Beto Carrero World - new home to The Chiller (sfgad)

According to this article Beto Carrero World has started to receive shipments of the former Batman & Robin: The Chiller coaster that once ran at Six Flags Great Adventure.

(Article in Portuguese)

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Hrm... I wonder if the "heart-line" track is still around. Wouldn't it be nice to see that re-built? With new more flexible trains, of course.

That thing with lap bars and the rolls was one of the best steel coasters I ever rode. Too bad it was down most of the times I was there...

I was NOT expecting the Chiller to be relocated, especially to an international park!

Really good news!

One can hope that the ride will get new LSM technology, in-line twists and new trains, but none of that will probably happen.

^The ride may need new trains. From what I recall, the rolling stock was part of the ride's issues. However the ride was designed with the old train in mind. Who knows, anything is possible! I can't wait to see construction, Chiller was my favorite ride at SFGADV.

This makes me happy. I worked on this coaster back in 2002. It was truly a great ride, aside from the multitude of issues it had. I know that the in-line twists beat the hell out of the wheel assemblies, which ultimately contributed to their removal.

I was NOT expecting the Chiller to be relocated, especially to an international park!

Ahh,international parks....where old american coasters go to die,and then get reborn LOL!!

I'm a fan of the Premier launched shuttles, so I hope Beto Carrero can get Chiller up and running again. It was closed for good by the time I made it to Great Adventure.

Of course, it's rather unlikely that I'll ride it in its new location, either--but who knows?

I was NOT expecting the Chiller to be relocated, especially to an international park!

 

Ahh,international parks....where old american coasters go to die,and then get reborn LOL!!

Deja Vu, SFOG, lol.

This is great news, however I don't want to get my hopes up just yet until I actually see it start to be built.

Lucky I experienced it during coaster celebration, it's first year with lap bars. It was a blast especially in reverse. If I had a choice I would take B&RTC over KK any day.

By far my favorite ride ever at Gadv. Was extremely sad to see it go, but at least someone is trying to resurrect it.

I really liked that coaster and that's only based on the Robin side. Hopefully they'll be able to keep it running.

Now it's official! http://www.rcdb.com/10797.htm

Good news even though I'll most likely never ride it in Brazil. This is most likely one of my favorite launched coaster but never got to ride the Batman side with just the lapbars. Hopefully they can keep this thing running better then at Great Adventure.

Nice to see the Chiller being relocated. Although I never got to ride it, it did look really cool and intense. I do wonder how much of the sturcture needs to be replaced as I'm pretty sure sitting in a field in New Jersey for years has not been kind to the structure, track, and LIMs. All I hope is that it doesn't become as jerky as the Canyon Blaster at the Great Escape which had some of its track replaced after sitting in Old Indiana Fun Park for 4 years

Glad to see Chiller saved. Though I only got to ride the Robin side in 2005 I was quite impressed with the ride. Though I hope the inline twists come back I highly doubt they will.

I never got to ride it but it looks like it was a lot of fun and intense. Nice to see that the ride is going to be used again instead of sitting in a junkyard.

I hope the inline twists come back

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We should all just be happy the ride was saved (in theory), don't even think about seeing the inline twists come back...that would be a miracle!

I'm pretty shocked this was actually saved. Since most of the problems were electrical, I guess re-wiring it could solve the issues?

It's suppose to have new LIM motors.

We should all just be happy the ride was saved (in theory), don't even think about seeing the inline twists come back...that would be a miracle!

Yeah, knowing Six Flags, I'm sure those track pieces were sold for scrap as soon as they could be!

--Robb "Company needs the money coming in!" Alvey

This is one more reason to go to Brazil one day...