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Location |
Jackson, New Jersey, USA |
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Opened |
May 25, 2011 |
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Riders per hour |
1,556 |
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Height |
154 feet (46.9 meters) |
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Drop |
144 feet (43.9 meters) |
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Top speed |
63 mph (101.4 km/h) |
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Length |
4,155 ft (1266.4 meters) |
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Duration |
2:30 |
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Closed |
November 2024 |
Green Lantern was a Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.[1] 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[]
Chang (1997 - 2009)[]
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 title to be used for the ride was "Riddler's Revenge", but that name was changed for unknown reasons.
Green Lantern (2011 - Present)[]
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, which was torn down in 2010.
Green Lantern operated with two steel-and-fiberglass trains. Each train has seven cars with four seats in a single row, for a total of 28 riders. Riders are secured by an over-the-shoulder harness. Although Green Lantern is a stand-up roller coaster, there is a small bicycle seat on which riders can lean.
On November 13, 2024, it was revealed via government plans that the roller coaster would be removed from the park. That same day, Six Flags officially announced that Green Lantern was closing after the season. The announcement came alongside the closure of Kingda Ka. It has became the second (third if Dragon Challenge is counted as two separate coasters) B&M coaster to be scrapped, after Dragon Challenge.
Design[]
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The first section of Green Lantern is basically a mirrored version of Rougarou, a roller coaster at Cedar Point in Ohio. Leaving the station, the train starts by climbing the 155-foot-tall (47 m) chain lift hill on which the Green Lantern oath is played over loudspeakers along the steps. At the top, the train goes through a pre-drop before making a slightly-banked 180° turnaround. After this, the train goes down a 144 feet (44 m) drop into a 121.6-foot-tall (37.1 m) vertical loop. Out of the loop, the track rises to the right into a 103.8-foot-tall (31.6 m) [[diving loop], hugging the first drop of Superman Ultimate Flight. Riders then rise into a diving turnaround over the station, and the train enters a right-leaning 72-foot-tall (22 m) inclined loop. After a small hill, the train then rises to the left into the mid-course brake run. It then drops into a right corkscrew, turning right and weaving through the diving loop. The track then makes a ground-hugging left turn and enters a low, second right corkscrew. After a right turn the train makes a final, 180° left turn into the final brake run before returning to the station. Green Lantern is 4,155 feet (1,266 m) long, with a ride taking about 2 minutes to complete.
Theme[]
Green Lantern is themed to the DC Comics character, Green Lantern. The track is painted green, with the exception of the yellow vertical loop. The second corkscrew was originally the track section which was going to be yellow, but it was decided to switch the scheme to the first loop. The loop is yellow because Green Lantern's enemy is the yellow Parallax.
When in operation at Kentucky Kingdom as Chang, the color scheme of was yellow with blue supports.