Wonder Woman coaster track completed
Opening date remains unannounced beyond ‘summer 2022’
Six Flags Magic Mountain has moved one step closer to opening the new Wonder Woman roller coaster this summer with the completion of the golden “lasso of truth” single-rail track in the DC Comics area of the Valencia amusement park.
Work crews have finished installing the final track section on the Wonder Woman Flight of Courage, according to Magic Mountain officials.
The innovative coaster — billed as the world’s tallest and longest of its kind — will increase Magic Mountain’s record-setting coaster count to 20.
Magic Mountain still needs to apply a few final touches to the attraction, test the coaster trains and complete the remodel of the DC Universe-themed area before the new ride opens to visitors. Ontrack coaster train testing is expected to begin in the next few weeks.
Magic Mountain has not announced an opening date for Wonder Woman Flight of Courage beyond “summer 2022.” That gives the park until late September to open the ride if progress remains on schedule.
Magic Mountain season passholders will get a preview of the coaster before it opens to the general public — which should offer the first hint of an opening date this summer.
The double out-and-back layout with a gold single-rail track and red supports stretches between the DC Universe and Metropolis Plaza areas of the park, running alongside the Riddler’s Revenge coaster and switching back in front of the Justice League 3-D dark ride.
Wonder Woman Flight of Courage will reach a top speed of 58 mph after climbing a 131-foot-tall lift hill and descending an 87-degree first drop. The ride’s four 12-passenger trains will travel over a 3,300-foot track featuring three inversions — a raven dive, zero gravity roll and 180-degree stall.
The Raptor single-rail track by Idaho-based Rocky Mountain Construction employs an innovative design. Passengers sit in an inline-style train with their legs straddling an I-beam track.
Magic Mountain’s new coaster will be similar to the Jersey Devil coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey that opened in June 2021.
Rocky Mountain Construction has built similar Raptor singlerail coasters at Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Wonder Woman Golden Lasso), California’s Great America (Railblazer) and Idaho’s Silverwood (Stunt Pilot).
Magic Mountain’s new coaster will reuse the station house of the former Green Lantern: First Flight, an Intamin ZacSpin coaster that was removed and relocated to Montreal’s La Ronde amusement park.
The Greek-inspired entrance and queue for Flight of Courage will be themed to the hidden island of Themyscira, the fictional home of Wonder Woman. The queue will showcase the legacy and life of Wonder Woman while explaining how she obtained her superpowers.
The addition of the Wonder Woman coaster in the DC Universe area of the park will also include a new restaurant and bar as well as a retail shop.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Magic Mountain to press pause on the ride project, which was initially set to open in 2021.
Magic Mountain was quietly laying out plans for the coaster just before the park was shuttered because of the coronavirus outbreak and Six Flags slashed $50 million in planned capital projects.
The “2021 roller coaster” was approved in early March 2020 by the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning just 10 days before Magic Mountain closed due to the pandemic.
To make room for Wonder Woman Flight of Courage, the park removed the 1989 Tidal Wave shoot-the-chutes water ride and 1974 Flash: Speed Force caterpillar-style ride.