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Lightning Rod ®

Lightning Rod is een extreme RMC-hybride in Jukebox Junction met 165 ft drop, 73 mph topsnelheid en veel airtime.

Lightning Rod gebruikt Dollywoods heuvels als onderdeel van de sensatie. Na de lift volgen summit-airtime, een diepe 165 ft afdaling en een snel terreinparcours met hotrodthema. Door de RMC-ombouw is het profiel nu hybride: houten draagstructuur met Topper Track- en I-Box Track-secties.

Normal 20 min
Average 22 min
Highest measurement 120 min Measured at 24-06 12:43
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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Classification

RCDB #13369
RCDB status Operating since June 13, 2016
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Hybrid wooden support structure with RMC Topper Track and I-Box Track sections
Design Sit Down
Scale Extreme
Layout Terrain
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Extreme, Hybrid
Restraints Lap bar, Shin restraint
Vertical angle 73 degrees
G-force 3.5
2020/2021 track conversion 2,160.0 ft (658.4 m) of original Topper Track replaced by IBox Track

Tracks

Length 3,800.0 ft (1,158.2 m)
Drop 165.0 ft (50.3 m)
Speed 73.0 mph (117.5 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 3:12

Trains

Arrangement Treinen met 6 wagens; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 2 rijen per wagen, samen 24 rijders per trein.
Cars per train 6
Rows per car 2
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 24

Location

Jukebox Junction

Notes

RMC-hybride met 3.800 ft baan, 165 ft drop en 73 mph topsnelheid; de oorspronkelijke LSM-lift is vervangen door een chain lift hill.

Theming

Jukebox Junction-hotrodthema uit de jaren vijftig, met een garage-achtige sfeer rond snelheid en tuning.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Open
Normal 20 min
Average 22 min
Highest measurement 120 min Measured at 24-06 12:43
Measurements 4190
Outage measurements 918
Avg. outage duration 29 min
Often busy 12:00 28 min average
Often quiet 21:00 5 min average
Reliability High 5193 measurements, 13 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

4190 measurements

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
5 min
Q1
10 min
Median
20 min
Q3
30 min
Max
120 min

Typical wait time: around 20 min.

It usually falls between 10 min and 30 min.

See more than 30 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 10 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

223 outages

0 min 100 min 200 min 300 min
Min
1 min
Q1
5 min
Median
11 min
Q3
26 min
Max
205 min

On average, an outage lasts about 11 min.

In three out of four cases, the attraction reopens within 26 min.

If it takes longer, expect extra waiting time.

Outages per day

69 days

0 3 6 9
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
2
Q3
4
Max
9

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 4.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 9.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 21:00