Problematic Roller Coasters - Batman & Robin: The Chiller @ Six Flags Great Adventure

Batman & Robin: The Chiller was an iconic roller coaster when it operated at Six Flags Great Adventure from 1997 to 2007. However the ride was plagued with issues which I discuss in this video. Let me know if you ever got the chance to experience The Chiller!
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[@AirtimeThrills]

The fact that they didnt do their homework on the power needed and their power grid is so...six flags

[@tismejaytee]

FACTS

[@Cccoast]

Working with the ride system was amazing though! So complex... I use to open the ride in the AM, such fond memories. We’d have to warm the system up.... forget about launching both though... there weren’t enough capacitors.... which would cause brown outs on the grid.

[@EgansChannel]

I mean he really isn't wrong

[@paulmolinari5784]

Most theme park management personnel never do their homework on things when it comes to ride implementation. It was always about getting the next "best", "must have ride" to compete with other parks for bragging rights and breaking records. B&R was still a fun coaster to ride when it was open and thankful to have been able ride both sides in my youth.

[@subzerofromny735]

Airtime Thrills like Cedar Fair would do any better

[@OakViewFilms]

I find it ironic that one of the biggest movie failures in history (Batman and Robin) inspired one of the biggest failures in roller coaster history.

[@Quickfire412]

ohhhh that's a point I didn't even think of lmao

[@Cccoast]

Hey! I liked That movie 🤣😂☺️🤣

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

It’s ok if you like the movie....it’s just it was a box office disaster.

[@DannytheTourist]

At least we got Moloko on the soundtrack.

[@ElderWand99]

Oof

[@monicacasiano4905]

I remember when I was little I was too short to ride and was like “next time I come back I’ll be tall enough” and I came back and it was GONE!!!

[@TheMatsushitaMan]

Oof

[@tornadodee148]

my condoleances

[@deanna5763]

that sucks😞

[@daemonicone4098]

I was an employee in Rides during the time this opened. Everything in the video is 100% dead on and fully explains things that were not general knowledge even within the park at the time. There is one detail I'd like to share - it was definitely a power infrastructure issue that lead to the simultaneous launch problems. Management at the time was infamous among employees for keeping up with cosmetics but not underlying problems, and several members who worked in the area reported power issues no one officially connected to us at the time (but make total sense now). The draw was too high for the area, especially when you consider the proximity to Batman, which wasn't a huge power draw itself but had a pretty decent static power requirement for the entrance - the surges from B&R were overloading the area, it seems. This also didn't typically happen on the wet days where B:TR was not running, IIRC. AFAIK when Chiller was taken out, the necessary area improvements were made to prevent it from happening again. EDIT2: A further note for you - the Chiller tracks had ENORMOUS stress both at the launch and the tight rolls, resulting in rapid stress fracturing of coasters and track far above projections. This was exacerbated with a double launch, and is another reason I was given for why the coaster never functioned as intended. Employee days were the only positive about working here, and you are DEAD ON about that launch roar. You could clearly hear it from 2/3 of the park away. Trivia: A coworker held an unofficial record for consecutive rides on it (EDIT: 102, 51 each side); I chose GASM and did 76 runs that day.

[@coastx6140]

The lap bars make me feel like there a giant cheese it sitting on my lap and I can eat my way out

[@marksmyth1850]

Same

[@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

The cheese lapbar is one of Premier Rides' biggest mistakes 😄

[@o5-7firefox]

👁👄👁

[@theairtimeenthusiast]

Cheese it lap bar 🗿

[@finewine1001]

lol I ate them lol someone died apparently o honestly dunno why

[@will31601]

Breakdown and Rusty: The Chiller

[@stickskinny1266]

I can’t think of anything to comment so.... How bout that new raptor coming to that random water park in South Dakota

[@mutoneon]

Here here!

