Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)

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Medusa
Medusa's loop.
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Location	Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Park section	Sky
Coordinates	38°08′26″N 122°14′01″W / 38.14056°N 122.23361°W / 38.14056; -122.23361
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 18, 2000
Cost	$15,000,000 USD
General statistics
Type	Steel – Floorless Coaster
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Floorless Coaster
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	150 ft (46 m)
Drop	150 ft (46 m)
Length	3,937 ft (1,200 m)
Speed	65 mph (105 km/h)
Inversions	7
Duration	3:15
Capacity	1600 riders per hour
G-force	4.5
Trains	3 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
Medusa at RCDB

Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Medusa opened in 2000 as the first floorless roller coaster on the West Coast. The roller coaster features seven inversions, a 150-foot (46 m)-tall lift hill with a 150-foot (46 m) drop, and the first Sea serpent roll element ever built on a B&M roller coaster. The ride is the longest coaster in Northern California at 3,937 feet (1,200 m) long and is notable as having one of the largest vertical loops in the world at 128 feet (39 m). It also shares the height record in Northern California with another two rides in the same park, The Flash: Vertical Velocity, and Superman: Ultimate Flight at 150 feet (46 m) high.