Problematic Roller Coasters - Superman Ultimate Flight - Six Flags Great Adventure

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  @aysuppatruck6185 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I've been stuck on this ride for about 20 mins as a younger person in the hanging position...they gave us free passes to ride anything we wanted immediately. For some reason young & dumb me chose to ride it again. That pretzel loop is kind of addicting.

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• SH

  @shawnlisa6371 · 6 years ago

  To address the duck background, at Superman in the 2017-18 seasons we had this rule that if you worked at Super and came in as a guest on your day off, you had to get a duck from the claw machine in the blue tent. If you didn't, we wouldn't let you ride. Hence why there are a million ducks. We had a photo shoot one morning before opening and after checks and that's the only pictures I had to supply Ryan with for the leg flap release, chassis crank, etc. Duckies Unite!

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• AU

  @augustusofprimaporta3721 · 6 years ago

  When you see a B&amp;M coaster appear in the Problematic Roller Coaster series<br><br>“Wait, that’s illegal”

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• RA

  @Ratseason · 6 years ago

  Fun Fact: When I was 7 SF: Great America was my home park and Whizzer was my absolute favorite ride. When I had heard Whizzer was closing I started crying and my mom called Six Flags to tell them not to remove. Glad I could play a part in keeping the Whizzer safe!

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• BJ

  @bjoe385 · 6 years ago

  Six Flags: “Can we have a rollercoaster that requires some tree felling?” <br>County: “No that’s damaging to the environment”<br>Six Flags: “ Can we have a rollercoaster that is made of hundreds of chopped down trees?”<br>County: “Sounds cool to me”

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• DY

  @dylanjsmullins · 6 years ago

  Current SFGA employee here, loved the video! One interesting thing about Superman that wasn’t mentioned is the gasoline-powered platform that must be used for ride evacuations if a train is stopped on the lift hill during a power outage. The first time I saw that I was absolutely amazed

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• OP

  @OptimusSubPr1me · 6 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact, if you forcefully breath out on the pretzel loop, I&apos;ve found you&apos;re less likely to pass/grey out.<br>It&apos;s one of my favorite rides at the park and in general.

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• KA

  @Kalvinjj · 6 years ago

  The amount of things the engineers take into account when designing these coasters is impressive (of course not just one person, but the team itself is worth lots of respect). Sure some example to aim for as a student myself.

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• LE

  @lessardo87 · 6 years ago

  I literally just finished Grade 11 physics before watching this and it still gave me a headache. good job.

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• TR

  @TripleTSingt · 6 years ago

  damn, B&amp;M literally think of everything. Their backup checks have backup checks. It should be impossible for a train to come into the station in the inverted position, but they still check for it. Btw. can you make a video on Hagrids? That seems to be quite a problematic roller coaster. I know you mostly do coasters that you have operated before, but maybe you can get an insiders perspective from an operator there? Cheers

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• TR

  @troll9682 · 5 years ago

  As someone who&apos;s ridden Superman, and Firehawk, I preferred the Firehawk Style. I like that B&amp;M takes all the safety precautions, but I prefer being on my back going up the hill and waiting to come back into the station, rather than being stuck face down.

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• SA

  @SamareckRage · 6 years ago

  Okay NOW I know why roller coaster trains are so expensive. It’s insane how advanced they are.

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