Batman The Ride (Six Flags St. Louis)

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Batman The Ride

Batman The Ride in 2004

Six Flags St. Louis
Location	Eureka, Missouri, USA
Coordinates	38°30′48″N 90°40′24″W / 38.513394°N 90.673319°W / 38.513394; -90.673319
Park section	Studio Backlot
Status	Operating since April 22, 1995
Rider height	54 inch minimum
Replaced	Super Sports Car Ride

Statistics

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

HELP

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

Elements
Chain lift hill Vertical loop Zero-g roll Vertical loop Helix Corkscrew Corkscrew

Color scheme

Black track and 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 curved paths in the first half of the queue
The former police car
The fan in the tunnel

Exterior

The entrance sign
The safety sign
The station
The station's exterior
The chicken exit

Layout

View from the parking lot
The first vertical loop
The zero-g roll
The second vertical loop
The second half of the ride

References

↑ "Holy Thrills, Batman! New Ride At Six Flags".
↑ "Six Flags' Inverted Rails To Offer Cliffhanger", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 1, 1995), pp. 7. Retrieved on October 15, 2022.
↑ "Batman fans can fly backward at Six Flags St. Louis this spring". https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article197919049.html.

External links

Batman The Ride on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Articles on Six Flags St. Louis

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Other attractions

Present

Former

[1] "Holy Thrills, Batman! New Ride At Six Flags".

[2] "Six Flags' Inverted Rails To Offer Cliffhanger", St. Louis Post-Dispatch (April 1, 1995), pp. 7. Retrieved on October 15, 2022.

[3] "Batman fans can fly backward at Six Flags St. Louis this spring". https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article197919049.html.

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