hobbit Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 GL Testing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 I really don't understand the colour scheme. It's green, then yellow, then green and yellow again and then White??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeistfan1 Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 The white is just primer for the corkscrew turning back into green again I believe. Even Six Flags isn't that dumb. *knock on wood* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 gadv.com has some pictures of GL's theming. It looks like they have an airplane on a runway, and some cool signage. I can't wait to see what other kind of theming we'll get. http://www.gadv.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17924&pid=424313&st=705#entry424313 (Scroll down to Rolling Toro's post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the ghost Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 Ewww... not a fan of coasters with inconsistent color schemes... even if they do get rid of the white why not just make it green? Besides that it looks pretty fun, but this sorta reminds me of Dominator how the largest loop is painted, but its not too far from the main scheme. This is just weird, and it would be somewhat acceptable if it was just the loop green, but the corkscrew=not a fan of the yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signaltwo Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 gadv.com has some pictures of GL's theming. It looks like they have an airplane on a runway, and some cool signage. I can't wait to see what other kind of theming we'll get.http://www.gadv.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17924&pid=424313&st=705#entry424313 (Scroll down to Rolling Toro's post) Great to see the jet found it's way back into the park! I never actually saw Mach 1 Adventure but the theming for it looked pretty extensive, including the plane sitting in front of the hanger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I quick peek through a hole in the fence, taken today. Hello Green Lantern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveMachine Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 This is going to look really awesome Can't wait for Thursday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeistfan1 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 I'm liking that they're putting plants/trees/foliage around, much better than plain green grass under superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerstlauer1 Posted May 15, 2011 Share Posted May 15, 2011 ^ I totally agree, but why don't they screw their parking lot style concrete also then?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signaltwo Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Just saw new the Green Lantern commercial, looks like the park is able to actually call it Green Lantern on tv now rather than just "the new stand-up coaster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddyChrist07 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Voila! From Great Adventure's Facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportscapper Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Hey Guys! We are taking the trip down to GADV this Saturday from Boston. I wanted to know what kind of crowd I should expect? Being that it's only May, will it still be packed? What kind of wait times for Eltoro & Nitro should we expect. We want to make sure we leave ourselves enough time to get everything in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveMachine Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 well, with more passholders in the park for the GL preview, I would expect 30 min.-1 1/2 hour lines for toro and about 15min-45min line for nitro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intimidator305 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I REALLY like how the Green Lantern entrance plaza is looking (for a Six Flags park atleast)! Atleast this will kind of "balance" the superhero feel of the area with Superman right next to it. Plus, besides the trees and shrubs, the theming even looks pretty good in the plaza as well. Although I never rode Chang at SFKK I think this is a great replacement for GASM, and something that they GP will absolutely love. Just my opinion.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveMachine Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Asbury Park Press not only announced GL first(even before the park made a formal announcement), they are also the first to have a POV of the ride(with some rider reactions thrown in there): http://www.app.com/section/VideoNetwork?bctid=947763692001&odyssey=mod|video||umbrella The ride looks like its hauling a$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnderCoverDrummer1 Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I wonder if that's the old jet that used to sit outside Escape from Dino Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
signaltwo Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I wonder if that's the old jet that used to sit outside Escape from Dino Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveMachine Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I wonder if that's the old jet that used to sit outside Escape from Dino Island.yes, thats the old jet that sat outside of "The Right Stuff" and "DIno Island" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Green Lantern POV! (Feel free to tweet or embed this on your facebook page!) The URL is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Good stuff. I'll be there riding it tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Today was Media Day for Six Flags Great Adventure's Green Lantern. Although is has been raining in the area on and off for 72 hours, the sun came out this morning. About 200 media guests listened to Kristin Siebeneicher (Park's PR Manager) and John Fitzgerald (Park President) open up the coaster with the help of The Green Lantern. Luckily The Green Lantern is a corps of people, so no one complained that this was that the real Green Lantern. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. On to the pictures. FYI - If you're having trouble loading all the pics, try this link: http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=35&linkid=10389 Free swag consisted of movie posters and this Special Edition Comic Book. First Page of the fact sheet for all of media types, if anyone really wants to see the second page let me know. and most importantly: The Green Lantern Oath Here is the man we are here to see. After the media ate free food we recited the Green Lantern Oath, smoke and streamers appeared and people ran to the coasters. I didn't run, that would make my pictures even blurrier. I walked to take pictures of all the storyboards in the queue So that you won't have to use Google to learn the origin of this guy before riding the coaster. We start with the necessary lift hill. Necessary unless you are a launched coaster or a Boomerang, or Thunderbolt at Kennywood or .... you get the idea. I tweaked my back getting this exclusive shot of the lift hill. After the train comes down the first hill it heads into the controversial yellow loop de loop. at the top of the loop de loop you can only pray that Green Lantern can help you survive. Phew!!! Everyone survived the dreaded yellow loop de loop. Thank you Hal Jordan! The very stressful transition from yellow to green track. Here's the Dive Loop from another angle the less controversial loop de loop After the fifth train of the day, there was no line except for the first row during Media Day. Zooming past Hal Jordan's plane. See, it's really his plane. a view from the coaster entrance a view from the restricted Media Day entrance I thought it odd that the Media Day wrist bands were yellow, but who cares. Technical glitch: the speakers in the station did not work. Green Lantern souvenirs Nose Cone I like the way the corkscrew looks from this angle. There were 6 ride ops checking restraints but train were still stacking whenever there were more than eight riders. No one listens to instructions. Go ride! On a completely unrelated note I had to buy a new car last month. One more photo since someone mentioned last week that they are happy it's not a parking lot coaster, this is what it looks like under the lift hill. But who cares, still my second favorite stand-up after Riddler's Revenge. Edited May 19, 2011 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixflagsgadvguy1000 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Green Lantern looks awesome! Can't wait to ride it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDo217 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 A group of friends and I are planning to go to the park sometime early next week (mon.-wed.). Has the park been crowded lately with all of the class field trips? It's also been raining here basically all week and it's supposed to continue into next week with scattered thunderstorms. I'm obviously going to keep checking the forecast since I know the long range predictions aren't that accurate. But will GAdv close down the entire park early i there's inclement weather? I know SFNE does that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoshiFan Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The park is closed Monday and Tuesday next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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