Six Flags Great Adventure Resort | OFFICIAL Medusa On-Ride & Aerial Video from Six Flags Great Adventure @sixflagsgreatadventure | Uploaded July 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
The myth and legend of the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa begins a new chapter! Originally unveiled as Medusa in 1999, the world’s first floorless, top-rail roller coaster was re-branded to BIZARRO 10 years later. In 2022, this epic scream machine returns to her original form, but showcases a new color palette, logo, Gold Rush-era backstory and theming. Grab your mining gear and join us as we begin this new adventure on the Great Frontier!
Discover the Lost Town of Exile Canyon, nicknamed “Medusa.” Depicted throughout the ride queue, the tale surrounds Greek immigrant brothers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush in 1874 — exactly 100 years before Six Flags Great Adventure opened its gates. Their harrowing quest for riches led them to Death Valley and an unforgiving town of outlaws named Exile Canyon. Earth tremors, mineshaft collapses, a rattlesnake infestation and underground coal fire plagued the outpost and its dwellers. The brothers were convinced that Exile Canyon was cursed by an evil sentinel holding sway over the settlement. Their whispers took hold and earned the town the nickname “Medusa” — the Greek word for “guardian.” The town met an unfortunate end as it was wiped off the map in a ferocious flash flood. While the brothers were never seen again, the snakes remained as a solemn reminder of the legend that gripped this doomed outpost.
Slither with Medusa through Exile Canyon! Explorers, begin your adventure in the rugged Old West. Climb aboard open-air, pedestal-like seats sitting four across. Your feet dangle above the track as you slither along a twisted mass of green steel woven through Exile Canyon. Medusa takes you on a pulse-quickening climb up a 146-foot lift hill (more than 14 stories). The inaugural plunge — a 13-story drop at a speed of 61 mph — symbolically sends you back in time through a ring of mist. Rocket through a massive, 114-foot vertical loop (once the tallest loop in the world), followed by a gut-wrenching 96-foot dive loop as flame bursts from the town’s coal fire explosion ignite around you. Slithering into a dramatic heart line camelback (or zero-gravity roll) then into a cobra roll (two inversions) a frightening 78 feet above the ground, the churning, coiling adventure continues with a nearly 90-degree, high-speed helix (or horizontal loop). Experience negative Gs as you fly over a speed hill and end your voyage with two interlocking corkscrews which coil around a massive mining auger. Medusa’s wrath consumes you for a relentless three minutes and 15 seconds.
Visit sixflags.com/greatadventure to experience Medusa’s wrath today!
The myth and legend of the snake-haired Gorgon Medusa begins a new chapter! Originally unveiled as Medusa in 1999, the world’s first floorless, top-rail roller coaster was re-branded to BIZARRO 10 years later. In 2022, this epic scream machine returns to her original form, but showcases a new color palette, logo, Gold Rush-era backstory and theming. Grab your mining gear and join us as we begin this new adventure on the Great Frontier!
Discover the Lost Town of Exile Canyon, nicknamed “Medusa.” Depicted throughout the ride queue, the tale surrounds Greek immigrant brothers who traveled to California during the Gold Rush in 1874 — exactly 100 years before Six Flags Great Adventure opened its gates. Their harrowing quest for riches led them to Death Valley and an unforgiving town of outlaws named Exile Canyon. Earth tremors, mineshaft collapses, a rattlesnake infestation and underground coal fire plagued the outpost and its dwellers. The brothers were convinced that Exile Canyon was cursed by an evil sentinel holding sway over the settlement. Their whispers took hold and earned the town the nickname “Medusa” — the Greek word for “guardian.” The town met an unfortunate end as it was wiped off the map in a ferocious flash flood. While the brothers were never seen again, the snakes remained as a solemn reminder of the legend that gripped this doomed outpost.
Slither with Medusa through Exile Canyon! Explorers, begin your adventure in the rugged Old West. Climb aboard open-air, pedestal-like seats sitting four across. Your feet dangle above the track as you slither along a twisted mass of green steel woven through Exile Canyon. Medusa takes you on a pulse-quickening climb up a 146-foot lift hill (more than 14 stories). The inaugural plunge — a 13-story drop at a speed of 61 mph — symbolically sends you back in time through a ring of mist. Rocket through a massive, 114-foot vertical loop (once the tallest loop in the world), followed by a gut-wrenching 96-foot dive loop as flame bursts from the town’s coal fire explosion ignite around you. Slithering into a dramatic heart line camelback (or zero-gravity roll) then into a cobra roll (two inversions) a frightening 78 feet above the ground, the churning, coiling adventure continues with a nearly 90-degree, high-speed helix (or horizontal loop). Experience negative Gs as you fly over a speed hill and end your voyage with two interlocking corkscrews which coil around a massive mining auger. Medusa’s wrath consumes you for a relentless three minutes and 15 seconds.
Visit sixflags.com/greatadventure to experience Medusa’s wrath today!
