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===Trains===
The coaster's seven trains double the capacity of the traditional El Loco ride from 4 seats per train to 8 seats per train.<ref name="Steel Hawg" /><ref name=Parkz>{{Parkz|ride_name=Green Lantern|location=Warner Bros. Movie World|parkz_number=1478|accessdate=1830 JuneDecember 20132015}}</ref> The trains are [[articulated]] in such a way that the first row of four riders moves independently from the second row.<ref>{{cite web|title=12 Days of Green...|url=http://www.facebook.com/movieworldgoldcoast/posts/10150446798362182|publisher=Facebook|accessdate=23 December 2011|author=Warner Bros. Movie World}}</ref> Each seat features a pair of stereo speakers in the head rest.<ref name="Southern Hemisphere's steepest roller-coaster opens at Movie World">{{cite news|last=Saurine|first=Angelina|title=Southern Hemisphere's steepest roller-coaster opens at Movie World|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/news/southern-hemispheres-steepest-rollercoaster-opens-at-movie-world/story-e6frg8ro-1226229221006|accessdate=23 December 2011|newspaper=The Australian|date=23 December 2011}}</ref> These speakers are capable of playing multiple tracks for up to 9 minutes on a single charge.<ref name="S&S IAAPA Interview (TPR)"/> Riders are harnessed to the ride through the use of lap bars.<ref name=Parkz /> The front of each car features a pulsing [[LED]] Green Lantern logo while the back of each car features the [[Green Lantern#Green Lantern oath|Green Lantern oath]].<ref name="IAAPA pics">{{cite web|last=Alvey|first=Robb|authorlink=Robb Alvey|title=IAAPA 2011 Trade Show Update – Orlando, FL|url=http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=189&linkid=11285&pageno=1s|publisher=Theme Park Review|accessdate=18 November 2011|date=15 November 2011}}</ref> All of these operational and thematic characteristics are new for this type of ride and were developed specifically for this coaster.<ref name="S&S IAAPA Interview (TPR)"/><ref name="S&S IAAPA Interview (CC)"/>
 
===Statistics===
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==Incidents==
On 15 March 2015, theone Greencar Lanternof Coastera sufferedtrain abecame catastrophicdetached failurefrom rails when a wheel came away from themechanism railbroke. <ref name=CatastrophicFailure>{{cite news|last1=Huxley|first1=Jessica|title=According to rescuers, Gold Coast Movie World’s Green Lantern breakdown was a ‘catastrophic failure’|url=http://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/news/gold-coast/according-to-rescuers-gold-coast-movie-worlds-green-lantern-breakdown-was-a-catastrophic-failure/story-fnj94idh-1227265444183|accessdate=30 December 2015|work=Gold Coast Bulletin|publisher=News Corporation|date=17 March 2015}}</ref> FollowingA anQueensland investigationFire Service Inspector described it as "a fairly catastrophic failure of the carriage" that was the "first time we'd ever seen the actual failure of the machinery".<ref name=CatastrophicFailure/> An investigation revealed that there was a design flaw in the wheel assembly dealing with a bolted joint, and that there was "really nothing that Movie World could have done to prevent it.<ref name=BoltJointFailed>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Tony|title=Bolt joint failed on Movie World's Green Lantern ride: inspectors|url=http://www.parkzbrisbanetimes.com.au/articlequeensland/2015/12/19/373bolt-Green_Lantern_reopens_after_nine_month_downtimejoint-failed-on-movie-worlds-green-lantern-ride-inspectors-20151030-gkmuhb.html|accessdate=30 December 2015|work=Brisbane Times|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=30 October 2015}}</ref> whichS&S causedWorldwide redesigned the partialflawed derailment.components, Afterand atested periodthe ofride, 9before monthsit thereopened rideto wasthe reopenedpublic on December 16 December 2015.<ref name=Parkz/><ref name="Green Lantern reopens after nine month downtime">{{Parkzcite web|ride_namelast1=Wilson|first1=Richard|title=Green Lantern|location=Warner Bros.reopens Movieafter Worldnine month downtime|parkz_numberurl=1478http://www.parkz.com.au/article/2015/12/19/373-Green_Lantern_reopens_after_nine_month_downtime.html|publisher=Parkz|accessdate=30 December 2015|date=19 December 2015}}</ref>
 
==See also==
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==References==
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==External links==