A Review of the New P’Sghetti Bowl Coaster by Skyline Attractions from a Parent/Coaster Fan and a 7-Year Old

Opening day for a new coaster is a special day you’ll seek out once you’ve done it once. The buzz in the air and the party atmosphere makes for loads of fun. I had a chance to visit Six Flags Over Georgia for the Kid Flash Cosmic Coaster opening ceremony and the technical rehearsal on Saturday, November 4th. I was a “Six Flags” day (as they say at the park) that did not leave me disappointed. This is a great new set of coasters that kids will love and parents will enjoy too.

Kid Flash is a new monorail family coaster from Skyline Attractions. The model is lovingly called the “P’sghetti Bowl” Children’s Coaster due to its twisted track structure. Kid Flash isn’t just one coaster, but two coasters that race and duel. For coaster enthusiasts that’s two new credits to earn! There’s also an essentially identical set of twin coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas that opened the same weekend. T his is a great addition to the park giving it a much needed family attraction in the Gotham area of the park, only having a 36″ height requirement. The build crew on this ride is to be commended as honestly when July rolled around and basically nothing was done I sort of assumed this “New for Summer 2023” coaster would slip to 2024. However, they went from basically a blank piece of land to a fully themed and functional coaster in a couple of months, amazing!

Opening day at Six Flags Over Georgia was glorious. The weather was perfect with blue skies and pleasant fall weather. There was a DJ creating great atmosphere, an opening ceremony, confetti, opening day buttons and bunches of Six Flags staff adding energy. By the start of 12:15 opening ceremony the line stretched all the way back to Batman, probably the longest line this ride will ever see. The park President came out to cut a big red ribbon and the ride was open! We were lucky enough to get out on the 2nd “public” train on the yellow side.

The ride itself was tons on fun. The lighting package on it is great in the daytime and I imagine it will look more awesome at night. You get two laps on the course each ride in your quest to beat the other train. No huge G-forces or airtime here, just a bunch of dives, twists and turns. It’s not a long ride with just 1,110 feet of track combined between the two independent circuits, but doing 2 laps makes for a good experience that doesn’t feel too short. As a parent I can also say the cars and restraints were extremely roomy for adults which is uncommon in kid’s coasters. I can’t stress this one enough. The great train design made things a lot less painful than the typical kid coaster for this 6″2″ dad and I saw lots of parents of many sizes and shapes having zero issues with the seats or restraints.

The racing aspect is a bunch of fun too. It was a lot of fun to trash talk to the other train before dispatch and making our way up the tire lift hill for the second lap. You also finish with a bang on the last lap, rolling fast through the station and slightly up the lift hill before slowly rolling back down (which is something I hadn’t seen before). I had my 7 year old son with me (who can be a harsh coaster critic as he counts more adventurous rides like the Great American Scream Machine and Twisted Cyclone as some of his favorites) and he also gave it two thumbs up. So I think with that we can say it’s something the whole family can enjoy.

Saturday was for VIP’s and pass members only as it was considered a “technical rehearsal” for the ride. Being in rehearsal mode and the first day, dispatches were a tad slow as staff worked to learn the new system and its interlocks (seemed like the exit door closure sensor was quite sensitive), but that stuff will be worked out over time. The staff was GREAT and everyone was in high spirits, so these little delays just weren’t a big deal.

There’s only a couple of minor areas for improvement that I see here that could easily be remedied. The first is the queue line. It’s a really cool circular structure, but it’s essentially 100% in the sun. That was totally fine for a Saturday in November, but come July in Georgia I could easily see some families baking in the sun. However, putting up some sun shades or sails would easily fix this. The other is also queue related in that the attraction has one main line with a team member splitting people up between the two train lines just before the station. The “red” side has to pass under the lift hill and positioning the employee just before the crossover appeared to be to make sure no one was under the tracks during operation (which makes sense). However, because of families wanting to ride together or people wanting front row, back row, etc., this had the effect of the red side often going out with 1-2 rows empty even though the overall line was long. Granted, the ride will probably not be that busy regularly, but on busy days hopefully the operations teams can implement small procedural changes to push the trains out more full. Both these things are easily remedied minor compared to what is an overall EXCELLENT addition to the park.

Be sure to get out to check out Kid Flash Cosmic Coaster ASAP. I’m hoping to be back in two weeks for Holiday in the Park and can’t wait to see the light package at night. Great job Skyline Attractions and Six Flags Over Georgia! Now I’m looking forward to the Ultra Surf in 2024!