Green Lantern

For the roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, see Vipère.
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Green Lantern
Green Lantern entrance.jpg
Entrance to Green Lantern
roller coaster
Six Flags Great Adventure
Location Jackson, New Jersey, USA
Status Operating since May 25, 2011
Height restriction 54 inches
Replaced Great American Scream Machine
Kentucky Kingdom
Location Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Operated 1997 to 2009
Replaced by Hurricane Bay water park expansion
Statistics
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type Steel - Stand-Up
Product Stand-Up Coaster
Riders per train 28
Hourly capacity 1,556
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height154 feet
Drop144 feet
Top speed63 mph
Length4155 feet
Inversions5
Steepest drop45°
Duration2:30
HELP

Green Lantern is a Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, USA. The ride was relocated from Kentucky Kingdom where it operated as "Chang". The ride was re-painted green to go with the new theme, however, the vertical loop was left yellow.

History[edit | edit source]

The roller coaster while it was at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Chang (1997 - 2009)[edit | edit source]

Chang was announced in August 1996. According to the park, the name "Chang" means "long" in Chinese.[1]

The ride was initially constructed at Kentucky Kingdom by Martin & Vleminckx.[2] When Chang opened in 1997, it set the record for this type of roller coaster in height, drop, speed, length, and number of inversions. All of these records were formerly held by Mantis at Cedar Point and were later broken by Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Before its opening, the planned title for the coaster was "Riddler's Revenge", but that name was changed for unknown reasons. The ride was removed in 2009. The "Chang" sign was donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum.[3] This was originally for a new waterpark region named Bonzai Beach, but these plans were cancelled when Six Flags announced plans to dispose of its Kentucky Kingdom property. When Kentucky Kingdom reopened in 2014, the new owners built a waterpark expansion on the former Chang site.

Green Lantern (2011 - Present)[edit | edit source]

The ride was moved to its current location at Six Flags Great Adventure in 2011, shortly after the closure of Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. It replaced Great American Scream Machine, an Arrow Mega-Looper, which was torn down in 2010. The ride was rethemed to the DC Comics superhero, repainted, and given a new loading station.

Design[edit | edit source]

Elements

Green Lantern features a similar, but not identical layout to that of Mantis and Riddler's Revenge. The ride drops 144 feet into the former largest vertical loop in the world. Next, the ride goes into a series of elements including a dive loop, a diving turnaround, and an inclined loop. At this point, the ride travels through the mid-course brake-run. The second half of the ride features low-to-the-ground curves, and two corkscrews.

Trains[edit | edit source]

7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 28 riders per train.

Photo Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Green Lantern

  • The first storyboard.

  • The second storyboard.

  • The third storyboard.

  • The fourth storyboard.

  • The fifth storyboard.

  • The sixth storyboard.

Tallest vertical loop
April 4, 1997 - April 4, 1998
Preceded by
Mantis 		Tallest vertical loop
April 4, 1997 - April 4, 1998 		Succeeded by
Riddler's Revenge

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Kentucky Kingdom adding coaster", The Courier-Journal.
  2. ↑ Attraction Installation - Martin & Vleminckx
  3. ↑ "Artifacts continue to roll into NRCMA". Amusement Today. http://amusementtoday.com/backissues/at_january_2010_web.pdf. 

External links[edit | edit source]

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