Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
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| Location | Six Flags Magic Mountain |
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| Park Section | Colossus County Fair |
| Type | Steel |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | February 11, 2000 |
| Manufacturer | Giovanola |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Mega Coaster, Hyper Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 235 ft (71.6 m) |
| Drop | 255 ft (77.7 m) |
| Length | 4500 ft (1371.6 m) |
| Max speed | 85 mph (136.8 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 3:00 |
| Max Vertical Angle | 61 degrees |
| Capacity | 1,600 riders per hour |
| Goliath at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Goliath at RCDB | |
Goliath is a steel hypercoaster made by Giovanola of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.
During a brief period from its opening on February 11, 2000 to May 2000, Goliath's 255-foot opening drop was the longest and fastest (85 miles per hour) in the world, until Millennium Force at Cedar Point opened on May 13th with a drop of 300-feet.
[edit] The ride
Riders make a right U-turn out of the station before being lifted up the hill. After the U-turn, a chain lift pulls the train up to a height of 235 feet, and then descends down a 255-foot drop at a 61-degree angle, reaching a top speed of 85 mph while traveling through a 120-foot long underground tunnel. After exiting the tunnel, the train climbs up a towering right-banked turn and descends down through a steep twist. The train then travels over a large hill, banks left, and then slows down into a mid-course brake run (this allows for multiple trains on the track, as it can stop a train if the next train has not cleared the next section of track). After exiting the trim brakes, the train then drops through a left-banked turn before traveling through a right overbanked turn. The train then enters a double helix to the right, followed by another banked turn to the left, then right again before being stopped by a final brake run. ...
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| Roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain |
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Batman: The Ride - Canyon Blaster - Colossus - Déjà Vu - Flashback - Goldrusher - Goliath - Goliath Jr. - Ninja - Psyclone - Revolution - The Riddler's Revenge - Scream! - Superman: The Escape - Tatsu - Viper - X |