[@virginiacapitalcoasters7033]

Just saw that on Coaster Studios a few hours ago

[@l3rodyyy73]

Hjbddcbjuiijhff bbbnju hui jiitfgnjj!! 😂😅😂

[@NickyD]

thats not the truth according to the park

[@gladiatordragon9219]

@@NickyD Why not? Officials from the park are saying that while they want it to happen, they're not going to do anything until they're absolutely sure that they can build it without issues.

[@BD97lol]

The chillers will forever remain legendary. They were a staple of my youth. I only got to ride Robin in its final year when I was 10, but it its truly an experience I wish was still around. Had Kingda Ka not been built I feel as though the park may have worked even harder to keep their dual launcher running. The only ride I miss more is the Scream Machine and that's just because I'm an arrow fan boy

[@BD97lol]

@John Lorton it's a shame it was an engineering nightmare. It really was a fun ride and a unique experience. When I was a kid I always thought it was the coolest coaster

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Me too. I remember when they removed the zero-g rolls, I was like "Hey! Something's missing!"

[@songsthatarecatchy]

Scream machine was horrible. The batman and Robin ride was awesome. It looked cool it was fast and it was pretty scary too. I rode both tracks at some point but not the same day not even the same season. It always seemed one track was always closed.

[@ThemeParkCrazy]

Excellent work! You really did your homework on this one! Of course, it's fitting since Great Adventure is your home park. Can't wait to work with you on a Viper video in the future!

[@ElToroRyan]

Thanks! I’d love to work on a video with you!

[@davidm3maniac201]

@@ElToroRyan Yes do it guys it would be a great colab.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Viper was the best (well, one of them.)

[@Lightning13544]

Viper in magic mountain?

[@andrewdinns1746]

​@@Lightning13544 Viper at Great Adventure.

[@07coasters80]

6:54 My guy waving his arms tho

[@noobyoverlord]

He is likely special needs. While I was in school, many of the special needs kids waved their arms like that.

[@07coasters80]

Gage Riley oh my bad.

[@BassGal92]

@@noobyoverlord Would he have been allowed to ride, though? Ride ops with a lack of knowledge of disabled people would have assumed he didn't have enough control of his limbs to ride.

[@YurBoiCarson]

5:14 “So now we have a dueling rollercoaster that can’t technically duel” Nice Twisted Colossus joke

[@M-NL2]

What's worse is that tc was built in a way that is supposed to *force* it to duel every time yet it still doesn't lol

[@chiefbeef6251]

M-NL2-Contriver They should upgrade Twisted Colossus to feature the same pit stop system that is featured on West Coast Racers.

[@hellacia8151]

I went on TC in June of last year and it dueled both times

[@dojavillager5998]

M-NL2-Contriver SFMM is my home park and in my experience it duels pretty frequently lol.

[@unconame]

After the first week they put up signs saying to remove earrings as there was blood on the head rests. This ride was very loud and caused a lot of headaches. Many were surprised the ride lasted as long as it did - between ride issues, sound, injuries, and low attendance. Many would try it again when they heard they made an adjustment - to find the head rattle was still there. Didn't get to ride it once they went over to lap bars. That ride was a nightmare that almost killed the movie town area. Many used the other entrance area to enter and leave to ride batman. All the rides near it closed and even the shows near it suffered (including the show indoors).

[@StamfordBridge]

What I remember most about this coaster was not knowing that it had a launch, so the launch completely and totally took my breath away in a way that was a bit overwhelming.

[@chase7624]

Anyone looking for a bit of nostalgia can drive about 10 minutes down the road from Great Adventure and see the original Chiller sign standing alone in a farm where the ride was briefly in storage before it was shipped to Brazil. Seeing that sign sent chills up my spine, knowing the history it holds at my home park.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Saw that farm at age 13, cried.

[@MAGAIVER]

The coaster was never built here and ended up trashed... such a shame. To think we could've had a coaster this big here is very sad.

[@shawnpurnell2691]

I was fortunate enough to ride the Batman side in 1998 with the egregious OTS restraints and the psychotic zero g roll and then Robin some years after with just the lap bars but w/o the zero g.

