From August 2nd to August 6th, 2026, my mom and I visited four amusement parks in the US Northeast, those being Great Escape, Lake Compounce, Six Flags New England, and Sylvan Beach Amusement Park! Lake Compounce and Sylvan Beach Amusement Park were two new parks for us!
We had a great time visiting these four parks! For most of our trip, the weather cooperated, with the exception of August 3rd, which we still made the most of despite the pouring rain! After the completion of this road trip, I have visited a total of 13 different amusement parks in 2026! What a season of travelling it has been! 😄🎢
Six Flags New England - August 3rd, 2026:
Six Flags New England - August 4th, 2026:
During our two days at Six Flags New England, the weather was very sunny and hot, making the park quite busy both days! Luckily for us, we had been to Six Flags New England twice before in the past (2018 and 2024), so we were able to take it in at a more leisurely pace over the two days. Six Flags New England continues to be one of my favourite Six Flags parks as the rides are great, the staff are friendly, the food is great, and the park is clean!
New for 2026 at Six Flags New England is the Quantum Accelerator, an Intamin manufactured Family Launch Coaster! I greatly enjoyed my two rides on it as the launches are quite fun and the layout is quite twisty, making it somewhat hard to figure out where you're going next! I think it is an excellent replacement of the former Goliath, a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang coaster.
Also during our visit, I got to re-ride many of my favourite roller coasters, including Wicked Cyclone, Superman The Ride, and Batman the Dark Knight! My mom and I also got to meet many Looney Tunes characters during our second day!
Be sure to enjoy the photos from our two days at Six Flags New England! 🙂
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| Our day at Six Flags New England started with a ride on the parking lot tram. I have always enjoyed this service as the parking lot is located across the street from the park. |
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| Once across the bridge, guests are treated to this wonderful view of the park. |
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Here's a look at the 2026 park map for Six Flags New England featuring the new for 2026 Quantum Accelerator!
Since our last visit in 2024, the Tomahawk Huss Frisbee ride was removed from the Crackaxle Canyon section of the park. |
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| Here's a sunny view of the Grand Carousel located near the front gate. We would ride it later in the day. |
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| Here's a look at the Quantum Accelerator before rope drop at 11am! |
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| Quantum Accelerator operates with two 16-passenger trains. |
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| The highest point on the Quantum Accelerator is 59 feet! |
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| Quantum Accelerator was originally intended to be the new for 2025 attraction, but due to technical delays, it didn't open until this year! I would say the wait was worth it! |
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| The entrance for Quantum Accelerator refuses the former entrance for Goliath, thst operated at the park from 2012 to 2019. It fits in quite well with the theming of Quantum Accelerator. |
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| The queue is filled with many cabinets of various items pertaining to the ride. |
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| Professor Screamore sure was busy setting up his latest invention in the Crackaxle Canyon section at Six Flags New England! |
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| The station for Quantum Accelerator is quite spacious, with a somewhat industrial feel. |
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| The exit path gives you a nice overhead view of the station. I sat in the last row when riding the Quantum Accelerator. The double launch from the back was really fun! |
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| Quantum Accelerator seems to be a hit with park guests of various ages! |
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| It is quite forceful at times, but also super smooth! I love how twisted the track is! |
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| The tallest point offers a small stall before diving down into the remaining turns! |
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| The Quantum Accelerator is quite photogenic! |
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| After a fun ride on Quantum Accelerator, I took a spin on Pandemonium! I quite enjoy this unit as the layout provides a lot of spinning opportunities. The paint job for Pandemonium is looking quite faded these days! |
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| Up next were rides on my two favourite rides in the North End of the park! |
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| The Wicked Cyclone is still a very fun and thrilling RMC coaster with tons of airtime and quick flips through the inversions! |
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| I then took a ride on The New England SkyScreamer. I always enjoy the views this ride produces as it stands 400 feet tall! |
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After soaring sky high on the New England SkyScreamer, I took a ride on the Flashback. The train received a repaint of blue and green during the previous off-season. Hopefully the track gets a much needed repaint soon!
