Cyborg: Hyper Drive is a "Freestyle"-dark ride hybrid attraction located in the DC Super Hero Adventures section of Six Flags New England. It opened on June 1, 2019, after a soft opening on May 26.
It is located in the former Hall of Justice building, similar to The Joker's Wildcard when it was enclosed. Since the building had complied to the fire code regulations by then, the ride could be built.
Attraction plot
Cyborg invites guests to S.T.A.R. Labs to try out a new device that can map out the multiverse, called the Hyper Drive. Not even a minute into testing, Grid hacks into the mainframe and takes control of the entire lab. He intends to take the device into hypertime so he can spread his programming to every corner of the multiverse. Riders are caught up in the battle as Cyborg wrestles to regain control of the enormous machine. Cyborg ends up isolating Grid and purging the system (much to the latter's obvious disappointment), thus stopping him and saving the day, then interfacing with the Hyper Drive and shutting it down.
The ride's storyline is at a notably low volume, thus making it hard to hear over the noise of the Freestyle.
Trivia
- Cyborg: Hyper Drive is Grid's debut appearance in a theme park attraction.
- Cyborg: Hyper Drive is the second attraction to be dedicated to Cyborg, following Cyborg: Cyber Spin at Six Flags Great Adventure, and his third appearance in a Six Flags attraction overall.
- Grid is erroneously referred to as "The Grid" on Six Flags New England's page for this ride. In the ACE Nor Easter video Six Flags New England put out in February 2019, however, Grid is referred to by his correct name, but is referred to as a "virus" instead of an artificial intelligence. In the second press release Six Flags put out closer to the ride's debut, Grid is referred to as his correct name and species. Even then, Grid is still called a "virus" in one of his queue line signs.
- Cyborg is Bumper Robinson in this ride. Robinson previously voiced Cyborg in Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. It is unknown who Grid is voiced by. If it were Robinson, he reprises his role as Grid from the 2018 video game LEGO DC Super Villains, although his voice sounded drastically different then. A few have noted Grid's voice sounds similar to the voice that was played on El Diablo at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- Apple's Siri voices the computer in this ride.
- Strangely, Mazahs does not appear on the queue line sign detailing the Crime Syndicate; however, it may be because the comic cover the artwork was lifted from didn't feature him.
- The ride audio was later re-used for Cyborg Cyber Revolution at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.[1]
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See also
- Cyborg: Cyber Spin, a ride based on Cyborg at Six Flags Great Adventure.
References
External links
- Cyborg Hyper Drive's page on the Six Flags New England website
