Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy, Steel roller coaster in Warner Bros Movie World, Gold Coast, Australia
Arkham Asylum – Shock Therapy was a steel coaster at Warner Bros Movie World in Gold Coast, Queensland. The ride carried passengers in hanging seats through five inversions along a 765-meter track.
The attraction opened in December 1995 under the name Lethal Weapon The Ride and received a Batman-themed redesign in 2012. Operations ended in December 2019 when the coaster closed permanently.
The waiting area displayed wall markings and references to the Joker that created the feeling of an abandoned asylum from the comics. Visitors walked past objects and traces left by Gotham villains that completed the narrative theme.
The queue began outdoors in a Chinatown-style area with facades such as "Lee's Martial Arts School", then passed through a movie-theatre-like hall showing film sequences. In the mid-2000s most of this theming was bypassed, leaving the autoyard section with stacked cars and graffiti. The station sat between the original entrance and Superman Escape.
The helix before the brake run, called a "bayern kurve" by Vekoma, was the first of its kind fitted to any Suspended Looping Coaster. The ride was also the first steel inverted coaster at an Australian theme park.
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