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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||||
| Product | Shuttle Loop (flywheel) | ||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Launched - Shuttle | ||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Shuttle loop | ||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Flywheel launch | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 137.8 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 60 mph | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 849 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Rider inversions | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Duration | 0:33 | ||||||||||||||
Greezed Lightnin' was a steel launched shuttle roller coaster located at Six Flags AstroWorld in Houston, Texas, USA.
History
The roller coaster first opened in 1978.[1][2] It operated until the closure of Six Flags AstroWorld on October 30, 2005, after which it was dismantled and sold to David Dean, the co-owner of Joyland Amusement Park in March 2006. It's mechanical parts and train were planned to be refurbished by Larson International.[3] It was placed in storage about a mile north of Joyland Amusement Park. The park unfortunately found it difficult to rebuild the coaster at the park due to the water table the park was located over. In November 2009, the park gave up plans installing the ride by listing it for sale for $399,000 on a used ride site.[4] In 2012, it was announced that Cliff's Amusement Park would be receiving the roller coaster in exchange for a used SCS waterplay unit going to Joyland, however, the sale never took place.[5] As part of the proposed Grand Texas theme park Greezed Lightnin' was to be refurbished and reopened, this also fell through.[6]
In November 2017, the train from Greezed Lightnin' was sold to Frontier City for use on Silver Bullet. The rest of the ride has since been scrapped with the majority of it being hauled away by late 2019.
Design
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The ride had a single vertical loop which the train passes through forwards and backwards.
Color scheme
Trains
Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.
References
- ↑ AstroWorld Brochure 1978 - Flickr
- ↑ "Half minute thrill ride real chiller". The Daily Oklahoman. 1978-05-07. p. 192. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ↑ "Amusement Today - All about the BUSINESS of FUN!". web.archive.org. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ↑ "NewsPlusNotes". newsplusnotes.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ↑ "Amusement Today | Your Amusement Industry NEWS Source". web.archive.org. 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
- ↑ The new AstroWorld is not bringing back Greased Lightnin' after all: Legendary roller coaster's too pricey - CultureMap Houston
External links
- Greezed Lightnin' on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Greezed Lightnin' on Coaster-Count.
- Greezed Lightnin' on sixflags.com.
