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Six Flags Great Adventure to Launch America's First Super Boomerang Coaster

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(JACKSON, NJ) -- Six Flags Great Adventure is set to launch a highly anticipated addition to its collection of world-class attractions: THE FLASH™: Vertical Velocity. Opening this spring, the park's newest roller coaster promises to deliver an unforgettable ride, combining forward and backward launches, four intense inversions, 10 "airtime" (negative-gravity) moments and a top speed of 60 mph. The combination of these exhilarating elements marks…

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NJ Family

We Were Among the First to Ride Six Flags' THE FLASH Coaster—Here's Our Review!

SIX FLAGS GREAT ADVENTURE / THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Adventure is breaking records again – this time, debuting North America’s first super boomerang coaster, and only the second in the world! – and we had a chance to ride it before it officially opens. STAFF PHOTO THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity has seven high-speed launches, which shoot you around at up to 60 mph; but the coaster slows down at points on its four inverted curves…

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Theme Park Insider

Six Flags flips the script with its new 'Flash'

By Russell Meyer: Less than six months after announcing the end of one of the world�s fastest roller coasters, Six Flags Great Adventure invites coaster fans to enter the Speed Force. The Flash: Vertical Velocity debuted to invited media today, and I was invited to represent Theme Park Insider to experience the first Vekoma Giant Boomerang to open in the United States.The Flash is a far cry from the rough, nauseating, and uncomfortable Vekoma bo…

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