Green Lantern (Six Flags Great Adventure)
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| Chang | |
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| File:SFKK Chang.jpg An evening view of the vertical loop | |
| Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom | |
| Location | Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | 1997 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Stand-up |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Stand Up Coaster |
| Inversions | 5 |
| Duration | 2:30 |
| Capacity | 1556 rph riders per hour |
| Chang at RCDB | |
Chang, meaning Long in Mandarin Chinese was a Bolliger & Mabillard built stand-up roller coaster at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. At the time it opened, it set the world records for a stand-up coaster coaster in height, drop, speed, length, and number of inversions. All of these records had eclipsed those of Mantis, which had opened at Cedar Point the year before, and would be eclipsed by those of Riddler’s Revenge, which opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain a year later. Its inversions are, in order: a 121' 7" tall vertical loop, 103' 10" tall diving loop, 72' tall oblique loop, and two corkscrews after the block brake. Chang was almost an exact mirror image of Mantis, but is slightly taller and faster and there is an extra corkscrew at the end.
Chang had a total of three different paint schemes from 1997 to 2009. In 1997 and 1998, Chang was painted entirely yellow. In 1999, the ride was repainted with lime green track and purple supports. In 2006, the ride was repainted once more with yellow track and blue supports.
Removal
Chang was closed over the weekend of September 19, 2009, and is in the process of being removed, as confirmed by local media sources, to expand Splashwater Kingdom.[1]