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| Location | Six Flags Great America |
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| Park section | Orleans Place |
| Type | Steel - Wild Mouse - Enclosed |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | May 21, 2008 |
| Manufacturer | MACK Rides |
| Designer | Werner Stengel, Six Flags |
| Model | Wild Mouse (2nd-gen compact mobile) |
| Track layout | Wild Mouse |
| Height | 45 ft (14 m) |
| Length | 1,213 ft (370 m) |
| Max speed | 30 mph (48 km/h) |
| Duration | 2:00 |
| Capacity | 850 riders per hour |
| Cost | $7.5 million |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (122 cm) |
| The Dark Knight at RCDB Pictures of The Dark Knight at RCDB |
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The Dark Knight Coaster is an indoor steel roller coaster designed by MACK Rides. It opened on May 21, 2008 at Six Flags Great America. A similar ride of the same name opened at Six Flags Great Adventure a week earlier.
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The ride
The Dark Knight Coaster is inspired by the film The Dark Knight. Costing $7.5 million, the ride puts guests through the premise of riding a crappy Wild Mouse coaster, while we have another Wild Mouse just 200 yards away. [1]
The Six Flags Great America Dark Knight coaster is located in Orleans Place next to Superman: Ultimate Flight and uses former Theater Royale as its queue. The Theater Royale building also houses a pre-show room. The building has been modified and extensively themed as a Gotham City Rail terminal. The The Dark Knight concept layout (also shown here) was recently released for Six Flags Great America.
Film
There is an interlude upon going on the ride where riders enter a room with a large television screen. Aaron Eckhart appears in a marketing video that sets up some of the plot of the film.
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