Welcome to my series, Why It's Gone. This is where i'll go over this history of theme parks, rides, and coasters that are gone but are not forgotten. In todays episode, i'll be talking about Six Flags Great Adventures once giant dueling launched coaster, Batman & Robin: The Chiller!
A special thanks goes out to Dainan Rafferty for providing valuable information for this video! Show his channel some love! @NorthEastCoasters
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Chapters:
00:00 - History Leading Up to Chiller
01:05 - Chiller Announcement
03:42 - Construction
05:53 - Layouts
07:05 - 1997 Season
09:24 - Chiller's Restraints
10:51 - Valleying
12:47 - LIM's
13:19 - Theming Downfall
13:47 - More downtime
15:57 - Paint Job
14:07 - 2006 Season Issues
14:37 - 2007 Re-Track & Issues
16:13 - Deconstruction
16:48 - The Dark Knight Coaster
17:19 - Deconstruction Part 2
18:10 - Beto Carrero World
18:50 - Left over Station, Queue, and Observatory
20:30 - Why It's Gone
22:14 - Outro
Photo Credit:
Greatadventurehistory.com
Amusement Planet -https://www.amusementplanet.com/gallery/index.php/SFGAdv/Chiller/sfgadv-thechiller029
Speedygoy - https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/ae1bis/batman_robin_the_chiller_train_at_sfot/
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