Six Flags Fiesta Texas 2015 - Batman The Ride 4D Coaster

I think this ride just joined my bucketlist

[Dirk_Ermen]

Wow, construction goes fast. It probably won't take long until the full ride has erected.

Coasterkidmwm wrote:

I'm honestly amazed the parks never repainted them black to fit in with the Nolan Batman era more.

All Black coaster?

Six Flags' Batman clones have actually all gotten more colorful over the years. I have yet to experience a 4D coaster, but I'm not guessing I'll much care for them as I don't dig spinning. I'll find out this summer though.

I hope they add more 4d coasters to the east coast

[Paradox]

deere839 wrote:

I hope they add more 4d coasters to the east coast

I despise this concept though. I hate how S&S practically took a Zacspin and made it bigger. I was expecting something along the lines of X/Dinoconda, but it seems as if that won't happen for a while.

I think S&S could have done much more with this concept.

^they just im proved a ride made by intanim by adding more capacity a transfers track and make it bigger

[Dirk_Ermen]

deere839 wrote:

^they just im proved a ride made by intanim by adding more capacity a transfers track and make it bigger

The trains do not have any added capacity compared to Intamin. They did improve the balance "issue" that all the Intamin's have. I've put it between quotations since as an enthusiast I love to play with the balance. You can get a bunch of crazy flips and movements out of that. Something that the general GP or even the staff from Linnanm?????ki doesn't like.

[TTD03]

^ It's definitely a ride that can be really fun, or really painful.

^it might be both depending on the day

[TTD03]

Update!

In just a couple weeks Six Flags Fiesta Texas has made major progress on Batman: The Ride, with the entire two lower layers of track and supports now in place! The theme park shared a few photos recently, including beautiful panorama shot above. Batman's lift hill is located on the right side of the photo, though that's only the first portion of it - there's more to come which will double the coaster's height.

There will also be two more layers of track above the ones seen here, and plenty more ride on those higher levels extending off to the far left of the photo.

This unique perspective looks at the final drop downward to the brakes and station, probably just after what will be the last of the six full inversions that the first-of-its-kind 4-D Wing Coaster will feature. Batman: The Ride will utilize magnetic technology that will force the individual cars to invert as they make their way along the track, including flips and moments of zero gravity.

This poster shows off all the tricks that Batman: The Ride will have, including a look at the impressive new ride vehicles being created for the attraction. The park has also kept us all up to date on the ride's progress by releasing time lapse videos, here's a link to the most recent.
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[Coasterkidmwm]

Those supports look so odd not connected to anything.

[Turbo]

not a fan of the way the track segment connectors look. they look so in the way.

[mkingy]

Turbo wrote:

not a fan of the way the track segment connectors look. they look so in the way.

Yeah the fishplates are an odd choice - but I imagine it makes visual inspection 100% easier!

I would have thought this ride would have been done by opening day but typical six flags not good at construction...

[Dirk_Ermen]

deere839 wrote:

I would have thought this ride would have been done by opening day but typical six flags not good at construction...

I don't even think Six Flags planned to open this on opening day since the annoucements are: Opening 2015. So that could be any time during 2015.

Logically thinking they are probably going to open it somewhere just before the high-season starts. So somewhere around May/June perhaps?

[Mr. Freeze]

Here is an updated picture from Jeffrey Siebert at Six Flags Fiesta Texas that was taken last night.

[Dirk_Ermen]

Looks good!

I think it should be done sometime next month

[TTD03]

deere839 wrote:

I think it should be done sometime next month

Trackwork only probably.

[Mr. Freeze]

media day is scheduled for early-mid May

TTD03 wrote:

deere839 wrote:

I think it should be done sometime next month

Trackwork only probably.

testing could start next months if all goes well

[Mr. Freeze]

Media Day is scheduled for May 13th in case you were wondering.

Looks really big in that last picture.

Yeah I didn't imagine Batman would really be that big!