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Flashback

Steel Boomerang at Great Escape, Queensbury, New York. Opened 1997.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 8, 2026

Height
120 ft
Drop
n/a
Top speed
47 mph
Length
935 ft
Inversions
3
Ride time
1 min 48 s
Designer
Vekoma

Flashback is a steel shuttle roller coaster in the Hot Rod USA area of Great Escape in Queensbury, New York. Built by Vekoma, it is the company's Boomerang model, and it opened at the park in 1997 as Boomerang: Coast to Coaster. It took the name Flashback later; RCDB dates the old name to 2015.

A catch car pulls the train backward up a 120-foot lift. The train is then released through a cobra roll, which turns riders upside down twice, and a vertical loop. It climbs a second spike, and then runs the whole course again in reverse.

The 935-foot ride lasts about 1 minute 48 seconds and reaches 47 mph. Each train has seven cars that seat 28 riders. Riders must be at least 48 inches tall.

Sources

  • greatescapeparks.enchantedparks.com/rides-and-experiences/at... (Park page: Hot Rod USA; rises 120 ft, double-inversion cobra roll and vertical loop, then the course in reverse; up to 5.2 G; 48 in minimum.)
  • rcdb.com/431.htm (RCDB: Flashback, operating since May 23, 1997; Vekoma Boomerang; 935 ft, 116.5 ft, 47 mph, 3 inversions, 1:48; catch car lift; cobra roll, loop; 7 cars, 28 riders; former name Boomerang Coast to Coaster 1997-2015; designer Peter Clerx.)
  • 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.