The ride operator on the Flashback was very engaging and interacting with the riders every part of the ride! I love it when employees go above and beyond and have fun doing their job. This is what makes Six Flags New England a special place! |
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| For lunch I went to Captain Rivi's. |
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| With the dining plan, I ordered a cheeseburger with a side of mac and cheese. Both were very delicious! |
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| After a good lunch at Captain Rivi's, we went over to Gotham City. I took a ride on The Riddler Revenge. It rides just as good as it did in 2018 with its vest restraints! |
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| It looks like a new building or structure is under construction in Gotham City. |
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| After The Riddler Revenge, I took a spin on The Joker. |
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| Afterwards, I took a ride on one of my favourite floorless coasters, Batman The Dark Knight! It still packs quite a thrill, especially when seated in the front row! |
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| Up next we ventured down to the DC Universe area. I was going to ride Superman The Ride, but when I was just about to board, it went down for maintenance and they cleared the station! |
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| Instead I rode Cyborg Hyper Drive. I recall riding this during my previous visit to the park in 2024, but didn't remember the queue being quite warm! The ride cooled me down though as it is air conditioned! |
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| After a ride on Cyborg Hyper Drive, Superman The Ride reopened with only a 10 minute wait! |
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| Every time I ride Superman The Ride at Six Flags New England, I full in love with it more and more! |
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| The combination of tunnels, airtime hills, and quick turns continues making it one of my favourite Intamin Hyper Coasters despite having the somewhat bulky lap bar restraints. |
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| After a great ride on Superman The Ride, I boarded Scream!, which was operating two of its three towers during this visit. I got lucky and boarded the turbo shot and drop, my favourite of the three towers! |
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| As the park was scheduled to close at 8pm, we went over to JB's Smokehouse in Crackaxle Canyon for my second meal of the day. I ordered the Chicken BBQ Ranch Salad. It was extremely delicious and came with a large portion of chicken and salad! I highly recommend it if you love salads! |
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| My second last ride of the day was on Houdini The Great Escape! |
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| I've always enjoyed taking a ride on Houdini The Great Escape as it has a fun preshow and a great ride experience! |
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| I feel like I've said this before, but more parks need to install Vekoma Mad House rides as they're really fun and offer great capacity, too! The illusion of going upside also never gets old! |
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| To finish our day at Six Flags New England, we took a spin on the Grand Carousel. Up next are photos from our second day at Six Flags New England! |
August 5th, 2026:
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| After the park opened at 11am, my second day at Six Flags New England started off in the DC Universe section on the first train on of the day on Superman The Ride! |
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| The skies were considerably cloudy compared to the day before, making for some interesting photo opportunities! |
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| I then swung by Gotham City Gauntlet Escape from Arkham Asylum. |
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| To this day, it still holds the title for the longest name for a Wild Mouse coaster. 🤣 The ride itself thankfully wasn't quite as jarring as I recall. |
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| I then took a ride on Harlequin Spinsanity and The Joker. Both had really short lines! |
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| I then took a ride on Batman the Dark Knight! This time I was seated in the back row. All rows are good on this floorless coaster! |
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| After flying with Batman, I took a ride on the Gotham City Crime Wave. I am always impressed with how quickly this Wave Swinger gets going compared to other units I have been on! I had forgotten that this unit takes a while to slow down, so if you're tall like me, you need to lift your feet from the ground until it stops! 😂 |
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| While in Gotham City, I had my first meal of the day from Dirty Fries. |
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| I ordered the pulled pork fries with cheese and ranch dressing! It was very good as the pulled pork was tender! The usage of wide fries helped keep the meal stay together and not fall apart! I would love to see more meals like this make their way to other parks! |
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After my tasty pulled pork fries meal from Dirty Fries, I decided to get some more photos of The Riddler Revenge.
While doing so, there was a man standing nearby. What caught my attention was he was wearing a Canada's Wonderland badge and name tag. Turns out he was one of the managers from Canada's Wonderland. I told him that my home park is Canada's Wonderland and mentioned to him that I enjoy coming to Six Flags New England every few years. He told me that it was his first visit and that he was observing the park. We both agreed that the newer trains with vest restraints make a huge difference on the Vekoma SLCs. It's pretty neat to run into someone from Canada's Wonderland when you're miles away from home!
After a small chat with the manager from Canada's Wonderland I took a ride on The Riddler Revenge. |
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| Up next was a ride on Catwoman Whip. |
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| To my surprise, for some unknown reason, Catwoman Whip now only operates at half capacity. I honestly don't recall it operating like this two years ago. It's kind of odd considering that other Tivoli coasters don't operate like this! Does anyone know why? |
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| While passing back through the DC Universe, I took another ride on Superman The Ride as the line was still very short! There weren't as many groups at the park today like there was the day before! |
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| Sadly the classic Thunderbolt was down both days. The 2026 season marks 85 years since it came to Six Flags New England! It previously operated at the New York World's Fair from 1939 to 1940. |
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| One thing I really enjoy about Six Flags New England are the number of cooling fountains and stations they have around the park! Here's the one in Looney Tunes Movie Town. Unfortunately the Blizzard River river rapids ride was closed during this visit. |
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| Up next was a ride on Wicked Cyclone! |
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| I then took a spin on the Scrambler. I was quite impressed with how fast the ride operator loaded and dispatched the ride! |
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| I then headed up to Crackaxle Canyon for a ride on the Stampede Bumper Cars. It's impressive how fast the cars zip along on! |
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| I then took another ride on one of my favourite dark rides, Houdini The Great Escape! |
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| At 4pm on Main Street in front of the Looney Tunes Emporium, various Looney Tunes characters came out to dance for a little while! |
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| After their performance, guests had the opportunity to take photos with them! Here's my mom and I with Bugs Bunny and Sylvester. |
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| Here we are with Porky Pig and Marvin the Martian. |
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| And here we are with Tweety and Daffy Duck! It's always fun seeing the customed characters around the park! |
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| After hanging out with the Looney Tunes characters, it was time for me to be launched skywards again on Scream! |
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| Once back on the ground, I took a ride on the Tea Cups! |
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| We then ventured back to Gotham City where I took another front row ride on Batman The Dark Knight! |
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| I then took a ride on Cyborg Hyper Drive in the DC Universe. |
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| While passing through DC Universe, I redeemed my second meal of the day at Johnny Rocket's with a Johnny single with fries! |
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| With there less than one hour until close, we finished our visit in the North End. I took another thrilling ride on the New England SkyScreamer. |
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| I then jumped on Pandemonium as the line was very short! |
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| I then finished the day off with a backseat ride on Quantum Accelerator! |
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| The dual launches are very fun! It was a great way to begin and end our two day visit to Six Flags New England! |
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Here we are before heading out for the night! We had an awesome time being back at Six Flags New England! 😊
Up next are photos from our first-ever visit to Sylvan Beach Amusement Park! 🙂 |
