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Three new coasters for Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain is to open three new roller coasters in 2011, increasing the number of coasters at the Valencia, California theme park to 18.
The Green Lantern ride, a vertical track, spinning coaster designed and engineered by Intamin, is the first of its type in the US. The coaster will be joined by a new family-orientated coaster adjacent to Bugs Bunny World.
The third new ride will be the redeveloped Superman : Escape coaster, which is to be relaunched as Superman : Escape from Krypton. Visitors aboard Green Lantern - which is to be situated in the newly themed section of the park - will travel in eight-person vehicles, four abreast and back-to-back, each rotating independently.
The two-minute ride begins with a 107ft (33m) lift hill, before riders spin their way down through 825ft (252m) of twisted vertical track, featuring three, 360˚ head-over-heel spins. Unlike traditional coasters, Superman: Escape from Krypton will send riders at 100mph (161kph) backwards in newly-designed cars on a dual track that spans 900ft (274m) and rises 415ft (127m) in the air, forming an 'L' shaped superstructure.
Riders will hang face first with a birds-eye-view of the entire Santa Clarita Valley before plummeting back down to earth. The new children's ride lasts around a minute and is a 679ft (207m) steel coaster with a 28ft (8.5m) lift hill and which reaches speeds up to 21mph (34kph). A single train comprises eight cars with riders sitting two across in a single row.