Theme
Six Flags designers attempted to capture the essence of Batman and his world while waiting in line for the ride. The beginning of the wait brings you into Gotham City Park, with a plaque that reads, "Dedicated to the citizens of Gotham City through the generosity of Bruce Wayne." Walking through the well-kept environment can convince you that Gotham is a nice place. When you turn a corner, a well-kept advertising wall has graffiti and criminal tags on the other side. Park guests continue to enter an ominous environment as they get closer to the ride itself. Modeled after Anton Furst's award-winning set design for the original Batman film, guests find a crime-ridden and dirty environment, with wrecked cars, discarded pieces of equipment, crumbling concrete, and even a Gotham City Police car with bullet holes riddled on one side. Guests then enter the structure, with a large fan waiting on the other end. You then climb stairs into an environment resembling Axis Chemicals from the first film. The loading area is modeled after Batman's Batcave, complete with a Batsuit vault on the other side of the track. Throughout this wait, Batman film music plays from Danny Elfman, U2, Prince, Seal and for unknown reasons at the Great America ride, a Gabriel & Dresden remix of DJ Tiesto's In My Memory, as well as The Golden Girls theme song "Thank You For Being A Friend".
While many of the Batman: The Ride clones opened with dark blue track and supports, some featured gray and yellow as well. Over the years, several have modified their color schemes, with more seeming to incorporate yellows, blues, and purples. The original Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee remained with its original dark blue color scheme until 2004, when it was repainted with yellow track and dark purple supports. Most recently, the clones at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Over Georgia have been repainted medium blue with black supports and medium blue with dark blue supports, respectively, for the 2010 season.
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Famous quotes containing the word theme:
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
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A spur to valiant and magnanimous deeds,
Whose present courage may beat down our foes,
And fame in time to come canonize us.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
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—Calvin Trillin (20th century)