| For similarly-named rides at other Six Flags parks, see Medusa. |
- "Conquer the Monster by Facing Your Fears"
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Medusa is a floorless roller coaster located in Oasis Plaza at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. When the ride opened on March 18, 2000, it featured one of the tallest vertical loops in the world at 128 feet tall.
Medusa used to share its name with its sister coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure (before it was converted into Bizarro), but it has a different layout. With a height of 150 feet, it is the tallest roller coaster in all of Northern California.
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Experience[]
Queue[]
Guests first pass by the entrance sign and enter the queue. There are two different paths, which are a shortcut on the left and an extended queue area straight ahead. After these paths, guests head into a temple featuring a switchback section. Once this section is completed, guests climb the stairs and head into the loading station. There is also an elevator in the station that guests can use as a chicken exit.
Layout[]
The ride starts with a large left-hand turnaround out of the station and onto the lift hill. At the top is a B&M pre-drop followed by a right turn. After that is the large 150 foot drop which achieves the same height as the lift hill despite the B&M Pre-Drop by dipping below ground level into a pit. The drop is followed by a 128 foot vertical loop. Medusa then features a dive loop to the left and a zero-g roll. The ride then enters a Sea-Serpent roll. After a very quick breather during the mid-course brakes, the train whips into a twisting left-hand drop into a flatspin under the brake run. The on-ride photo is taken directly after the first flatspin. The ride then travels through an inclined helix to the left before diving into the second flatspin. The ride's finale is a quick 85 degree banked helix to the right before a quick S-Turn, which creates the sensation that the train will run into one of the lift supports. Then, the ride will either glide into the brake run and travel back toward the station, or may come to a sudden stop if it is operating with three trains and another train is already in the station.
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External links[]
- Medusa - Six Flags Discovery Kingdom official webpage at Six Flags
Medusa at the Roller Coaster DataBase- Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom) at the Roller Coaster Wiki
- Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom) at Wikipedia
