Medusa (Six Flags Marine World)

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Medusa
Location	Six Flags Marine World
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	3/18/2000
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Floorless
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	150 ft (45.7 m)
Drop	150 ft (45.7 m)
Length	3937 ft (1200 m)
Max speed	65 mph (104.6 km/h)
Inversions	7
Duration	3:15
Capacity	1600 riders per hour
Cost	$15,000,000 USD
Max G force	4.5
Height Restriction	54 in (137.2 cm)
Medusa at RCDB
Pictures of Medusa at RCDB

Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California.

Built by the famed coaster designers Bolliger & Mabillard, it is known as Medusa West because there are two other roller coasters named "Medusa": Medusa East at Six Flags Great Adventure and Medusa South at Six Flags Mexico. Medusa at Six Flags Great Adventure was the world's first floorless roller coaster, having debuted in 1999. Medusa has seven inversions:

• Vertical loop
• Diving Loop
• Zero G roll
• On Medusa East, Cobra Roll. On Medusa West, Sea Serpent Roll. Both are one element containing two inversions.
• 2 corkscrews after the mid-course brake run

The roller coaster track colors are purple and lime green.

Roller coasters at Six Flags Marine World
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster - Cobra - Greased Lightnin’ - Kong – Medusa - Road Runner Express - Roar - V2: Vertical Velocity