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Batman: The Ride is a Roller Coaster found in many Six Flags Theme Parks , including Six Flags Great America , Six Flags Great Adventure , Six Flags Magic Mountain , Six Flags New Orleans , Six Flags Over Georgia , Six Flags St. Louis , Six Flags Over Texas and La Ronde . Built by Bolliger & Mabillard , it features a first drop of 109 feet, 6 inches (33 meters) and reaches speeds of 50m/h (80 km/h). The original coaster in Six Flags Great America was the first inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened in 1992 , and has since been awarded landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts . THEME Six Flags designers attempted to capture the essence of Batman and his world while waiting in line for the ride. The beginning of the wait brings you into Gotham City Park, with a plaque that reads, "Dedicated to the citizens of Gotham City through the generosity of Bruce Wayne." Walking through the well kept environment can convince you that Gotham is a nice place. When you turn a corner, a well kept advertising wall has graffiti and criminal tags on the other side. Park guests continue to enter an ominous environment as they get closer to the ride itself. Modeled after Anton Furst 's award winning set design for the original '' Batman '' film, guests find a crime ridden and dirty environment, with wrecked cars, discarded pieces of equipment, crumbling concrete, and even a Gotham City Police car with bullet holes riddled on one side. Guests then enter the structure, with a large fan waiting on the other end. You then rise into an environment resembling Axis Chemicals from the first film. The loading area is modeled after Batman's Batcave , complete with a Batsuit vault on the other side of the track. Throughout this wait, ''Batman'' film music plays from Danny Elfman and Prince . ]] Since the ride's creation, both the track and the cars have been repainted from their original black to yellow. OTHER RIDES is also located at Six Flags Mexico , but this particular ride is actually an SLC built by Vekoma , as well as a similar ride in Warner Bros: Movie World in Madrid. Batman: The Ride is also the name of a Batman themed virtual reality ride at the ''. EASTER EGGS On the walls of the Gotham City Park, the last names Bolliger and Mabillard both appear; a clear reference to Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, the founders of Bolliger & Mabillard , the company that constructed the ride. The last name Wintrode (reference to Jim Wintrode, G.M. of Six Flags Great America at the time) also appears on this wall at Six Flags Great America. Jim Wintrode is often given credit for presenting the idea of an Inverted Looping Coaster to B&M. |
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