[@alissabartozzi8013]

Me too!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

My parents went on it with their neighbors in 1998. I got to ride it in 2003, when the zero-g roll was still there. However, they had lap bars already.

[@ElleCee62978]

I probably rode Batman in 1998 with my sister. I rode Robin for the first time in 1999.

[@tismejaytee]

Freeze will probably be the closest thing we'll get to riding the Chiller today.

[@shaodynasty1017]

It definitely is

[@wordsintowins]

west coast racers (sort of)

[@need_more_nanocoasters304]

Simon Benson Mr Freeze is much closer to Chiller than WCR

[@greywolf6162]

Yeah, but the top hat matches the Batman side

[@Natibe_]

Me, who’s just getting into rollercoasters: “huh, I wonder why this ride was a problem?” “This ride was an early LIM attraction” also me, computer engineer: “ah yeah that’d do it!”

[@kennyb1588]

The roar of the track woke up my cat 🤣🤣🤣

[@CoasterFoxBradB]

I feel privileged I got to ride both sides. Premier Prime time fun my Teenage years!!! Great Video brings back so many great memories.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Same! (Except I was 7-11)

[@p0rterpan]

At SFSTL They still do run both sides.

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

Mr Freeze only has track. It’s not a dueling coaster. But it is a Premier Rides LIM launch coaster so it pretty much the same model.

[@mikethewhizz5085]

9:45 I feel like all of the DC comics characters are lightened up when used at Six Flags for themes, since the parks do attract families anyway

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Cyborg being _happy_ with his cybernetics at first, according to the New for 2018 teaser GAdv had. That literally contradicts his character.

[@amindofmyown35]

I remember finally getting on this thing in 06 with a bunch of my high school friends at the time and successfully convinced them to ride in the front Robin side. I fell in love with it and I really wish it wasn't the technical disaster that it was.

[@tigerrocks503chase8]

Did you ever get the chance to ride the Batman side or was it down every time you went on it?

[@harrymann6479]

Its shocking to me that this design passed council approval with literally no one investigating the required power draw, let alone made it past the initial engineering design review.

[@antoy384]

Isn’t electricity a private-to-private business contract in the US? At least for industrial applications.

[@jordanrodrigues1279]

Yeah, this is definitely a US, regulations-what-regulations phenomenon.

[@xkidgey]

Honey look the lights are flickering in the dining room, they must be trying to dual launch the Batman coaster over at the Six Flags again

[@JayK20]

@@xkidgey how is this real life

[@jamesr8738]

Only 10 or so years before that you had a horrific fire that killed something like 10 people.... No sprinklers in the building and the fire department never had said a word.... Its actually a big reason Great Adventure is now one of the industry leaders in safety.

[@chazzstorie2981]

I rode the Batman side...I remember the ride attendants doing a 3-2-1 countdown before we blasted out of the station.

[@justice4all72]

The sound of those coasters while walking toward the park in the parking lot, I will never forget that level of awesomeness. Great video!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Nowadays it's Green Lantern

[@TheRobobuck]

Robin: I want a flying coaster!! Chicks dig the flying coaster!! Batman: This is why Superman already has one.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

(to Harley Quinn) You can take your little family coaster and get out of here.

[@MaverickSteffen]

I never liked that ride -- it was too short -- and the lines for it in '97 and '98 were several hours long! But don't forget it was built right across the path from the Haunted House that burned down and killed those people, so maybe it was cursed.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

No, it wasn't cursed. I am Japanese and believe in yokai, but I know it was due to piss-poor mechanics.

