The train then shoots back through the station before rocketing up the the smaller spike, before falling back into the station. This is where the backwards section starts, beginning with the backwards descent before pulling out back into the loop, seemingly even more forceful this time around. After a forward Fly-Wheel launch into the wonderfully forced loop, the train goes up a 148 foot tall spike. The layout feature two spikes on either side of a very circular loop. The now-rare Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop model gives validity to the expression “less is more”.
Considering this ride’s record setting nature, the proportionally large backwards section, and the punch it packs in the said section, it would be a poor choice to exclude Superman: Escape From Krypton. About half of this brief ride is a backwards section including an incredible 100 mile per hour launch out of a tunnel, a powerful ascent up the tower, and some excellent zero G moments as the car peaks. In 2011 however, the ride was refurbished to feature a backwards launch up the massive tower and given its current namesake, providing riders with a whole new thrilling experience. It also pioneered the technology for magnetic launched coasters with a Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) launch forward up the tower at 100 miles per hour. This revolutionary coaster opened under the name of Superman: The Escape in 1997, and shattered records in height and speed.
As a result coasters with a brief or uneventful backwards section may not be included. In the tradition of this series, we will be ranking the top five coasters with excellent backwards sections and elements, not just the coaster as a whole.
California is home to a wide variety of different coasters, including about a dozen that feature some form of backwards motion.
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