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Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom
Drop Tower at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California. Opened 2012.
- Height
- 400 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 85 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- 1 min 17 s
- Designer
- Intamin
Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is a drop tower at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, in the park's DC Universe area. Built by Intamin, it opened on July 7, 2012. Its two drop towers are mounted on the sides of the 415-foot tower of Superman: Escape from Krypton, a launched coaster that last ran in 2024 and has been retired.
History
The park announced the drop towers in September 2011. The Superman coaster closed in February 2012 while they were built, and helicopters lifted ride pieces to the top of the tower in April 2012.
Each tower has one floorless gondola seating eight riders side by side with over-the-shoulder restraints. The gondola is lifted for about 60 seconds to a height of 400 feet, then released into a free fall of about five seconds, reaching 85 mph. A full cycle lasts about 77 seconds. The queue is themed as the headquarters of LexCorp, the villain's company.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Luthor:_Drop_of_Doom (Intamin drop tower in DC Universe; opened July 7, 2012; on the now-defunct Superman: Escape from Krypton tower; announced September 1, 2011; Superman closed February 5, 2012 for construction; helicopter lifts April 2012; 400 ft, 85 mph, 1:17, two gondolas of eight riders, about 60-second lift and 5-second free fall; LexCorp queue)
- rcdb.com/140.htm (RCDB: the Superman tower remains because it doubles as the drop tower Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom; Superman last operated 9/1/2024)
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