Flashback at Six Flags Great Escape
Updated top of the loopand the new, comfortable trains Pulled up by a catch car

Six Flags Great Escape, Queensbury, New York

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Ride it: front row POV
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags Great Escape

The fact that this not only got the new updated and comfortable trains, as well as the updated top of the loop and it’s classic color scheme of teal/blue and white is awesome!!

@MrSammyD91

It still isn’t too bad because of the intensity with the backwards elements, but it was rough and gave me a bigger headache.

Bubble Gaming

Riding in the back row the loop going backwards had some strong g forces.

Tess Jones
Motion sickness risk

Every time I go in line people throw up on the ride and then we wait 30 minutes for them to clean it up

@matmckone24

It’s a fairly standard version of the ride with the old horse collar restraints but it didn’t hurt my head like usual, just made me dizzy.

David

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Specifications

116 ftHeight
116 Flashback 95 Comet 56 CanyonBlaster
47 mphTop speed
Comet55 Flashback47 Canyon Blaster45 055 mph
3Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Comfy restraints

Criticised for

Head banging

The new restraints are great, nonrestrictive and no more rough headbanging.

Tess Jones, Captain Coaster review

Whenever I go there, I go on that ride about 4 times lmao it’s so fun

@jilltherat5354, review

The fact that this not only got the new updated and comfortable trains, as well as the updated top of the loop and it’s classic color scheme of teal/blue and white is awesome!!

@MrSammyD91, review

Photos

Flashback at Six Flags Great Escape
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

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Planning your ride

History

May 23, 1997Opened

A boomerang, built by Vekoma.

$5 millionTo build
5.2 gStrongest force on riders

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Six Flags Great Escape guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Sébastien Champoux (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

The photo slider at the top: CoasterForce's front row POV, Flashback front seat on-ride 5K POV @60fps Six Flags Great Escape (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.