Six Flags America
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
June 17 & 18, 2018
American Coaster Enthusiasts
Coaster Con 41
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The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 41 at Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

This helix may not look that exciting here but speeding around it at 70+ miles per hour is a heck of a thrill.

The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 41 at Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

Here is Superman's first helix way out there past its lift hill.

The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 41 at Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

After my terrifying ride dangling two hundred and forty feet in the air from some chains that are about as thick as those on your average backyard swing set it was time for a coaster.

The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 41 at Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

Apocalypse began its life in Gurnee, IL in 1990 as Iron Wolf.  After being removed from that park it headed east where Six Flags jumped on the whole end of the world dystopia pop culture bandwagon in order to give it a little theming.

The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 41 at Six Flags America, Upper Marlboro, MD

Apocalypse was built on the site of the always broken Skull Mountain flume ride.  Six Flags America kept the theming from that ride (they partly had to as it was built around the Wild One) and incorporated it into the theming for Apocalypse.



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