[@TonyKimtheamusementparkfan]

This could have easily still been one of the top coasters at Six Flags Great Adventure if it was still around. I remember that I went to Six Flags Great Adventure back in 2001 when I was only 2 years old, and saw the ride go around. It looked like an insane roller coaster I wanted to go on in the future, but sadly I can't anymore. I think that Premier Rides really did not consider the design flaws this ride would have, regarding the forces, the LIMs being extremely unreliable, the power situation, and the valleying the coaster would have if the LIMs didn't boost the train up. But I don't necessary blame them in a bad way, since now they have learned from their lesson in the 90s, and have gone to build many more better and reliable coasters, even if they aren't as intense anymore. The LSMs on their rides now are much more easier to maintain and are not going to be as problematic as the LIMs were for most of their rides. I'm still surprised that many of their LIM launch coasters are still operational, since the LIMs are pretty scarce now if a Premier Rides coaster that used them needed them to be replaced. Plus I never knew that incline was 200 feet high :O

[@lospolloshermanos69]

4:42 *headbutts mic"

[@cancercentral9997]

That must be earrape for headphone users. I hate that popping/crackling noise.

[@zacharystewart5344]

I got to ride the Batman side with the heartline roll once in 2005 and I got to ride the Robin side with the s bend once in 2007. I absolutely loved the Batman side. That is still one of the most intense coasters I got to ride. The Robin side was also fun even if it didn't have the roll. It really baffles me at how terrible Six Flags Great Adventure really is with planning. Between this, Zumanjaro, El Toro, Kingda Ka, and Green Lantern's now resurfacing issues of roughness you would think someone would get a clue... But oh well. I hope the Jersey Devil is successful but now with Corvid I doubt they will get a good return on investment for it.

[@jsifre]

I'll never forget feeling like I was about to fall out of the train on those barrel rolls-especially after they removed the shoulder harnesses

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

They say this ride was also cursed by the land it took over, because of what had previously been on the plot: A haunted house known as The Haunted Castle (actually seventeen wooden trailers lashed together with lighting and effects to create a spooky maze). An attraction that burned to the ground in 1984, claiming a few lives in the process and nearly causing Great Adventure to close for good.

[@frontrowcinema666]

Still to this day I feel so lucky that I managed to ride both sides of this coaster.

[@Jason_Maier]

Sweet! Now from what I've read; The Chiller barely dueled. Did you ever duel?

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I did, only once, in October 2003.

[@BarryGGould]

i worked at sfga when it was built. i got to ride both sides several times before all the modifications. it was a fun ride but the problems were massive right from the start

[@xbiker321]

I was able to ride both sides when I was younger. The theming of the ride, loading area, and line was just as good as the ride itself. See if in future videos you can lightly touch more on the theming, otherwise great video!

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

The loading area played Moloko! "Fun For Me" from the Batman & Robin movie. Loved it!

[@twenty1blakjack]

I rode Robin a number of times growing up, and even remember riding the Batman side at least once. I went to Six Flags at least 5-7 times a year most of my childhood, and the Chiller figures prominently in my memories. It was common that we'd show up to find them both closed, and be disappointed. Sometimes, we'd show up and find Robin open, and then the line was usually long and slow, but we would always wait anyway, my brother, my mom, and I usually. I remember waiting in the hot sun for like an hour, before waiting probably 30-45 more minutes in the indoor line, before finally sitting into Robin's train and enjoying the crazy thrill of this ride. I also remember that dramatic roar you're talking about. At least once, we showed up and were shocked to see Robin was closed but the Batman track was open! We couldn't believe it! We probably waited 2 full hours for it, but it was awesome, the top hat element was so forceful and frightening to me at age 9 or 10 probably. Batman was definitely the better track and it's a real shame that Robin was the more "reliable" side. I also remember showing up in 2001 or 02, when they exchanged those shoulder restraints with the lap bars + the foot bar. Then I REALLY loved this ride, as I no longer had to ride defensively and brace for the headbanging. It was absolutely thrilling, forceful, epic those last few years with the lap bar. I don't blame them one bit for removing such an unreliable money pit, but it's just such a shame they didn't do their homework to begin with to build a better ride at the start.

[@iron1349]

Weird how this thing is a close cousin of the Mr. Freeze, even tying into the same movie, but the Freezes stand proud I feel like being a dual coaster is the main reason they failed

[@AntS1992]

This is in my top 5 favorite roller coasters. I miss the shit out of this ride! It was such a beauty

[@zacdavid184]

"After 10 'seasons of operation.'" If you could even call them that... But a great video about a great ride gone too soon. I'm very lucky that I had the chance to ride both sides so many times. I even have the dubious honor of having ridden both with OSTRS, which was a truly harrowing experience. The rolls were indeed amazing.

