A month later on March 22, it was announced that the ride was open full time again. In late February, a single track reopened. In 1999, Superman: The Escape was closed. In late 1996, there was a preview for season pass holders. However, due to a range of problems, the ride was delayed a year and opened on March 15, 1997. Superman: The Escape was originally intended to open on June 1, 1996. The ride was designed by Intamin, a Swiss roller coaster firm that Six Flags had worked with in the past.
The ride was officially announced on Januas Superman: The Escape, and it would break records as the first roller coaster to reach 100 miles per hour, passing Desperado at Buffalo Bill's and Phantom's Revenge at Kennywood, both of which had speeds of 80 miles per hour. While in the planning stages, the ride was going to be named Velocetron and themed after "The Man of Steel", a popular Superman comic book series from 1986. At the time, no one had ever built a roller coaster with a lift higher than 200 feet.
However to do this in the means of a conventional steel coaster, the ride's lift would have to be 350 feet high. Almost from the start, Six Flags designers wanted this new coaster to boast speeds of up to 100 mph. In 1994, production began on an all-new, record-breaking roller coaster for Six Flags Magic Mountain, starring Superman. History Superman: The Escape (1997–2010)
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