Greezed Lightnin' (Kentucky Kingdom)

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roller coaster

Greezed Lightnin'

Kentucky Kingdom
Location	Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Status	Defunct
Operated	April 25, 2003 to 2009

Six Flags Over Georgia
Location	Austell, Georgia, USA
Operated	1995 to 2001

Six Flags Great America
Location	Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Operated	1978 to 1991

Statistics

Manufacturer

Schwarzkopf

Type

Steel - Launched - Shuttle

Model / product

Shuttle Loop (Weight Drop)

Riders per train

28

Hourly capacity

1300

Propulsion

Weight drop launch from 0 mph - 57 mph in 6 s

Height137.8 feet

Top speed57 mph

Length863 feet

Track inversions1

Rider inversions2

Steepest drop70°

Duration0:38

HELP

The vertical loop on Greezed Lightnin' when it was called Tidal Wave at Six Flags Great America.

Greezed Lightnin' was a Schwarzkopf launched shuttle roller coaster located at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It closed in 2009 and was dismantled in July 2013.

History[edit | edit source]

Greezed Lightnin' was relocated from Six Flags Over Georgia, where it operated from 1995 to 2001.^[1]

Design[edit | edit source]

Elements
Weight drop launch from 0 mph - 57 mph in 6 s Vertical loop

Greezed Lightnin' launches from the station to a top speed of 57 mph in a total of 6 seconds. Next, the ride travels through a vertical loop and up a 70° incline. At this point, the ride fall backwards through the entire design and past the station to another incline. After climbing and falling down that incline, the train slowly brakes into the station.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Kentucky Kingdom gets shuttle loop coaster - Amusement Today (Wayback archive)

Tallest roller coaster tied with King Kobra White Lightnin' 1978
Preceded by Giant Coaster	Tallest roller coaster tied with King Kobra White Lightnin' 1978	Succeeded by Montezooma's Revenge

[1] Kentucky Kingdom gets shuttle loop coaster - Amusement Today (Wayback archive)

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