The Incredible Hulk is a steel roller coaster located in Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, USA. It is named for the popular comic book superhero character, the Hulk. Voted the #1 roller coaster by Discovery Channel viewers in 1999, [1] the roller coaster is unique because it features a launch lift hill as opposed to conventional chain lifts. This means the train accelerates to 40 mph (64 km/h) in a short time (approximately two seconds) before speeding through several inversions. When the Incredible Hulk opened, it featured the world's tallest cobra roll (110 feet (34 m)).
The Incredible Hulk is the only launched roller coaster produced by Bolliger & Mabillard. As a company, it is opposed to launched coasters because of perceived reliability problems,[citation needed] so it subcontracted the launch mechanism to another company.[citation needed]
The Incredible Hulk was featured at the beginning of the 1999 film House on Haunted Hill under the pseudonym "Terror Incognita".
Summary
Queue
Volunteers enter the lab of Bruce Banner with many televisions showing the story of the Hulk. Bruce is now trying to find a way to reverse the effects, which the guests are about to take part in. While walking through the lab they encounter items including the generator, the Gamma core and the towers of power. Volunteers are also able to watch the coaster through large holes in the walls as well as listen to the coaster as it does a number of passes.
Ride
The train enters the Gamma Tube, where the anxious voice of Bruce Banner issues from speakers in the walls: "Everything looks good...I think...I think this time it's...going to work!" As if on cue, an automated and ironically calming female voice announces that there has been a malfunction. Klaxons begin to sound inside the tube as Dr. Banner screams in terror: "No. No! No!!!" The last "No!" is synchronized with the launch mechanism, which propels the train to 40 mph (64 km/h) as it ascends to 110 feet (34 m). Upon exiting the Gamma Tube, the train immediately goes into a zero-g roll, down a 105-foot (32 m) drop, and into a cobra roll. Riders complete a vertical loop, then enter a tunnel full of mist. At this point of the ride, the train's speed has reached approximately 65 mph.[citation needed] The train encircles the gamma tube and is sent into the back area via corkscrew. A smaller vertical loop wraps around the brake run, which is flanked by two over-banked turns. The coaster is slowed down by the brake run before being sent down another hill to a corkscrew and turn-around. Riders then travel sideways through an on-ride camera zone and then to the ride's final brakes after a helix.
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Universal's Islands of Adventure Attractions |
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Seuss Landing |
If I Ran the Zoo • The Cat in the Hat • Caro-Seuss-El • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish • The High in the Sky Seuss Trolly Train Ride • Oh, The Stories You'll Hear!
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The Lost Continent |
Poseidon's Fury: Escape From the Lost City • The Mystic Fountain • The Eighth Voyage of Sindbad Stunt Show
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (coming soon) |
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Jurassic Park |
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Toon Lagoon |
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Marvel Super Hero Island |
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Island Skipper Tours • Something Fun For Everyone • Sylvester McMonkey McBean's Very Unusual Driving Machines • Flying Unicorn • Triceratops Discovery Trail • Dueling Dragons
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Coordinates: 28°28′16″N 81°28′06″W / 28.47111°N 81.46833°W / 28.47111; -81.46833