Green Lantern Review, Six Flags Great Adventure | Northeast's Only Stand-Up Coaster

Green Lantern is the Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure. It is the only ride of its kind in the northeast. This ride originally opened as Chang at Kentucky Kingdom in 1997. Back then, it was the world's tallest, fastest, and longest stand-up coaster. While those records were all beaten by Six Flags Magic Mountain's Riddler's Revenge, this is still one of the best rides of its kind.
Video Credits
Chang (Coaster Jeff)- • Chang at Kentucky King...
Great American Scream Machine (psyclonesteve)- • The Great American Scr...
Green Lantern Film (Warner Bros.)
Green Lantern POV (Six Flags Great Adventure)- • Official Green Lantern...
Hellevator (Menachem Piekarski)- • hellevator six flags k...
Iron Wolf (coastercrutchfield)- • Iron Wolf (Off-ride HD...
Mantis (psyclonesteve)- • Mantis (Off-ride HD) C...
Background Music
Workout Rock Racing by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Alternative Rock- • Workout Rock Racing by...

[@SlimFury]

I do enjoy Green Lantern for the most part. My favorite thing about is how it makes the lineup at Great Adventure very diverse.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It definitely fills a niche.

[@coasterboss1654]

Stand up coaster airtime is a rare sensation that’s hard to come by but it’s a nice treat when it’s delivered!

[@CanobieCoaster]

It definitely is odd, but fun.

[@StamfordBridge]

I think I’m lucky in that there aren’t that many coasters I really dislike. But you take this to an entirely different level, as you enjoy all kinds of coasters that most people dislike, if not hate. You’re fortunate!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I consider it a gift.

[@CoasterHorizons]

it’s definitely underrated, it can get uncomfortable but the layout makes up for it also it rarely has a line unless the park is packed, so that’s a plus

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love the weird forces.

[@billcook4768]

Stand-up coasters. When designers are so preoccupied worrying about whether they could and forget to ask if they should.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The newest stand-up in Pipeline makes the concept even better in my opinion.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

My favorite stand-up coaster! And it's Leo's favorite ride to manage, a friend of mine. I enjoy the positive forces crushing my legs. It's not uncomfortable at all to me. The back row gave me a great pop of airtime off the mid-course, and unlike on Pipeline, my crotch won't be slamming hard into the perch after the airtime. I go back & forth between this and Riddlers Revenge, which might be a tad too intense. Green Lantern seems to hit that perfect sweet spot for me. I've gotten lucky with lines at this park and with this ride. Only one of my 6 days at this park, did Green Lantern have a line. It's typically been a walk-on, and I usually ride twice in a row, then chat with Leo if he's free.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I think this ride gets too much hate with enthusiasts.

[@griffinnovie4921]

Great review! I hated this ride when I first rode it. Then I followed the instructions in your "How to Ride Stand-Up Coasters" video and I really enjoyed it after that. I'm a sucker for strong extended positive g's and Green Lantern strongly delivers on that front! It's such an underrated ride IF you know how to ride it. Otherwise, it's a pain machine. Still, even at its worst, it can never inflict as much pain as Scream Machine did!!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks! Glad you liked it.

[@Kite037]

This ride will forever be Chang.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Fair!

[@CoasterGuy95]

I honestly love this ride. I think the power and forces it has are amazing, and using your trick where you set the restraint to put pressure on your shoulders, I’ve never had a bad ride on it. I love this ride. It’s always my warmup ride at great adventure unless it’s during a coaster event. I’ll always ride it at least one time per visit

[@CanobieCoaster]

I try to ride it once or twice as well.

[@leosamontesdad]

Most people say that the mid-course doesn't slow you down, but when I went like half of the trains were completely stopped lol.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's odd for this ride.

[@mochispartan1532]

For the only stand up coaster I ridden, it’s a good one

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like it. It compares well to the others.

[@kevonhess9983]

I love this ride. Before I rode it, I had ridden Georgia scorcher many times. I rode green lantern the same way I rode scorcher and it was amazing! I rode it 4 or 5 times and loved it. I hope the surf coaster model becomes popular because we need more standups

[@CanobieCoaster]

I would love more surf coasters.

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

Super Underrated

[@CanobieCoaster]

I think so too.

