{"id":382,"date":"2020-01-01T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2020-01-27T05:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T05:37:34","slug":"batman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/gothamcity\/batman\/","title":{"rendered":"Batman the Roller Coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-gray-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<strong> Year Installed: <\/strong>\n\n\n1999\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Last Year Operated: <\/strong>\n\n\nCurrently Operating\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Section: <\/strong>\n\n\nGotham City\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Manufacturer: <\/strong>\n\n\nB&amp;M\n\n\n\n<br><strong> Other Names and Nicknames: <\/strong>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1999 Six Flags continued its DC Comics theming with the introduction of Batman The Ride, the park\u2019s 10th roller coaster.&nbsp;&nbsp;An entire themed area, Gotham City was added to accommodate the ride. Two acres consists of the Gotham City Park. Several games stands, as well as the Mr. Freeze, are located in the new section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/gothamcity\/batman\/btr1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Batman is the park\u2019s only suspended roller coaster, with the cars riding suspended below the track. In addition to being suspended, the ride is floorless, so that the rider\u2019s legs hangs suspended below the cars, with nothing under them but the grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/gothamcity\/batman\/btr2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ride, built by Bollinger &amp; Mabillard of Switzerland. contains 2,700 feet of track. Featured ride elements include a 77 foot tall vertical loop, a 68 foot tall vertical loop, two 40 feet tall corkscrew spirals, \u201cs\u201d curves, flat spins and a zero gravity heartline spin. The ride features two 52 (32) passenger trains, with riders suspended four across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/parktimes.com\/sections\/gothamcity\/batman\/btr3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The ride reaches 52 mph, with a height of 109 feet. Riders feel up to 4 g\u2019s. Designed capacity is 1,400 riders an hour. The ride is one of eight installed in various Six Flags parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1944\" height=\"1296\" src=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008.jpg 1944w, https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/sfchapter008-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In 1999 Six Flags continued its DC Comics theming with the introduction of Batman The Ride, the park\u2019s 10th roller coaster.&nbsp;&nbsp;An entire themed area, Gotham City was added to accommodate the ride. Two acres consists of the Gotham City Park. Several games stands, as well as the Mr. Freeze, are located in the new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/welcome\/sections\/gothamcity\/batman\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Batman the Roller Coaster&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,37,24],"tags":[83,16,44,38],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1640,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions\/1640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parktimes.com\/ptsarticles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}