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Post November 30th, 2013, 11:00 pm
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Six Flags Mexico may be celebrating Christmas In The Park at the moment, but in the background of that festive fun Medusa Steel Coaster is slowly coming together. The transformation of Medusa, a Custom Coasters design that first opened in 2000, into a steel track thrill machine is more than underway, as shown in the image above. Shared by the park, we can see that the track for the new lift hill is already mostly in place, and the bents for the rest of the ride are being worked on.

If you look at the larger version of the photo, you can also spot the braces for the first inversion, which takes place just prior to the initial drop. The coaster's unique first drop rolls the trains over and dives at the same time, completing the roll as the train plummets downward. When completed Medusa Steel Coaster will join both the New Texas Giant and Iron Rattler as Rocky Mountain retrofits.

Since we haven't heard too much about Medusa Steel Coaster since it was first announced, check out the initial video released with the announcement - it looks like one crazy ride!


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Post December 1st, 2013, 10:54 am

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Looks like a brilliant layout, much better than Iron Rattler and Goliath, I do wish that SF would get some other color of track on these (this would be great with green rails) and different colored trains (other than that brick red, even though it looks great).
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Going to have to pay my grandparents and family a visit next summer, it'll open up the opportunity to ride this =)
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Post December 5th, 2013, 10:14 pm
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They really need to just leave the name as Medusa, New Texas Giant and Steel Medusa sound bad. The ride looks fantastic though, I can't wait to see it in action.


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