[@Paolo8772]

I only rode this coaster once in the four days I was there May 30th, 31st, June 1st and 2nd 2022. That's mainly because it's more out of the way from most of the fun than any other major coasters in the park; the only one close being Superman. I sat in the back row in the left. I found it a bit uncomfortable on that ride but I knew at the time I'd like it if I'd learned how to ride it better after more rides which I'd intended to do at the time or perhaps rode on the right side (which sometimes can mean everything about a coaster, for example Afterburn at Carowinds is a headbanger on all seats right of middle but heaven in the left, especially the back seat). I also felt the same way about Thunderbolt at Coney Island as I did about Green Lantern, which I also didn't have enough time to ride more than once. Unfortunately I never did give Green Lantern another ride, but I know it's probably one of the better B&M standup coasters, although it's obviously not as good as Riddler's Revenge at SFMM which was my 3rd favourite coaster there only beaten by X2 and Twisted Colossus when I visited in November 2019; Superman was down and West Coast Racers hadn't opened yet. I know it sounds strange but I liked R.R. even better than Batman, Viper, Goliath and full Throttle and even Tatsu. The Batman clone at SFGA N.J. is my least favourite I've ridden out of the 3 I've ridden since the pneumatic EBR brakes ruin my ears, (unless I war earpugs or find other ways to plug my ears) so: Green Lantern is my 6th favourite coaster at SFGA N.J. after Medusa, Kingda Ka, Jersey Devil, Nitro and El Toro. It's a pretty darned good roller coaster and one that I wish I rode more than I did. For that reason I appreciate this video more than than I usually would for helping me restore my memory from my only one ride on so far on this coaster, so thanks for posting!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I don't find the location too annoying myself. I spent more time over there during HITP when it was part of the event.

[@matheuscastello6554]

i've visited sfgadv slightly over a decade ago, and green lantern was my 3rd favorite in the park (after toro and nitro)! it's such a fantastic ride!! i don't recall any headbanging or lower body pain when riding it, and i didn't know of any special techniques, maybe i just got lucky!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Glad you like it too!

[@hoosiercoasterfan2655]

If you think the layout feels familiar, it’s actually because the first half (everything up to the midcourse) is an exact mirrored clone of Mantis/Rougarou, which I’ve always thought was an odd choice, but it also makes sense as the layout fit nicely on its plot of land at Kentucky Kingdom. I have not yet had the privilege to ride Green Lantern (or go to Great Adventure). But if it’s anything like Rougarou, it should be fun. Though I like Rougarou, I wish I could’ve ridden it as a stand up coaster, and this is the closest I’ll ever get to that. I want to ride it one day because it was researching this coaster that lead me to discover what B&M was, and then I fell down a rabbit hole of reading about all the different manufacturers, and I haven’t been the same since. I also need to ride a stand up coaster BADLY, it’s the only position I haven’t ridden a coaster in.

[@CanobieCoaster]

B&M does sometimes use similar elements coaster to coaster, so that's not surprising they did it here.

[@hoosiercoasterfan2655]

@@CanobieCoaster yeah, but they don’t usually half clone a ride like they did here. They either fully clone a ride, or they will use the same cookie cutter elements but in a different layout/order. The only other example I can think of is how Kraken and Medusa west both essentially have the same layout up until the Cobra Roll/Sea Serpent Roll. But it was for the same reason, Kraken and Medusa west both opened around the same time, and they both had similar narrowish land to work with

[@Sokobansolver]

Rode it as Chang and was disproportionately outraged over its removal. Imagine if Cedar Point one day decided to remove Steel Vengeance or Millennium Force, or if Holiday World decided to remove The Voyage. That was what it felt like to me. Not that it was as awesome as those rides but more in the sense of it having been KK's biggest and best coaster. Tho it does seem like the divisive reception of stand-ups and glowing reception of Lightning Run and Storm Chaser might soften the blow (I'm on the "it was fun and didn't feel like a nutcracker" side of the divide). While Lightning Run and Storm Chaser are fun they lack the intimidation and spectacle that Chang provided. Deep Water Dive tho, is genuinely intimidating. If I ever go to Great Adventure I'll make sure to give it a ride (assuming it hasn't yet reached the end of its service life by the time I decide to make it over there).

