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What happening today, 6 Flags great adventure is set to unveil North America's first super boomerang coaster. Meteorologist Mike already gave us a little bit of a sneak peek at this. I looked like a blast, but Mike could really tell us better. He's joining us live now once again from Jackson. Mike, how are you feeling? Are you all relaxed? After that, Ryan, it's been a week. I'm good now. I'm good now. I got, I got the whole, the whole situation all in order here. My hair's back. I'm standing with the flash himself. Flash, let's do it. Let's try a couple of poses here. How did I do? What did I do bad guys, OK, OK. And then just classic superhero. That's it, right? Thanks boss. I appreciate you. Thanks for bringing your experience here to Six Flags. I'm here with Ryan. He's, you flashed it flashed right on it. He's one of the PR managers here for Six Flags. Ryan, tell me, what does this ride mean to Six Flags and its significance? This, this ride for us means kind of like a new trek into the future. So this ride is the first in North America that's a super boomerang, and so it's a unique experience that you can't get anywhere else here in the United States. And so we're really excited. Plus I mean you get the flash, right? So like the theme is awesome. So we have our viewers seeing the video on screen right now with us too. So that experience, tell us what writers feel when they get onto the flash. I mean you did it. How did you feel? I felt great. I tell you, but what is the what is the goal? What do you what do you want the guests to feel? I mean, we want them to get that, so you get a lot of weightlessness, right? So you get a lot of that like I'm hanging, I'm, I'm up off my seat, which is really unique. You really don't get that anywhere else. It's not like you can duplicate that somewhere else. So that's what we want and plus. We want you to kind of move it like that paradoxical speed. It's like really mercurial. I'm using these big words for you, but I mean 59 miles an hour doesn't seem like a lot, but when you're moving like you are and you have those tight inversions and then you're going in reverse, it's really significant. It's cool. I'll tell you everything that he said is true when I was riding that ride, it took me by surprise, especially the weightlessness. I was like, oh no, hold on, I'm not gonna fall out. You're not gonna fall out. But so 6 legs opening day is this Saturday. What do we have to look forward to this season? So I mean. I'm really looking forward to not only the flash vertical velocity but also the wild safari. I mean we have 3 baby giraffes this year, so some giraffe calves. My favorite is coral, so she's about 3 or 4 months old, so we have that going on. We also have a lot of great rides here this year. Granny's has been redone. Yum Yum has been redone, and those are our two restaurants, so a lot of good stuff. That's great. So so much more exciting stuff going on here at Six Flags Great Adventure. Stay tuned. We have another interview coming up. Brian, thank you so much.

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What happening today, 6 Flags great adventure is set to unveil North America's first super boomerang coaster and meteorologist Mike Rizzo already gave us a little bit of a sneak peek. Did you see that face? It looked like a blast. Mike is now joining us live once again from Jackson. Mike, how are you feeling after that ride? Feeling good? It was good. It was good. Now it's time for the break and you know, like I take a nice break with a good meal, and today we are really going to have a nice meal. I'm with executive chef, the park's first executive chef, so you know now we have elevated experience here at Great Adventure. Chef Jeremy, so nice to meet you as well. So we have different offerings here at Granny's Country Kitchen. It was revamped for this upcoming season. So Chef Jeremy, tell me, what do we have this year here? So we're going all fresh ingredients, um, everything's made in-house, so we're going. Rotisserie chicken, homemade mac and cheese, smashed potatoes, hush puppies, and rotisserie pork loin. I gotta say this looks incredible. It does not look or smell like amusement park in here if you know what I mean. You come in here and it smells just like a delicious restaurant because you transformed that into this, right? So what about uh park favorites? Do we still have those park favorites that you could find in the park this year? Yeah, they'll be all around the park, um, from the chicken fingers and fries to the pizza. gonna do hand breaded chicken tenders in this building, so a little bit different than what they're used to. Oh, OK. And how about, um, how about the other, we have another renovated place here too, right, that's gonna serve it to you, yum yum. Yes. What, what kind of and they're having, um, they, they're fresh hamburgers, um, big square thick pizza and the ham breaded chicken tenders as well. So you have now a brand new but elevated variety of food here at Great Adventure. Chef Jeremy, I'm so excited. See, because these hush puppies look amazing. That pork looks great. The chicken looks fantastic, and that mac and cheese, that must hit perfectly, you know what I'm saying for sure. So Chef Jeremy, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Last question for you, which one's your favorite right here? I am a big fan of hush Poppies. OK, and that's what we're going to have. So before I dig in though, let's turn it over to storm watch team meteorologist Sally Anne Mosey. Opening day is Saturday. Sally Ann, and the weather is supposed to hold up. Didn't you say that we are springing into summer?

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Mike will also be checking out what’s new at the theme park this year, including other new rides and delicious new food offerings.

Six Flags launches America's 1st super boomerang coaster with The Flash: Vertical Velocity

Mike will also be checking out what’s new at the theme park this year, including other new rides and delicious new food offerings.

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