1001 Fairgrounds Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707) 644-4000
1001 Fairgrounds Drive
Vallejo, CA 94589
(707) 644-4000
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel Premier Rides roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. It opened to the public on June 30, 2012.HistoryOn August 21, 2011, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom posted on their official website a picture of a man in front of the building, stating "Can you keep a Secret?", with a hint stating, "It is bigger than a breadbox, smaller than Rhode Island, and it's coming in 2012. So get ready for the kind of over-the-top, upside-down, screaming excitement that only Six Flags Discovery Kingdom can offer. Find out more on September 1". On August 27, 2011, the park stated on their Facebook page that they would be announcing their 2012 attraction on September 1. On September 1, 2011, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom officially announced Superman: Ultimate Flight, a Premier Rides launched roller coaster. Superman: Ultimate Fight replaced Pandemonium, a Gerstlauer spinning coaster that has operated at the park since 2008.Before being transferred to the park, parts of the coaster were manufactured in Salt Lake City, Utah. On March 27, 2012, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom posted on Facebook that the "first of many" track pieces has arrived at the park. Captain Lee, the media spokesman of the park posted on Twitter that the first supports for the coaster has arrived overnight of March 29. The first half of the one and only train was put on the track of the coaster on May 25, 2012. Discovery Kingdom posted on May 30 the opening of the coaster on their website to be set on Friday June 22, 2012, before being taken down a couple days later. The ride's track was completed on June 6, 2012. Testing began on Superman: Ultimate Flight on June 15, 2012. The ride opened to the public on June 30, 2012.
Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California.Medusa opened in 2000 as the first floorless roller coaster on the west coast. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, the coaster features a 150ft-tall lift hill with a 150ft drop, and the first Sea serpent roll element ever built on a B&M coaster. The ride is the longest coaster in Northern California at 3937ft long and is notable as having one of the largest vertical loops in the world at 128 ft. It also shares the height record in Northern California with another ride in the same park, V2: Vertical Velocity, at 150 feet high.It features the following seven inversions:128 foot tall Vertical Loop,Dive Loop,Zero G roll,2 Flatspins (commonly known as corkscrews)Sea Serpent Roll (not to be confused with a cobra roll)