flags park.

History

From 1870 to 1886, the park was known as Gallup's Grove. From 1887 to 1911, it was called Riverside Grove. In 1912, it was renamed Riverside Park from 1912 thru 1999. On May 5, 2000, the park reopened under the Six Flags brand.

Roller coasters

Present (11)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Batman - The Dark Knight	Bolliger & Mabillard	Floorless	April 20, 2002	Operating
Catwoman's Whip	Zierer	Sit-Down	May 5, 2000	Operating
Flashback	Vekoma	Shuttle	May 5, 2000	Operating
Gotham City Gauntlet: Escape from Arkham Asylum	Maurer AG	Wild Mouse	April 16, 2011	Operating
Great Chase	E&F Miler Industries	Kiddie	1996	Operating
Joker	S&S Worldwide	4th Dimension	May 27, 2017	Operating
Pandemonium	Gerstlauer	Spinning	April 16, 2005	Operating
Riddler Revenge	Vekoma	Inverted	May 24, 1997	Operating
Superman The Ride	Intamin	Hyper	May 5, 2000	Operating
Thunderbolt	Joseph E. Drambour	Wooden	1941	Operating
Wicked Cyclone	Rocky Mountain Construction	Hybrid	May 24, 2015	Operating

Past (11)

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Black Widow	Arrow Dynamics	Shuttle	1977	1999	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park
Cyclone	William Cobb	Wooden	1983	2014	Scrapped
Dark Knight	Mack Rides	Enclosed	Never operated		Relocated to Six Flags Mexico
Giant Dip	Unknown	Wooden	1912	Unknown	Scrapped
Goliath	Vekoma	Inverted	May 25, 2012	2019	Scrapped
Greyhound	Josiah Pearce	Wooden	1915	1933	Scrapped
Lightning	John A. Miller	Wooden	1920	1933	Scrapped
Little Rickie's Little Twister	Allan Herschell Company	Kiddie	1949	1999	Relocated to Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park
Whirlwind Racer	Traver Engineering	Wooden	1928	1933	Scrapped
Wild Mouse	B. A. Schiff & Associates	Wild Mouse	1957	Unknown	Unknown
WildCat	Schwarzkopf	Sit-Down	1968	1983	Relocated to Rocky Point Park

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
1909 Illions Grand Carousel	M.C. Illions & Sons Carousell Works	Carousel	1940
Animation Department	Zamperla	Junior Chair-O-Plane	1998
Balloon Race	Zamperla	Balloon Race	1989
Blizzard River	Hopkins	River Rapids	1999
Cyborg Hyper Drive	Chance Rides	Freestyle	2019
Daffy Duck Hollywood Tours	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	1998
Dino Off Road Adventure	Arrow Dynamics	Track Ride	1962
Gotham City Crime Wave	Zierer	Waveswinger	1978
Harley Quinn Spinsanity	Zamperla	Frisbee	2018
Houdini - The Great Escape	Vekoma	Madhouse	1999
Krazy Kars	Zamperla	Track Ride	2007
Krazy Kups	Zamperla	Junior Teacups	2001
New England Express	Metallbau Emmeln	Miniature Railway	2007
New England SkyScreamer	Funtime	Star Flyer	2014
Nightwing	Funtime	Slingshot	2009
Rock n' Rodeo	SBF Visa Group	Hustler	2016
Scrambler	Eli Bridge Company	Scrambler	1973
Scream	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	1998
Ships Ahoy!	Zamperla	Rockin' Tug	2007
Stampede Bumper Cars	Dodgems	Zamperla	1997
Supergirl: Sky Flyer	Zamperla	Endeavour	2021
Taz Prop Delivery Company	Zamperla	Track Ride	1998
Tea Cups	Zamperla	Teacups	1999
Tomahawk	HUSS	Frisbee	1999
Tweety's Clubhouse	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	1999
Wacky Wagons	SBF Visa Group	Junior Ferris Wheel	2001
Whirlybirdz	SBF Visa Group	Balloon Tower	2001
Wile E. Coyote Speed Trap	Zamperla	Junior Whip	1998
Zinger Swings	SBF Visa Group	Junior Waveswinger	2001
Zoom Jets	Zamperla	Jets	2007

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Buzzsaw	Zierer	Flying Carpet	1983	2017	Scrapped
Carousel	Philadelphia Toboggan Company	Carousel	1917	1938	Relocated to Roger Williams Park
Catapult	S&S Worldwide	Sky Swat	2006	2012	Scrapped
Chaos	Chance Rides	Chaos	1997	2005	Scrapped
Colossus	Vekoma	Ferris Wheel	1987	2005	Scrapped
Double Trouble	Chance Rides	Inverter	1999	2007	Scrapped
Fireball	Larson International	Super Loop	2016	2021	Damaged in a storm, beyond repair, and scrapped.
Kontiki	Chance Rides	Matterhorn	1999	2023	Unknown
Joker's Wildcard	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	2000	2004	Stored
Kryptonite Kollider	Chance Rides	Trabant/Satellite	2009	2019	Unknown
Marvin the Martian Earthbound Journey	Zamperla	Junior Jets	2000	2011	Relocated to Six Flags Over Texas
Monorail	Universal Design	Monorail	1959	1996	Scrapped
Musik Express	Mack Rides	Superbob/Musik Express	1976	1996	Unknown
New England Sky Way	Von Roll	Ropeway	1973	2014	Scrapped
Nightwing	HUSS	Fly Away	2000	2008	Scrapped
Poland Springs Plunge	Reverchon	Log Flume	1980	2005	Scrapped
Rodeo	HUSS	Breakdance	1998	2007	Relocated to Loudoun Castle
Rotor	Chance Rides	Rotor	1973	1999	Unknown
Shipwreck Falls	Intamin	Shoot The Chute	1997	2011	Scrapped
Spider	Eyerly Aircraft Company	Octopus	1968	2006	Scrapped
Splashwater Falls	WhiteWater West	Spinning Raft	2006	2016	Scrapped
Swiss Bob	Schwarzkopf	Bayern Kurve	1973 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Taz's Daredevil Dive	Sky Fun 1 Inc.	Skycoaster	1995	2013	Scrapped
Time Warp	Vekoma	Ranger	1997	2008	Scrapped
Tri-Star	HUSS	Tri-Star	1987 or earlier	1997	Unknown
Twister	HUSS	Top Spin	1997	2013	Scrapped
Wild River Falls	New Wave Rides	Dinghy Waterslides	1989	1996	Scrapped

External links

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  Six Flags New England on the Roller Coaster DataBase.