Upon return, riders exit the vehicle and make their way back into the park. The ride experience is very brief as it lasts only about 30 seconds. Riders directly face downwards stopping near the top experiencing weightlessness for 6.5 seconds before dropping back toward the station. The vehicle then ascends 400+ feet up the tower at a 90 degree angle. Riders experience a g-force of 4.5 upon launch. The ride car is accelarated out of the station in reverse from 0 to 100 mph within approximately 7 seconds. Riders then reach a set of doors which only open and close from the loading station on the other side as a safety precaution. Had they gone with the Velocetron theme, the queue would've been modeled as ancient ruins with a giant laser. When the ride was Superman: The Escape, the queue was lit blue and featured statues of what were presumably Jor-El and Lara Lor Van holding a globe of Krypton along with a Power-Suit on display, but these were since removed after the retheming.
The queue is also air-conditioned to keep the illusion of being in artic remains of Krypton. Towards the entrance, the S-shield of the House of El is imprinted and painted on the ground. The exterior facade resembles the Fortress of Solitude. Once inside, the interior passages are a green-lit crystaline environment "being composed of Kryptonite rock". The creators wanted to give guests an overall perspective of being the Man of Steel, from scaling a large, winding hill stumbling upon the Man of Steel's artic fortress then making their way through to fully soaring out into the open air at breakneck speeds." The ride is located at the Samurai Summit section of the park located above park ground. The attraction opened in July 2012 after 5 months of construction.
In 2012, Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, a drop-tower attraction themed after Superman's arch-nemesis Lex Luthor, was integrated with the existing Superman: Escape from Krypton tower. Since the riders no longer faced the tower, the Superman statue at the top was removed. On March 19, 2011, just after 14 years to the day of it's original release, the ride was re-themed and reopened as Superman: Escape from Krypton. Park officials quickly denied rumors that it would receive a Bizarro retheming. In June 2004, California State Regulators required the park to modify the seat belts because of an incident on the Superman: Ride of Steel roller coaster at Six Flags New England which had similar restraint systems. In July 2010, Superman: The Escape ceased operations and would not reopen until 2011, with hints that there would be improvements made to the ride experience. Superman: Escape from Krypton (2011-Present) Because of the intense nature of the attraction, guests have to be at least '54 inches to ride. That year it was announced as Superman: The Escape, breaking records as the first roller coaster to reach 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Due to a range of problems with the launch system, its release was delayed.Ī statue of Superman formally at the top of the tower.Īfter its opening, the media claimed Superman to be the fastest roller coaster in the world. However, after the delay, a similar roller coaster known as Tower of Terror, which also has a 100 mph launch opened a month earlier in Austrailia. Superman therefore lost this claim and tied with Tower for the world's fastest roller coaster, however, Superman became the world's first coaster to go over 400ft, therefore becoming the tallest roller coaster at the time. It was originally intended to open in summer 1996. The ride was originally going to be named Velocetron, themed after The Man of Steel. The track was painted white and had a statue of Superman at the top of the tower looking down at the riders. Riders were initially launched forward, facing the tower. The ride originally opened as Superman: The Escape on March 15, 1997.
Ride History Superman: The Escape (1997-2010) 1.2 Superman: Escape from Krypton (2011-Present).
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