BATMAN

NAMED AFTER: The comic book hero.

THEME: Guests enter the beautiful Gotham City Park and then wind their way through the dark streets and tunnels of the Inner City before ending up in the Batcave where they are whisked away to safety on the ride.

INVERSION ELEMENTS: 5 head-over-heel rolls, 2 vertical outside loops, 2 outside helices, and a Zero-G Roll.

TRACK LENGTH: 2,693 feet

LIFT HEIGHT: 105 feet

VERTICAL LOOP HEIGHT: 77 feet

TIME: 2 min

SPEED: 50 mph

CARS: 2 trains of 8 4-across cars

OPENED: April 22, 1995

WHERE: Six Flags Over Mid-America, St. Louis, Missouri

MY COMMENTS: I picked only one Batman ride because they are all very similar. This ride was the first inverted coaster I was ever on, so at the time I loved it, but it pales in comparison to others, and it is too short. Even when I rode it the first time I thought it should have been longer.

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