Batman The Ride (Six Flags St. Louis)

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Batman The Ride

Batman The Ride in 2014
Six Flags St. Louis Location Eureka, Missouri, USA Coordinates 38.513394°N 90.673319°W / 38.513394; -90.673319 Section Studio Backlot Status Operating since April 22, 1995 Rider height 54 inch minimum Replaced Jet Scream, 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

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. The ride opened on April 22, 1995. 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.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Pre-Drop 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

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  The Gotham City Park section
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  The left extended Gotham City Park queue path
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  The right extended Gotham City Park queue path
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  The Batman symbol in Gotham City Park
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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 layout 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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  A train exiting 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

External links

The category Batman The Ride (Six Flags St. Louis) contains additional media.

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  Batman The Ride on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Batman The Ride on Coaster-Count.

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  Batman The Ride on sixflags.com.

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