415' tall open-ended tower with vertical ascent (forward) and descent (reverse).

Riders are accelerated from 0 to 100 MPH in 7 seconds.

Riders experience 6.5 consecutive seconds of weightlessness.

First rollercoaster in the world to utilize Linear Synchronous Motors (LSM's).

Problems delayed ride's opening until March of 1997. It was scheduled to open in 1996.

During the 2004 season, CAL-OSHA required certain Intamin AG designed rides that utilized the "t-bar" restraint to be closed and that the parks perform modifications. These orders were made when a series of fatalities that occured on Intamin AG rides with similar restraints around the globe in a short period of time. Superman The Escape was one of two rides effected by the state-mandated closure.