![]() ![]() On February 5, 2012, Superman: Escape from Krypton closed, so that the park could start construction of Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom on the coaster. On September 1, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain officially announced that they would be adding Intamin drop towers to the sides of the Superman: Escape from Krypton tower. The video concluded hinting at a possible new attraction in 2012 to be installed on Superman: Escape from Krypton. On August 25, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain released a "GoBigCam" video. The ride is integrated onto the existing Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure. A large station building was constructed and decorated accordingly.Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is a drop tower located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Superman was selected as the theme and the familiar B&M track painted in Superman colors with the red track, unpainted steel running rails and rich blue supports. Our friend Flex provided us with this great photo of the Quarry. There was a space on the quarry between the Power Surge Spillwater ride and Spassburg area, so Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) designed a custom roller coaster that would take advantage of the beautiful location and the quarry location. It is the world’s tallest Floorless Coaster and featured the largest loop on a roller coaster the time. The water park was renamed Armadillo Beach (from the Ol’ Waterin’ Hole when it premiered in 1992,) and a large treehouse style playground called Texas Treehouse along with Texas shaped Lone Star Lagoon wave pool opened.įor 2000, Premier Parks spent 20 million $ on a new roller coaster, Superman: Krypton Coaster. Poltergeist Premier Rides LIM Catapult Coaster opened in Rockville.Ī few new kiddie rides spread around the Crackaxle Canyon and Spassburg areas. This sunset photo appears courtesy of Negative-G Negative-G provided us with this picture. The Boomerang (Vekoma) opened near the entrance. With sole ownership, Six Flags started leveraging the park even more extensively with the addition of two new roller coasters, 200 feet tall thrill ride, kiddie rides and water park attractions in 1999. ![]() sold the Six Flags chain to Premier Parks in 1998 and in October of the same year, Premier Parks purchased the whole equity of Six Flags Fiesta Texas from USAA Real Estate Company, making them the sole owner. They also transferred from Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, TX) a Schwarzkopf Enterprise and placed it in the Crackaxle Canyon area. The trains were turned backward to illustrate the chaotic nature of the Joker and an innovative funhouse queue constructed to house the waiting line. quickly rebranded the park as Six Flags Fiesta Texas and, changed the name of the Hurricane to Joker’s Revenge. A Vekoma triple inversion roller coaster had been bought and was to be called the Hurricane, due to its placement in the Fiesta Bay Boardwalk area that had opened in 1994. purchased the management and operation of the park. In 1996, after park expansion had started along with a refocus on rides had started to occur, Warner Bros. The Power Surge photo came from Flex and Park Vault provided the photos of Pied Piper, Hustler and Gully Washer. The original Morgan rolling stock on Rattler.Įllo Coaster provided us with those amazing photos of Rattler. ![]()
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