Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Ejector airout of your seat on every hill Pulled up by a chain

Six Flags New England, Agawam, Massachusetts

Superman the Ride

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Back row
jumping over tall buildings
What riders love
  • Next, theres a hill with some wild ejector airtime that always makes me go ragdoll.
  • This is my favorite airtime hill I've experienced. It is so strong and sustained.
  • The first half has some of the most amazing sustained airtime I have experienced, and the second half is intense and whippy.
  • Absolutely incredible layout, just keeps going and it doesn't stop.
  • Insane airtime, amazing layout that doesn't waste a second, and the theming is 2000s core to the max.
  • Superman The Ride subverted all my expectations for it- An insane first half with crazy sustained ejector airtime, a ridiculously disorienting twister second half with sporadic airtime pops, and a quick finale of repeating ejector hills.
  • i love the music during the lift, the mist in the first tunnel, all the little bells and whistles.
  • Love the tunnel on first drop, floater air on first camelback.
  • Love the views on the lift hill up and love the feeling of thr first drop.
Superman the Ride Watch Performance Should I ride it? Specifications Reviews Planning History

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Six Flags New England

However there is a few great airtime moments, especially the it happens hill which is one of the best airtime moments I’ve ever experienced.

Carter Eckhart

You get ejected out of your seat on every hill.

Waluigi’s Perfect Potato

Love the tunnel on first drop, floater air on first camelback.

Troy M.

Idk why but this ride didn’t really do it for me, it was fast and had a lot of airtime but it was honestly pretty tame and hurt my legs a lot.

Finn V.

I didn’t get much airtime on it personally, even in the back row, but it’s still really fun because it goes underground.

Spinal hiccup

I am so glad I got to experience it with its minimalistic restraints and debut year smoothness.

thomas stanley

However, the restraints can make a lot of the airtime moments in the front of the ride extremely painful because it only hits on one straight line on your legs.

HockeyNinja

The real issue with this ride is that it feels very clunky in the twister section.

Nathan

Best airtime moments are the 3rd and 4th camelback before the ride hits second half with helixes, strong positives and some minor air time.

Troy M.

The first half has some awesome airtime and a really forceful overbank with the it happens hill being one of the greatest elements ever.

Cooper Zimmerman

The coaster then blows past the station into a twister section, with strong positive Gs as it goes around a pair of big fast helixes.

Matt McIrvin

The first half has some of the most amazing sustained airtime I have experienced, and the second half is intense and whippy.

Chris Jones

It was not as forceful as I remembered, but maybe that was because I had high expectations for it.

Wicked Cyclone

After that the airtime isn’t the best but it still maintains a solid sense of speed and the tunnel dive is really cool.

Cooper Zimmerman

This ride has an amazing layout that was hauling throughout with ejector on almost every hill.

Coastermatt 69

I love this ride so much, it’s one of the first tall and fast coasters I’ve ever ridden!

Lucas

The pacing on it is amazing as it flys through the layout until the trim at the end.

Coaster Voyager

It was running a little slow, the accident caused them to change the restraints

@nicholasboucher3989

Overall, a really good coaster that we were able to ride a dozen times in one afternoon because the lines were really short that day.

Coaster Nut

First ride of the day, no wait. I loved it, even if I sat in the front (GP king, y’all.) It felt like Nitro, TBH.

Danielle Pluzsik

The ride was closed the first day we went when we rode it on the second day we had to wait an hour and a half to get on the ride because the capacity is bad.

Nicholas Citriniti

SFNE operations are dog ass but this coaster is so good man.

Brooks Oliver
Height fear

When the first drop happened I actually blacked out 😂 I have a phobia of heights so it was terrifying

@RoyalCookieYT

It’s got a good theme, the music on the lift is nice, and the view is just incredible and terrifying all at the same time.

Shadow

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

208 ftHeight
208 Supermanthe Ride 120 Joker 118 Batman -The DarkKnight 116 Flashback 109 RiddlerRevenge 109 WickedCyclone
221 ftFirst drop
221 Supermanthe Ride 110 Batman -The DarkKnight 103 WickedCyclone 54 Joker
77 mphTop speed
Superman theRide77 Batman - TheDark Knight55 Wicked Cyclone55 RiddlerRevenge50 Flashback47 QuantumAccelerator45 077 mph
72°Drop angle
78°WickedCyclone72°Supermanthe Ride46°Gotham CityGauntletEscape fromdashed line: straight down, 90°
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Rider favouriteStrong airtimeGreat layoutHuge first dropFeels fastLong rideEjector airtimeGreat views

Criticised for

Uncomfortable restraintsRider fit issues

This was one of the earliest stops on the 2006 ECC tour, and absolutely excellent.

Dave Scott, Captain Coaster review

Such an underrated hyper, as my first hyper it really opened up my eyes to how good rollercoasters can be giving me amazing airtime.

Cubico, Captain Coaster review

The key is you have to make sure your restraint is as close to your knees as possible, that way the airtime will be felt to the max.

Mr. Roller Coasters, Captain Coaster review

Superman has excellent theming and I love the narrow-gauge Intamin track that sort of makes the ride more visually impressive than the wide B&M track.

David, Captain Coaster review

I love this ride, the layout is top tier, offering both amazing laterals and positve-G’s, and giving plenty of airtime!

Luke Jones, Captain Coaster review

I am a huge Superman fan, so going up the chain lift with John Williams’ original theme playing is an awesome way to kick off a ride that’s fantastic start to finish.

Logan Barer, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Canadaolympic989, CC BY-SA 3.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany, CC BY 2.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
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Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Martin Lewison, CC BY-SA 2.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
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Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
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Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0
Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England
Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Planning your ride

History and awards

May 5, 2000Opened

Built by Intamin, designed by Ing.-Büro Stengel.

$12 millionTo build
3.6 gStrongest force on riders

Past incidents

  1. May 2004On May 1, 2004, a 55-year-old man was thrown from the coaster during the last turn and was killed.
  2. August 2001On August 6, 2001, one of the trains failed to stop at the ride's brake run, colliding with the other train in the loading station.
  3. 2001Superman The Ride has undergone numerous safety upgrades.

Golden Ticket Awards, top steel coaster: ranked in 16 polls, 2000 to 2026

10th2000, its first poll
1st2003, its best placing
17th2026, most recent
2incidents blamed on the ride

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Six Flags New England. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Thomas Wagner (CC BY-SA 4.0), Canadaolympic989 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Rene Schwietzke from Jena, Germany (CC BY 2.0), Christophe95 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Martin Lewison from The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands (CC BY-SA 2.0), Martin Lewison (CC BY-SA 2.0), jyllish (CC BY-SA 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Waluigi’s Perfect Potato, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get ejected out of your seat on every…”; Andrew, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Next, theres a hill with some wild ejector airtime…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is my favorite airtime hill I've experienced. It…”; Chris Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first half has some of the most amazing…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Wild Intamin hypercoaster with a layout that keeps delivering…”; Noah Gutfleisch, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Absolutely incredible layout, just keeps going and it doesn't…”; Brooks Oliver, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Insane airtime, amazing layout that doesn't waste a second,…”; Anthony DeNight Jr., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Superman The Ride subverted all my expectations for it-…”; Isaiah White, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is also a great tunnel right after the…”; Lu, rider review on Captain Coaster: “i love the music during the lift, the mist…”; Troy M., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Love the tunnel on first drop, floater air on…”; brian d., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Love the views on the lift hill up and…”; Mike Sarges, rider review on Captain Coaster: “the first half of the ride gives you the…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: East Coasters's back row POV, Superman The Ride POV 5K Back Row Six Flags New England Agawam, MA (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.