![]() Location: Six Flags Magic Mountain (Valencia, California) But only Six Flags Great America’s is the first, and the “shot heard ’round the world” for the Coaster Wars. Each is a coaster fans’ dream – if only because the tight inversions, low elements, compact layout, and high intensity represent the best of “early” B&M versus their modern tendency to default to widely appealing, graceful, giant elements, and less-intense installations. But B&M’s inverted model was an action-packed, high-intensity, inverting thrill machine with all of B&M’s staples – a pre-drop, four-across seating, wild inversions, and post-Arrow smoothness.īelieve it or not, there are twelve identical copies of Batman: The Ride around the globe (and seven of them carry the “Batman” name). Sure, coasters had hung beneath the track before, via Arrow’s swinging and swaying suspended coasters. But – at the request of the general manager of Six Flags Great America – their next was something entirely new. Though it was actually the fourth coaster designed by then-newcomer Bolliger & Mabillard, their first three had all been stand-up coasters. Probably the ride most reliably called the start of the Coaster Wars, Batman: The Ride was a revolution. Location: Six Flags Great America (Gurnee, Illinois) Batman: The Ride Image: Bolliger & Mabillard Here’s our suggested Bucket List for roadtrip-ready “ride warriors” who want to ride through history and experience landmarks of the Coaster Wars firsthand… 10. ![]() While the breakneck speed and ultra-extremes of the Coaster Wars may have quelled, if you’re up to tackle some of the icons of the era, look no further. After decades of focusing exclusively on thrill-seekers, most operators “woke up” in the mid-2000s to find that they’d kind of forgotten everything else you need to operate a great park – like, y’know, restaurants and shows and family coasters and dark rides… Oops. Today, most parks have calmed their quest to break records. ![]() With unthinkable innovations, new ride technologies, and cutting edge coasters debuting, it seemed that the Coaster Wars Crown could be anyone’s… As ride manufacturers and the most daring theme park operators raced to build taller, faster, and more extreme rides, thrill-seekers found themselves surrounded in new record-breakers year after year. – “I Need You To Imagine” Podcast Extras (B|S|G|P)ĭuring the ’90s, one of the most enduring battles of all time was waged right before our eyes: the Coaster Wars.The Enchanted Tiki Room: Under New Management.The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (Orlando).The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (California).20,000 Leagues Under the Sea – Submarine Voyage.
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