JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS Six Flags Great America 2016

Chicago area’s Six Flags Great America announced the addition of JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS for the 2016 season.  JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS opened at Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags St. Louis this year and was an instant favorite - named by USA Today readers as one of the Top Ten New Amusement Park Attractions of the year and awarded Best New Attraction by Theme Park Insider. Continue reading for more details, photos, and video from Six Flags’ press release.

Six Flags JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS

From Six Flags Great America’s Press Release

Six Flags Great America — in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment — today announced the next generation of interactive thrills with the debut of an all-new 4D interactive thrill ride, JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis.

Six Flags JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS

Slated to open at Six Flags Great America in 2016, guests will become members of the JUSTICE LEAGUE Reserve Team, and engage in a full-sensory journey as they battle alongside BATMAN, SUPERMAN, WONDER WOMAN and GREEN LANTERN against Lex Luthor, The Joker and his henchmen. Traveling in six-passenger vehicles, riders must outsmart Lex Luthor and The Joker and save the city of Metropolis.

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“Introducing an attraction that combines this level of technology and the iconic DC Comics characters will bring an unmatched, interactive experience to our guests in 2016,” stated Hank Salemi, park president. “The addition of JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis is another example of our park’s commitment to delivering new and innovative thrills every year.”

Six Flags JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS

JUSTICE LEAGUE: BATTLE FOR METROPOLIS will feature:

  • A 22,000 square foot HALL OF JUSTICE to house this full-sensory thrill ride;
  • A 4D ride experience with wind, fire, mist and fog effects, plus life-like animatronic characters;
  • A dramatic fight as the JUSTICE LEAGUE Reserve Team travels through laughing gas and flames in 10 high-intensity scenes;
  • One of the first-ever virtual loops, giving riders the feeling of going head over heels;
  • High definition 3D animation that fully immerses riders into the city of Metropolis;
  • State-of-the-art gaming elements;
  • 6-passenger vehicles with multi-degrees-of-freedom to transport riders through all the exciting twists and turns without limitations.

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JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis is scheduled to open to the public at Six Flags Great America in the spring of 2016.  Keep checking this site for all the announcements of new attractions coming in 2016.  For more family travel news, reviews, and trip reports, be sure to follow Adventures by Daddy on twitter and “like” our facebook page too.

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