Lightning (roller coaster)

Lightning

Kuwait Entertainment City
Location| Kuwait Entertainment City
Park section| International World
Coordinates| 29°20′44″N 47°49′06″E﻿ / ﻿29.345588°N 47.818209°E﻿ / 29.345588; 47.818209
Status| Removed
Opening date| 2004
Closing date| 2016
General statistics
Type| Steel – Inverted
Manufacturer| Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer| Werner Stengel
Model| Inverted Coaster
Lift/launch system| Chain lift hill
Height| 111 ft (34 m)
Length| 2,562 ft (781 m)
Speed| 53 mph (85 km/h)
Inversions| 5
Lightning at RCDB

Lightning (Arabic: لايتنينغ) was an inverted roller coaster located at Kuwait Entertainment City in Kuwait City. The ride opened in 2004 and was built by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. Lightning's layout was identical to that of the Batman: The Ride clone that appears in many Six Flags parks in the United States. The coaster closed along with the park on June 6, 2016, and was subsequently removed in October 2020.[1] It was thought to have been scrapped, making it third Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to be demolished, after the two Dueling Dragon coasters at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, but it recently resurfaced at an under construction park in India with a reopening set for 2025. [2]

## References

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1. ^ "Kuwait Entertainment City (North West Al-Sulaibikhat, al Asimah, Kuwait)".
2. ^ "Unknown - Wonderla Amusement Park Chennai (Illalur, Tamil Nadu, India)".

## External links

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* Kuwait Entertainment City - official website

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