Six Flags Great Escape, New York
How We Rate It:
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Park Is Clean & Tidy: 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Free Services: 🌺🌺🌺
Ride Collection: 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Food Selection: 🌺🌺🌺
ADA Pass System: 🌺🌺🌺
Rollercoaster Collection: 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Quality Of Food: 🌺🌺
Skip The Line System: 🌺🌺🌺
Trip Reports & Reviews
On-Site Lodging
The Park Has One On-Site Hotel With A Indoor Waterpark:
Six Flags Great Escape Lodge - Located across the street from Six Flags Great Escape and adjacent to the parking lot for the amusement park, this hotel contains a decent size indoor waterpark and a on-site restaurant. Rooms range from double queen rooms to family suities.
Rollercoasters:
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Rider Height Req: 48in Tall
Scream Scale: 4/5
Ride Operations: 5/10
Comet
The Comet is a classic wooden rollercoaster that stretches more than 4,200 feet, features an 85-foot drop, and achieves speeds of up to 55 mph.
Park Tip: This ride is in the back of the park, the line never seems to be long either.
Flashback
The Flashback is rollercoaster that takes riders up its lift, then freefalls forward back through the station into a cobra roll, a vertical loop and then up a second lift where you drop backwards and do the layout all over again.
Rider Height Req: 48in Tall
Scream Scale: 4/5
Ride Operations: 4/10
Park Tip: Please note that not all riders may fit in the rides' over-the-shoulder restraint configuration. The capacity on this ride is super slow, one of the worse in the park. It is best to hit this ride at the beginning of the day.
Rider Height Req: 42in Tall
Scream Scale: 3/5
Ride Operations: 5/10
Canyon Blaster
The Canyon Blaster is Mine Train Roller Coaster with 2 lift hills and a Helix finale. The ride reaches a top speed of 40mph
Park Tip: The operational throughput of this ride is average. IT is a great ride for kids and families that are not ready to ride the Comet or Flashback
Bobcat
New for 2024, this wooden rollercoaster replaced the Alpine Bobsleds ride. It is a family wooden rollercoaster that reaches a height of 55ft and a speed of 40mph.
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Rider Height Req: 48in Tall
Scream Scale: 3/5
Ride Operations: 6/10
Park Tip: This ride is best to hit at opening according to sources.
Frankies Mine Train
Frankies Mine Train is the Parks Kiddie roller coaster that reaches a total height of 13ft.
Rider Height Req: 42in Tall
Scream Scale: 5/5
Ride Operations: 5/10
Park Tip: This ride is great for parents to ride with their kids. If you are a thrillseeker, we recommend going over to Flashback or The Comet
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Screamin' Demon
This roller-coaster reaches a top speed of 45mph, has a drop of 95ft and has three inversions.
Rider Height Req: 48in Tall
Scream Scale: 5/5
Ride Operations: 6/10
Park Tip: This ride is in the Ghost Town area near the front of the park. It can be quite rough so it might be ideal to get this ride over-with near the end of the day.