page_title: Vipère (roller coaster)
section_title: Six Flags Magic Mountain (2011–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: Vipère (roller coaster) / History / Six Flags Magic Mountain (2011–2019)
caption_attribution_description: This ride was a trip.
context_page_description: Vipère is an upcoming 4th Dimension roller coaster under construction at La Ronde, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Vipère will be the first 4th Dimension coaster to operate in Canada.
  The roller coaster was previously located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California from 2011 to 2017 where it operated as Green Lantern: First Flight. Manufactured by Intamin, Green Lantern: First Flight was the first ZacSpin model in the United States and the second 4th Dimension coaster at Magic Mountain following X2 from Arrow Dynamics, which opened on January 12, 2002. The coaster also allowed Magic Mountain to reclaim the title from Cedar Point for having the most roller coasters in the world. The coaster was closed abruptly in 2017. Removal of the coaster began in late 2019.
context_section_description: On October 20, 2010, six days after a leaked video revealed plans for a new roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags officially confirmed that Green Lantern: First Flight would open in spring of 2011. The new coaster, a ZacSpin model from Intamin, would be the first of its kind in the United States. According to the press release, it was scheduled to be built in a "newly themed section" of the park, later revealed as DC Universe in place of Gotham City Backlot. Reports surfaced in February 2011 that portions of track had arrived on site.
  After delaying the ride's opening multiple times, Six Flags eventually settled on an opening date of July 1, 2011. Park officials clarified that the delays were due to unplanned design changes to the loading station and not because of mechanical issues. Primary construction was completed in May 2011. In addition to Green Lantern's premiere on July 1, other rides in the DC Universe themed area made their debut as well, including The Flash: Speed Force, and Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth.
  The coaster had a mechanical flaw where the trains would reportedly get stuck upside down. As a solution, Green Lantern received modifications to the trains to reduce the spinning. This, however, resulted in unnatural, painful and shaky movements which caused the ride to receive negative reviews from those who experienced the coaster.
  After the deadly incident on Inferno at Terra Mítica in Benidorm, Spain on July 7, 2014, and because the two rides share several similarities, Six Flags Magic Mountain had ceased running Green Lantern: First Flight pending investigation findings from the European park. A week and a half later, Six Flags Magic Mountain reopened the coaster.
caption: The Coaster when it operated as Green Lantern at Six Flags Magic Mountain
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