Batman in Reverse

[Gavin]

^Please, please stop putting random quotation marks around words that really don't need them. It's practically every post. Unless it's someone else I'm thinking of: cba to check.

 

[Hutch]

^Lol I was almost gonna ask him to stop adding in quotes as well.

 

[fefa]

Hang on - why is this only for one season?
Was it planned to be only for one season when they turned the trains backwards or do people complain that it's too much and too intense?

I LOVE backwards rides and always have. Especially loops that are done backwards like Boomerangs or Indiana Jones back in the days - or even an Enterprise that goes backwards which I unfortunately have not seen in 15 years. But apparently theres still a backwards enterprise touring in Holland http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVH4idUBBsc

 

[Martyn B]

IIRC, I dont even think it's for the whole season (unless that was Hollywood Dream?)

 

[njn63]

Hang on - why is this only for one season?
Was it planned to be only for one season when they turned the trains backwards or do people complain that it's too much and too intense?

They haven't given an end date but since the announcement it's been "for a limited time." Safe bet is they'll run it until August/September and then move the backwards chassis to another park for Fright Fest.

 

[njn63]

And of course I was wrong. Just announced that Batman backwards ends July 7th.

Six Flags Great America has 3 awesome announcements for you today!

1. Batman The Ride BACKWARDS ends July 7
2. The American Eagle will run BACKWARDS this fall!
3. For the first time ever, Viper BACKWARDS beginning July 8!

:drinking:

 

[ECG]

Yeah, the limited time engagement for Batman The Ride Backwards ends on July 7th and the following day Viper will begin running backwards for a limited time. Viper running backwards is just supposed to be during the time that Batman The Ride will be down while they change the train back to the forward facing chassis.

So for the ride itself, I got to try it the day before Gatekeeper opened and I really enjoyed it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbq0GD6N5a4[/youtube]

For some reason it didn't seem as disorientating or vomit-inducing as I thought it would be. In fact, the coaster didn't feel as forceful to me as it does going forward, especially in the back row. But then, it's not really the back row. :wink:

[qoute][/quote] The back row is missing because of loading/unloading. The front row queue is emply since there are no seats there because they've been turned around and the back row queue puts you into the (normally) second to last row of seats that have been turned around. Because of the station layout there was no way to load/unload the back row of seats, so they left them off.

I think you can see what I mean in the off-ride video station shots.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGRbXyZ-c00[/youtube]

It was a very gloomy, windy, rainy, cold day so I didn't take many photos.

It's not like you can really tell that the coaster is going backwards in photos anyway.

And the back of seats doesn't look as nice as a bunch of screaming riders.

But this shot sure looks a lot better with the riders facing this way.

The biggest difference I could feel was the way the coaster pulls you...

...through the loops rather than pushing you through them.

Forward facing is definitely better for taking photos.

What I really liked about the park doing this is that they also restored many of the original effects...

...including audio, as well as smoke in the station.

 

[Nemesis of oblivion]

When Six Flag's police car theming looks better than Saw's... :shock:

 

[implode]

And that car has been there for as long as I can remember too! I was able to ride it backwards yesterday. It was definitely a neat experience, especially the 0g roll.