Coaster reviews

Fun Intensity Discomfort

Given how much I like Nighthawk, I was really excited for Batwing. In my opinion, the leanback of the Dutchmen is much more comfortable than the raising of the B&M flyers. Despite those pros, I found Batwing to be an overall less comfortable experience than its sibling at Carowinds. The vertical loop of course remains awesome, but the in-line twists where actually more uncomfortable than Nighthawk's corkscrews. Despite the less-present rattle I was just overall less able to enjoy the layout, which certainly wasn't aided by the much less interesting location over a grass plot. I still recommend the ride, but not enough to advise traveling to this awful park. 8/10 - fun fact! This same model of train (the ones leftover from Firehawk) sit under Fury 325's lift hill to this day

Inversions Fun Hangtime Discomfort

Short ride, low capacity, a bit rough on the reverse part, but you definitely get some cool disorientation and hangtime. Worth riding.

Inversions Nice surprise! Harness Rattle

Skywinder was a pleasant surprise! Vest restraints really allow you to appreciate the strong forces and unique inversions of the SLC layout, even with a rattle present. I'm sure with OTSRs this ride would have been unbearable, but I think it's absolutely worth a ride now that it's been redone. 7/10 - who is Professor Screammore I don't know my Six Flags America lore

Airtimes Fun

It's always a pleasant surprise when a piece of coaster history still provides an excellent ride. Wild One runs decently smooth and has some really fun airtime and laterals throughout its long layout. That's without even mentioning how nice this thing looks splitting the park in half. The paint may be heavily worn, but I think that really adds to the aesthetic. 7/10 - it's pretty embarrassing that this is the best wooden coaster in the park

Duration Rattle

Roar is, in fact, not very good! I didn't even ride in a wheel seat and this thing was phenomenally rough. There's basically no airtime to speak of, which is pretty disappointing given how good GCIs tend to be in that regard. I think this layout has potential, but it needs to be retracked and slightly reprofiled to have the airtime pop better. Either that or bite the bullet and just RMC the thing. 5.5/10 - it's truly impressive that the worst GCI and worst B&M are right next door

First Drop Masterpiece Intensity

rode this 2 years ago when it was original nemesis but it felt like yesterday i did. such a fun ride and nothing beats that first drop. back row is intense and front has very cool views of the landscape.

First Drop Smoothness Harness Disappointing!

rather forgetful ride but the first drop was fun. there isn't really anything amazing about this coaster, smooth but not very forceful. harness is also uncomfortable, especially those stupid shoulder stubs. hurt my shoulders more than hero.

Intensity Headbanging

At long last I have finally found it: the not very good B&M. Firebird's layout is alright, and the intensity is pretty good, but this is the only B&M I've been on that riding defensively was almost entirely futile. It wasn't *awful*, but my ears were definitely throbbing by the time I got off the ride. 6.5/10 - I didn't even know a ride like this was allowed to have 1 op check the entire train; SFA never ceased to amaze me

First Drop Inversions Pace Headbanging Harness

very good rollercoaster at flamingo land. its intense but not overly so and has a lot of speed which i love, especially coming off that first drop. its harness feels loose and there isn't really anywhere comfortable to hold onto. there is some headbanging but it lasts for literally 2 seconds and isn't as bad as the reputation vekoma slc's have.

Fun Discomfort

I would be lying if I said I didn't have a good time on this thing. Ragin' Cajun gave me by far the most spinning of any spinning ride I've ever been on. It was genuinely absurd and unsettling, but it was kind of a blast because of it. There's also an insane ejector hill at the end of the layout that really took me by surprise. 5.5/10 - shoutout to the ride op who was told the seatbelt came undone during the ride and just said "okay" and kept loading guests