Tatsu

Coordinates: 34°25′19″N 118°35′51″W / 34.42194°N 118.59750°W / 34.42194; -118.59750
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Tatsu
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Tatsu at RCDB

Tatsu is a

Golden Ticket Awards from Amusement Today
, peaking with a rank of 28 in 2012.

History

Rumors of a new roller coaster being built at Six Flags Magic Mountain first emerged in the summer of 2004.[1] Land clearing began in mid-2005 around the Samurai Summit area of the park with track for the new roller coaster arriving from Ohio soon thereafter. Construction permits filed by Six Flags Magic Mountain and a trademark for the name Tatsu (filed on August 23, 2005) were later found by the public.[1][2][3] Tatsu was officially announced to the public on November 17, 2005.[4][5] Both Revolution and Roaring Rapids were temporarily closed in order for the roller coaster to be built.[2] After construction and testing was complete, Tatsu opened to the general public on May 13, 2006.[6]

Tatsu broke several records upon opening, becoming the world's tallest, fastest, and longest

zero-gravity roll is the only one featured on a flying coaster model.[7][8][9][10][11]

Ride experience

Tatsu's 124-foot-tall pretzel loop
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After riders board the

zero-gravity roll
.

Riders then experience a sharp drop followed by an 80-foot (24 m)

brake run and returning to the station.[5][12] One cycle of the ride lasts approximately two minutes.[13]

Characteristics

Seats are boarded normally, then rotate 90 degrees into flying position once engaged.
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Trains

Tatsu operates with three steel and fiberglass trains. Each train has eight cars that can seat four riders in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.[6] Each seat has its own over-the-shoulder-restraint and a pair of ankle restraints to hold the riders' feet in place.[14] The trains are painted green, yellow, orange, and red.[15]

In the station, the trains are oriented in a vertical position in order to allow riders to board. Once the restraints are locked, the train seats are rotated forward 90 degrees into a horizontal position and the train is then dispatched from the station. When the train returns to the station, the seats rotate back down and the riders disembark for the next guests.

Track

The steel track of Tatsu is 3,602 feet (1,098 m) long and reaches its maximum height on the lift hill at 170 feet (52 m). To slow the train, air brakes are utilized in both brake runs.[14] The track was fabricated by Clermont Steel Fabricators in Batavia, Ohio, which manufactures Bolliger & Mabillard's roller coasters.[16][17][18] When the coaster opened in 2006, its track was red and yellow with orange supports and lasted until November 2021 when it underwent a paint job sporting a new dark orange track with green supports for the 2022 season.

Reception

Joel Bullock from The Coaster Critic gave Tatsu a nine out of ten for its close-to-the-ground approaches and intense pretzel loop at the bottom of the element.

Discovery Channel's Mega Builders aired an episode which followed the construction of Tatsu. The episode showed how the coaster was assembled and the problems construction crews had to overcome.[21]

In Tatsu's opening year, it was named the 40th best steel roller coaster in the world in

Golden Ticket Awards; tied with Talon at Dorney Park
. It peaked at 28th place in 2012.

Golden Ticket Awards
: Top steel Roller Coasters
Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2019
Ranking 40[22] 41[23] 36[24] 32[25] 40[26] 39[27] 28[28] 50[29] 34[30] 49 (tie)[31]

References

  1. ^ a b "Six Flags Magic Mountain". Screamscape. Archived from the original on March 7, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Tatsu". Coaster-Net. January 4, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. ^ "Tatsu". United States Patent and Trademark Office. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  4. ^ Six Flags (November 17, 2005). "The newest Six Flags "Species of Fear" revealed" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
  5. ^ a b "The newest Six Flags "Species of Fear" revealed". Roller Coaster DataBase. Six Flags Magic Mountain. November 17, 2005. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Marden, Duane. "Tatsu  (Six Flags Magic Mountain)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  7. ^ "Roller Coaster Search Results — Flying coasters, sorted by height". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  8. ^ "Roller Coaster Search Results — Flying coasters, sorted by length". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  9. ^ "Roller Coaster Search Results — Flying coasters, sorted by speed". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  10. ^ "Roller Coaster Search Results — Flying coasters with zero-G roll". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  11. ^ "Roller Coaster Search Results — Flying coasters with Pretzel Loop, sorted by height". Roller Coaster Database. Retrieved January 13, 2013.
  12. ^ "Tatsu Front Row Seat on-ride POV Six Flags Magic Mountain". Coaster Force. YouTube. December 29, 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved January 8, 2013.
  13. ^ "Tatsu: Six Flags Magic Mountain". Six Flags. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Tatsu, The Newest Addition At Six Flags Magic Mountain". ABC 7. May 11, 2006. Archived from the original on July 26, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  15. ^ Marden, Duane. "Tatsu Photo Gallery  (Six Flags Magic Mountain)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  16. ^ "Scott & Carol Present: Getting On Track With B&M". NewsPlusNotes. December 11, 2008. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  17. ^ "Typical Clermont Steel Fabricators". Clermont Steel Fabricators. Retrieved January 31, 2013.
  18. ^ Guido, Anna (November 7, 2005). "Steel plant's business on fast track". Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on January 7, 2006. Retrieved February 6, 2013.
  19. ^ Bullock, Joel (February 15, 2009). "Tatsu @ Six Flags Magic Mountain". The Coaster Critic. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  20. ^ "Review: Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain". Park Thoughts. March 15, 2010. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  21. Discovery Channel
    .
  22. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today: 26–27B. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  23. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 11 (6.2): 36–37. September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  24. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 12 (6.2): 36–37. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  25. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 13 (6.2): 32–33. September 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  26. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 14 (6.2): 34–35. September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  27. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 15 (6.2): 38–39. September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  28. ^ "Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 16 (6.2): 36–37. September 2012.
  29. ^ "2013 Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 17 (6.2): 34–35. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
  30. ^ "2014 Top 50 steel Roller Coasters" (PDF). Amusement Today. 18 (6.2): 46–47. September 2014.
  31. Golden Ticket Awards. Amusement Today
    . September 2019.

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