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Batman The Ride Logo BATMAN THE RIDE
    Six Flags Magic Mountain

Prepare for the ride of your life...hang on tight but most importantly keep your feet inside the car...but...what happened to the floor of the car? Batman The Ride takes the concept of a roller coaster to a new dimension. On Batman The Ride your feet dangle free from the ski lift style trains that hang from the track overhead.

Batman 1
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The Story

After entering through the Gotham City portal, visitors stroll through Bruce Wayne's beautiful landscaped Gotham City Park, complete with ornate sculptures and an ongoing concert of nature sounds symphony.

 

Coaster Facts
Type of Coaster:
Inverted Multielement

Height: 105 feet
Max. drop: 87 feet
Top speed: 50 mph
Length: 2,693 feet
Max. G-Force: 4 G's
Inversions: 5

Ride Time:
1 minute, 30 seconds

Other Features:
Zero G-Roll, 2 Vertical Loops, 2 Corkscrews

Number of Trains:
2 - 32 Passenger

Opening Date:
April 1994

Coaster Designer:
Bolliger and Mabillard

Location:
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California


 
Batman 2 As unsuspecting guests venture further the peacefulness of Gotham City Park is suddenly disturbed by unsettling noise in the streets, which are now ruled by Batman's arch enemies. Guests will encounter a crashed police car, broken fire hydrant and other evidence of the growing chaos in the streets.

Once in the underground tunnels beneath Gotham City, guests will finally escape through the Batcave to be whisked away on Batman's newest crime-fighting device, Batman The Ride.

Batman 3 The Ride

Suspended from the track riders fly through the air, feet dangling free, experiencing sensations only felt on an inverted coaster.

After cresting the ten story lift hill, the ride begins with a 87-foot twisting dive into a seven story tall vertical loop, followed by a zero gravity one-of-a-kind heartline spin and a second 68-foot vertical loop.

Batman 4 Riders then proceed at full throttle through several twisting turns, a few quick dips and two more corkscrew inversions sending your feet for the sky, before the brake run.

The sensation created by an inverted coaster is very different from that of traditional roller coasters. It is a sensation that every coaster fan must experience. Batman The Ride boasts a top speed of 50 mph that is consistently maintained throughout the ride while giving riders the sensation of upto 4 G's.

Batman The Ride was built and designed by premier coaster experts Bolliger and Mabillard and was the first inverted roller coaster in Southern California. Today, Batman The Ride continues to be one of the most popular attractions at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

Batman 5 Batman 6

Batman The Ride is a trademark of Six Flags Theme Parks. All rights reserved.
Photos by Mike Phillips and Chris Caravello. Copyright © 1998 Ultimate Rollercoaster.


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