Guests enter the Fort Mason Research Compound Active Testing Site where some photos and a tablet can be seen on the right. The line begins when guests go through a left turn and a right turn followed by a staircase. Various voices can be occasionally heard in the area, along with several banners and Outpost passages being seen. On the left side, there is a blue canister that says Radium XL-200 which is a reference to Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point. Igneous-12E which is a reference to defunct ride Disaster Transport at Cedar Point. Sedimentary-325 which is a reference to Fury 325 at Carowinds. Metamorphic-VTBC which is a reference to defunct ride Volcano the Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion. The meteors are painted rocks from White Water Canyon. There is a switchback that goes through the Outpost 20 (Orion) and Outpost 7 (Firehawk) passages. On the right wall of the hangar is a basket with rocks. A switchback section passes through the Outpost 87 (Vortex) passage. Guests walk into the hangar where several offices and lockers can be found. Several easter eggs can be found, including the defunct roller coasters Firehawk and Vortex. There are some television monitors that play a video, which is the Pre-Show, the story of what is about to happen on the ride. The ride features the latest prototype vehicle developed by the Project X initiative. Scientists are in a race against time to develop technology capable of weaving transport vehicles through a coming meteor storm and traveling to a new planet within the Orion constellation. For the program to be successful, it needs volunteers to help with testing. Then, guests go upstairs and enter the loading station where they get on the train.
Ride[]
The train leaves the station and climbs a 287 ft tall chain lift hill. At the top, riders plunge down a 300 ft drop at an 85-degree angle, reaching a max speed of 91 mph. After passing under some black sand, the train heads through a 174 ft tall banked airtime hill followed by a 202 ft horseshoe. Riders race through a 56 ft airtime hill and a 147 ft tall airtime hill with trim a brake. Then, the train spirals through a 125 ft figure-8-like helix, also known as an ampersand turn. Following that is an on-ride camera which takes a picture of the riders. After a 90 ft left-handed overbanked turn, riders go through an 83 ft tall airtime hill before stopping at the final brake run. The train slows down on the slope and makes a left turn. Now returning to the station, riders unboard the train and exit the ride.
Boo Blasters on Boo Hill • Character Carousel • Charlie Brown's Wind Up • Joe Cool's Dodgem School • Kite Eating Tree • Linus' Beetle Bugs • Peanuts Off-Road Rally • Peanuts 500 • Sally's Sea Plane • Snoopy's Junction • Snoopy's Space Buggies • Snoopy vs. Red Baron • Surf Dog • The Great Pumpkin Coaster • Woodstock Express • Woodstock Whirlybirds
Orion at Coasterpedia