[@CanobieCoaster]

Removing Chang was originally a kiss of death for Kentucky Kingdom, so I'm glad it was eventually able to rebound.

[@Southgate210]

I road this while it was at Kentucky Kingdom then called, 'Chang,' it was a great ride and still a great ride after riding it last while at Great Adventure as well! They can put this almost anywhere and it will always be a great ride still!

[@CanobieCoaster]

It really looked great at Kentucky Kingdom.

[@jonny-b4954]

I have a "coaster card" of this coaster when it was Chang. Some 100 card set my parents bought for me in the mid 2000s. It's got a Magnum XL-200 holographic card hahah. They're pretty cool.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I had a similar set too!

[@derailedcoasters]

I loved this video, I am always amongst those who defend this ride as I feel like it is extremely overhated. I have even begun teaching people how to ride this properly and afterwards their opinions of this coaster change greatly. I even go as far as saying this is an upper tier coaster at the park, because the intensity this has to offer cannot be found on anything at Great Adventure except Batman and they're two different kinds of intensity. That said, Green Lantern is a great ride!

[@CanobieCoaster]

A proper riding position is key.

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

nice green lantern roller coaster review ate six flags great adventure !!!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks!

[@StamfordBridge]

I had no idea why the loop is yellow!

[@mochispartan1532]

I think it’s for aesthetic reasons

[@CanobieCoaster]

It was themed for Parallax.

[@StamfordBridge]

@@CanobieCoasterI know now - I watched the video!

[@dakotakade3547]

This was the second most uncomfortable roller coaster I'd ever ridden. I kinda have a history of any crotch piece on a ride being horribly uncomfortable. I have big nuts, alright. It hurts, a lot. I even did the squat thing, didn't matter. This thing destroyed my poor balls. Yet, it was still oddly the second most uncomfortable roller coaster I'd been on. The first one was Skyrush. Yes, I know. People LOVE that ride. It seemed cool. I wanted to love it. But not only was the pinching from the restraints on my thighs annoying, something about it was SUPER shaky on a few drops, and it rattled my whole head something fierce. Real fierce. I had a headache for a couple of days afterwards. I wound up leaving the park and not riding anything else. I was miserable after I got off that ride. It gave me the worst feeling of any coaster ever.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love Skyrush, but I get why people may not like it.

[@dakotakade3547]

@@CanobieCoaster If I go back, I'm going to give it another try. Could've just been I had a dormant headache, and it brought it out of me. I would give it another go for sure. If I like it the second time around, this will be the worst coaster for me lol.

[@CoffinFullOfBees]

I hated it for a while but continued to ride it anyway. Now I mostly enjoy it, but sometimes I don't get everything positioned right and have to suffer through it. I honestly don't know why I keep riding this coaster, I have been bewitched by its ridiculous nature and themeing that retains the feeling of Great Adventure being a parking lot with coasters.

[@CanobieCoaster]

The positioning is key.

[@coastingalong]

i’ve always been very open minded about coasters that are uncomfortable but this ride was too much for me. although i have to admit it’s got a phenomenal layout with amazing forces. if they put surf trains on it maybe it would be the best stand up coaster

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

I would love if this coaster got the old wooden coaster treatment

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the ride as-is. I don't think a sitdown train would work well here since they already have Medusa.

[@coastingalong]

the surf trains are still stand up trains so it wouldnt be like medusa @@CanobieCoaster

[@omarnoble4788]

I think about how this ride made me beg for mercy every time I consider skipping leg day.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Ouch! I find it mostly tolerable.

[@F7PRO37]

I personally wished that great American scream machine got refurbished since there would be no great adventure without it

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's fair, but I doubt I would have taken it over Green Lantern.

[@Liight]

this ride looks fun, but from my experience with the older standups, i dont think i would like it. my legs simply cannot handle the positive g’s

[@CanobieCoaster]

It isn't for everyone.

[@Coyotek4]

I've ridden this one twice, as vastly different times in my life. Didn't really care for it either time. I guess I'm just not a 'stand-up coaster' guy. (I'm on my feet enough during the whole day, including waiting in lines ... I like to sit while on a ride, with the exception being any 'stick-to-the-wall' ride like the Round-Up.) I don't care much for the Superman coaster at SFGA either; I tend to give that entire section of the park a wide berth when I go.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I will ride Superman and Green Lantern is lines aren't crazy.

