Remake of The Bat?

Truth be told, I always thought Drachen Fire was one of the worst coasters I have ever ridden. I rode it in both states, ranging from it's inaugeral year at BGW to the last season it ran.

Until I rode Steel Phantom and Mr. Freeze (In it's OSTR state), Drachen Fire easily rated as the worst coaster experience of my life.

It was a good looking coaster, but that was it. At least the Bat had some redeeming qualities to the experience. Drachen Fire did have a great first drop/inversion but after that it was just a series of "oofs," "uggghs" and "eeeeowches."

Shaggy
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Shaggy

Proud A-lister!

I must be one of relatively few people here who actually rode both The Bat and Drachen Fire. Each is a legend. Each was in its own way a ground breaking coaster. Otherwise they were as different as night and day.

The Bat was an enjoyable ride with lots of turns near ground and trees which made it seem faster than it was. Today we might well think of it as kind of a junior like Runaway Reptar, but we would think of it as a pretty decent junior. (I enjoyed Runaway Reptar for what it is)

Drachen Fire was a brutal head banger. IMO worse than all except one or two of the Premiers. When you're totally distracted by the pain being inflicted on your head, you can't enjoy the ride.

Thanks for the back-up, Jim & Shaggy.

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Shameless plug for my website, but I have a video of the original Arrow Suspended coaster test video. In it you see a model of a suspended coaster with a corkscrew and the trains going through it. Well worth a download.

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You needed backup, Moosh? Believe me, I'm in the (almost nonexistent) minority, though I've never understood why. Not that it matters anymore, of course.

Anyway, to get back on topic, I think it's ridiculous to think that Arrow would build another suspended coaster, and even more ridiculous to think that they'd remake the Bat. As stated before, the last Arrow suspended coaster was Top Gun in '93. That was 10 years ago. Putting this into perspective, when was the last time a stand-up coaster was built? 1999. That was 4 years ago. I would bet my life savings (about $2.75) that you will not see a new installation of the stand-up concept. Therefore, logically, it would make less sense to expect a new suspended coaster to materialize in the near future. They are gimmicks. I also predict that once we see a 3- or 4-year period without a new floorless coaster that you could probably write them off as a thing of the past as well.

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-Vater
Have you ridden a Toboggan?