Wicked (Lagoon)
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| Location | Lagoon Amusement Park |
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| Park section | South Midway |
| Type | Steel - Launched |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 2007 June 1 |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Tower Launch Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | LSM |
| Height | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Length | 2,050.5 ft (625.0 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Duration | 1:46 |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| Cost | $10,000,000 |
| Max g-force | 4.8 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 6 in (140 cm) |
| Wicked at RCDB Pictures of Wicked at RCDB |
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Wicked is a launched steel roller coaster located at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. It opened on June 1st, 2007. It is currently the tallest and fastest roller coaster at lagoon.
Theme-Green track, Silver and Golden yellow supports
Elements: Overbanked turn, Zero-G roll, two tunnels, LSM lift
WICKED is a launched rollercoaster designed by lagoon and built by Zierer, featuring many elements of a new modern rollercoaster, which is uncommon for Zierer, and unusual for lagoon as well. The ride can be considered "extreme" due to the fact the ride is launched, pulls 4.885 gs, and features overbanked turns and a zero-g roll. It was rumored to be named by Dal Freeman (a designer/engineer of magnum-xl-200)'s daughter as "Wicked" after the famous play and book. But the ride itself is themed after being "one WICKED ride!"
Riders start by turning in a dark, misty tunnel, before shooting straight up the 110 ft vertical launch hill at 45MPH, cresting, and then going down the other side of the tower, also vertical. Riders then go up and over a small airtime hill, before going up and quickly flipping around a sharp overbanked turn. The track levels out, before sending riders up into a Zero-G roll. The riders then descend, and then quickly pass around a small, shallow turn into the break run.
Riders descend into a double half-pipe, then being twisted to the right, left, then into a right half downward helix, then twisting to the left, then descending into a trench covered by a tunnel, before ascending and leveling out into the break run as the ride ends.
A welding problem was discovered before the ride's intended opening, and parts of the track had to be re built, or replaced. Also on one of it's first test runs when the launch was not near full power as it is now, the train did not clear the overbanked turn and almost stopped, but instead rolled back, and valleyed between the bottom of the launch hill and the airtime hill.
When wicked opened on June 1st, 2007, the ride appeared on a fox news report, including ride reviews, and an on-ride POV. When the ride first opened, news spread throughout the entire park, and the line extended from wicked (Just beside the parking lot) to the east side of the wild mouse (south midway)
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