In its 30th anniversary season in 2008, Mindbender was ranked #15 by Amusement Today magazine in its annual Golden Ticket Awards, and was one of only two roller coasters built before 1980 on the list; the other was its "fraternal twin," Shockwave, at Six Flags Over Texas.

[1] Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf, Mindbender would be the last original roller coaster the park would construct until the arrival of Georgia Scorcher in 1999.

In 1996, it was announced that Jolly Roger's Island would be converted into Gotham City for the 1997 season with the addition of Batman: The Ride.

During the 2009 Southeastern United States floods, sections of the Mindbender were temporarily submerged under muddy water.

The attraction was closed after the 2019 season to undergo a refurbishment as part of the new Gotham City section of the park planned for 2020.

It was renamed The Riddler Mindbender, given a new coat of paint, an updated queue line, as well as new trains and refurbished sections of track.

The transfer table, located between the station and the lift hill, is used to move trains to and from the maintenance building.

The ride begins with the train exiting the loading station, passing over the transfer track and climbing the lift hill.

The train begins to climb and level out after reaching the bottom of the ravine, producing significant positive G-forces.

After exiting the top of the helix, the train enters a hill followed by a U-turn and a second set of trim brakes as the track levels out.

On June 3, 1984, a mechanical problem caused a train to stop abruptly, sending four people to a hospital.