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Encyclopedia > Medusa East
Medusa
Image:Medusa East.jpg
Medusa
Type steel
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Model Floorless
Lift/Launch System Chain lift hill
Status Open since 4/2/1999
Height 142 ft.
Drop 132 ft.
Length 3985 ft.
Speed 61 mph
Inversions 7
Duration 2:20
Cost $15,000,000 USD

Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. Built by the famed coaster designers Bolliger and Mabillard, it is known as Medusa East because there are two other roller coasters named "Medusa": Medusa West at Six Flags Marine World and Medusa South at Six Flags Mexico. Medusa was the world's first floorless roller coaster, having debuted in 1999. It has seven inversions: Steel roller coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. ... B&Ms Superman la Atracción de Acero (Movie World Madrid) Bolliger and Mabillard (short: B&M) is a notable roller coaster manufacturer based in Switzerland. ... Superman la Atracción de Acero Movie World Madrid The floorless roller coaster design is a modification of the standard multiple-inversion steel coaster that features cars with no floors for foot placement. ... A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. ... Steel roller coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... The entrance plaza at Six Flags Great Adventure. ... Jackson Township is a township located in Ocean County, New Jersey. ... B&Ms Superman la Atracción de Acero (Movie World Madrid) Bolliger and Mabillard (short: B&M) is a notable roller coaster manufacturer based in Switzerland. ... Six Flags Marine World is an amusement and animal park located in Vallejo, California. ... Six Flags México is an amusement park owned by the Six Flags chain of parks. ... Superman la Atracción de Acero Movie World Madrid The floorless roller coaster design is a modification of the standard multiple-inversion steel coaster that features cars with no floors for foot placement. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Roller coaster inversions are features of roller coasters that in some form or fashion, inverts (turns upside-down) its riders. ...

In 2003, the floorless coaster Scream! (yes, the exclamation point is part of its name) debuted at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Its layout is a mirror image of Medusa East. Vertical loop on the Shockwave coaster at Six Flags over Texas The generic roller coaster vertical loop is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. ... A diving loop (also, dive loop) is a type of Bolliger and Mabillard roller coaster inversion whose inspiration was taken from a stunt plane maneuver. ... A zero G roll is a roller coaster inversion found on Bolliger and Mabillard inverted, sit-down, and floorless coasters. ... A cobra roll on The Incredible Hulk rollercoaster The cobra roll is a roller coaster inversion which resembles a cobras head. ... Interlocking Corkscrews are a type of roller coaster inversion found on B&M coasters. ... A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow down or stop a roller coaster train. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Colossus, Superman: The Escape, and Goliath at Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park in Valencia, California, north of Los Angeles. ... In geometry, the mirror image of an object or two-dimensional figure is the virtual image formed by reflection in a plane mirror; it is of the same size as the original object, yet different, unless the object or figure has reflection symmetry (also known in the terminology of modern...

Roller coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure

Batman & Robin: The Chiller - Batman: The Ride - Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train - El Toro - Great American Scream Machine - Kingda Ka - Medusa - Nitro - Road Runner Railway - Rolling Thunder - Runaway Mine Train - Skull Mountain - Superman: Ultimate Flight A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... The entrance plaza at Six Flags Great Adventure. ... Blackbeards Lost Treasure Train is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. It is a smaller, family-oriented coaster. ... El Toro is a wooden roller coaster curently under construction at Six Flags Great Adventure. ... The Scream Machine The Great American Scream Machine is a steel roller coaster located in Six Flags Great Adventure. ... Kingda Ka is a roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. ... The Nitro is a roller coaster in Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. ...

This article about an amusement park, amusement ride, or roller coaster is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Ferris wheel at a fair in Yate, Bristol, England. ... Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... Types of amusement rides include: Bumper cars Carousels Dark rides Ferris wheels Freefall towers Hall of mirrors Log flumes Loop-O-Plane Motion platforms Observation towers Octopus (ride) Roller coasters Scenic railways switchbacks Horror train Shoot-the-Chutes The Zipper Tilt-A-Whirl See also Amusement park Closed rides and... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... The Wikipedia logo. ...



 

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