Six Flags Over Texas
Arlington, TX
October 20. 2007
Page Four
Mr. Freeze is a "shuttle" coaster which means you go forwards
and backwards on the same track. As one would think with the coaster
shooting out then coming back on the same track you'd only be able to have
one train. Well Mr. Freeze has two. Mr. Freeze's station is
one big transfer track. While one train's track is in the launch position
and the coaster is out on the circuit the other is on the side loading and
unloading. Then when the ride is over the train in the launch position
slides over to the load position and the one on the other side slides over
here to launch. It doubles the ridership, is pretty ingenious and
earned it's manufacturer an industry award when the ride opened in 1998.
There are two copies of Mr. Freeze, this one and the one at St. Louis.
The only difference is that after the 70mph launch this one takes you through
a top hat inversion to the left and the one at St. Louis goes to the right.
This one threw Greg and I for a curve each time we rode it as we're used
to the one in St. Louis.
After going straight up, through the top hat and then watching the ground
zoom up at you as you go straight down Mr. Freeze sends you sly ward and
through another inversion.