| Roller Coaster: | Superman: Escape from Krypton (2011 to ?)
Superman The Escape (1997 to 2010) |
| Amusement Park: | Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, California, USA) |
| Classification: | Roller Coaster |
| Type: | Steel - Sit Down |
| Status: | Operating since 3/19/2011
SBNO from 7/2010 to 3/18/2011
Operated from 3/15/1997 to 7/2010 |
| Make / Model: | Intamin AG / Other / Reverse Freefall Coaster |
| Lift / Launch System: | LSM |
| Categories: | Shuttle, Twin |
| Maps: | Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite) |
| Cost: | $20,000,000 USD |
| Capacity: | 1050 riders per hour |
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| Track: | Left | Right | |
| Length: | 376.4 m | 376.4 m | |
| Height: | 126.5 m | 126.5 m | |
| Drop: | 100 m | 100 m | |
| Inversions: | 0 | 0 | |
| Speed: | 160.9 km/h | 160.9 km/h | |
| Duration: | 0:28 | 0:28 | |
| Max Vertical Angle: | 90 Degrees | 90 Degrees | |
| G-Force: | 4.5 | 4.5 | |
| Max Acceleration: | 0 - 160.9 km/h in 7 seconds | 0 - 160.9 km/h in 7 seconds | |
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| Notes: | Single 15-passenger train per track. Riders sit three across in the front row and four across in the remaining rows. |
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| History: | Superman The Escape was originally intended to open in 1996. Due to problems, it was never open to the public until the 1997 season. There was a preview for season pass holders in the fall of 1996. |
| | For the 2011 season, Superman The Escape was transformed into Superman: Escape from Krypton. The most significant change was positioning riders to face backwards so they now look towards the ground rather than the sky on the vertical track. |
| Facts: | 6.5 seconds of weightlessness. |
