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Batman The Ride in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||||||
Product | Inverted Coaster (Batman) | ||||||||||||||
Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||
Type | Steel - Inverted | ||||||||||||||
Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||
Height | 105 feet | ||||||||||||||
Drop | 85 feet | ||||||||||||||
Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||||||
Length | 2693 feet | ||||||||||||||
Inversions | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 2:00 | ||||||||||||||
G-Force | 4 | ||||||||||||||
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Batman The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, Missouri, USA. It has been operating since April 22, 1995.
History
On September 7, 1994, Six Flags St. Louis announced that Batman The Ride would be added to the park.[1] The ride opened on April 22, 1995.[2] At the time, it was the first Batman The Ride clone to be mirrored, as well as the first one to feature a different queue line.
On February 1, 2018, it was announced that the attraction would run backwards during the first half of the 2018 season.[3]
Design
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Color scheme
Trains
2 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train.
Images
Queue line
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The Gotham City Park section
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The first extended Gotham City Park queue path
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The curved paths in the first half of the queue
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The Gotham City Park rule sign
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The small sewer tunnel
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The highway overpass
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The back switchback section
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The former police car
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The Gotham City Police barrier
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The outdoor extended queue area
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The indoor extended queue area
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The Broad Avenue Storm Drain Access sign
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The fan in the tunnel
Exterior
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The entrance sign
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The Gotham City Park entrance archway
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The safety sign
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The station
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The station's exterior
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The chicken exit
Layout
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The ride in 2004
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View from the parking lot
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The first vertical loop
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The back of the first vertical loop
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The zero-g roll
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The second vertical loop
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The turn into the corkscrews
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The second half of the ride
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The first drop
References
- ↑ "Holy Thrills, Batman! New Ride At Six Flags".
- ↑ Levins, Harry (April 1, 1995). "Six Flags' Inverted Rails To Offer Cliffhanger". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 7. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ↑ "Batman fans can fly backward at Six Flags St. Louis this spring".
External links
The category Batman The Ride (Six Flags St. Louis) contains additional media. |
- Batman The Ride on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Batman The Ride on Coaster-Count.
- Batman The Ride on the parks website