An inverted roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster in which the train runs under the track with the seats directly attached to the wheel carriage. Riders are seated in open cars,letting their feet swing freely. The inverted coaster was pioneered by Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger &Mabillard in the early 1990s with the development of Batman:The Ride,which opened at Six Flags Great America on May 9,1992.
A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster where passengers aboard a train stand throughout the course of the ride. The first manufacturer to employ the format was TOGO,a Japanese company that converted two traditional roller coasters in 1982 to stand-up configurations. Arrow Dynamics followed suit in the United States the following year with their own conversion. The first roller coaster designed from the ground up as a stand-up coaster was King Cobra,built by TOGO,which opened at Kings Island in 1984. Intamin and Bolliger &Mabillard (B&M) have also designed stand-up models beginning in the 1990s,with the latest opening in 2023 as Pipeline:The Surf Coaster in SeaWorld Orlando.
Bolliger &Mabillard,officially Bolliger &Mabillard Consulting Engineers,Inc. and often abbreviated B&M,is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey,Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by engineers Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard,both of whom had worked for Giovanola.
A Floorless Coaster,commonly known as a Floorless Roller Coaster,is a type of steel roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger &Mabillard where riders sit with no floor underneath them,allowing their feet to swing freely just above the track. Development of the Floorless Coaster model began between 1995 and 1996 with Medusa at Six Flags Great Adventure opening on April 2,1999,making it the world's first Floorless Roller Coaster. Floorless Roller Coasters also tend to have 3 to 7 inversions incorporated in the layout of the coaster.
Batman:The Ride is an inverted roller coaster based on the DC Comics character Batman and found at seven Six Flags theme parks in the United States and at least one outside the US. Built by consulting engineers Bolliger &Mabillard,it rises to a height of between 100 and 105 feet and reaches top speeds of 50 mph (80 km/h). The original roller coaster at Six Flags Great America was partially devised by the park's general manager Jim Wintrode. Batman:The Ride was the world's first inverted roller coaster when it opened in 1992,and has since been awarded Coaster Landmark status by the American Coaster Enthusiasts. Clones of the ride exist at amusement parks around the world.
Giovanola Frères SA was a prominent steel manufacturing company based in Monthey,Switzerland. It was known for building electrical power stations,water storage tanks,pipelines,boilers,highway bridges,submarines,ski lifts and many other steel products. The company started out as a small metal forging shop,founded by Joseph Giovanola in 1888. Joseph Sr. died in 1904,and the company was taken over by his sons,the eldest of which,Joseph Jr.,was just 17 years of age. By 1930 the company had grown to the point that it required a new factory which was constructed in Monthey.
A hypercoaster is a roller coaster with a height or drop measuring at least 200 feet (61 m). The term was first coined by Arrow Dynamics and Cedar Point in 1989 with the opening of the world's first hypercoaster,Magnum XL-200,which features a height of 205 feet. The next hypercoaster,Pepsi Max Big One,opened five years later at Blackpool Pleasure Beach featuring a height of 213 feet (65 m).
Green Lantern,formerly known as Chang,is a stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township,New Jersey. Green Lantern stands 155 feet (47 m) tall and features a top speed of 63 miles per hour (101 km/h). The 4,155-foot-long (1,266 m) ride features five inversions and a duration of approximately 21⁄2 minutes. This steel coaster was designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger &Mabillard.
The Riddler's Revenge is a steel stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Manufactured by Bolliger &Mabillard,the ride opened as the park's eleventh roller coaster on April 4,1998,setting multiple world records among stand-up coasters. Originally located in the Movie District section of the park,which later became Metropolis in 2017,The Riddler's Revenge was also the park's single biggest investment at a cost of $14 million. It features a height of 156 feet (48 m),a maximum speed of 65 mph (105 km/h),six inversions,and a track length of 4,370 feet (1,330 m).
A fourth-dimension roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster where riders are rotated independently of the track's orientation,generally about a horizontal axis perpendicular to the track. The cars do not need to be fixed to an angle.
Superman:Ultimate Flight is the name of three flying roller coasters currently operating at three Six Flags amusement parks in the United States,those being Six Flags Over Georgia,Six Flags Great Adventure and Six Flags Great America. Each of these steel coasters were designed and built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger &Mabillard and opened in 2002 and 2003. Since 2003,Six Flags has installed Superman:Ultimate Flight in three of their parks. Themed to the popular comic book character,Superman:Ultimate Flight simulates flying by positioning its passengers parallel to the track,supported by harnesses and facing the ground through most of the ride. In the station,riders board the train sitting down. After the train is locked and checked,the trains are raised into the flying position. After the ride,the seats are lowered back into the sitting position for the next round of riders.
Flashback was a steel roller coaster made by Intamin of Switzerland. The coaster was located in the Six Flags Plaza area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia,California. The model of the ride,a Space Diver coaster,was intended to be mass-produced,however,Flashback was the only installation.
Boomerang:Coast to Coaster is a steel shuttle roller coaster currently at several parks in North America. The roller coaster was designed and manufactured by Vekoma,and is considered as one of its boomerang models. At the time of installation in the late 1990's,the coaster was built at parks operated by Six Flags. All five coasters were originally known as Boomerang:Coast to Coaster,although three have since been renamed.
The Jester was a steel roller coaster located at the now defunct Six Flags New Orleans amusement park in New Orleans. Built and designed by Vekoma,the ride originally opened at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in 1996 as The Joker's Revenge. After its closure in 2001,the coaster was sent to Six Flags New Orleans where it became The Jester. The ride opened to the public at Six Flags New Orleans on April 13,2003. Following the devastation to the amusement park in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina,the roller coaster ceased operation following the park's closure but remained standing until its demolition in 2024.
The Dive Coaster is a steel roller coaster model developed and engineered by Bolliger &Mabillard. The design features one or more near-vertical drops that are approximately 90 degrees,which provide a moment of free-falling for passengers. The experience is enhanced by unique trains that seat up to ten riders per row,spanning only two or three rows total. Unlike traditional train design,this distinguishing aspect gives all passengers virtually the same experience throughout the course of the ride. Another defining characteristic of Dive Coasters is the holding brake at the top of the lift hill that holds the train momentarily right as it enters the first drop,suspending some passengers with a view looking straight down and releasing suddenly moments later.
The Great White is a steel inverted roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio,and the first roller coaster to be built at a SeaWorld park. It is not only the first inverted roller coaster in Texas,but also the first one in the state to be built by Bolliger &Mabillard.
Amusement rides and stunt shows themed to the Batman franchise its derivative elements are commonly found at Warner Bros. and Six Flags amusement parks across the world.
Wing Coaster is engineering firm Bolliger &Mabillard’s designation for its winged roller coaster designs. Winged roller coasters are a type of steel roller coaster where pairs of riders sit on either side of a roller coaster track in which nothing is above or below the riders. B&M began development on the first Wing Coaster between 2007 and 2008 leading to the opening of Raptor at Gardaland on 1 April 2011. There were sixteen B&M-designed Wing Coasters either under construction or operating worldwide as of December 2020.
DC Comics Super Hero Adventures was a DC Comics themed area found at Six Flags New Orleans,in the Eastern New Orleans area of New Orleans,Louisiana,USA. It opened on April 12,2003,after Six Flags took over the lease of the park in 2002 and added the company's signature Warner Bros. characters and themes.
Martin &Vleminckx Ltd. is a thrill ride and roller coaster manufacturing and construction company headquartered in Montreal,Québec,Canada with an affiliated office in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada,a manufacturing facility in Orlando,Florida,United States,and two subsidiaries,including a warehouse in China.
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