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Lightning (roller coaster)

Coordinates: 29°20′44″N 47°49′06″E / 29.345588°N 47.818209°E / 29.345588; 47.818209
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Lightning
Kuwait Entertainment City
LocationKuwait Entertainment City
Park sectionInternational World
Coordinates29°20′44″N 47°49′06″E / 29.345588°N 47.818209°E / 29.345588; 47.818209
StatusRemoved
Opening date2004
Closing date2016
General statistics
TypeSteel – Inverted
ManufacturerBolliger & Mabillard
DesignerWerner Stengel
ModelInverted Coaster
Lift/launch systemChain lift hill
Height111 ft (34 m)
Length2,562 ft (781 m)
Speed53 mph (85 km/h)
Inversions5
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]

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  1. ^ "Kuwait Entertainment City (North West Al-Sulaibikhat, al Asimah, Kuwait)".
  2. ^ https://rcdb.com/21820.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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