Flash Vertical Velocity Opening Date Delayed

Thrill seekers near the Jersey Shore who were waiting with bated breath to get their shot to ride Six Flag's latest coaster will have to wait.

Don't Shoot the messenger, but the park has announced that construction delays will push the opening of the new coaster back to sometime in 2025.

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Six Flags Announces It's Opening A New Rollercoaster

It's called Flash; Vertical Velocity and it's a super boomerang coaster that has a 180-degree twist drop with a zero-G rollback to a vertical tower.

According to Patch, The Flash was originally supposed to open up this past Memorial Day Weekend just in time for a fun summer at the Jersey Shore.

However, it no longer looks like that's going to be the case.

Six Flags Announced The Grand Opening Of The Flash Has Been Delayed

According to Patch, the cause for the delay is twofold; firstly there were some delays with construction which is pushing the grand opening date back by almost a year.

Since there were construction delays, safety concerns also came into play; you don't want to rush any type of construction that could result in dangerous ride performance.

It's a real bummer that this new coaster is getting delayed, especially for people who are huge coaster buffs, but would you rather construction be rushed and have the ride not be as safe as it could be?

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As of now there's no exact opening date in 2025 for the new coaster, we'll just have to stay tuned and stay excited.

In the meantime, Jersey has a ton of great amusement parks and theme parks that you can visit in the meantime, some of them are right here by the Jersey Shore!