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Park:   Darien Lake (travel info)
Ride Type:   Steel Coaster
Status:   Operating since 5/15/1999
Category:   Hyper/Giga/Strata Coaster
Designer:   Werner Stengel
Builder:   Intamin AG
Cost:   $12,000,000
Length:   5400'
Height:   208'
Drop Height:   205'
Drop Angle:   68°
Max Speed:   73 mph
Duration:   3:20
Arrangement:   Two 8-car trains that hold 32 riders/train.
Restraints:   Individual hydraulic lapbar and seatbelt
Visits:   176
Rating:   This Ride's Rating Is: 4
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Ride Restrictions:
Minimum height restriction:   48 in.

Structure:
Red track with blue supports columns.

Features:
Two helices.

History:
First Intamin AG Mega Coaster installation.

Was originally designed with individual lapbar restraints.

Only into its second day of operation (5/16/1999), 40-year old former businessman Mike Dwaileebe was ejected from the ride and ten feet to the ground as the train he was on neared the end of the coaster's course. Though he was not fatally thrown, he suffered fractured ribs and an uncorrectable hernia condition. Dwaileebe weighed more than 400 pounds. Footage taken from ride cameras in the loading platform later determined that Dwaileebe did not lower his lapbar restraint because of his extreme girth. After the incident, Dwaileebe filed a lawsuit against Six Flags. The jury found Six Flags 100% liable for the accident and ordered the amusement park operator to pay Dwaileebe $4,000,000. The ride's manufacturer, Intamin AG, was cleared from any liability regarding the incident.

Seatbelts were installed after the incident to circumvent the ride's safety issues.

Past name(s): Superman - Ride of Steel (1999 - 2006)

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Reviews
sfne stinks

Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 11177

View Park/Ride Count 		This is the best of the 3 SROS coasters.. going over the lake and with all the mist.. this sros is cool
2-8-05 18:13:01
James

Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 11177

View Park/Ride Count 		Wow... When I said that I ment when I went on it in 1999... Now its 2005 and I went back to SFDL.. this SROS is now by far the worst... and SFNEs is by far the best.
5-15-05 23:46:58
Nowitzki06

Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 11

View Park/Ride Count 		I love this rollercoaster the first hill will scare you. You will be scared of this ride if you are a first timer but i highly recommend that if you go to Six Flags Darien Lake that you go on this ride. It makes the park so much better. Awesome ride.
6-13-05 14:35:15
coasterfreak77

Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 49

View Park/Ride Count 		Best hyper iv ever been on. The first drop is amazing, and right after the first drop theres the overbanked turn....amazing ride.
10-30-05 14:20:48
Rolling Stock

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 20

View Park/Ride Count 		Best ride at SFDL. Custom built for the park over the lakes and with the mist effect, this version easily beats out the one in Maryland (which sits on a plain field). This may be the best hyper i've been on. It only has six moments of air, but they are CRAZY moments of air, both floater and ejector.

1-31-06 19:56:42
Roller8652

Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 116

View Park/Ride Count 		I love this ride. Better that Six Flags New England's Superman.
2-1-06 17:12:50
Tanks4me05

Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1039

View Park/Ride Count 		I would say as this is a very great ride. The un ending 68 degree drop, high vertical G's on the helices, and kick butt airtime on the hills. It is definitely worth a trip to SFDL for this. (I last rode it in 2004)
4-30-06 16:49:55
vedved82491

Joined: May 2006
Posts: 915

View Park/Ride Count 		It's funny how they had to take out the "Superman" in Ride Of Steel ever since the ownership change.
5-9-07 0:10:30
mydogthesenator

Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 13

View Park/Ride Count 		The seats remind me of lawn chairs.
but i like it because theres nothing beside you so you feel really open.
6-24-07 11:00:08
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