New SkyScreamer Ride at Six Flags New England Inspires Photos, Videos, Tears
The new SkyScreamer ride at Six Flags New England opened May 23. Billed as the planet’s tallest swing, it swings riders 400 feet in the air (more than 40 stories above the ground) at 40 miles per hour.
We turned to social media to get the reaction of the attraction’s first visitors in the past few weeks. They’ve laughed. They’ve cried. They’ve taken one look and typed “#hellno.’’
“Such a fun ride!’’ wrote Lisa Wawrzynowski from Connecticut, who grabbed this shot from afar:
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Here is Lisa waiting in line with her cousins to ride it:
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Rider Sammi Dill, tweeted, “I cried the whole time…’’
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Jenn Parsons posted this on Twitter:
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Brittany Pineault from Lebanon posted this to Instagram with the hashtags “#fun #newride #skyscreamer #tall #swings’’:
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Brooke from Massachusetts wrote, “This ride is awesome’’ and posted this Twitter pic:
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Ed Garcia posted this video, taken up in the sky, on Instagram:
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Posted by Vincent Mele:
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One person who won’t be riding the SkyScreamer this summer? Ebony Serrano-Garcia, who posted this pic on Instagram with the hashtag “#hellno’’
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Do you plan on riding the SkyScreamer this summer?
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