The Incredible Hulk
Entrance to The Incredible Hulk Coaster.
Islands of Adventure
Park section	Marvel Super Hero Island
Coordinates	28°28′16″N 81°28′06″W / 28.47111°N 81.46833°W / 28.47111; -81.46833Coordinates: 28°28′16″N 81°28′06″W / 28.47111°N 81.46833°W / 28.47111; -81.46833
Status	Operating
Opening date	March 28, 1999
General Statistics
Type	Steel - Launched
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Sitting Coaster
Lift/launch system	Tire Propelled Launch
Height	110 ft (34 m)
Drop	105 ft (32 m)
Length	3,700 ft (1,100 m)
Speed	67 mph (108 km/h)
Inversions	7
Duration	2:15
Capacity	1920 riders per hour
Acceleration	0 − 40 mph in 2 seconds, producing 1.42 G's
G-force	4Gs
Height restriction	4 ft 6 in (137 cm)
Host	Dr. Bruce Banner
Single rider line available
The Incredible Hulk at RCDB Pictures of The Incredible Hulk at RCDB

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

  An on-ride reverse point of view of the Incredible Hulk Coaster.

  The layout of the Incredible Hulk Coaster.

  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. The animation scene was produced by Olive Jar Animation.

  Ride

  Exterior of the ride.

  Hulk Coaster riders.

  The Gamma Tube, in which the Incredible Hulk Coaster is released.

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!" 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.

The Incredible Hulk Roller Coaster also has a very loud roar type sound as the train rolls down the track. This is a hallmark of B&M roller coasters, and is due to the unique box-shaped track tubes.

  Upgrades

Recently, new lighting effects were added to the coaster's launch tunnel. Now the tunnel fills with strobe lights and special lighting effects right before each train is launched. The newly added lighting effects, go with the story, and as rides hear "Warning" strobe lights and special effect lighting are triggered to flash to create more action in the ride's launch section. In Spring 2011, The Incredible Hulk Coaster was re-painted its original bright green track and silver supports.

  Technology

The unique full speed, uphill launch at the beginning of the ride required so much energy, that the park built several customized motor generator sets with large flywheels. Without these stored energy units, they would have had to build a whole substation and risk browning-out the local energy grid with every launch.^[2]

  Incidents

On September 23, 2003, a 34-year-old woman from Jensen Beach, Florida suffered a heart attack while riding the Incredible Hulk coaster. She was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and died at the hospital later on.^[3]

  See also

• Hulk (film)
• The Incredible Hulk (film)

  References

  External links

• Universal Orlando Resort - Incredible Hulk Coaster
• On-Ride Footage of the Incredible Hulk Coaster

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