Lightning (roller coaster)

Lightning (Arabic: لايتنينغ) was an inverted roller coaster located at Kuwait Entertainment City in Kuwait City. The ride opened in 2004 and was built by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. Lightning's layout was identical to that of the Batman: The Ride clone that appears in many Six Flags parks in the United States. The coaster closed along with the park on June 6, 2016, and was subsequently removed in October 2020.^[1] It was thought to have been scrapped, making it third Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to be demolished, after the two Dueling Dragon coasters at Universal's Islands of Adventure in Orlando, but it recently resurfaced at an under construction park in India with a reopening set for 2025.^[2]

Lightning
Kuwait Entertainment City
Location	Kuwait Entertainment City
Park section	International World
Coordinates	29.345588°N 47.818209°E / 29.345588; 47.818209
Status	Removed
Opening date	2004
Closing date	2016
General statistics
Type	Steel – Inverted
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Inverted Coaster
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	111 ft (34 m)
Length	2,562 ft (781 m)
Speed	53 mph (85 km/h)
Inversions	5
Lightning at RCDB