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Green Lantern (Previously known as Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom)
Green Lantern (April 2011)
Previously known as Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Location Six Flags Great Adventure
Park section Boardwalk
Coordinates 40.1411°N 74.4424°W
Status Operating
Opened April 4, 1997 (Kentucky Kingdom)
May 25, 2011 (Great Adventure)[1][2]
Cost $12,000,000
Type Steel - Stand-up
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Werner Stengel
Height 154 ft (47 m)
Drop 144 ft (44 m)
Length 4,155 ft (1,266 m)
Max speed 63 mph (101 km/h)
Inversions 5 (including the inclined vertical loop)
Duration 2:30
Capacity 1556 riders per hour
Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (137 cm)
Wikipedia contributors, <a href="en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_Lantern_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)&oldid=462415531">"Green Lantern (Six Flags Great Adventure)"</a>, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed November 28, 2011).
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Previously known as Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Location Six Flags Great Adventure
Park section Boardwalk
Coordinates 40.1411°N 74.4424°W
Status Operating
Opened April 4, 1997 (Kentucky Kingdom)
May 25, 2011 (Great Adventure)[1][2]
Cost $12,000,000
Type Steel - Stand-up
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Werner Stengel
Height 154 ft (47 m)
Drop 144 ft (44 m)
Length 4,155 ft (1,266 m)
Max speed 63 mph (101 km/h)
Inversions 5 (including the inclined vertical loop)
Duration 2:30
Capacity 1556 riders per hour
Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (137 cm)
Wikipedia contributors, <a href="en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green_Lantern_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)&oldid=462415531">"Green Lantern (Six Flags Great Adventure)"</a>, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed November 28, 2011).
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Beast
Type: wooden
Park: Kings Island, Ohio
Description: The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. It is currently the longest wooden roller coaster in the world and sprawls over 35 acres (14 ha). It was also the fastest and tallest wooden roller coaster in the world when it opened in Spring 1979. Paramount sold King's Island to Cedar Fair LP in 2006, and The Beast is now under Cedar Fair LP's ownership. (Cedar Fair's main amusement park is Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.)
The Beast has been constantly rated as one of the top roller coasters in the world since it first opened, having earned itself a cult-like following among some coaster enthusiasts. Even after nearly 30 years, it is still the main attraction at Kings Island, located at the rear of the park in the Rivertown section. To date, over 33 million riders have ridden The Beast.
Description and image from Wikipedia.
Park: Kings Island, Ohio
Description: The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. It is currently the longest wooden roller coaster in the world and sprawls over 35 acres (14 ha). It was also the fastest and tallest wooden roller coaster in the world when it opened in Spring 1979. Paramount sold King's Island to Cedar Fair LP in 2006, and The Beast is now under Cedar Fair LP's ownership. (Cedar Fair's main amusement park is Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.)
The Beast has been constantly rated as one of the top roller coasters in the world since it first opened, having earned itself a cult-like following among some coaster enthusiasts. Even after nearly 30 years, it is still the main attraction at Kings Island, located at the rear of the park in the Rivertown section. To date, over 33 million riders have ridden The Beast.
Description and image from Wikipedia.
Kingda Ka
Type: steel, stratacoaster, launched
Park: Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey
Description: Accelerating to 128mph in 3.5 seconds, this coaster took the title for tallest and fastest from the Top Thrill Dragster when it opened in 2005. The main (and first) tower reaches a staggering 456 feet high.
Park: Six Flags Great Adventure, New Jersey
Description: Accelerating to 128mph in 3.5 seconds, this coaster took the title for tallest and fastest from the Top Thrill Dragster when it opened in 2005. The main (and first) tower reaches a staggering 456 feet high.
Top Thrill Dragster
Type: steel, stratacoaster, launched
Park: Cedar Point, Ohio
Description: From Wikipedia:
Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400 to 499 feet tall. It was built by Intamin AG and debuted to the public on May 4, 2003. It is one of only 2 stratacoasters in existence, the other being Kingda Ka (2005) at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.
When Top Thrill Dragster opened, it set five new records:
Park: Cedar Point, Ohio
Description: From Wikipedia:
Top Thrill Dragster is a steel, hydraulically-launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. It was the first "Strata Coaster," loosely defined as a complete circuit coaster that is 400 to 499 feet tall. It was built by Intamin AG and debuted to the public on May 4, 2003. It is one of only 2 stratacoasters in existence, the other being Kingda Ka (2005) at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.
When Top Thrill Dragster opened, it set five new records:
- First continuous-circuit roller coaster to top 400 feet
- First roller coaster to reach 120 mph
- Highest drop of any coaster
- Fastest roller coaster in the world
- Tallest roller Coaster in the world
