Batman: The Ride
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Batman: The Ride is a steel
inverted
roller coaster
found in many Six Flags
theme parks, as well as other parks around the world, including Six Flags Great America
, Six Flags Great Adventure
, Six Flags Magic Mountain
, Six Flags Fiesta Texas
(as Goliath), Six Flags Over Georgia
, Six Flags St. Louis
, Six Flags Over Texas
, and Six Flags México
. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard
(Mexico's Batman was built by Vekoma
), it features a height of roughly 109 feet (33.2 m) and reaches speeds of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). 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 Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts
.
Goliath at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
is the former Batman: The Ride from Six Flags New Orleans
, which closed when Hurricane Katrina
devastated the park in 2005. Prior to operating in New Orleans, it was Gambit at Thrill Valley in Japan
.
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 climb stairs 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
, U2
, Prince,Seal(kiss from a rose) and for unknown reasons at the Great America
ride, a Gabriel & Dresden
remix of DJ Tiesto's In My Memory.
While many of the Batman: The Ride clones opened with dark blue track and supports, some featured gray and yellow as well. Over the years, several have modified their color schemes, with more seeming to incorporate yellows, blues, and purples. The original Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee remained with its original dark blue color scheme until 2004, when it was repainted with yellow track and dark purple supports. Most recently, the clones at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Georgia have been repainted medium blue with black supports and medium blue with dark blue supports, respectively, for the 2010 season.
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 the Six Flags Great America version of the ride. Jim Wintrode is often given credit for presenting the idea of an Inverted Looping Coaster
to Bolliger & Mabillard
.
Batman: The Ride starts off with the floor descending and the train moving out of the station and up the lift hill. Once at the top, riders dip down through B&M's signature "pre-drop" and coast down a 180-degree swoop to the left, dropping riders into the first 360-degree loop. Riders then quickly flip through a zero-g roll to the right, followed by another vertical loop. Next, riders fly upward around a tight helix to the left, soar through a wider turn to the right, and then drop a bit and quickly turn through the first wingover element, also known as a flat spin or corkscrew. Following this is a tight right turn and another wingover. The ride then features a tight left turnaround before the riders enter the final brake run.
Batman: The Ride's layout is often called "small and intense" or a "punch-packer". Numerous guests often complain about headaches, dizziness, and nausea after riding Batman due to intense G-forces on the ride, especially in the portion of track including the wingovers, after the second loop. The ride is also one of B&M's rougher rides, most noticeably in the Zero-G Roll and the wingovers. Some guests complain about the warmth, darkness of the queue line and at times, the loudness of the ride. In fact, Six Flags Over Georgia made modifications to the ride in 2011 to reduce the loudness.
On June 28, 2008, a 17-year-old South Carolina teenager was decapitated
at Six Flags Over Georgia
by the Batman roller coaster ride. He was on a trip with his church's youth group. The teen scaled two fences with a friend into a danger zone. He was decapitated when the ride struck him. Although witnesses stated he was trying to retrieve his hat, a Cobb County police spokesman reported the teens were attempting to take a shortcut into the park after having finished lunch.
is also located at Six Flags México
, but this particular ride is actually an SLC
built by Vekoma
.
Batman: The Ride also appears at Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid in the B&M design, but goes under the Spanish title Batman La Fuga (Batman The Escape).
Batman Adventure – The Ride 2
is the name of a Batman-themed virtual reality ride at Warner Bros. Movie World
in Australia
. Like the Batman: The Ride roller coasters, the attraction has several Bat-Vehicles outside the entrance to the ride. The park is also home to the Batwing Spaceshot
, a S&S Power
space shot
.
T2 at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
, a Vekoma SLC
, was originally going to receive a Batman theme, but that ended up going only so far as painting the track black.
Le Vampire (English
: The Vampire) at Six Flags
-owned La Ronde
in Montreal
, Canada
, is a mirror image of Batman: The Ride. However, since La Ronde is not a branded Six Flags park, the licensing agreement with Warner Bros.
and DC Comics
is not valid. As a result, the roller coaster was given an unrelated name and a slightly different cosmetic appearance. In 2009, La Ronde announced its intentions to become a branded park; however the likelihood of re-branding Le Vampire to Batman is not known yet.
