Ninja

Six Flags Magic Mountain announced Ninja on December 9, 1987. The new attraction opened to the public on May 21, 1988, bringing Arrow Dynamics’ suspended coaster design to the park’s Samurai Summit hillside. coasterpedia.net

The engineering is in the travelling cars themselves. Rather than running above a rigid train, each car hangs beneath the rail and swings freely from side to side as the track winds through turns and spirals. Two chain lift hills help carry the train through its terrain layout and return it to the station. coasterpedia.net· latimes.com

When the coaster was introduced, the Los Angeles Times noted that only three other amusement parks in the United States had suspended coasters. Its opening-day account also recorded a twisting half-mile course, a seventy-foot plunge close to the ground, and a top speed of 55 miles per hour. latimes.com

Ninja remains listed as an operating attraction at Six Flags Magic Mountain, where its red track follows the contours of the hillside and its trains continue to swing beneath the rails. coasterpedia.net