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Two Face: The Flip Side

Six Flags America

Last Update: January 3, 2013



The superhero theme has always been a favorite of Six Flags. This choice in superhero themes can be seen very clearly in Six Flags America in Largo, Maryland. The park has many superhero themed coasters with Superman: The Ride, Joker’s Jinx, and Batwing. In 1999 when the park went looking for a new roller coaster, it was pretty much a given that it would have a superhero themen

While the park was looking for a coaster, they stumbled upon the Vekoma Inverted Boomerang roller coaster. The Inverted Boomerang is much like Vekoma’s other famous production coaster, the boomerang, but this has the inverted coaster twist. This type of ride had already seen success in the Paramount chain with installations at California’s Great America as Invertigo and Kings Island as Face/Off. The park purchased the ride and during the offseason the green and orange structure started rising from the Gotham City ground. Two Face: The Flipside stands at a height of 160-feet and reaches speeds of 50-mph within it’s 1013-feet of orange track.

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Guests make their way to the loading zone and thirty-two passengers board the train after choosing whether to face forwards or backwards for the first part of the ride. The chain pulls the train out of the station and up a steep first lift to a 137-foot high summit. Once to the top, the train is held for awhile and then the train releases. The train reaches a speed of 55-mph by the bottom. The Vekoma trains speeds through the station and riders enter the Cobra Roll and fly upwards; flipping over the first half with a Sidewinder maneuver, leveling, and then taking on the second 90-degree inversion in reverse order. Once at the bottom, passengers are then flung upwards again with the traditional up-and-over leg-flinging action. The orange rails head upwards again and the speed wears off before the ride engages on a second chain to tow the train up a second 14-story slope meeting the first at the top. The chain releases and the speed is once again unleashed as Two Face releases its wrath on riders. The train is whipped over the loop again, this time with the full five-g's being pulled, and then the Cobra Roll inverts the train twice more and sends the coaster back through the station. Flying back up the first ascent, the speed wears out and riders are lowered back into the station.

In October 2007, Two Face experienced a rather minor stall on its lift hill, but what followed resulted in a relatively major incident. While a ride attendant was attempting to get riders off the coaster, the train slipped back into the station and ripped a pipeline carrying hydraulic fluid. When the pipeline was destroyed, it sprayed its hot hydraulic fluid onto several riders faces, sending at least 10 people to hospital for minor burns. Several other guests had to be treated on-site for back and neck injuries.

While the ride had been inspected as usual, a cause of the incident could not be found. As a result, the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation ordered the closure of the ride until it could be proven safe, something the park never did. They ultimately found that a safety sensor had malfunctioned and caused the coaster to roll back, but the coaster sat unopened for the entirety of the 2008 season. Combining the tarnished reputation and many breakdowns the ride suffered over the years, the ride was officially closed, sold, and removed before the 2009 season, its whereabouts now unknown.

Comments

DreadHeadKirby

September 19, 2011 at 01:19:07 PM

"In 2003, Two Face stalled on one of the vertical lift hills, and had riders stuck on the ride for a lengthy period of time until they were rescued; the ride was shutdown for inspection but later reopened after it was cleared for operation. The ride would undergo five years without incident until August 2007, when the ride had stalled once again while carrying riders; after being stuck for a period of time, the ride was shutdown for inspection after riders were rescued. When the ride was cleared for operation later that month, the ride functioned properly without any incident.

However, in October 2007, the ride unexpectedly stopped on one of the vertical lift hills. When one of the ride attendants attempted to rescue the riders, the train unintentionally moved back into the station and ripped a pipeline that carried hydraulic fluid. This hot fluid sprayed onto the faces of the riders, causing them minor injuries that required at least ten people to go to a local hospital, in addition to victims treated at the scene for back and neck injuries. Before the fluid sprayed, one of the riders (about 40 minutes into the situation) used their cell phone to dial 9-1-1 in request of assistance from Prince George's County rescue teams. Six Flags America officials stated that the ride had been inspected that same day and was clear of any problems; however, Maryland investigators said that the newer technology of roller coasters of the 2003-era feature technology that is more difficult to comprehend than older models, thus making it almost impossible to find the cause of the incident.[2]

Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation ordered the closure of the ride including retaining the certificate of operation for the ride, until the ride could be proven safe, which never occurred. Eventually it was noted that a safety sensor had malfunctioned and caused the coaster to stall and unexpectedly jolt back to the station. For the 2008 season, the ride sat not in operation while the investigation continued, although due to the many breakdowns of the ride, it was put up for sale and eventually bought by an unknown client.[6] By 2009, the ride had been dismantled (its current whereabouts are unknown), and the site remains vacant as of 2010 with the Six Flags trademarked "Under Funstruction" sign."