Other clones of this roller coaster design that are not named Batman include Diavlo
at Himeji Central Park
in Japan
, The Great White
at SeaWorld
in San Antonio, Texas
, Batman La Fuga at Parque Warner Madrid
in Madrid
and Lightning at Entertainment City in Kuwait
.
Steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world...
inverted
Inverted roller coaster
An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage. This latter attribute is what sets it apart from the older suspended coaster, which runs under the track, but "swings" via a pivoting bar attached to the...
roller coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
found in many Six Flags
Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...
theme parks, as well as other parks around the world, including Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
, Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation...
, Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company. In 1979, Six Flags purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In...
, Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land in San Antonio, Texas.Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the major entertainment component of USAA's La Cantera, a 1,600 acre master-planned development in northwest San Antonio...
(as Goliath), Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located west of Atlanta, in unincorporated Cobb County. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain, after the original opening in 1961 in Texas....
, Six Flags St. Louis
Six Flags St. Louis
Six Flags St. Louis , is an amusement park owned by Six Flags, Inc. It is located in Eureka, Missouri, USA . Opened in 1971 as the third theme park of the Six Flags chain, this was the last park that was built under the Six Flags name...
, Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas is a major amusement park located in Arlington, Texas , east of Fort Worth and about west of Dallas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain. The park opened on August 5, 1961 following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate...
, and Six Flags México
Six Flags México
Six Flags México is an amusement park owned by Six Flags Inc. and the only Six Flags park operating in Latin America. It is located in the Tlalpan forest and borough, on the southern edge of Mexico City, Mexico. Six Flags México has become one of the most important theme parks in Mexico and the...
. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president...
(Mexico's Batman was built by Vekoma
Vekoma
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment...
), it features a height of roughly 109 feet (33.2 m) and reaches speeds of 50 miles per hour (22.4 m/s). The original coaster in Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
was the first inverted roller coaster
Inverted roller coaster
An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage. This latter attribute is what sets it apart from the older suspended coaster, which runs under the track, but "swings" via a pivoting bar attached to the...
in the world when it opened in 1992 and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts
American Coaster Enthusiasts
The American Coaster Enthusiasts is an organization dedicated to the enjoyment and preservation of roller coasters. Membership is open to anyone with payment of yearly dues, and membership benefits may include discounted admission to certain amusement parks...
.
Goliath at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land in San Antonio, Texas.Six Flags Fiesta Texas is the major entertainment component of USAA's La Cantera, a 1,600 acre master-planned development in northwest San Antonio...
is the former Batman: The Ride from Six Flags New Orleans
Six Flags New Orleans
Six Flags New Orleans was an amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has been closed after Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.The park was located in Eastern New Orleans, in the Ninth Ward of the city off Interstate 510...
, which closed when Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
devastated the park in 2005. Prior to operating in New Orleans, it was Gambit at Thrill Valley in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Theme
Six Flags designers attempted to capture the essence of BatmanBatman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
and his world while waiting in line for the ride. The beginning of the wait brings you into Gotham City
Gotham City
Gotham City is a fictional U.S. city appearing in DC Comics, best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 . Gotham City is strongly inspired by Trenton, Ontario's history, location, atmosphere, and various architectural styles...
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
Batman (1989 film)
Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Michael Keaton in the title role, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance...
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 climb stairs into an environment resembling Axis Chemicals from the first film. The loading area is modeled after Batman's Batcave
Batcave
The Batcave is the secret headquarters of fictional DC Comics superhero Batman, the alternate identity of playboy Bruce Wayne, consisting of a series of subterranean caves beneath his residence, Wayne Manor.-Publication history:...
, complete with a Batsuit vault on the other side of the track. Throughout this wait, Batman film music plays from Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman
Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman is an American composer, best known for scoring music for television and film. Up until 1995, he was the lead singer and songwriter in the rock band Oingo Boingo, a group he formed in 1976...
, U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
, Prince,Seal(kiss from a rose) and for unknown reasons at the Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
ride, a Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden
Gabriel & Dresden is the project name of the DJs and producers Josh Gabriel and Dave Dresden from San Francisco. Their popularity and activities were centered in the United States. They won the WMC award as Best American DJ twice in 2007 and 2008, the same day the group split-up...
remix of DJ Tiesto's In My Memory.
