Intense, Limited Run BATMAN™ Coaster Experience Coming to Six Flags Great Adventure

JACKSON, N.J., March 24, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Six Flags Great Adventure, the world's largest theme park, unveils a second thrilling roller coaster experience for 2015 as it flips one of its most innovative and adrenaline-charged coasters backwards for a limited time. The park also debuts its 13th roller coaster – El Diablo – during its 2015 season, which kicks off April 3.

BATMAN™: The Ride becomes even more intense as it undergoes a gravity-defying role reversal from July 4^th weekend to Labor Day weekend. Guests can dare to take on an all-new experience on the world-famous suspended, looping coaster when its chair lift-style train is flipped 180 degrees on the track.

BATMAN™: The Ride Backwards Fast Facts:

• Soar backwards, chair-lift style (beneath the track)
• 50-mph juggernaut
• Five gut-wrenching inversions guests never see coming
• 2,700 feet of twisted track

Since opening in 1993, BATMAN™: The Ride has given more than 27 million thrilling rides and reigns as one of the most popular roller coasters in the world. 

"The ride's intensity is ratcheted way up," said John Fitzgerald, Six Flags Great Adventure president. "Thrill seekers will not want to miss this limited-time opportunity to put their inner 'super hero' to the test."

41^st Season Kicks Off April 3

Six Flags Great Adventure was voted America's second best theme park by USA TODAY readers in 2014. Its 41^st season begins April 3 with Easter Weekend presented by PEEPS®. On Saturday, April 4, Six Flags will host a special Easter Celebration giving guests the chance to search for eggs filled with PEEPS®. The morning event will also include onsite entertainment, games and giveaways.

Guests can feel the wrath of the devil on El Diablo, the park's 13th coaster, beginning this May. Inspired by Jersey Devil folklore with a Mexican twist, El Diablo features riders sitting in "face-off" (face-to-face) seats rocketing forward and backward pendulum style until the train gains enough momentum to complete a full revolution seven stories in the air. The fiery red coaster then kicks into high gear, completing full revolutions until it stops momentarily with riders suspended upside down, and then reverses direction.

Tickets, operating hours, park information and special events can be found at www.sixflags.com/greatadventure

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