This came right off Wikipedia, I went to get a season pass their this year and the coaster was NOT on their Website and this is what I found out about it. This Ride status Needs to be updated, You can add Apocalypse when it goes across the country to a different park but You don't label the fact that this Ride is now Defunct? Other than That I Love the sight, just thought you may want to update this page and the Six Flags America Page

DreadHeadKirby

September 19, 2011 at 01:22:04 PM

"In 2003, Two Face stalled on one of the vertical lift hills, and had riders stuck on the ride for a lengthy period of time until they were rescued; the ride was shutdown for inspection but later reopened after it was cleared for operation. The ride would undergo five years without incident until August 2007, when the ride had stalled once again while carrying riders; after being stuck for a period of time, the ride was shutdown for inspection after riders were rescued. When the ride was cleared for operation later that month, the ride functioned properly without any incident.

However, in October 2007, the ride unexpectedly stopped on one of the vertical lift hills. When one of the ride attendants attempted to rescue the riders, the train unintentionally moved back into the station and ripped a pipeline that carried hydraulic fluid. This hot fluid sprayed onto the faces of the riders, causing them minor injuries that required at least ten people to go to a local hospital, in addition to victims treated at the scene for back and neck injuries. Before the fluid sprayed, one of the riders (about 40 minutes into the situation) used their cell phone to dial 9-1-1 in request of assistance from Prince George's County rescue teams. Six Flags America officials stated that the ride had been inspected that same day and was clear of any problems; however, Maryland investigators said that the newer technology of roller coasters of the 2003-era feature technology that is more difficult to comprehend than older models, thus making it almost impossible to find the cause of the incident.[2]

Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation ordered the closure of the ride including retaining the certificate of operation for the ride, until the ride could be proven safe, which never occurred. Eventually it was noted that a safety sensor had malfunctioned and caused the coaster to stall and unexpectedly jolt back to the station. For the 2008 season, the ride sat not in operation while the investigation continued, although due to the many breakdowns of the ride, it was put up for sale and eventually bought by an unknown client.[6] By 2009, the ride had been dismantled (its current whereabouts are unknown), and the site remains vacant as of 2010 with the Six Flags trademarked "Under Funstruction" sign."

This came right off Wikipedia, I went to get a season pass their this year and the coaster was NOT on their Website and this is what I found out about it. This Ride status Needs to be updated, You can add Apocalypse when it goes across the country to a different park but You don't label the fact that this Ride is now Defunct? Other than That I Love the sight, just thought you may want to update this page and the Six Flags America Page

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Information

Type

Roller Coaster

Specific Type

Steel, Inverted, Shuttle-Looping

Seating

Sit-Down, Floorless, Face-to-Face / Back-to-Back, 2-abreast, 32-passenger

Height

137' / 42m

Drop

130' / 40m

Steepness

55º

Speed

55 MPH / 89 KPH

Positive G's

5.0 g's

Inversions

3 [Taken Twice]: Cobra Roll, Vertical Loop

Length

985' / 300m

Duration

1min, 30sec

Area

285' 5

Designer

Vekoma Inc.

Manufacturer

Vekoma Inc.

Color Scheme

Orange / Orange / Teal

Soft Debut

May 8, 1999

Official Debut

May 8, 1999

Rating

Forces

  • Currently 4.50/5

Rating: 4.5/5

Smoothness

  • Currently 3.00/5

Rating: 3.0/5

Layout/Elements

  • Currently 2.00/5

Rating: 2.0/5

Aesthetics

  • Currently 1.50/5

Rating: 1.5/5

Enjoyability

  • Currently 3.00/5

Rating: 3.0/5

Overall

  • Currently 2.80/5

Rating: 2.8/5

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