[@josiahnusbaum7431]

Man, not gonna lie, the Dark Knight Wild Mouse is my favorite non-spinning Wild Mouse coaster out there...

[@StephenWilliams-fp4cw]

I got to ride both Robin and Batman repeatedly in its first years of operation. I was 17-18 at the time and in my 40s now having rode coasters all over the world the Chiller is still my FAVORITE roller coasters ever. The roar was iconic, I remember me and my cousins would stay till park closing riding the ride by ourselves telling the operators to keep launching us until they tell them it was enough and close the ride. Great video, the memories made me tear up

[@joeyg6267]

went on both tracks, would be my 4th favorite coaster at great adventure if they were still open

[@carys9094]

really love these informative vids!! the coasters look sick although the povs do look kinda rough so i’m not surprised about the head banging lol

[@mikethewhizz5085]

8:41 I've heard that when they first decided to build the Joker freespin at Great America, they originally wanted its entrance in the Mardi Gras area of the park since the theme combination coincided so well and because the coaster it was replacing had its entrance in the same place, but instead they put the entrance in the adjacent Yankee Harbor, right next to the original Batman Invert, which I think is really cool too

[@visionist7]

That ride surprised me so much. I was expecting an uncomfortable, One & Done gimmick but the experience was smooth, fun and full of easy airtime. I wanted to ride again but only had limited time so moved on.

[@cherrykissez53]

I remember riding this ride when I was 13!!! But I only rode the Batman side. Too many people I knew rode the robin side and kept having neck injuries!!!

[@stevencipparulo6937]

Got to ride Batman once and robin a ton of times. Just hearing that clip of the lunch roar brought back so many memories. Great video.

[@ankitmodh592]

I got to ride this many times! All your videos bring me back to the 90s and 2000s - very nostalgic!

[@brybryguy6314]

I road this ride many many times from its opening and closing. During that time I have only ridden batman side twice and only ever saw the ride actually duling twice ever! That zero g roll was extremely intense indeed.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

I saw it dueling three times. Once in 2002, twice in 2003.

[@Mechum22]

I love how thorough your informational vids are. Keep it up, man!

[@stevemichael652]

I remember being a little kid , 8-9 years old, and being petrified of the chiller. Between its menacing presence, the loud take offs and roar of the engine being heard from anywhere in the park, and people complaining about bloody ears, I was truly afraid of it. When you’re a kid, hearing “bloody ears” can mean anything. I thought there was a demon on the track that gave riders bloody ears.

[@jamesr8738]

I was on in 2006/2007 as well, Robin was the only operating side on that day and I remember being AMAZED that it was open. So glad I got to ride it when I did.

[@Joypyf]

Loved this just as much as your Mr. Freeze and Beast videos!!! ☺️

[@randy9104]

You do a great job explaining in detail how these coasters operate.

[@hogscattle7877]

Awesome video and research! I miss that ride so much! I rode at least both tracks 6 times a piece! This was one of the best rides in the park at the time. That's when we still had the OG Rolling Thunder coaster and the Scream Machine.

[@coyle477]

The zero g rolls on both tracks with lap bars were what made this my favorite marathon coaster in the park

[@powerstrokepuller8076]

never rode this particular ride, but hearing the roar of those trains brought memories back to being a kid in Las Vegas and riding SPEED the NASCAR themed coaster. it was by far the best coaster in Vegas

[@coastermania17]

The Chiller was the coaster version of "the one that got away" for me

[@DoggoWillink]

This is probably my favorite roller coaster ever tbh. I mean everything about it too, even seeing if it was open or not, or getting stuck near the top, etc, it was awesome.

