The Dark Knight Rises Coaster

The Dark Knight Rises Coaster is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom that will be opened in June 2, 2018.

History
On August 31, 2017, a new coaster was announced to be next to Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth. Construction for the new roller coaster began in September 2017. The final piece of track was placed on April 29, 2018. After construction and testing was complete, the roller coaster opened first to the media on June 2, 2018.

Ride experience
After the train departs from the station, it makes a 90 degree right turn before beginning to climb the 146 ft lift hill. Once at the top, the train goes through a pre-drop before entering the 109 ft downward right drop. Once at the bottom, the train enters a 105 ft loop. After exiting the loop, the train makes a banked right turn leading into the cobra roll. Almost immediately after, the train goes through a zero-gravity roll followed by a downward left helix. Then, the train enters the first of two corkscrews which are separated by a banked left turn. Next, the train enters an upward left helix (the beginning of the helix is close to water) before entering the brake run. The train then makes a right turn into a second, shorter, brake run which leads straight back to the station. One cycle lasts approximately two minutes and thirty seconds.

Track
The steel track of The Dark Knight Rises Coaster is approximately 3125 ft long, and the height of the lift is approximately 146 ft high. The Dark Knight Rises Coaster, along with all of Bolliger & Mabillard's other roller coasters, was manufactured by Clermont Steel Fabricators located in Batavia, Ohio and erected by Coan Construction Company. The track is filled with sand to reduce the noise made by the trains. Silver Bullet was also the first Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster to use magnetic brakes in the brake run. The track and supports of the lift hill are purple, with the remaining track being yellow with silver rails and the remaining supports colored purple.

Trains
The Dark Knight Rises Coaster operates with two steel and fiberglass trains. Each train has eight cars that can seat four riders in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train. The seats are coloured black, with yellow over-the-shoulder restraints and tri-color wheel coverings (blue, grey, and yellow).