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Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Batman: The Ride | S&S 4D

Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees

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It's freaking insane! You can read more about on this article:

http://www.latimes.com/travel/themepark ... story.html

By far the biggest addition at any Six Flags park for 2015 is Batman: The Ride planned for Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio.

The new first-of-its-kind ride is described as a cross between the Green Lantern fourth-dimension coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia and the X-Flight wing coaster at Six Flags Great America in the Chicago area. Sitting on a compact footprint, the 120-foot-tall 4-D wing coaster is top feature an elevator-like lift hill, forward and reverse inversions and beyond-vertical freefall drops.

Six Flags has used the Batman: The Ride name on several Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coasters, including one at nearby Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.
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I definitely wasn't expecting a coaster from Fiesta Texas just after Iron Rattler.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lzpMBjm0ww[/youtube]
 
Re: Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Batman: The Ride | Intamin 4D

IT'S NOT AN INTAMIN!!!!!! :) . Although, I think it does look a little too much like the Zac Spins. I was expecting something a bit more impressive and unique, but hopefully it will spin more than the intamin counterparts and be more comfortable.
 
Re: Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Batman: The Ride | Intamin 4D

Oops. :oops: Anyway I guess if it isn't Intamin I can't really find what the manufacture is, odd.
 
There's nothing "first-of-its-kind" about this, it's just the first time S&S has built a ball coaster. "Cross between Green Lantern and X-Flight," spare me, it's nothing like X-Flight.

I'm sure it will be fun though. Seems like a good choice for SFFT.
 
I loved Green Lantern at SFMM, and hope this gives a similar ride. I imagine the pops of airtime going over those drops in the back seat will be brilliant.
 
It's a little disappointing that they've just copied the zac-spin, though the (slightly) longer layout is an improvement.

Why wont anyone make these with lateral movements?
 
Its a great compact ride, space is a huge issue for most parks. I agree I wish they had some turns, but the footprint would immediately expand.
 
Not what I expected but sure looks fun. I don't get why put it in Fiesta Texas when there are other parks in need of a decent coaster. Just look at La Ronde. Super Menage can just GTFO. I personally hated that piece of ****.
 
Glennderp said:
Not what I expected but sure looks fun. I don't get why put it in Fiesta Texas when there are other parks in need of a decent coaster. Just look at La Ronde. Super Menage can just GTFO. I personally hated that piece of ****.
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Maybe in 2016 they will get Fer Monstre? :wink:
 
Martyn B said:
It's a little disappointing that they've just copied the zac-spin, though the (slightly) longer layout is an improvement.

Why wont anyone make these with lateral movements?
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Intamin have stated in an interview that they'll do turns if a client asked them. It's just a case where these small layouts that have been built to date don't really need any turns.
 
elephant58 said:
Something like this would be suitable for the Pleasure Beach. They SO need to get something soon.....
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Actually providing this proves reliable and not to costly it could be a good addition as we all know the limited space Pleasure Beach have. Perhaps where that dated 'Dino Bar/Arcade' is.
 
Nemesis of oblivion said:
elephant58 said:
Something like this would be suitable for the Pleasure Beach. They SO need to get something soon.....
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Actually providing this proves reliable and not to costly it could be a good addition as we all know the limited space Pleasure Beach have.
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I wouldn't hold your breath, it is S&S... ;)
 
That isn't rally a fair statement. The only S&S coaster that ever had a bad track record with downtime is X, which was actually Arrow's invention, the ones S&S built after X have better reliability. OK, the FlySwatters, I'll give you those, but they are incredibly complex machines, they probably could have used a longer prototype phase... Regardless, Stan Checketts isn't even with the company any more, so it is the same company in name only these days.
 
^ And let's not forget Hypersonic or Skyhawk. :wink:
 
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