Yoshi Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) It looks like riders would be upside down for a while in the concept art where the zero g roll is on the actual ride. Also interesting how there was going to be a city skyline on top of the station. Edited August 27, 2014 by Yoshi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 Luis, this artwork is from the original Batman in Six Flags Great America right? (you can see their Skytower) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioSonic94 Posted August 27, 2014 Report Share Posted August 27, 2014 ^Yep. I wonder if any concept art exists for Great Adventure's version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Honestly, I think the finished product was superior to the concept art here. To this day, I love "Batman The Ride". Never fails to deliver, at least for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 For your viewing a pleasure, here is the original promo video presented at the park during the summer of 1992 to promote the new Batman The Ride attraction for 1993. Click the image below (fiile is large - give it a minute to load). And here is something to think about.... if Six Flags Great America had a bigger plot of land available for their Batman ride, all the other Six Flags parks would most likely have a larger inverted coaster today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioSonic94 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 So, is Namtab still coming next year or were the plans cancelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdc12192 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I don't believe it ever was a set plan,but it was assumed due to the clues they had before the 2015 announcement. I would say it is still possible or maybe will come later in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 I didn't realize that the backwards train(s) seem to travel from park to park for "limited runs" until I read about the idea it was coming to SFOG this year on Screamscape. I think it's still possible, but they just want to wait to announce until they know the State will approve it for riders (which is never a "given" in New Jersey). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew M Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 It didn't stop them from hinting it earlier on before they announced the new attractions for 2015. False Advertising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarioSonic94 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Look at that line at 56 seconds into the video. Now it only gets like that on a Saturday during Fright Fest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted January 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 ^ You have to remember that several years after opening the queue line between the wall and the sewer drain was greatly expanded, eating much of the line that use to fill the queue snake through the park at the front of ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrpq Posted January 8, 2016 Report Share Posted January 8, 2016 Ha holding the mic the whole ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Anyone remember when they use to have on-ride photos on Batman? At night the rapid flash of the cameras was disorienting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Kaiser Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 At night the rapid flash of the cameras was disorienting! As if the ride wasn't disorienting enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 Right! It left you blinded for the last half of the ride wondering if you just had a seizure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro1118 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Anyone remember when they use to have on-ride photos on Batman? At night the rapid flash of the cameras was disorienting! Woah, I had no idea Batman had an on-ride photo op! When did they get rid if it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Woah, I had no idea Batman had an on-ride photo op! When did they get rid if it? It only lasted for two seasons and was removed for 1995. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I never got a picture form Batman. I wish I had before they got rid of it. Back then I didn't have the money to toss away on ride photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthewanderer Posted August 8, 2016 Report Share Posted August 8, 2016 In that old MTV video,where the ride ops actually wearing some sort of tuxedo outfit? And what if B:TR was repainted blue like at SFOG or grey like at SFMM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted August 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2016 In that old MTV video,where the ride ops actually wearing some sort of tuxedo outfit? Yup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted November 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 Batman Flashback.... Here are photos of the last piece of track being installed on the ride back in spring 1993! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 The effects still work, sporadically. One day they will work, next visit they don't, then they work again. One effect I don't like is the children playing soundeffects in the outer park queue, its very annoying. Also I want to add that Batman's station is in desperate need of a reroofing. Its metal roof has huge rust holes in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericthewanderer Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 For B:TR's anniversary they should definitely bring back the cop car prop and add an on-ride video feature. As for a new paint job,my 3 favorites are:black track with grey supports;grey track with blue supports;and what I call "Gotham Grey":battleship grey track with charcoal grey supports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougdrummer Posted January 31, 2018 Report Share Posted January 31, 2018 There's nothing better than getting to the park when it opens, and riding Nitro and Batman as a 1-2 punch with no waiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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