In the context of amusement rides , ':)', or airtime , refers to the time during which riders of a rollercoaster or other ride experience either frictionless or negative G-forces . The negative g-forces that a rider experiences is what creates the sensation the rider feels of floating out of their seat. With roller coasters, air time is usually achieved when the train travels over a hill at speed. There are different sensations a rider will feel depending on the ride being an ejector or floater airtime ride.
19-783: The Jersey Devil Coaster is a single-rail roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey . The roller coaster was built by Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC). It is themed to the Jersey Devil , a mythical creature rumored to live in the New Jersey Pine Barrens . The roller coaster is 3,000 feet (910 m) long and contains a 130-foot (40 m)-tall lift hill and three inversions . The Jersey Devil Coaster uses four trains, each containing 12 seats, which achieve
38-503: A boulder. In addition, the queue line contains signboards describing the Jersey Devil's backstory. After going up the 130-foot (40 m) tall lift hill , the train goes down a 87° drop. This leads into a dive loop and then an airtime hill with 180° stall. The train next goes up into a turnaround, which drops down into a zero-G roll. After a mid-course brake run, the train travels over a few airtime hills, before fully braking at
57-589: A maximum speed of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h). Announced in 2019, the ride was originally scheduled for completion in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , it was delayed by one year, opening to the public on June 13, 2021. On August 29, 2019, Six Flags Great Adventure announced that the Jersey Devil Coaster would be constructed for the park's 2020 season, replacing
76-457: A particularly high total air time. Upon opening in 2018 at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio , Steel Vengeance , the world's tallest and fastest hybrid coaster, set the record for the most airtime on a roller coaster at 27.2 seconds. Air time is a result of the effects of the inertia of the train and the riders: as the train goes over a hill transitioning from an ascent into a descent guided by
95-409: A single-file arrangement, placing their legs on either side of the track. The trains are painted red and are themed to a devil. The front car of each train contains a depiction of the Jersey Devil's head; the devil represents the train's 13th "passenger", evoking the negative connotations of the number 13 . Other references to the number 13 include the ride's 13-story height, its formal opening date, and
114-675: A then record 6.5 seconds of 'airtime' or negative G-force. Hypercoasters , such as Magnum XL-200 at Cedar Point , Behemoth at Canada's Wonderland , Superman the Ride at Six Flags New England , Shambhala at PortAventura Park and Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia , along with many wooden roller coasters , such as Balder at Liseberg , The Voyage at Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, and El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, are rides known for having
133-568: Is a roller coaster that rides on only one rail, as opposed to the far more conventional two-rail setup of most roller coasters. (•) = track produced by Rocky Mountain Construction Air time (rides) In 2001 the Guinness World Records recorded Superman: Escape from Krypton , located at Six Flags Magic Mountain , Valencia, California, one of the fastest roller coaster in the world, where riders experienced
152-457: Is more violent and sudden, producing a sharp moment of negative g-forces lifting riders up off their seats. Roller coasters built by the manufacturing company Rocky Mountain Construction are famous for providing ejector air time. As well as rollercoasters, drop towers can provide the feeling of weightlessness. For example, in the case of The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney's Hollywood Studios , Tokyo DisneySea , and Disneyland Paris ,
171-515: Is painted orange-yellow. According to Michael Reitz, an engineer for Six Flags, the Raptor Track is sturdier than conventional roller coaster track; as such, the ride requires relatively few supports. The Jersey Devil Coaster contains three inversions : a dive loop (described as a raven drop), zero-g stall, and zero-g roll . The Jersey Devil Coaster uses four trains, each containing 12 rows, with one passenger per row. Riders sit on low seats in
190-465: The 2020 season. Although Six Flags Great Adventure resumed operations on July 3, 2020, the park announced in June that the opening of the Jersey Devil Coaster had been delayed to the 2021 season. Many parts for the roller coaster were delayed because of manufacturing slowdowns caused by the pandemic. The park resumed construction on the coaster in late December 2020. The following month, on January 25, 2021,
209-516: The [first] drop, you're already back up the next hill and being thrown into a mind-bending series of inversions, twists and more hills as the single track snakes in and out of itself." A writer for Attractions Magazine said that, rather than being the tallest, fastest, or most intense roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure, "the Jersey Devil offers a perfect balance between incredibly exciting moments and fun twists, turns, and hills." Single-rail roller coaster A single–rail roller coaster
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#1732798477370228-413: The elevator drops riders faster than gravity normally would, causing them to rise off of their seats by several inches whilst being held down by only a seat belt, creating the sensation of zero-G. Most drop towers, however, have shoulder bars, preventing riders from rising significantly from their seats, even where negative Gs are present. The motion-simulator ride Mission: SPACE at EPCOT also includes
247-485: The end and turning around to go back into the station. When the roller coaster opened, Jeremy Schneider of NJ.com wrote: "It's safe to say the Jersey Devil Coaster is among the park's best. [...] The uniqueness of the layout, the utter smoothness of the ride and the Jersey of it all make this ride worth the inevitable long line." A reporter for CNN wrote: "This coaster doesn't linger at the top at all... Within seconds of
266-484: The fact that the Jersey Devil Coaster was the 13th coaster in operation at Six Flags Great Adventure. The entrance to the Jersey Devil Coaster's station is through a themed portal. There is a large statue of the Jersey Devil within the queue line; this statue had been built for the El Diablo ride at the same park, which operated between 2015 and 2017. The statue depicts a red demon with red eyes and horns, squatting atop
285-413: The final piece of track was installed at a topping out ceremony. The roller coaster's chain lift, ride controls, and trains had yet to be installed at the time, and Six Flags also had to obtain permits from New Jersey government officials. Six Flags Great Adventure conducted its first test runs in late May 2021, simulating the weights of passengers using water-filled dummies. The ride was formally opened to
304-465: The former Looney Tunes Seaport area of the park. USA Today listed Jersey Devil Coaster as one of the 10 most anticipated new roller coasters for the 2020 season. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , Six Flags suspended all operations on March 13, 2020. The following month, Six Flags announced that, to reduce its financial losses during the pandemic, it would defer numerous capital projects that had been scheduled for its parks during
323-469: The public on June 13, 2021, following a preview event for the media on June 10. It was the park's first new roller coaster since the Joker , which had opened five years prior. The roller coaster is 3,000 feet (910 m) long and achieves a maximum speed of 58 miles per hour (93 km/h). The ride uses RMC's single-rail I-beam Raptor Track, manufactured by TCN & Co. of Marlton, New Jersey . The track
342-420: The rails, the inertia of the relatively loosely-attached riders causes them to momentarily continue upwards, resulting in the riders being lifted out of their seats. The duration of air time on a particular hill is dependent on the velocity of the train, gravity, and the radius of the track's transition from ascent to descent. Zero-G (where the net vertical G-force is 0) is achieved when the downward acceleration of
361-489: The train is equal to that due to gravity; where the downward acceleration is greater, negative Gs arise. The zero-gravity roll is a roll specifically designed to create the effect of weightlessness and thereby produce air time. Air time is generally understood to fall under two categories: "floater" air time and "ejector" air time. Floater air time provides passengers with the sensation of gently floating upwards, which can be described as near perfect weightlessness. Ejector
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