Batman The Ride At Six Flags Magic Mountain
March 11, 2009 by Oscar
Filed under Roller Coasters
This ride is small, but will certainly put you in your place. It provides G’s that seem to be much higher than they really are. The loops are fantastic (they never let go of the G’s). The 0-G roll is most definitely my favorite element on a roller coaster.
The theme. Unlike any other, you walk into an older building that is themed as Gotham’s prime construction unit. While first entering you feel somehow cold and uneasy. The stairs up to the main loading station seem to never end, but finally, you reach the top. The hallway suddenly resembles what appears to be the “bat cave.” The train slowly rolls into the station as the lights dim. When the train stops, the subtle vibrations stop as well. You enter the grey and black cars and pull the cold, manufactured shoulder harness down. But then the lights dim once more, and your journey begins.
On the lift you get a great view at The Riddler’s Revenge. I find this ironic in the greatest way. Once you reach the top , the train slowly rolls over the top and into the pre-drop. In the front you go right into the first REAL drop, but in the back, you feel some negative vertical G’s and followed by a quick turn to the left. Being an inverted coaster, you feel the sense of swinging into the turn.
After the never ending first drop there is a certain sequence of elements that you will find on a B&M invert: a loop- 0G roll -loop. This sequence isn’t like a similar sequence, it seems way more powerful and compact. The first loop will not surrender on the G force as you whoosh over the inverted crest of the loop. The 0-G roll is one of my favorite elements EVER made. The train quickly lifts and then turns so fast over the roll that you have no idea what just happened. The following loop is similar to the first one, but seems a little less forceful. Still on the run, the train doesn’t seem to stop.
The next turn is a very VERY small turn nearly hitting the main building. As you pull your feet in to save them you seem to already be past the building. A short turnaround point is now underway. Once you reach the end you suddenly are whipped to the right only to be going into a filthy graveled front yard of the station. As you end the turnaround the ride goes into a corkscrew.
The corkscrew (otherwise known as the Wing-Over on B&M inverts) is very forceful and disorienting. As you reach the beginning the floor seems to disappear. The ride quickly pulls up, twists, and then pulls up once more. After the corkscrew you see a little part of the queue for a split second, but are then swung up and sharply turned to the right. As the ride prepares for the next corkscrew, you feel freer than ever before as you swing by the themed “Gotham Streets.” Once more you see the floor drop as you are raised up into the very compact twist.
The final turn is somewhat easy to handle… WRONG!!! You fly to the left with ease and finally are turned to the left very sharply into the pitch black, dank building from which you begun. The ride is let go of the final brakes and pulled slowly into the station as the lights dim once more. You push up the shoulder harness and walk through the exit out of the station. Once outside you walk down a little bit then you walk under the 0-G roll. Past that is the rest of Gotham Park.
Overall I love this ride for the theme and small area. IMO, everything you need for a great coaster. This is definitely my favorite ride and I don’t think any ride will beat it! This post written by Turbo.