The Bobcat
Wood Family at Great Escape, Queensbury, New York. Opened 2024.
- Height
- 55 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 40 mph
- Length
- 1,412 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Gravitykraft Corporation
The Bobcat is a wooden family roller coaster in the Fest Area of Great Escape in Queensbury, New York. It opened on June 1, 2024, and is the park's newest coaster.
The ride was designed by The Gravity Group and built by Gravitykraft Corporation. The park describes it as combining a classic wooden coaster with modern trains that allow tighter curves and a smoother ride. It climbs a chain lift to 55 feet and reaches 40 mph over 1,412 feet of twisting track, with no inversions. Two trains of six cars each carry 12 riders.
Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride alone, or 42 inches with a companion.
Sources
- greatescapeparks.enchantedparks.com/rides-and-experiences/at... (Park page: wooden family coaster in Fest Area; rises 55 ft; nearly 40 mph; modern trains; opened 2024; 48 in alone, 42 in accompanied.)
- rcdb.com/21145.htm (RCDB: Bobcat, operating since June 1, 2024; make Gravitykraft Corporation; designer The Gravity Group; 1412 ft, 55.4 ft, 40 mph, 0 inversions; chain lift; 2 trains of 6 cars, 12 riders.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_Escape_and_Hurricane_H... (Wikipedia: opened 1954 as Storytown USA, founded by Charles Wood; sold to Premier Parks 1996; sold by Six Flags to EPR Properties April 6, 2026, operated by Enchanted Parks, rebranded Great Escape; ride table with opening years and makers (Sasquatch, S&S, 2009, ex-Six Flags New Orleans; Raging River, Intamin, 1986; Desperado Plunge, Arrow, 1979, ex-Busch Gardens Van Nuys); Comet bought by Charles Wood after Crystal Beach closed and stored at Fantasy Island before opening at Great Escape in 1994.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.