[@davidm3maniac201]

Thanks for this great video Ryan. You have got me hooked with your knowledge and narration. Just what i need at the moment with this lockdown. Anyway keep up with these great vids and i will keep watching. Like from me

[@kevdillon23]

This ride gave me day ending migraines sooooo many times. But I would still love one last ride on this bastard. That sound clip of it taking off brought back major nostalgia.

[@KirkHMiller]

One of my favorites growing up!

[@sweetandsoursoup]

Ridden both sides in 2004 that roar is such a throwback! It’s a rather choppy for what you’d assume was a smooth ride. Gotham City (?) next to it was smooth as butter.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Batman: The Ride?

[@KevinRoane1978]

I truly miss these coasters, Batman was my favorite especially when the rolls were present, Robin gave me horrible headaches even when the over the shoulder restraints were removed. I had the pleasure of many dueling rides, Robin always seemed to win. The roar of this ride was boss, it was almost unbearable when exciting between the trains! Awesome video, It would be great to see a company attempt a redo of this legend!

[@johnk9980]

Great video! I was a 260 ride op here (and Batman, sometimes water effect) in 2000 - the awesome memories and valley nightmares came flooding back. Sucked for people who couldn’t remove earrings/gauges, since they couldn’t ride Robin... headbanging was THAT bad

[@jacobhallman3206]

I love these types of videos

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

Oh man that Dead Prez. You always have the best song choices

[@kriswempa5171]

Excellent video ! I remember being so disappointed when arriving at the park in 1997 and finding out that the coaster closed shortly after opening. It didn't reopen until the following season. A few years later, I got a season pass and had the privilege of riding both of these coasters. There were many nights that there was almost no line and it was easy to get many rides on both. I did see both sides running simultaneously, but never saw them launch simultaneously. The rides were both super intense. The Batman side is still one of my favorite rides.

[@thepolicyoftruth]

Great job Ryan!!

[@lifesnofairytale]

I grew up 20 minutes from Great Adventure and went there all the time. I LOVED he Chiller and still miss it to this day. That and the original free fall.

[@aprilmason1616]

I Just love the warning in the beginning💙

[@ravendevino6419]

This was my first ride with a themed queue which gives it a special place in my heart.

[@brianhunberger7905]

Love the video for B&R got to ride both sides before the modifications

[@nobody3279]

I’m from STL. Really grateful that the Mr Freeze is reliable. It was the top dog at our park before the boss

[@timk987]

Well, it looks like at the very least, Premier Rides has learned from it's past mistakes. West Coast racers appears to solve the double launch issues and the structure and track seem address the issues The Chiller had with the zero-g roll. Ice Breaker has no boosters on the spike and all propulsions is low. They also seem to have ditched LIMs for the less forceful LSM launch and simply bring the elements sooner to the slower moving trains to compensate for the initial burst of speed, then rely on multiple short bursts to bring the ride to full speed. Great Video, Ryan!

[@Newsky79]

@ElToroRyan Nice video and Your Mr. Freeze video was Great too! :)

[@JasonsBasementBand]

What a great ride, never been on it because everytime I went it was closed. But I do remember seeing it in the park and thinking “wow what a dope idea for a roller coaster”

[@usablefiber]

I have such great memories of this ride, the theming and colors and the roar, and winding through the icy brick theme queue as the the roars go on… I went every year from 98 til close and only remember both sides open once or twice.. usually just one or the other. It was one of if not my favorite of the park included vs Medusa, nitro, and others, It was that good.

[@cjteague89]

This ride always intrigued me, and got built a few times when i was playing Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 lol. Never got the chance to ride it though unfortunately. These LIM coasters were the glory days of premier rides, I wish we would see layouts like these coasters from them again.

[@shmoogboing2785]

Another great video keep it up mang!

[@DannytheTourist]

Thank you for mentioning Viper.

[@JeramyLake]

I also rode the Robin side back when I was about 10 in 2006. One of my favorite ever credits because so few people can say they rode this! If only I got on it when both sides still had the zero G roll, I remember my older brother and sister did it and them telling us about how insane it was!

