For the first time Most Wanted Roller Coasters features a roller coaster in the U.S. San Antonio, Texas is home to Six Flags Fiesta Texas. The park is located in an old quarry and some of the roller coasters use the quarry cliffs in their layout. Here’s a satelitte view of the park. The most notable of which is the 2000 Bolliger & Mabillard Floorless coaster, Superman: Krypton Coaster.
Unlike the Medusa/Bizarro clones that heavily borrow from Kumba’s layout, Krypton is a custom design that looks to have a layout and loop progression all of its own. It’s a great looking coaster and I can’t wait to get down to San Antonio to take it for a spin. Over the weekend I met up with Doug from the Season Pass Podcast at Kings Dominion. He called Krypton Coaster the best floorless coaster he’s ridden. Also, the ride recieved a pretty strong ranking in the 2009 Steel Internet Coaster Poll. Krypton Coaster came in at #45 just behind X2 at Magic Mountain.
What’s Your Take?
Have you ridden Superman Krypton Coaster? How was it? Leave a comment below. Images courtesy of RCDB.
August 25, 2010 at 14:36
Actualy, I have never ridden a standup coaster, but look forward to one day. Also, this coaster looks awesome!!!!!
August 27, 2010 at 05:52
I haven't ridden a stand-up either, but if Chang goes to SFGE, (wich it proabably will) I most likeley will.
May 31, 2011 at 10:01
Stand up roller coaster (made by B&M) are fantastic you'll love them! The in Georgia, the Georgia Scorcher, may not be the tallest ride at the park, but its my favorite one its so smooth and fun!!
August 27, 2010 at 05:54
I'm prettey sure that it's one of the (if not "The") tallest florless coaster in the world.
August 27, 2010 at 06:51
i think medusa in discovery kingdom is but this has the biggest drop
August 27, 2010 at 09:24
If u dont count Griffon, Dominator at KD is the tallest. It also has the largest loop.
August 28, 2010 at 02:54
Thaks for the info, and i wasn't thinking of Vertical drop coasters at the time, otherwise i wouldn't have posted.
August 27, 2010 at 06:33
That vertical loop after the drop… if you look at the press release, they say it's only 114 feet tall, but if Wikipedia is to believe, it's actually the tallest in the entire world at 145 feet. Superman himself stands at the top of it!
http://rcdb.com/605.htm?p=18964
August 28, 2010 at 22:35
Superman is my absolute favorite rollercoaster…of all. Superman is the tallest "Floorless Rollercoaster" in the world (186 ft.), and is also the fastest (70 mph)(Griffon and Sheikra don't count as they are known as a comletely different model and type of coaster). And as for the loop, rcdb is wrong, it is 145 ft. tall. Superman also has a variety of elements that play into the landscape, particularly the first drop (which basically throws you from the edge of a cliff) and the helix between the loop and zero g roll (which also uses the top of the cliff as its base. It is also one of the smoothest coasters I've been on.
August 29, 2010 at 06:00
even tho Griffin does have floorless trains, it belongs to the "B&M dive machine" category. it's on B&M's website listed below.
August 29, 2010 at 06:03
http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com/products/diving…
September 3, 2010 at 18:14
B&M and Intamin are both featured on the Most Wanted lists. The two best companies in the world. I wonder if Giavonola would have any if they were still in buisness.
September 5, 2010 at 02:31
You can't forget about Gravity Group & GCI, they're also realy good.
September 6, 2010 at 13:47
I lve been on it, and yes it is pretty fun. There are no strong positive G's on the ride, the elements are all so big and taken so slowly you get airtime (hangtime) in all of them, rather than strong forces. The cliff interaction was pretty cool to, depending on where in the train you sat.
September 6, 2010 at 15:18
That sonds prettey creepy Austin55. It's cool that there are rides that are so big that they're loops make you float momentarily, even if that sounds a little disorienting.
September 6, 2010 at 15:18
Sorry, messed up with the smile.
September 8, 2010 at 05:20
This coaster borrows just as much from Kumba as Bizarro does. The loop progression is all the same, they just added a turn around and one extra turn before the brakes. The order of the inversions is exactly the same.
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May 31, 2011 at 10:02
I want to go on this roller coaster bad it looks amazing. Ive only been on 1 floorless coaster (Dominator at Kings Dominion), but I really liked that one and I bet this one is even better; what with its high speed, awesome loops, and large drops!!! Texas here I come!!
June 8, 2011 at 12:04
I rode it when I was 10 a year ago. It was fun The loop was a bit stressing though. I thought I was going to get stuck upsidedown