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| type = Steel | type2 = Inverted | type3 = | manufacturer = Bolliger & Mabillard | designer = Werner Stengel | model = Inverted Coaster – Batman | track = | lift = Chain lift hill | inversions = 5 | duration = 1:45 | angle = | capacity = 1280–1400〔 | gforce = 4 | restriction_in = 54 | trains = 2 | carspertrain = 8 | rowspercar = 1 | ridersperrow = 4 | virtual_queue_name = Flash Pass | virtual_queue_image = Fastpass availability icon.svg | virtual_queue_status = available | single_rider = | accessible = | transfer_accessible = | custom_label_1 = Height | custom_value_1 = | custom_label_2 = Length | custom_value_2 = | custom_label_3 = Speed | custom_value_3 = | custom_label_4 = Drop | custom_value_4 = 84.5 ft〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://beamer3k.deviantart.com/art/Batman-The-Ride-ACE-Coaster-Landmark-Plaque-441037350 )〕 | rcdb_number = 8310 }} Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster found in Six Flags theme parks. Built by consulting engineers Bolliger & Mabillard, it rises to a height of between and reaches top speeds of . The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park's general manager Jim Wintrode. Batman: The Ride was the world's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992, and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts. Its decorative theme is based on the first ''Batman'' film. Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world. ==History== The concept of an inverted roller coaster with inversions was developed by Jim Wintrode, the general manager of Six Flags Great America, in the 1990s. To develop the idea, Wintrode worked with Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard – from Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard – and engineer Robert Mampe.〔 The ride soft opened to the public on May 2, 1992, with an official opening one week later.〔 Although the full cost of the ride was never disclosed, it was the single biggest investment made by Six Flags Great America on one attraction. Clones of the original ride, at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, became a staple at Six Flags theme parks around the world, and were opened in Six Flags Great Adventure (1993), Six Flags Magic Mountain (1994), and Six Flags St. Louis (1995). Installation of the ride followed at Six Flags Over Georgia (1997), and Six Flags Over Texas (1999). In 2002 La Ronde amusement park, Montreal, opened a clone of the ride under the name Le Vampire (The Vampire), and Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid, under the name Batman: La Fuga (Batman: The Escape). As La Ronde is not a branded Six Flags park, the licensing agreement with Warner Bros. and DC Comics for the name Batman: The Ride was not allowed. The La Ronde ride was expected to become Batman: The Ride when the park was scheduled to be converted to a Six Flags-branded park in the mid-2000s, however, these changes were never initiated. Other non-Six Flags parks that installed Batman: The Ride clones are Diavlo at Himeji Central Park in Japan (1994), The Great White at SeaWorld in San Antonio, Texas (1997), and Lightning at Entertainment City in Kuwait (2004). One of the last installations of the ride was at Six Flags New Orleans in 2003, having been relocated from the Japanese park Thrill Valley where it operated as Gambit from 1995 to 2002. In 2005 the effects of Hurricane Katrina caused Six Flags to abandon its New Orleans park, and after standing but not operating for two years, the ride there was relocated to Six Flags Fiesta Texas, where it was refurbished and repainted. The ride reopened as Goliath on April 18, 2008. On February 21, 2013, Six Flags Great America announced that their Batman: The Ride roller coaster would run backwards for a limited time during the 2013 season. Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Texas did the same during the 2014 season.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://content.sixflags.com/comingin2014/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.sixflags.com/overtexas/newsroom/batman-the-ride-backwards )〕 Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags Great Adventure followed suit running theirs backwards for a limited time in 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Batman: The Ride」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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