Poltergeist

Poltergeist is a launched steel roller coaster in the Rockville section of Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas. It was built by Premier Rides, designed by Werner Stengel's engineering firm, and opened on May 28, 1999. The site was previously home to Seaside Golf, a miniature golf course.

History

Poltergeist was part of a $30 million expansion that the park announced in October 1998. The trains first had over-the-shoulder restraints; after many rider complaints, these were replaced with individual ratcheting lap bars for the 2002 season. In 2021 the ride closed for a refurbishment that gave it a new green color scheme, repainted trains and station, and an expanded, themed queue. It reopened on September 3, 2021. The park now presents it as a haunted coaster set at the "dilapidated manor" of the fictional P. Vincent Bartholemay.

Instead of a lift hill, Poltergeist uses linear induction motors (LIMs) to launch its trains to 60 mph. The 2,705-foot course rises to 78.8 feet and includes a cobra roll, a sidewinder and a corkscrew, for a total of four inversions. A ride takes about 1 minute 15 seconds. Two trains of six cars each carry 24 riders.