[@paulmolinari5784]

Although this was a huge problematic coaster, it was still one of my favorites. When you got to the park and saw it operating, it was always a blessing, even if they had just the batman side running or the robin side, sometimes rare they had both sides running. I can still remember the loud noise of the trains flying past you when you went down the tunnel after getting off the ride. Definitely a memorable ride; but once they took out the Zero G Rolls, that was the end of the it. Would love to have seen it been successful at the amusement park in Brazil, but sadly it was scrapped.

[@WhosePodIsItAnyway]

When u played the sound of the coaster I got chills. I remember when this opened & closed lol. Ride was definitely barely ever working. I think I rode the Batman side once. On a rare day both tracks were running

[@aprev039]

I remember an operator doing Mr Freeze puns in Arnold’s voice just before launching the trains. 😆

[@dboyq329]

And thank you for explaining what happened to this coaster. I often wonder.

[@EgansChannel]

I watched to the end and now I know why I got this notification, great video!

[@garbageman18]

You're the man. Another great vid.

[@Disco_Breakin]

good little series, ryan

[@BonnotAR]

Was looking forward to this video after your Mr Freeze one. This was one of my favorite rides in the park when it was around. Preferred the Batman track when they both had the over the shoulder restraints and zero g rolls. But enjoyed the Robin track as well. Night rides were probably my favorite , and there was nothing like that roar when they were running. The only thing I could say that compared to the sound of this would be The Hulk before the re-tracking. Though this may have been louder even than that. It sucks it didn't work out.

[@YuukiTakemoto1996]

Green Lantern is pretty damn loud. And Superman at SFNE. Those two are really damn close to what The Chiller sounded like.

[@declanc3412]

I love Mr freeze so much but six flags loves to have only one train ops on a hot sunny day. It’s like being trapped in a metal can and put inside an oven

[@URGAYBESTFRANNN]

This was actually one of my favorites. I miss it so much

[@treyx6422]

I'm glade I never got to ride it when they added the S-Bends. Them rolls at the end was the best part of both tracks.

[@HYDRAdude]

I wish someone would make a video about Batman: The Escape at Six Flags Astroworld, a ride which most people don't even realize ever existed.

[@DanielBlaney]

It actually used to be at Great Adventure as Shockwave.

[@SherrifOfNottingham]

Astro world was sold "for real estate value" they said. It's an empty field now.

[@shawnmcandrew6923]

I remember them both well, MA\an they were awesome when running rode those as much as possible.

[@RochD2]

Had the honor of riding both dueling during its opening season. I remember batman being insane. It’d be awesome to see Premier reimagine it with their modern tech.

[@AaronFacciolini]

One of the best ever. I miss it sooo much.

[@bwillabeanz3]

The chiller was the first coaster I rode at sfga back in 03, i was 10 years old and those were some good times

[@Absurdity101]

Do you think if it was recreated with better technology it would succeed?

[@Jadentheman]

Jean Edouard yeah I feel like these rides were way ahead of their time. West Coast Racers do dual launch seemingly flawlessly. So the tech has matured

[@M-NL2]

@@Jadentheman yeah, LSMs have far less power consumption and are way more efficient than LIMs. Also wcr has way less acceleration, smaller/lighter trains, and lower top speed

[@KevinRoane1978]

I think it would be awesome!

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Most definitely

[@samuelitooooo]

They could also place the LSMs differently so trains can rescue their selves from valleying, or maybe prevent that situation altogether. Do you think that would be a good use of the former Rolling Thunder space?

[@danamarie2970]

Wow I love this video! The Chiller was my fave coaster back in its heyday. I was fortunate enough to ride both tracks, preferring Batman. Was a great ride when it was actually open. SBNO! lol

[@Karin12822]

I started going to Six Flags yearly in 2008 so I don't think I ever got to see Chiller standing, but I always imagine how it would look if it was still standing today around all these new additions to that area of the park. I wish I could have road it before it was gone

[@tombrauner4261]

Got to ride robin in 07 when I was 11 too. Even kingda ka can’t touch chillers launch. Best coaster that never was. Rip