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Mind Eraser

Steel Inverted at Elitch Gardens, Denver, Colorado. Opened 1997.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 9, 2026

Height
109 ft
Drop
n/a
Top speed
50 mph
Length
2,261 ft
Inversions
5
Ride time
1 min 36 s
Designer
Vekoma

Mind Eraser is a steel inverted roller coaster at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado. Riders sit in seats that hang below the track with their feet dangling, and the park describes it as a "monster suspended coaster."

History

Mind Eraser opened on June 2, 1997, the most notable of several additions to the park that year. It stands on the site of Runaway Train, a family coaster that RCDB lists as operating only in 1996. The ride is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) built to the manufacturer's standard 689-meter layout. The same layout is used by the Mind Eraser at Six Flags Darien Lake in New York and by the coaster at Six Flags New England that was called Mind Eraser from 1997 to 2017 and is now Riddler Revenge.

A chain lift takes the train to a height of 109.3 feet. The course is 2,260.5 feet long, reaches 49.7 mph and turns riders upside down five times, through a roll over, a sidewinder and a double in-line twist. A ride lasts about 1 minute 36 seconds. Mind Eraser runs two trains of ten cars, with two riders side by side in each car, for 20 riders per train.

Sources

  • rcdb.com/422.htm (RCDB: Mind Eraser, Elitch Gardens, operating since 1997-06-02; Vekoma SLC 689m Standard; length 2,260.5 ft, height 109.3 ft, 49.7 mph, 5 inversions, duration 1:36; roll over, sidewinder, double in-line twist; 2 trains of 10 cars, 20 riders per train.)
  • rcdb.com/4574.htm (Elitch Gardens coaster list: Mind Eraser operating since 1997; Runaway Train operated 1996 only)
  • elitchgardens.com/attractions/mind-eraser (Park page: 'Monster suspended coaster', opened in 1997 with Shipwreck Falls and Tower of Doom; built on land that once held a mine train-themed ride; 52-inch minimum, 80-inch maximum height.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elitch_Gardens_Theme_Park (Opened 1997 as the most notable addition that season; Vekoma SLC with riders suspended below the track; stands where Run-Away Train was)
  • rcdb.com/430.htm (Mind Eraser at Six Flags Darien Lake is also a Vekoma SLC 689m Standard)
  • rcdb.com/429.htm (Riddler Revenge at Six Flags New England is a Vekoma SLC 689m Standard, named Mind Eraser from 1997 to 2017)

Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.