Batman The Escape
| Batman The Escape | |
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Batman The Escape in 2004 at Six Flags Astroworld.
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| Darien Lake | |
| Coordinates | 42°55′43″N 78°23′30″W / 42.928580°N 78.391651°WCoordinates: 42°55′43″N 78°23′30″W / 42.928580°N 78.391651°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Six Flags AstroWorld | |
| Coordinates | 29°40′24″N 95°24′34″W / 29.673375°N 95.409454°W |
| Status | Relocated |
| Opening date | 1993 |
| Closing date | October 30, 2005 |
| Six Flags Great Adventure | |
| Status | Relocated |
| Opening date | 1990 |
| Closing date | September 1992 |
| Six Flags Magic Mountain | |
| Coordinates | 34°25′16″N 118°36′01″W / 34.421056°N 118.600196°W |
| Status | Relocated |
| Opening date | 1986 |
| Closing date | 1988 |
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| Type | Steel – Stand-up |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Intamin |
| Height | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Drop | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Length | 2,300 ft (700 m) |
| Speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Duration | 2:18 |
| Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train. |
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Batman The Escape at RCDB Pictures of Batman The Escape at RCDB |
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Batman The Escape is a steel stand-up roller coaster that is in storage at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort. It was located at Six Flags Magic Mountain from 1986 until January 1989 (where it was known as Shockwave); Six Flags Great Adventure from 1990 until September 1992 (where it was known as Shockwave); and Six Flags AstroWorld from 1994 until 2005. Batman The Escape was designed by Intamin and featured one loop. This loop was followed by a diving turnaround, a midcourse brake run, and a helix through the loop before returning through a straight away back to the final brakes.
The ride was built in 1986 for Six Flags Magic Mountain where it was known as Shockwave. It was one of the first stand-up roller coasters in the world. The coaster was a very popular attraction at Magic Mountain regardless of its roughness due to the positions of the restraints. At the time, Six Flags had a ride rotation program, in which some coasters would remain at a park for a couple years and then transferred to another park.
Late in 1988, the Shockwave was closed, in 1989 removed, and in 1990 relocated to Six Flags Great Adventure and opened there. At Magic Mountain, the former Shockwave location would be where the California Psyclone wooden twister coaster would be built in 1991.
At Great Adventure, the Shockwave opened a month into the 1990 season and was plagued with many technical difficulties. The ride continued to be quite rough but had some of the longest lines in the park. At times Shockwave did not open until noon while the rest of the park opened at 10:00 am. It was still a very popular ride at the park, like when it was at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The ride was painted blue instead of its prior color, black. The restraints also had been changed while at Six Flags Great Adventure, removing the padding.
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