Six Flags Great Adventure will open for it's 50th season this Saturday. The park will be open weekends only for now. This summer the theme park will debut a 15th roller coaster. Which is under construction now. The Flash Virtual Velocity will reach speeds of up to 70 miles in less than 4 seconds. Riders will travel up a 185 foot corkscrew. Then head backward toward the station. On the way they will encounter a second 185 foot tower. The ride completes this course 2 and a half times. Moving along 2,700 feet of track in 45 seconds. The park's website says: "It's like throwing a totally virtual free fall into the middle of a roller coaster." I'll bet roller coaster lovers will be waiting on long lines all summer. A press release describes the design as a "super boomerang coaster." The first one in North America and only the second one like it in the world.
Source: New York Post