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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||
| Product | Mega Coaster | ||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||
| Type | Steel - Hyper | ||||||
| Riders per train | 32 | ||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||
| Height | 197 feet | ||||||
| Drop | 205 feet | ||||||
| Top speed | 73 mph | ||||||
| Length | 5350 feet | ||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||
| Drop angle | 68° | ||||||
| Duration | 2:10 | ||||||
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Superman: Ride of Steel is a steel hyper roller coaster located at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA. Built by Intamin, it is a mirror-image of Ride of Steel at Six Flags Darien Lake, which opened in 1999.
History
The roller coaster was announced in March 2000.[1] Superman: Ride of Steel opened on May 13, 2000.
In 2004, Superman: Ride of Steel was closed indefinitely when a 55-year-old Connecticut man fell to his death from Superman The Ride at Six Flags New England.[2]
In 2016, the ride received virtual reality headsets which played a Superman-themed film, similarly to other rides in the Six Flags chain.[3]
Superman: Ride of Steel was given a single rider line for the 2022 season.[4]
Design
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Theming
The font used on the ride implies a vague tie-in to Superman: The Animated Series, which was popular around the time of the ride's opening.
Colour scheme
Ride experience
Once the train has been dispatched from the station, it makes a winding, 180-degree turn. The train ascends 197 feet up the chain lift hill and then drops 205 feet at an angle of 68 degrees. The train reaches the maximum speed of 73 mph before entering a sharp turn and the first hill. A 540-degree helix follows, in addition to another smaller hill. The finale involves a 500-degree helix and several more airtime hills before reaching the brake run and returning to the station.
Trains
2 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 32 riders per train.
Images
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The ride's entrance
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The queue line
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The station's exterior
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The lift hill
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View of the course
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References
- ↑ Six Flags America Reaches New Heights With Superman - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ McLendon, Gary (May 22, 2004). "Superman coasters suspended". Democrat and Chronicle. p. 15. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ↑ "Six Flags America's Superman: Ride of Steel to go Virtual Reality".
- ↑ "Six Flags America opens for the start of spring".
External links
- Superman: Ride of Steel on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
