SFGAdv-Batman Dark Knight Coaster[Now open!]

Six Flags Great Adventure announced today that it will be constructing a new coaster for 2008 named "The Dark Night Coaster".

More information;
http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/info/news_TheDarkKnightCoaster.aspx

hmmm intresting. i am thinking this will be like the style of ride that the italian job is but far better scenery and effects

i hope theres good themeing, by the description it sounds like there will be. maby the'll do more theming in the whole movietown. and atleast chillers spot wont be an empty lot =)

hope its an itamin

It's a Mack clone of their common wild mice. Waste of theming IMO.

^ people are saying its a ''new'' design.. i think i read it on either gainsider or gadv

The Chicago Tribune website this morning said SFGAm is also getting a "Drark Knight Coaster". Must be another clone.

yea i think 2 or 3 are getting it

I want to see some renderings of this ride. It sounds too good to be true.

i agree it does sound like a prety cool ride that sounds like its going to be heavaly(sp) themed etc. i too are waiting to see a drawing or video of some sort cause thats what i will be focused on during the off season because im so used to going there every week haha its construction will prob be my medicine lol

Is it the same one as SFNE?

OOPS! The reason why I posted that was because the link didn't work. Here's one that does:

http://www.rcdb.com/document274.htm

and no, it's not the same ride, even though it has the same name....

yea i dont know why but they took it off the site.

update: the site is back up
http://www.sixflags.com/greatAdventure/rides/TheDarkKnightCoaster.aspx

Well, chiller is almost down, which means construction should start soon.

pictures of chiller






additonal photos can be found on http://amusementpics.com/SFGAdv%20News%20&%20Notes%20Fall%202007.htm


also some of the spike is still there and im not sure about launch track.


RIP chiller [:(]

new update thanks to amusmentpics.com!

the towers almost gone, not sure about the spike




and look, signs of the dark knight!





more pictures http://amusementpics.com/SFGAdv%20News%20&%20Notes%20Fall%202007.htm

yet another update!

chiller is almost down, with what looks like the launch and very few supports... but wait!--movie town water effects is demolished along with it! i wonder why? maby this ride (dark knight) is bigger then we thought

pictures thanks to flyin phil over at gainsider

http://www.flyinphilsphotos.com/amuse/nj/sfga/2007-11-25/album0

For God's sake... how hard is it to think of an original name? How many "Batman" coasters do we really need?

^ they named it after the new batman movie coming out "dark kinght"

Originally posted by cjd

For God's sake... how hard is it to think of an original name? How many "Batman" coasters do we really need?

Looks like at least two more.

i'd honestly rather them keep the chiller

They had a good reason to get rid of the Chiller. It wasn't torn down just to make room for this baby. They would not do that.

Originally posted by ChillerRob

i'd honestly rather them keep the chiller

wouldn't we all?

there were just too many problems with it, they wasted a lot of money on it also, such as batman... it never even ran after they converted it to run with the hump...

Originally posted by cjd

For God's sake... how hard is it to think of an original name? How many "Batman" coasters do we really need?

Naming it after one of the biggest movies of 2008 and opening it the same year is very good PR strategy [;)]

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Yeah i think because of this it will pull a lot of visitors to the park because of the theme of the movie[:D]

Looks pretty cool. Almost like a funhouse on steroids!