Bat, Steel roller coaster in Lagoon Amusement Park, United States.
The Bat is a Vekoma suspended family coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. Its purple track on green supports runs through helices and small hills around a themed bat cave, and the black-and-purple trains with orange restraints are slowed by magnetic brakes before returning to the station.
The Bat opened at Lagoon on April 16, 2005, a week after the planned April 9 start of the season. It was built where the Lake Park Terrace pavilion stood, a structure moved from the park's original Great Salt Lake shore site and removed on October 12, 2004 because its deterioration made upkeep unfeasible. It was the park's first coaster with magnetic brakes and its first inverted coaster.
The ride uses bat themes throughout its design, with a station full of bat imagery and a cave-like structure in the queue area. Visitors notice these details naturally as they approach and enter.
The Bat has a minimum height requirement of 42 inches (110 cm), lower than most other coasters at Lagoon, so many children can ride alongside adults. Riders board after a turn out of the station and a pinch wheel lift; the train is slowed by magnetic brakes before returning to the station.
As of 2008, The Bat is the only roller coaster at Lagoon with over-the-shoulder restraints, and its trains are black and purple with orange restraints. It was also the park's first coaster to use magnetic brakes.
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