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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 | 168 feet | ||||||||||||
| Drop | 163 feet | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 70 mph | ||||||||||||
| Length | 4025 feet | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Duration | 2:35 | ||||||||||||
| G-Force | 3.8 | ||||||||||||
Superman Krypton Coaster is a steel floorless roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This is one of four Bolliger & Mabillard floorless coasters that opened in the year 2000. The other three were Medusa at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Batman Knight Flight at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure, and Kraken at SeaWorld Orlando.
History
At the time of the ride's announcement in November 1999, construction had already begun on unused land bordered by quarry walls and an irrigation pond. The initial plans for the ride specified it would have seven inversions including a 114 foot tall vertical loop and a 96 foot tall dive loop.[1] Following the ride's announcement, the design was altered to remove the dive loop and increase the size of the vertical loop to 145 feet. This saw Superman Krypton Coaster obtain the record for the world's tallest vertical loop when it officially opened to the public on March 11, 2000.[2]
For the 2015 season, the ride was repainted. The year after, it received virtual reality headsets that immerse riders in a Superman-themed film.[3] The VR offering did not return for the 2017 season however.
Design
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Colour scheme
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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View from the parking lot -
The cobra roll
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References
- ↑ "Six Flags Fiesta Texas to Build New Coaster". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "Superman Krypton Coaster". sfftsource.com.
- ↑ "This Changes Everything! Superman Krypton Virtual Reality Coaster Opening June 11 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas!".
External links
- Superman Krypton Coaster on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Tallest vertical loop March 11, 2000 – June 22, 2013 | ||
| Preceded by Riddler's Revenge |
Tallest vertical loop March 11, 2000 – June 22, 2013 |
Succeeded by Full Throttle |
