I already suspected I was going to like Batwing since I am one of the rare people who actually enjoyed Nighthawk at Carowinds. That said, I still left pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. Un...
I already suspected I was going to like Batwing since I am one of the rare people who actually enjoyed Nighthawk at Carowinds. That said, I still left pleasantly surprised at how much fun it was. Unlike many of the B&M flyers, this one keeps up the intensity the whole time and even pulls some positive Gs in the flying position. The inversions are all fun. The inline twists are more comfortable and less disorienting than the corkscrews on Nighthawk were. The best inversion is of course the vertical loop though. It has plenty of positive Gs in both the entry and the exit, and honestly the lying position is my favorite way to experience positive Gs since I am rather prone to grayouts with positive Gs in the sitting position. As far as the ride experience, I don't really have anything negative to say. The tracking isn't quite glass-smooth, but there aren't any potholes and I could see myself riding this many times without getting a headache. However, the capacity and reliability are awful enough to the point where that would be difficult. While I was waiting in line for it, it went down. After the mechanics worked on it, it did an empty cycle and then a cycle with 2 operators. The train got stuck in the "down" position after that cycle, so maintenance came back and worked on it again,, followed by another empty cycle. After that, I finally got to ride. (Almost the entire line had cleared out in the meantime.) I can definitely see why these were never popular with parks, but I will be sad to see this one go. Fun fact: This coaster, which was made in 2001, is the newest-manufactured coaster at SFA. With that level of neglect, it is really no surprise this park is extinct…