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. It opened on May 10, 2009. The ride was previously located at

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under the names ''Bayou Blaster'' and ''Sonic Slam''; after the park closed due to

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in 2005, the ride was moved to Great Escape. The current name is derived from the

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Ride History

The ride first opened in 2000 as ''Bayou Blaster'' and ''Sonic Slam'' at a new park called ''Jazzland''. Then

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took over the lease of the park in 2002 and changed the name to

in 2003. After

hit the park on August 29, 2005, the park was severely flooded from the hurricane and has remained closed since. ''Six Flags'' decided to relocate several rides, such as Batman: The Ride, which was removed in 2007 and taken to

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where it was refurbished and reopened on April 18, 2008 under the new name ''

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''. The ''Bayou Blaster'' and the ''Sonic Slam'' were dismantled in 2008 and relocated to Great Escape, where the ride was refurbished, repainted, and renamed ''Sasquatch''. The ride was officially opened on May 10, 2009 on the former spot of

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, which closed after the 2007 season.

Ride experience

The ride contains two shafts or towers, a lift tower and a drop tower. On the drop tower, riders are easily brought to the top and then dropped extremely fast down most of it, then brought up not as high, then dropped at the same speed. This continues several more times before the ride ends. On the lift tower, riders are shot to the top in three seconds, then dropped not as fast as the drop tower drops, then brought back up at the same speed, then dropped slowly. This continues until the ride ends like the drop tower. The correct names for the two towers are Launch and Drop. The Launch Tower shoots passengers over into the air in 3 seconds and slowly drops them down. The Drop tower launches passengers slowly and drops them in three seconds.

References

External links

Sasquatch official ride page
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