Wicked (roller coaster)
| Wicked | |
|---|---|
 Launched lift of attraction | |
| Lagoon Amusement Park | |
| Location | Lagoon Amusement Park |
| Park section | South Midway |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 1, 2007 |
| Cost | $10,000,000 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | [[Zierer co-brand by Intamin]] |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Tower Launch Coaster |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | LSM Vertical lift hill |
| Inversions | 1 [2007-present] 2 [2011-present] |
| Duration | 30:52 |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 900 riders per hour |
| G-force | 4.8 |
| Wicked at RCDB | |
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 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 the daughter of Dal Freeman (a designer/engineer of Magnum-XL-200) as "Wicked," after the famous musical and book.
Riders start by turning in a dark, misty tunnel, before shooting straight up the 110 ft vertical launch hill at 40MPH or 60.7 fps, 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 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.
When Wicked opened on June 1, 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).
[[Category:Roller coasters in Utah