← Ride finder · Six Flags Great America
The Dark Knight Coaster
Steel Wild Mouse at Six Flags Great America, Gurnee, Illinois. Opened 2008.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 1,213 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 2 min
- Designer
- Mack Rides
The Dark Knight Coaster is an indoor roller coaster in the Orleans Place area of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Built by Mack Rides, it opened on May 21, 2008, as a wild mouse coaster housed entirely inside a building; RCDB lists the model as a Wilde Maus Compact Mobile. Its theme comes from the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight.
The ride is staged as an evacuation of Gotham City by subway while the Joker is at large, and riders may catch sight of the Joker or Batman along the way. Small cars seat four riders in two rows and climb a chain lift before a run of tight turns and short dips in the dark. RCDB gives a track length of 1,213 feet, no inversions and a ride time of about two minutes.
The park lists a minimum height of 48 inches, or 42 inches with a companion.
Sources
- sixflags.com/greatamerica/attractions/dark-knight-coaster (Park page: THE DARK KNIGHT Coaster in Orleans Place, introduced 2008, Mack Rides; all-enclosed; Gotham City subway evacuation with the Joker at large; 48-inch minimum (42 inches accompanied).)
- rcdb.com/4046.htm (RCDB: Dark Knight, operating since May 21, 2008; Mack Rides Wilde Maus Compact Mobile, enclosed wild mouse; length 1,213 ft, 0 inversions, duration 2:00; chain lift; cars of 4 riders (2 across, 2 rows); cost $7.5 million.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_Great_America (The Dark Knight Coaster, an indoor wild mouse themed to the 2008 film The Dark Knight, opened in 2008 in Orleans Place.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.