

Riders climb this vertical section facing directly downward, before slowing and following the same path back to the start. The track then pitches up 90 degrees to the vertical part of the track. Riders are accelerated in reverse from 0 to 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) in approximately 7 seconds (about 0.65 g) Before the launch, the ride operator sometimes says, "You will escape from Krypton in 3, 2, 1." then launches out of the station. The roller coaster has two parallel tracks. The refurbished ride opened on March 19, 2011. Although the ride experience of the two rides is identical, the structure of Superman: The Escape is slightly taller. The Escape (since similarly rethemed as Superman: Escape from Krypton), located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in the United States.


The ride closed throughout the latter half of 2010 to aid in a major redevelopment and transformation into "Superman: Escape from Krypton" from "Superman: The Escape". Off ride footage backwards & forwards of the 1997 Intamin launch coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. 23 January 1997 () (as Tower of Terror) Closing date: 3. These two coasters were the first to utilize Linear Synchronous Motors (LSM) technology to propel vehicles to top speed. It is similar to Tower of Terror II, which opened two months prior in Dreamworld, Australia. Superman: Escape from Krypton is a launched steel shuttle roller coaster located in the Samurai Summit area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California that opened in 1997.
