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Batman: The Ride

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THE OVERVIEW
 
After entering through the Gotham City portal, visitors stroll through Bruce Wayne's beautiful landscaped Gotham City Park, complete with ornate scultures and an ongoing concert of nature sounds symphony. As unsuspecting guests venture further peacefulness of Gotham City Park is suddenly disturbed by unsettling noices in the streets, which are now controlled by Batman's arch enemies. Visitors will encounter a crashed police car, a broken fire hydrant and other evidence of crime in the streets. Once in the underground tunnels beneath Gotham City, visitors will finally escape through the Batcave to be whisked away by Batman's newest device, Batman: The Ride!

Batman: The Ride combines state-of-the-art roller coaster technology with Batman movie magic. Suspended from the track above in skilift-style chairs, riders fly at intense speeds countless times over the outside of hairpin turns, vertical loops, a corkscrew, and one-of-a-kind zero-gravity heartline spin with nothing but air beneath your feet!

Batman: The Ride

RIDE DETAILS

Rule
Track Type Year Designer/Manufacturer
Steel Inverted Multielement 1997 Bolliger and Mabillard

RIDE STATISTICS

INTRODUCED...May 3, 1997

HEIGHT...105 feet 

TRACK LENGTH...2,693 feet

TOP SPEED...50 mph 

NUMBER OF TRAINS...2 trains

PASSENGERS PER TRAINS...32 passengers

RIDE DURATION...2:00 

PASSENGER CAPACITY...1,400 passengers per hour

COLORS...Black and Gray

INVERSIONS...5 (2 vertical loops, 2 single corkscrews, and one heartline spin)

HEIGHT RESTRICTION...Must be at least 54'' tall

MAXIMUM G-FORCE...4 Gs
 
RESTRAINTS...Over-The-Shoulder Harness and Safety Belt
 
LOCATION...Gotham City
 
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RIDE EXPERIENCE
 
ARRANGEMENT: 2 trains with 32 passengers per train. Trains consist of 8 cars with 4 across each row.
 
STRUCTURE: Supports and trains are black and gray and track is black
 
ELEMENTS (in order): Inclining drop, vertical loop, inline twist, vertical loop, high-speed helix, corkscrew, high-speed turn, corkscrew, high-speed turn into the station
 
FEATURES: 80% of queue line is indoors--Considered to be the best themed ride at Six Flags over Georgia--One of a only a few rides you can see from the interstate (I-20)
 
HISTORY/NOTES: Mirror image of other Batman: The Ride coasters found at other Six Flags parks--The first inverted coaster at Six Flags over Georgia

This ride uses Lo-Q

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BATMAN: THE RIDE'S RATING (as of 7.18.02)
 
LOOK...8
 
THEME...7.5
 
LAYOUT...8
 
ELEMENTS/INVERSIONS...7.5
 
QUEUE LINE...6.5
 
RIDE...7.5
 
ROUGHNESS FACTOR...No
 
OVERALL...7.5
 
~THIS COASTER IS STILL BEING REVIEWED~