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this ride is painful, I wouldn't say I like it, it moves your head around and your legs hurt after it, never going on again. Also, I'm not too fond of you standing up. I would like this ride so much if it was like medusa that it has no floor. it caused brain damage.
These stand up coasters stink. I got a headache from this one and every one around me was complaining about it to. Save you waiting in line for the parks good coasters like nitro and el toro and more.
I agree with most of your review, especially the horribleness of Green Lantern's queue. I was there on a particularly hot day and the queue was long and absolutely murderous. It's also such a nasty little surprise that once you pass the station building there's another 30+ minutes of waiting in the sun unless you say screw it and use the Single Rider lane at that point. (I, however, am generally a single rider anyway... but for a ride with such awfully slow load times, there should really be a totally different queue, like Griffon over and BGW.)
I do think, though, that comfortableness on the ride depends quite a bit on your height. I'm moderately tall and I really had no problems with headbanging, though the Gs at the bottom of the helix before the second corkscrew did have me pretty convinced I was going to push right through the floor. I also happen to be a perfect height for the position of the bicycle seat to be at a really good spot, comfort-wise, though if I were an inch taller or shorter it would either have been digging into my crotch or too far away to be comfortable, so I am lucky in that respect. Granted, I'm also comparing the smoothness of this to the defunct GASM which indeed always left me with a headache and I just happened to escape that fate afterwards this time. I also at least found Green Lantern to be loads smoother and more controlled than Mantis over at Cedar Point, but like I said... I guess I have a height that's just conducive to riding B&M Stand-ups. Definitely not my favorite though. Thanks for the great review!
Ride is bumpy as hell.
I'm not sure why B&M seemed to arbitrarily decide that all of its stand-up roller coasters must pack as many coiled, twisted elements into their layouts as possible. I liken it to a child playing a Roller Coaster Tycoon game who, try as he might, can't seem to get the track to re-connect to the station. So naturally, he adds a twist and a corkscrew and an overbanked turn, all in vain. The end result is a layout so deviously twisted that it's nonsensical at best, and certainly doesn't do well to help with that "blood pooling in your legs" sensation that stand-up coasters bring.
I don't know that this ride really needed to be at Great Adventure. Stand-up roller coasters are - as far as I can see - no longer built, and are simply traveling from park to park at this point as they wait to become entirely obsolete. But to put one at a high capacity park despite plentiful evidence to their terrible throughput and lackluster experience seems foolish to me... And now, the three hour lines are the price that visitors have to pay. I'd say that a stand-up roller coaster is worth experiencing if the wait doesn't top 25 minutes, so I imagine that at least some of these folks get off feeling cheated. That's a shame.
what an unbelievably straight-forward, honest, and informative review. i like how you delivered a history and background of the ride's origins; painted a colorful and realistic image of the ride's surroundings and details; and drew close attention to the positive nd negative aspects of experiencing this ride. i now know how to proceed...
Insanely uncomfortable, and my guy friends added that unlike me, who pulled her legs up to avoid g forces slamming my legs at every rise, they must choose between leg pain and crushing their happy parts on the bicycle seat. Just... No.
Definitely true about the wait time, i was there for 4 hrs a couple days after the opening. I liked the ride though, they did an awesome job with it. As a green lantern's super fan from childhood, I really enjoyed it, it almost felt like i was part of the story. You are awesome for writing such an accurate review, thanks for that
I went on this ride, and believe me, it was fun. But it was too painful for my liking. It gave my friend cramps in both legs, and my back was hurting for days after. The most uncomfortable ride I have ever rode on.