Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast is a Premier Rides roller coaster at Six Flags St. Louis. It has been putting riders on ice since April 1998. It was originally supposed to open for the 1997 season, but due to complications, it had to wait one more year to get it safe and right.
Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast Overview and Analysis
The park spent ten million dollars to bring this to thrill-seekers. This coaster launches riders from 0 to 70 mph in 3.8 seconds using a LIM Launch. Which means it uses magnets to propel the trains out of the station. It is not the fastest launch around but it still packs a good punch!
Unlike most launching roller coasters this one has the trains facing backward. You complete the full circuit then do the whole thing again, just this time facing forwards. The whole experience lasts about 47 seconds.
If there is a complaint to be had about Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast it’s that it is too short. Keep in mind, this is a launched coaster. When coasters give their duration time of two minutes, that is taking into account the lift hill. So yes 47 seconds is really short, but every second of this roller coaster is absolutely awesome!
Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast Incredible Elements
The launch is powerful, shooting you straight back into a large tunnel. Exiting the tunnel you’re sent backward up a straight hill into an inverted top hat. The top hat element is one of the most intense moments I have ever experienced on any roller coaster ever. Next, you fly into an over-banked turn. The last element is a Vertical Spike of two hundred and eighteen feet! Which actually has more LIM motors which will push you even farther up the spike than gravity should allow.
From there gravity takes over, and you go through the full circuit facing forwards. Either when going forwards or backward the pace of this coaster never lets up. Four elements only, yet since you do the circuit both forwards and backward, it is 8 elements altogether.
A Ride worth a Road Trip.
Mr. Freeze and The Boss are the most intense roller coasters at Six Flags, St. Louis. It is very often you will see people Chickening out of riding this. For this reason, Mr. Freeze appeals to the coaster enthusiast. This should never be someone’s first roller coaster. It is a major thrill ride for people who love roller coasters. This is the key Coaster at Six Flags St. Louis that enthusiasts travel to this park to ride.
It’s also really one of the signature rides at Six Flags, St. Louis. While it is a cloned ride, Six Flags didn’t build one of these at every park like they did Batman: The Ride. Six Flags over Texas being the only other park to introduce this unique coaster. This was designed to fit the specific piece of land at St. Louis. The park’s rapids ride, Thunder River created an island. It is within this island that Mr. Freeze calls home. The one in Texas, while built at the same time, wasn’t specifically designed for that park.
What’s impressive about Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast is that it is gotten better as it’s gotten older. When it opened in 1998, it wasn’t Reverse Blast. You would shoot out the stations facing forwards. I think turning the trains around actually did improve this ride significantly. A reverse launch is very unique. Also, the 218-foot spike is so much better when looking down. On top of that, when it premiered it had over-the-shoulder restraints which would give you a couple of headbanging moments. In 2002 they switched, and now you just have a bulky lap bar which makes it really snug but also extremely safe. Removing over-the-shoulder restraints eliminated the headbanging.
Final Verdict
This is a truly outstanding roller coaster that packs a lot of great elements into a very small plot of land. While it being too short is a problem, it isn’t a fatal flaw. If you love intense coasters then you need to get to Six Flags St. Louis and experience Mr. Freeze: Reverse Blast. On a scale of one to ten. I would give it an eight and a half.
Pros: Very intense, Unique, Above average theming,
Cons: Length, Little rough on the over-banked turn
Fun Fact: Six Flags did have the intention of cloning Mr. Freeze more. Plans were submitted for Six Flags Great America to install one. Later that was dropped in favor of their B&M Hyper Goliath.
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