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Six Flags America (travel info) |
| Ride Type: |
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Steel Coaster |
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Operating since 6/16/2001 |
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Vekoma Flying Dutchman |
| Category: |
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Flying |
| Builder: |
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Vekoma Inc. |
| Length: |
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3340' |
| Height: |
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115' |
| Drop Angle: |
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30° |
| Max Speed: |
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51 mph |
| G Force: |
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4.3 |
| Inversions: |
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3 |
| Duration: |
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2:20 |
| Capacity: |
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1430 pph |
| Arrangement: |
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Three 6-car trains that hold 24 riders/train. |
| Visits: |
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279 |
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| More About This Ride |
Ride Restrictions:
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54 in. |
Structure:
Yellow Track with Purple Supports.
Features:
Horseshoe Curve, Vertical Loop, Two In-Line Twists
History:
The third Vekoma Flying Dutchman installation.
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| Relocations |
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This ride has not been relocated
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| Reviews |
SFOG Freak
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 2627
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Probably the best Vekoma flyer.
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| 6-30-04 20:39:27 |
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sfne stinks
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 10675
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Batwing is the best flyer coaster i have been on.. and i have been on 5 of them...
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| 2-8-05 18:09:32 |
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canobiefan
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 52
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Very good ride. This was my first ever flyer and it was great. I love the sensation of flying. One of my favorites.
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| 5-27-05 17:42:40 |
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JD71
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 7
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I went to SFA in the summer of '06.
It was cloudy, but hot and humid, it was horrible....
But that aside, the day at the park was a good one.
Now I don't want this to be a TR, So I'll stop talking about my day that day.
Batwing, Ah what a coaster, easily my numero uno.
BUT, the crew has to be THE WORST I have ever seen.
Dispatches even slower then Tatsu's on empty days
You will not believe how slow they worked.
When I first got to the back of the park to Batwing, IT WAS CLOSED, I decided to get in the queue and wait it out. It only took them 5 more minutes, so I guess I got lucky.
I got last row, It was kinda sad though because they only ran half of the rows too. We got in and were on the lift fairly quick. I was feeling mixed emotions, for I had only heard of bad reviews on Flying Dutchmen then.
But we got off the lift and I was already loving it. It was so intense and crazy. Right off the bat became my favourite coaster.
So later in the day I came back, queue was a bit crowded, This time they were running the other station with the other train. Big surprise there. But this is when it became evident that the crew sucked. The line was for the left station (coming from the queue) and was out to rite before the tunnel. Now thats not too long, but when operations are at an all time low, it takes much longer then it should. The crew was so incompetent of doing the simplest things. It took about 3 or 4 trains for me to finally get on, and this is like, 10 minutes dispatches in the horrible groggy weather. I somehow got assigned to front and I thought the *horrible* wait would be worth it, but then a family of 3 came and he pushed another single rider and I to the third. That really pissed me off, yet I said nothing. The ride wasn't as good in third either. So the second time really disappointed me, Oh well.
So Batwing, GREAT ride, horrible crew.
Sorry if this was a bit long.
-JD
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