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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Product | Inverted Coaster (Batman) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Inverted | ||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 105 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Drop | 80 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2693 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2:00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Chupacabra is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It is a Batman clone from Bolliger & Mabillard. The ride previously operated at Thrill Valley as Gambit from 1995 to 2002 and then Six Flags New Orleans from 2003 to 2005, where it was called Batman The Ride.
History
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The roller coaster originally opened in 1995 at Thrill Valley in Japan and was called Gambit. It had black track with grey supports. It closed with the park on May 6, 2002.
Six Flags bought many rides from the closed park, including Gambit, and sent them to other properties. Gambit was sent to Jazzland in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, which Six Flags had recently acquired at the time [1] It was completely refurbished, rethemed and reopened as Batman The Ride at Six Flags New Orleans on April 12, 2003, coinciding with Six Flags' re-branding of the property formerly known as Jazzland.[2]
Its final day of operation was August 21, 2005, and a week later the roller coaster was flooded with the park as a result of Hurricane Katrina.[3] Batman The Ride stood standing but not operating until December 2006, when it was taken down.[4]
The track and supports arrived at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in August 2007.[5] The coaster eventually reopened as Goliath at its current location on April 18, 2008.
In December 2024, the blue track was painted orange, and the ride was announced to be renamed Chupacabra. As part of the transformation, the coaster will receive a redesigned queue with claw marks, a new courtyard-themed entrance, new props seen while riding, and a howl when the train enters the brake run.[6][7]
Design
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The roller coaster is a mirror image of the original Batman The Ride installation at Six Flags Great America. It is one of three Batman The Ride installations which drop to the right, whereas the other nine drop to the left.
Color scheme
Orange track and yellow supports. Track was previously blue.
Trains
2 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 28 riders per train.
Images
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References
- ↑ B&M; coaster track, other rides, now arriving at Jazzland - Amusement Today (Wayback archive)
- ↑ "Six Flags New Orleans opens gates Saturday". Sun Herald. 2003-04-11. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
- ↑ "Hurricane Damaged Six Flags Park To Remain Closed". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ Six Flags removes Batman from its New Orleans park - NOLA
- ↑ Batman arriving at Fiesta Texas - NewsPlusNotes
- ↑ "Multi-Ride DC Universe Expansion (Update 8), Ride Refurbishments". www.sfftsource.com. Retrieved 2024-11-28.
- ↑ Jorge, Alvarez (2024-12-13). "Transformation at Six Flags Fiesta Texas". Six Flags. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
External links
- Chupacabra on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
