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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||||
| Product | ZacSpin 32.5-247 | ||||||||||
| Onsite construction | Valley Iron[1] | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - 4th Dimension | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 8 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 800 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Vertical chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 105 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 34.2 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 810.4 feet | ||||||||||
| Track inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rider inversions | Variable | ||||||||||
Green Lantern: First Flight was an Intamin ZacSpin roller coaster formerly located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA.
History
In 2010, Six Flags Magic Mountain announced that Gotham City Backlot would be renamed DC Universe. The new area would be themed to DC Comics and would feature attractions inspired by Batman and the Flash. There would also be a new coaster called Green Lantern: First Flight.[2]
Construction of Green Lantern: First Flight began in early 2011 when track pieces arrived at the park.[3] The highest point of the ride was topped off on May 18, 2011.[4]
Green Lantern: First Flight opened on July 1, 2011 following a press preview the previous day.[5] Its opening was delayed by several weeks due to modifications being need to the station.[6] It was based on the DC Comics superhero Green Lantern.[7]
During the 2014 season, Green Lantern: First Flight was forced to close due to an accident on Inferno at Terra Mítica in Spain where a passenger fell to his death.[8]
The ride did not operate after late 2017 for unknown reasons. On March 23, 2019, Six Flags Magic Mountain announced that Green Lantern: First Flight would be removed from the park shortly to make way for future developments.[9] Its station would be reused for Wonder Woman Flight of Courage in 2022.[10]
On 29 August 2019, it was announced that the ride would be relocated to La Ronde in Montréal, Québec, Canada, where it would be renamed Vipère and placed on the former site of Super Manège, the park's Vekoma corkscrew coaster that closed in August 2019.[11] The ride's components arrived at the park in the fall of 2019.[12] It was originally scheduled to open for the 2020 season.[13] However, the coronavirus pandemic delayed Vipère's opening indefinitely.[14] In February 2022, the project was abandoned.[15] The future status of the coaster is unknown.[16]
Design
Trains
Single car trains. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per car.
Images
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References
- ↑ Projects - Valley Iron
- ↑ "New Superman and Green Lantern Ride Coming to Six Flags Magic Mountain".
- ↑ "Green Lantern roller coaster arrives at Six Flags Magic Mountain".
- ↑ "SFMM's Green Lantern topped off". Coaster101. May 18, 2011. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Green Lantern: First Flight opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain".
- ↑ "Six Flags Magic Mountain pushes back debut of Green Lantern coaster".
- ↑ "Six Flags Magic Mountain launches Green Lantern: First Flight" (PDF). Amusement Today.
- ↑ "'British' teenager dies after 'falling from rollercoaster' at the Terra Mitica in Benidorm".
- ↑ "Six Flags Magic Mountain officially puts out its Green Lantern". Theme Park Insider.
- ↑ "Wonder Woman Flight of Courage to Debut at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2022".
- ↑ "Canada's first ever free-fly roller coaster is coming to La Ronde next year".
- ↑ "Eerste trackdelen nieuwe achtbaan La Ronde komen aan".
- ↑ "La Ronde Announces "Vipère" for 2020". Coaster101. August 29, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ↑ "The Opening Of La Ronde's New 'Free Fly' Roller Coaster Has Been Postponed".
- ↑ "La Ronde donne des nouvelles de la montagne russe «Vipère» qui devait ouvrir en 2020".
- ↑ "La Ronde schrapt komst nieuwe achtbaan".
External links
- Green Lantern: First Flight on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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