Riddle me this: What is the world's tallest, longest, most twisted stand-up steel coaster, features over 4,300 feet of green track and makes its home at Six Flags Magic Mountain? That's right - Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California debuted on April 4th, 1998 as the most record-breaking stand-up ride the world had ever seen. Coiling through six inversions and four types of inversions during the two-minute-long ride, Riddler's Revenge is a record-breaking coaster and a whole lot more. Six Flags Magic Mountain has always been known for outdoing themselves from year to year, and 1998 was certainly not a year for the park to break tradition. The Riddler dominates over Magic Mountain's Gotham City section and reduces the adjacent 1994 Bolliger and Mabillard-crafted inverted looper Batman: the Ride to a mere technological breakthrough of the early 1990s. Coming from B&M as well, Riddler's Revenge is the Swiss designers' latest stand-up multi-looping, multi-inversion masterpiece, with an inversion lineup of one Vertical Loop, one Inclined Loop, two Diving Loops and two Corkscrews, with 1,180 degrees of other non-inverting curvature contained in the course.
One of the Riddler's three trains are boarded, riders pulling down over-the-shoulder restraints in the stand-up position, then it's out of the station and around a right-hand curve to the lift. In route to the top, the lift-hill crosses first through the center of a Dive Loop then through a Vertical Loop. Once the 156-foot heights are achieved, it becomes apparent that the Riddler has had his revenge on Batman, as Batman: the Ride below cowers down in front. Without lingering for too long, Riddler's Revenge begins its first twisting descent and then blasts up into the first lift-encircling loop. Next is a first Diving Loop to send passengers twisting up and diving down in the opposite direction and right into a second Dive Loop, this time twisting around the lift. The fourth consecutive inversion comes with an Inclined Loop sending the train around and up to the left at a 45-degree angle. A quick hop leads the ride to an upwards spiral onto mid-course block brakes, but Riddler's Revenge gets going again with a head-over-heels Corkscrew flip into a banked curve to the left. Ascending a rabbit hop, the green track heads into a Carousel Cuve under the lift hill and through a final Corkscrew before the ride concludes with a 180-degree curve onto the brakes.
01/23/2009 - For more than a decade Riddler’s Revenge remains to be one the most popular attractions at Six Flags Magic Mountain. In the competitive world around it, Riddler’s Revenge has left it’s mark at as the world’s tallest, fastest, longest, and most inverting Stand-Up Rollercoaster. The Riddler is out for revenge and when you start to fall down the 146 foot drop you realize he succeeded. The Riddler moves on to a massive vertical loop wrapping around the lift hill. Next are the back to back dive loops twisting you over upside-down and falling straight down towards the ground. The Riddler continues the assault with a 45 degree inclined loop and a high speed spiral. You get a quick second to catch your breath through the mid-course brake run before falling down into a corkscrew. Directly after the corkscrew the ride takes you through a tight turn around a building then blasting you up into the air over a hill. Next the Riddler turns to right taking one last look at Batman (The Ride) before plunging into a ditch then quickly pulling a corkscrew over the crowd below. The Riddler takes you around one last turn then disappears behind building to end to ride.
After 10 years of operation Riddler’s Revenge is still fun, exciting, and comfortable. Many great rollercoasters have been built after Riddler’s Revenge, but few can top the experience. Riddler’s Revenge is currently my second favorite rollercoaster as Six Flags Magic Mountain.