Six Flags Fiesta Texas to get Wonder Woman roller coaster

Wonder Woman will join Batman and Superman with her first roller coaster ever, debuting next spring at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the San Antonio park announced Thursday.

Construction on the Golden Lasso Coaster began in July, park president Jeffrey Siebert said in a phone interview. The ride is slated to open in early March, in time for the start of the summer tourism season.

“There’s no doubt that by far Wonder Woman is the most popular female superhero that’s ever been created,” Siebert said. “It’s great that after all these years she now has her own coaster along with her friends Batman and Superman.”

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The Golden Lasso will feature a 90-degree drop, two airtime hills, one 180-degree stall, a zero-g roll and overbanked turns, Siebert said. Instead of a two-rail track that’s typical of most coasters, the ride’s three eight-person cars will ride along a single 15-inch-wide track, Siebert said. The design is intended to give riders the sensation that they’re riding on Wonder Woman’s weapon of choice, Siebert said.

Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster opens Saturday at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It offers “airtime hills,” a zero-g roll, one 180-degree stall and overbanked turns. Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster opens Saturday at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. It offers “airtime hills,” a zero-g roll, one 180-degree stall and overbanked turns. Photo: Courtesy Six Flags Fiesta Texas Photo: Courtesy Six Flags Fiesta Texas Image 1 of / 23 Caption Close Six Flags Fiesta Texas to get Wonder Woman roller coaster 1 / 23 Back to Gallery

“What makes that different and cool is that you can do very fast maneuvers that are super smooth,” Siebert said. “So this ride will perform like no other coaster in history.”

The new ride comes after the film “Wonder Woman,” directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot in the title role, bowed in June to critical acclaim and a massive global box office haul, taking in almost $790 million so far, according to Box Office Mojo.

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Six Flags’ final decision to build the ride wasn’t contingent on the film’s success, Siebert said. The Grand Prairie theme park company had planned to build the ride for “several years,” he said.

“We truly believe in the power of Wonder Woman and all that she stands for,” Siebert said.

Siebert was coy when asked whether Jenkins or Gadot would be in tow when the ride opens in March.

The Wonder Woman coaster will be built in the spot formerly occupied by the Power Surge boat ride, which the park retired in July.

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The attraction continues a string of new capital investments made in the San Antonio park. Six Flags Fiesta Texas added the Thunder Rapids rocket blast water coaster earlier this year and its Batman: The Ride roller coaster in 2015.

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