[@ericthomason8463]

11:04 Green Lantern has five inversions, not seven.

[@CoasterGuy95]

Was just about to say that

[@CanobieCoaster]

Thanks, I have an edit processing to fix that.

[@CoasterGuy95]

@@CanobieCoaster no worries sir.

[@AMagicProduction]

Do you have SeaWorld’s Pipeline review ?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I will this week.

[@stephenboshears4832]

Out of curiosity which of the 3 large standups do you think has the best second half? From what I’ve seen in POV’s I believe that the answer would be Green Lantern. But I’ve not exactly got any firsthand experience on the subject.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Probably Riddler, but Green Lantern is close.

[@toyhamilton2913]

Great review. Can you do a review on Dragon Challenge?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I will eventually.

[@mateoalvira3514]

If I ask you about the history of the Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up coasters that were built and opened in the 1990s, Canobie Coaster would say: Yes. If I ask you, was that always Green Lantern at Six Flags Great Adventure? Canobie Coaster would say: It originally used to be...

[@CanobieCoaster]

This was Chang at one point.

[@mateoalvira3514]

Do you like or do you love the ride's queue line, theming, and station?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the views and airplane.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Green Lantern looked cooler as Chang never rode it as Chang though

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the current look.

[@PoshLife123]

Kentucky Kingdom dumped this ride on Great Adventure...and now (they) have a star attraction RMC (Storm Runner) and Great Adventure...(doesn't) 🙄🙄🙄

[@CanobieCoaster]

Great Adventure has some great coasters, but I will take Storm Chaser and Lightning Run over any of their rides.

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

This will 99% never happen but like old wooden coasters that have very squishy seats on the inside of their trains I think this should get the same kind of treatment for your feet I wonder if that would help

[@CanobieCoaster]

That could help absorb the shock.

[@noahkessler5500]

I used to like this ride but I rode it this past summer and it sucked way too much head banging but the forces are still solid but the headbanging made this one not good for me. And I’m a tall person too so I rarely experience headbanging so it has to be pretty rough for that to happen

[@CanobieCoaster]

Were you able to try my method for a more comfortable ride?

[@noahkessler5500]

@@CanobieCoaster nah it was before I saw the review I did it on riddler tho the other day and it worked even tho riddler isn’t as bad but it was a great ride on it

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The inclined loop is fun even though again the feet pressure sucks

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love the intensity.

[@mateoalvira3514]

How would you compare this ride to Kumba at Busch Gardens Tampa and Goliath at Six Flags Over Georgia in terms of airtime, positive Gs, pacing, and smoothness?

[@CanobieCoaster]

Goliath has way better airtime. Kumba has positive Gs like Green Lantern.

[@cfinkelston1023]

I love green lantern. I always make sure i have enough crotch space. But i dont know know what you mean by getting the harness above your ears. I just make sure my head is leaning forward during inversions and turns. It works to avoid headbanging. I fell bad for short kids on the ride that dont know lol.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I jam the OTSR into my shoulders so my ears are atop the harness.

[@ScreamsOverThemes]

I was in line and the park announced a weather delay and closed for the day a few hours later 😔

[@CanobieCoaster]

Oh no! Today?

[@ScreamsOverThemes]

@@CanobieCoaster Nah this past summer lol

[@theduh1011]

When you talk about traditional stand-ups, are you excluding the surf coaster? That would make sense to me cuz it is a wildly different kind of experience to this one

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes, Pipeline is something different.

[@theduh1011]

​@@CanobieCoaster Just saw the title of your latest video and immediately came back here 😂😂 I definitely agree btw! I love green lantern and haven't ridden the cool one in California, but for my money they can't top the design choices made for Pipeline

[@wboyajian]

Nice, my all time least favorite roller coaster

[@CanobieCoaster]

Ouch! I like it far more.

[@BeatzByBryce]

This is random, but nitro is possibly getting a retheme, during my 11 rides yesterday, I saw the nitro front cover on the ground and the train on the transfer track had a blank blue hood, I don’t know if this is for maintenance or a retheme,but I also saw the log flumes new logs, they’re new, and looked like it fit 4-5 people, red letters in the front, I think they said saw mill log flume, but couldn’t tell

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the current paint scheme myself, but would not be surprised if it changes.

