Defunctland: The History of the Worst Six Flags Coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight

Summary by Krater

This video details the history of Green Lantern: First Flight, a controversial fourth-dimension roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, covering its development, operational issues, redesigns, and ultimate removal.

From the video

Answers: What happened to Green Lantern: First Flight at Six Flags Magic Mountain?

• Roller coaster history
• Intamin fourth-dimension roller coasters
• Arrow Dynamics roller coasters
• Six Flags Magic Mountain theme park history
• Ride engineering and design flaws

What it concludes

• Green Lantern: First Flight was widely disliked by guests and considered one of the worst Six Flags coasters.
• The ride's design caused severe whiplash and discomfort due to violent upright spinning and intense passenger restraints.
• Modifications adding metal fins to the vehicles to reduce rotations failed to improve the ride experience and caused worse pain.
• Six Flags Magic Mountain ultimately closed and dismantled the ride in late 2019 to make way for future development.