While many of the Batman: The Ride clones opened with dark blue track and supports, some featured gray and yellow as well. Over the years, several have modified their color schemes, with more seeming to incorporate yellows, blues, and purples. The original Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee remained with its original dark blue color scheme until 2004, when it was repainted with yellow track and dark purple supports. Most recently, the clones at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Georgia have been repainted medium blue with black supports and medium blue with dark blue supports, respectively, for the 2010 season.
More information
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president...
, the company that constructed the ride. The last name Wintrode (reference to Jim Wintrode, G.M. of Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
at the time) also appears on this wall at the Six Flags Great America version of the ride. Jim Wintrode is often given credit for presenting the idea of an Inverted Looping Coaster
Inverted roller coaster
An inverted roller coaster is a roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage. This latter attribute is what sets it apart from the older suspended coaster, which runs under the track, but "swings" via a pivoting bar attached to the...
to Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president...
.
Ride Layout
The ride's layout was specifically designed to fit in the Yankee Harbor themed area at Six Flags Great America, though the layouts of each successive Batman attraction are identical, with the exception of the rides as Six Flags St Louis, Six Flags Fiesta Texas (operating under the name Goliath), and La Vampire at La Ronde, which are all mirror images of the original.Batman: The Ride starts off with the floor descending and the train moving out of the station and up the lift hill. Once at the top, riders dip down through B&M's signature "pre-drop" and coast down a 180-degree swoop to the left, dropping riders into the first 360-degree loop. Riders then quickly flip through a zero-g roll to the right, followed by another vertical loop. Next, riders fly upward around a tight helix to the left, soar through a wider turn to the right, and then drop a bit and quickly turn through the first wingover element, also known as a flat spin or corkscrew. Following this is a tight right turn and another wingover. The ride then features a tight left turnaround before the riders enter the final brake run.
Batman: The Ride's layout is often called "small and intense" or a "punch-packer". Numerous guests often complain about headaches, dizziness, and nausea after riding Batman due to intense G-forces on the ride, especially in the portion of track including the wingovers, after the second loop. The ride is also one of B&M's rougher rides, most noticeably in the Zero-G Roll and the wingovers. Some guests complain about the warmth, darkness of the queue line and at times, the loudness of the ride. In fact, Six Flags Over Georgia made modifications to the ride in 2011 to reduce the loudness.
Ride Elements
- LoopLoop (roller coaster)The generic roller coaster vertical loop is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. Specifically, the loop refers to a continuously upward-sloping section of track that eventually results in a complete 360 degree circle. At the top-most piece of the loop, riders are completely inverted.-...
- zero-g roll (between the two loops)
- LoopLoop (roller coaster)The generic roller coaster vertical loop is the most basic of roller coaster inversions. Specifically, the loop refers to a continuously upward-sloping section of track that eventually results in a complete 360 degree circle. At the top-most piece of the loop, riders are completely inverted.-...
- Two flat spins (otherwise known as wingovers or corkscrews)
Fatal Accidents
On May 26, 2002, 58-year-old park employee Samuel Milton Guyton of Atlanta was killed in a danger zone under the Georgia Batman roller coaster's path by being struck in the head by the dangling leg of a 14-year-old girl on the front car of the ride. The girl was hospitalized with a leg injury.On June 28, 2008, a 17-year-old South Carolina teenager was decapitated
Decapitation
Decapitation is the separation of the head from the body. Beheading typically refers to the act of intentional decapitation, e.g., as a means of murder or execution; it may be accomplished, for example, with an axe, sword, knife, wire, or by other more sophisticated means such as a guillotine...
at Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located west of Atlanta, in unincorporated Cobb County. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain, after the original opening in 1961 in Texas....
by the Batman roller coaster ride. He was on a trip with his church's youth group. The teen scaled two fences with a friend into a danger zone. He was decapitated when the ride struck him. Although witnesses stated he was trying to retrieve his hat, a Cobb County police spokesman reported the teens were attempting to take a shortcut into the park after having finished lunch.
Other rides
Batman: The RideThe Mind Eraser
The Mind Eraser is a steel inverted roller coaster at 4 different Six Flags & PARC theme parks. Built by Vekoma, they are of the most common and standard Suspended Looping Coaster model that is found in many theme parks; at least fifteen other parks around the world have exactly the same ride...
is also located at Six Flags México
Six Flags México
Six Flags México is an amusement park owned by Six Flags Inc. and the only Six Flags park operating in Latin America. It is located in the Tlalpan forest and borough, on the southern edge of Mexico City, Mexico. Six Flags México has become one of the most important theme parks in Mexico and the...
