Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster

Roller coaster in the United States
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Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Location San Antonio, Texas, USA
Status Operating since May 12, 2018
Cost $7,000,000 USD
Rider height 48 inch minimum
Replaced Power Surge
Statistics
Manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction
Product Raptor Track (Prototype)
Builder Northwest Coasters
Designer / calculations Alan Schilke
Type Steel - Single rail
Riders per train 8
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height 113 feet
Drop 100 feet
Top speed 52 mph
Length 1800 feet
Inversions 3
Drop angle 90°
HELP

Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster is a steel single rail roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The ride opened on May 12, 2018 and is manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction with the control system supplied by Irvine Ondrey Engineering.[1] Wonder Woman replaced Power Surge, an Intamin Shoot The Chute ride, reusing its splashdown pool. Some of Power Surge's trough, in particular the turn back into where its station was located, is still visible from Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster's queue.

History

In July 2023, the ride closed to allow work to be completed including the extension of the catwalk from the top of the lift hill to the start of the first drop.[2]

Design

Elements

Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster is the first single rail roller coaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction. It is a Raptor model, which is the smaller of the two designs offered by RMC and requires riders to be sat inline straddling a 15.5 inch wide rail. The other, larger design is called T-Rex, and does not require riders to be sat inline. The ride contains 3 inversions; a dive loop, a cutback and a corkscrew. This particular layout is a standard layout which RMC are referring to as the Prototype. RailBlazer at California's Great America is a mirror image of this ride.

After exiting the moving station, riders ascend a steep lift hill to the 113 foot peak of the ride. Wonder Woman drops to the right and rises back up, diving down its 100 foot drop at 90 degrees. It rises back up into a raven turn. At first, the train banks somewhere near 90 degrees to the right, hanging riders sideways, but then as it begins its descent Wonder Woman twists upside down and completes the half-loop portion of the raven turn. An off-axis airtime hill follows, leading into a left-hand rising 3/4 helix immediatly followed by an S-curve and subsequently a steep drop. Wonder Woman does a left-hand cutback over the station followed by a left-hand corkscrew into a right-hand overbanked curve. Then, the train rises up into the brake run, followed by a turn onto more brake run track and finally another turn back into the station.

In November 2017, Six Flags Fiesta Texas revealed concept images of the ride's theming. It is inspired by Greek architecture and will feature boards with Wonder Woman's story on them.

Trains

3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged inline in a single row, for a total of 8 riders per train. Due to the thinness of the ride's track, only 1 rider can sit in each row. Also, the ride has vest restraints, a first for an RMC coaster.

Images

References

  1. "Wonder Woman Golden Lasso coaster to debut at Six Flags".
  2. "Six Flags Fiesta Texas". Screamscape. Archived from the original on 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-07-17.

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