Six Flags Schuyler Lake/Batman: The Ride

History
Six Flags began teasing the ride in late July 1992.

In August of 1992, temporary booths with a TV playing video footage of the Great America installation as well as clips from the two Batman movies were installed. The ride would be officially announced that same month, and construction began in mid-to-late September.

The ride opened on May 30th, 1993.

On July 8th, 1994, at 8:21am, 27-year-old Ryan Freedman from Ithaca, New York was killed during a test run when the restraints unexpectedly popped up during the ride and he was flung from the train. As a result of the accident, the ride was closed for one week while an inspection was done on it, eventually reopening July 16th. Freedman's family was later paid $15 million by Six Flags as compensation.

The ride was repainted black & yellow in 2004, to comply to contemporary Six Flags standards.

In 2014, the ride was ran backwards, and called "Namtab: Eht Edir".

Ride sponsor

 * Stride gum

Trivia

 * Schuyler Lake's Batman: The Ride has been praised for being the second best Batman clone in the Six Flags chain.
 * The 1992 pop up preview stand showed movie clips from the 1989 Batman movie and Batman Returns.
 * A prop replica of Batman's suit from the 1989 movie is on display in the ride's que line.