At Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey, Batman & Robin: The Chiller and Movietown Water Effect were removed to make way for the construction of The Dark Knight.

[3] The roller coaster primarily occupies the previous location of the Movietown Water Effect, with the queue area placed in front of the building.

[4] At Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, the building housing Theater Royale was extensively modified and themed as a Gotham City Rail terminal in preparation for The Dark Knight.

Park management still hoped to open The Dark Knight Coaster by Memorial Day weekend, but still faced hurdles from the town of Agawam due to changes in design from the original plans.

Costing $7.5 million, the ride is an indoor Wild Mouse coaster that puts guests through the premise of being stalked by the Joker.

After an outdoor, lightly themed queue area, riders enter a pre-show room where they view a TV broadcast of a press conference hosted by Gotham City district attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart).

The ride itself consists of several sharp hairpin turns and sudden drops, accented by various eerily lit Gotham City buildings placed alongside the track.