| Wicked | |
| Launched lift of attraction | |
| Location | Lagoon Amusement Park |
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| Park section | South Midway |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | June 1, 2007 |
| Cost | $10,000,000 |
| Type | Steel - Launched |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Tower Launch Coaster |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | LSM Vertical lift hill |
| Height | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Length | 2,050.5 ft (625.0 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Duration | 1:36 |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 4.9 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 2 in (127 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 1, 2007. It is currently the tallest and fastest roller coaster at Lagoon.
It is noticeable for being located at the front-side of the park and is easily seen from I-15. It has a green track with mostly silver supports with the only exception being bright yellow supports on the launch tower.
Elements: overbanked turn, zero-G roll, two tunnels, LSM vertical launch
Wicked is a launched roller coaster designed by Lagoon and built by Zierer, featuring many elements of a new modern roller coaster, which is unique for Zierer. The ride is thrilling due to the fact the ride is launched, pulls 4.885 gs, features a unique lap-bar restraint, and features overbanked turns and a zero-g roll. It was rumored to be named by the daughter of Dal Freeman (a designer/engineer of Magnum-XL-200) as "Wicked," after the famous musical and book, or after the fact that the design looked "Wicked" to her.
Riders start by turning in a dark tunnel with a siren and a loud boom, before shooting straight up the 110 ft vertical launch hill at 40MPH, cresting, and then going down the other side of the tower, also vertical to speeds of 55 MPH. Riders then go up and over a small airtime hill with a trim brake, 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 trim/ block midterm brake 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 reduction brake run as the ride ends.
A welding problem was discovered before the ride's intended opening, and parts of the track had to be rebuilt or replaced. The problem was discovered while checking the structural integrity of the columns using x-ray. Also on one of its 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.
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