Batman: The Escape

Batman: the Escape was a steel Intamin Stand-up coaster in the European Section of Six Flags AstroWorld.

History[]

The coaster was at first relocated from both Six Flags Magic Mountain, then Great Adventure, where it was both called "ShockWave". When the coaster was getting built it was originally repainted plain white and themed to Batman. The reason probably because of the Batman Returns movie being released at that time. Before guest enter the coaster itself, they had to attempt to outrun the villainous Penguin. The queue line went through Arctic Park & the Gotham City Cold Storage, where guest would then board the train and escape, hence the rides name. At this point, the park took the abandoned mountain from the old Alpine Sleigh Ride, and turned it into the Batcave. Here you would find some of Bruce Wayne's computer equipment, a Batsuit replica, and even a full scale Batmobile.

In 1998, the Batcave would be eliminated for unknown reasons, possibly since Premier parks purchasing Six Flags at the time.

In 2004, the coaster was repainted yellow and black to make sense with Batman's actual colors.

On October 30, 2005, AstroWorld would shut down for good due to parking disputes. After that, the coaster was planned to be reconstructed at Six Flags Darien Lake, but the park was put for sale by the time it got there. So the coaster was stored a vacant storage lot across the street, and for the next 12 years it was rusting away with no plans to reopen. And besides, Six Flags stated that it wasn't worth constructing the coaster a fourth, and they basically told the new owners to do what they want with it. Since 2018, the track was sold and scrapped for good.

Trivia[]

This was one of only three Intamin Stand-up's to ever be built. With this and Le Cobra from LaRonde gone, only ShockWave at England's Drayton's Manor is still currently the last one.
This coaster came from Six Flags Great Adventure right after Ultra Twister.