Sasquatch (ride)

Sasquatch
The ride at Six Flags New Orleans
Great Escape Area Storytown Coordinates 43°20′59.9″N 73°41′31″W / 43.349972°N 73.69194°W / 43.349972; -73.69194Coordinates: 43°20′59.9″N 73°41′31″W / 43.349972°N 73.69194°W / 43.349972; -73.69194 Status Operating Opening date May 10, 2009 (2009-05-10)
Six Flags New Orleans Area Mardi Gras Status Relocated to Great Escape Opening date May 20, 2000 Closing date August 25, 2005
General statistics
Attraction type	Combo tower
Manufacturer	S&S Power
Vehicles	2
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)

Sasquatch is an S&S Power combo tower at Great Escape, in Queensbury, New York. Sasquatch was Great Escape's new ride for 2009. The ride is named after the cryptid Sasquatch.

Ride History

The ride first opened in 2000 as Bayou Blaster and Sonic Slam at a new park called Jazzland. Then Six Flags took over the lease of the park in 2002 and changed the name to Six Flags New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina hit the park on August 29, 2005, the park was severely flooded from the hurricane and has remained closed since. Six Flags decided to relocate several rides, such as Batman: The Ride in 2007 to be moved to Six Flags Fiesta Texas as Goliath in 2008. The Bayou Blaster and the Sonic Slam were dismantled in 2008 and relocated to Great Escape in 2009 to be called Sasquatch. The ride was repainted and is currently sponsored by Jack Link's Beef Jerky. Sasquatch officially opened on May 10, 2009.

Ride experience

The ride contains two shafts or towers, a lift tower and a drop tower. On the drop tower, riders are easily brought to the top and then dropped extremely fast down most of it, then brought up not as high, then dropped at the same speed. This continues several more times before the ride ends. On the lift tower, riders are shot to the top in three seconds, then dropped not as fast as the drop tower drops, then brought back up at the same speed, then dropped slowly. This continues until the ride ends like the drop tower.

The correct name for the two towers are Launch and Drop. The Launch Tower shoots passengers over 150 feet (46 m) into the air in 3 seconds and slowly drops them down. The Drop tower launches passengers slowly and drops them in three seconds.

References

External links

• Sasquatch official ride page