[@BeatzByBryce]

@@CanobieCoasterI agree, but blue and grey wouldn’t be bad

[@WasowskiSings]

also, I prefer to be "sitting" on this ride, since I hate the feeling of all the positive forces on my legs and feet. I will usually place my feet on the part of the train that the mechanism is attached to

[@CanobieCoaster]

Do you find the bike seat painful?

[@WasowskiSings]

@@CanobieCoaster I don't find it that painful, it's just a little bit of discomfort that I'll take over the feeling of the positive g's on my legs

[@thrillridefreak8884]

I have yet to ride a stand up coaster. I'm very curious how it feels to ride one.

[@CanobieCoaster]

They feel quite different.

[@jamesh.whitcomb3924]

Didn’t this coaster have 3 trains at one point? Or did it just borrow one from riddler?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I have never seen it with three. But the block zone set-up suggests it may have had three at one point.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

What’s being reviewed next

[@CanobieCoaster]

New videos are out.

[@WasowskiSings]

idk about you, but I've never waited more than 10 minutes for Superman. I went on a Fright Fest sunday this year, and it was nearly a walk-on. same goes for summer and spring visits I've had. also, I prefer to be "sitting" on this ride, as I hate the feeling of all the blood and forces rushing to my legs.

[@user-tr4gc8qu2p]

I was there June 30. At two o'clock Lantern and Superman were walk-ons...I enjoyed Superman but GL is terrible

[@CanobieCoaster]

Superman tends to get a long wait if the park gets any sort of crowds, at least for me.

[@WasowskiSings]

@@CanobieCoaster I said the wrong ride accidentally, I realize now that I meant Green lantern

[@coasterknowledge1982]

Personally it is the worst ride I have done period. This is the only ride you would have to pay me to get back on. This gave me the worst head banging and headache off any ride and it was the only one I couldnt escape by sticking my head out. The only ride I remember begging to end because of how much it hurt. All other 3 people I rode with had the same experience in 2018 at least. But yea I hate this thing. If you like it I’m happy for you honestly. But for me. I will be begging the park to get rid of it

[@CanobieCoaster]

Sorry you were not a fan.

[@Cub-gaming982]

And that my friend is Jackson New Jersey

[@CanobieCoaster]

Yes

[@AdamSmith-gs2dv]

Its decent but I personally like Georgia Scorcher more

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like the power of this one more, but Scorcher is more tolerable.

[@Thelightning1out]

I absolutely hate this thing when I rode it in the summer I was absolutely headbanged what’s your strategy to not getting head-banged, I prefer lil devil coaster over this thing, not as good as Georgia scorcher

[@CanobieCoaster]

I recommend getting the harness lower to avoid headbanging.

[@lucianoalonso4389]

IDK what's worse...this or Nickelback

[@CanobieCoaster]

Ouch! I like Green Lantern.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The pressure on your feet while riding this isn’t fun to me

[@CanobieCoaster]

I get why that's a dealbreaker for some.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Is it a coincidence that the movie did so bad as well as Magic Mountain’s Green Lantern sucking as well and this one not doing that great either

[@CanobieCoaster]

Just a coincidence.

[@user-tr4gc8qu2p]

This ride is wretched. I'm not willing to ride 5 times to figure out how to make my balls comfortable. There's eight other coasters at GA much more worth riding

[@CanobieCoaster]

Is there a test seat to experiment with?

[@user-tr4gc8qu2p]

@@CanobieCoaster sure but why bother? Too many other great coasters there

[@ShockerTopper]

It will actually make your arms heavy. There'll be vomit on your your sweater already, mom's spaghetti lol

[@CanobieCoaster]

Haven't had that issue.

[@maverickheartlineroll]

This ride is the reason birthrates are low

[@CanobieCoaster]

Not with how I set the bike seat.

[@mythicgamingmk1105]

I can’t stand this ride most B&M coasters are smooth but this one has headbanging so it sucked

[@CanobieCoaster]

I like it with my riding technique where I'm jammed into place.

[@jtwoolley]

diverse

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice layout for sure.