, but this particular ride is actually an SLC
Vekoma SLC
The Suspended Looping Coaster is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Vekoma. There are at least 39 different installations across the world. The minimum rider height requirement is or more.-History:...
built by Vekoma
Vekoma
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment...
.
Batman: The Ride also appears at Warner Bros. Movie World Madrid in the B&M design, but goes under the Spanish title Batman La Fuga (Batman The Escape).
Batman Adventure – The Ride 2
Batman Adventure – The Ride 2
Batman Adventure: The Ride 2 was a Batman-themed attraction at the Warner Bros. Movie World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. It also previously operated at Warner Bros. Movie World Germany . The ride opened first at the Australian park in 1993 followed it the opening in 1996 in Germany...
is the name of a Batman-themed virtual reality ride at Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World
Warner Bros. Movie World is a popular movie related theme park on the Gold Coast in Australia. It is owned and operated by Village Roadshow since the take over from Time Warner and is the only movie related park in Australia...
in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Like the Batman: The Ride roller coasters, the attraction has several Bat-Vehicles outside the entrance to the ride. The park is also home to the Batwing Spaceshot
Batwing Spaceshot
The Batwing Spaceshot is a thrill ride located at Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast, Australia. It opened on 20 December 2006. The ride is an S&S Space Shot, a pneumatic powered ride which shoots riders up and then back down. The rise reaches a height of and riders experience a force of...
, a S&S Power
S&S Power
S&S Worldwide is a company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.-History:S&S Worldwide was founded by Stan Checketts as S&S Sports, Inc. S&S Sports manufactures bungee jumping and trampoline equipment. S&S Sports was sold in 1996...
space shot
Space Shot
Space Shot is a type of amusement ride manufactured by S&S Power.The ride is a drop tower type attraction that uses compressed air to rapidly propel riders up the tower then gently lower them with a series of air-cushioned bounces back to the loading platform.The first space shot to be built in the...
.
T2 at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Kingdom is an amusement park located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The park is located on of land which includes a collection of 27 amusement rides and a water park named Splashwater Kingdom...
, a Vekoma SLC
Vekoma SLC
The Suspended Looping Coaster is a model of steel inverted roller coaster built by Vekoma. There are at least 39 different installations across the world. The minimum rider height requirement is or more.-History:...
, was originally going to receive a Batman theme, but that ended up going only so far as painting the track black.
Le Vampire (English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
: The Vampire) at Six Flags
Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...
-owned La Ronde
La Ronde (amusement park)
La Ronde is an amusement park in Montreal, owned and operated by Six Flags. It is the largest in the province of Quebec and the second largest in Canada after Canada's Wonderland, with about 2.5 million guests in 2006...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, is a mirror image of Batman: The Ride. However, since La Ronde is not a branded Six Flags park, the licensing agreement with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
and DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
is not valid. As a result, the roller coaster was given an unrelated name and a slightly different cosmetic appearance. In 2009, La Ronde announced its intentions to become a branded park; however the likelihood of re-branding Le Vampire to Batman is not known yet.
Other clones of this roller coaster design that are not named Batman include Diavlo
Diavlo
Diavlo is a steel roller coaster at Himeji Central Park in Japan which is a clone of Batman the Ride....
at Himeji Central Park
Himeji Central Park
The is a safari park in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. The park opened in March 1984, and is the only safari park in Kansai region. It has "sister park" agreement with Nairobi National Park, Kenya. The park also incorporates an amusement park...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, The Great White
The Great White
Making its debut in 1997, The Great White was the first inverted roller coaster in Texas and the first roller coaster to be built at a SeaWorld park....
at SeaWorld
SeaWorld San Antonio
SeaWorld San Antonio is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and animal theme park, located in the Westover Hills area of San Antonio, Texas. It is the largest of the three parks in the SeaWorld chain owned by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group, and the world's...
in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Batman La Fuga at Parque Warner Madrid
Parque Warner Madrid
Parque Warner Madrid is a theme park located 25 km southeast of Madrid, Spain, in the municipality of San Martín de la Vega...
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
and Lightning at Entertainment City in Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
.