Kingda Ka

General Information

 Name  Kingda Ka
 Park  Six Flags Great Adventure
 Section  Golden Kingdom
 Opened  May 20, 2005
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 Tagline  "This Eats All Records"
 Engineer  Stengel Engineering
 Builder  Intamin
 Type  Hydraulic Launched, Sitdown, Strata

 Statistics

 Acceleration  0-128 in 3.5 seconds
 Duration  50.6sec
 Drop  418'
 Elements  Launch, 90º Vertical Twist, 456' Top Hat, 270º Vertical Twist, 129' Hill
 Height  456'
 Inversions  0
 Length  3118'
 Speed  128mph

Train Information

 Trains  4
 Cars Per Train  5
 Rows Per Car  2 of 2 riders (last car single row)
 Total Riders Per Train  18
 Unofficial Train Names  Orange = School Bus budoncadonk
 Green = GAK
 Dark Blue = Blueberry Muffin
 Light Blue = CPBeatIt
 Height Requirement  54"
 Restraints  Shoulder Harness, Check Strap fastens to Shoulder Harness
 Station  A dual-loading station with switch track allows four trains to load and unload simultaneously on two tracks

Other Information

 Colors  Aqua Blue / Green Track, Navy Blue / Aqua Supports
 Flashpass  Yes
 Onride Photo  Yes (One located on launch and one located just after the hill)
 History  The world's tallest and fastest roller coaster since 2005, beating Ceder Point's Top Thrill Dragster

Related Pages: Golden Kingdom Video, Golden Kingdom, Flashpass, Tiger's Leap Market