Superman Krypton Coaster - Entertainment - http://maxpages.com/rollerride/Superman_Krypton

1999 was an exceptional year for Six Flags Fiesta Texas. For that season alone, Premier Parks dumped $30 million worth of new toys into this San Antonio property, including two major rollercoasters, Premier Rides' spook-tacular Poltergeist LIM machine and Vekoma's Boomerang Coast to Coaster shuttle looper, the 200-foot-tall Scream freefaller, several spin 'n' spew attractions and a huge expansion of the former Armadillo Beach waterpark, now known as the Lone Star Lagoon. You'd think they'd take a breather for 2000, wouldn't you?

Think again. Next year, Fiesta Texas will debut a single attraction that'll cost more than Poltergeist, Boomerang and Scream combined, nearly $20 million. And what will all those dead presidents buy? The awesome Superman Krypton Coaster. You will believe a chair can fly:

The big red and blue stacks of steel piling up around SFFT's quarry are coming together to form the tallest and fastest of Bolliger & Mabillard's ingenious "Floorless" machines, following in the massive wake of Six Flags Great Adventure's wildly popular Medusa and sharing the Y2K spotlight with SeaWorld Orlando's Kraken.

After boarding in the Rockville section of the park, we'll leap four-across in a single bound to a height of 168 feet, and soar back down over the quarry wall cliff to a reach a suitably heroic top speed of 70 MPH. With all that delicious momentum working in our favor, we'll rocket - speeding bullet-like - through a 114-foot-tall vertical inversion, a 96-foot-tall dive loop, a heartline "zero-G" roll, a loopin' two-fer Cobra Roll and several wild curves, including a near-90-degree-banked high-speed spiral. The park promises that it'll take a full 3 minutes and 20 seconds to navigate the 4,025-foot-long course (along with a 45-second load/unload), making it the longest ride cycle time in the park. Up, up and away!

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Before 1999, SFFT could boast only three full-scale coasters: the gargantuan Rattler woody, the Joker's Revenge steel looper (with its backwards-running trains) and the Road Runner Express, a themed Arrow mine train. By Spring of next year, they'll have doubled that number. Sweet!

Of course, Fiesta Texas is also known for its live shows. The park was honored with Amusement Today's 1999 Golden Ticket Award for Best Shows in North America, and it has every intention of winning another. Returning next year for a second season will be Odyssey, the "how'd they do that?" magic and illusion extravaganza, and all new for Y2K will be Rockin' The Country, a treat for all you Shania Twain and Garth Brooks fans.

And through January 11, 2000, season passes will still be available for the pathetically low price of $39.99 (plus tax). If you grab one before Jan. 12th, your season pass will include free parking throughout the season and a Premium coupon book, filled with discount offers for merchandise and dining inside the park. As always, season passes are good for unlimited admission to all the Six Flags theme parks (exluding the Hurricane Harbor waterparks in Arlington, Los Angeles and St. Louis). Get yours now by calling (800) 473-4378.

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And here's a little food for thought: the park's press release states that the Superman Krypton Coaster will be the only "floorless supercoaster in the South." Hmm, "...in the South." I wonder if there ain't a park out West that may have similar plans... ;)

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