Superman The Escape (now Escape From Krypton) at Six Flags Magic Mountain in SoCal has recently received a major renovation. Just like its twin in Australia (Dreamworld’s Tower Of Terror 2), the cars themselves have been turned backwards. Riders are now accelerated backwards at 101 M.P.H in just 7 seconds. Making it the Worlds fastest backwards roller coaster. Watch this video of Superman’s first test run:
In other news Six Flags Magic Mountain is now the coaster capital of the World boasting 18 rides. The new rides for the 2011 year are Superman: The Escape (renovated), America’s first Zac Spin ride, and a kid coaster.
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Via: Six Flags Magic Mountain’s Superman: Escape from Krypton page & Six Flags on Facebook
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16 responses to “Superman Escape From Krypton Test Video”
This looks realy fun, although I still think one of the trains should remain facing forward.
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I've heard several reports that they are planning to run both sides backwards for the first few months then switch one track around to run forward.
Hopefully the rumours are true.
Do you believe that Apocolypse officially counts as a new coaster this year?
I wonder which will be more popular? I also wonder if they plan to accelerate the launch a bit to make it faster than ToT:2
No. While the experience might be SLIGHTLY different, it uses the same trains, structure, and layout. It still only counts as ONE credit.
I think they did, now it's launch is 101 mph
They didnt count Apocalypse as one of their 18 new rides.
I am very happy to find out that Superman at SFMM is being renovated. I absolutely loved the old ride, and I think the new one going backwards will be even better.
I do have a question about the renovated ride. Did they simply fix the old steel tower or did they put in a new one? The old one was cracked when I last visited in 2007. A worker there made it sound like it would be closed down for good because of structural damage, so hopefully the track/tower is new even though the layout is still the same.
What morons! They should have had one car go forwards and one backwards… not the two backwards! I can't even imagine how many people have been let down by this modification.
Just read Gearhearts' post above.
I wonder if they'll launch both train at once. I thought they used to do that, but then shut down the other side.
hopefully they will leave 1 going forward like kjdrgdksnc,.dngv said. i think they will do that.
well, i rode it last weekend during the technical rehearsal and it was pretty fun. the ride operator said that it can go 104 mph loaded.
Yeah, I also think that they should have one track facing forward, and the other going backwards.