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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||
| Product | Floorless Coaster | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Floorless | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1600 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Height | 150 feet | ||||||||
| Drop | 150 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 65 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 3937 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 7 | ||||||||
| Duration | 3:15 | ||||||||
| G-Force | 4.5 | ||||||||
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Medusa is a steel floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, USA. Opened in March 2000, it was the third Floorless Coaster installation from Bolliger & Mabillard.
History
On November 10, 1999, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom announced the addition of Medusa. It would be a custom floorless coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard.[1]
Medusa opened on March 18, 2000.
Design
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Colour scheme
Lime track and purple supports.
Trains
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train.
Images
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The entrance sign
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The zero-g roll
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The queue line
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Medusa in 2005
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View from the parking lot
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The top of the lift hill
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References
- ↑ "Six Flags Marine World Creates New Supercoaster". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
External links
- Medusa on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
