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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 | 100 feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Drop | 84.5 feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2700 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 Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. The ride opened on May 9, 1992 as the first inverted roller coaster in the world.[1] It was built by Bolliger & Mabillard, making it the fourth coaster to be manufactured by the company.
History
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Batman The Ride opened on May 9, 1992.[2] The attraction was a new prototype inverted roller coaster based on the Batman movies. The ride costed $7 million to build.[3] Although prior roller coasters (called suspended roller coasters) have seated riders below the track, the train swung round corners and none of them featured inversions. Batman The Ride was the first inverted roller coaster as the trains did not swing. It was also the first roller coaster to seat riders below the track and feature inversions.
On June 20, 2005, a plaque was presented to the park designating Batman The Ride a Roller Coaster Landmark by the American Coaster Enthusiasts.[4]
From May 4, 2013 to July 7, 2013, Batman The Ride ran backwards for a limited time.[5]
Design
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Batman The Ride begins with a chain lift hill followed by curved drop leading into the first vertical loop. Next, it travels through a zero-g roll, and a second vertical loop. Several turns follow, and then two wing overs before the finishing brakes.
Color scheme
When the ride first opened, it was painted all black. During the 2004 season, it was repainted with yellow track and dark purple supports.
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
The police car
The Broad Avenue Storm Drain Access sign
The streets section
The Gotham City Park plaque
The fountain
The extended queue line
The Urban Renewal Project sign
The vine wall
The phone box
The fan in the tunnel
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Exterior
The original Batmobile plaza
The ACE Coaster Landmark plaque
The entrance sign
The Gotham City Park archway
The safety sign
The test seat
The loading station
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Layout
View of the coaster
The zero-g roll
The second half
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References
- ↑ Batman The Ride - American Coaster Enthusiasts
- ↑ "Holy thrill ride!", The Reporter (April 30, 1992), pp. 53. Retrieved on January 29, 2023.
- ↑ "A guide to what's new in theme parks". https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-05-10-9202110640-story.html.
- ↑ "Batman The Ride Coaster Landmark Award". American Coaster Enthusiasts. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107232141/http://www.aceonline.org/CoasterAwards/details.aspx?id=45.
- ↑ Batman: The Ride goes backward at Six Flags Great America - Kenosha News
External links
- Batman The Ride on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
