Six Flags Over Georgia will run Batman backwards

Can't wait for the discussions and arguments over the use of name "Namtab"...or did those start last year?

Some are mirrored, and one now runs backwards....how is an uber-picky coaster nerd supposed to get a "gotcha" moment when one name could refer to either possibility?

I hear their SuperLoop Coaster will be running backwards, too. :-)

I'm too lazy to think right now, but how many Batmans are left to do this temporary conversion?

Did SF GrAdv do it? I didn't think they did.

Has anyone ridden a B:TR backwards? Is it even enjoyable? As I recall B:TR at SFMM is a pretty intense, snappy ride. I personally don't see the appeal...

I think I would really groove on the "front seat" view from the last car. And talk about snappy, I imagine it would like to pull you from your seat.
I'd love to try one.

Here's how I see it: the first time, the sheer novelty of it makes it remarkable, but it's so intense and bizarre that it's not super repeatable. Although I did enjoy the sensation of falling backward into the first drop and loop.

When it was at SFGAm (my home park), it was really cool; When I caught it in Texas, well, there it was again. Now that I'm planning on SFOG in March I really wish it would stop following me.

Experiencing it really cemented to me that some rides just don't need to go backwards. But it will be a fun novelty for those who haven't done it before.

I'm not going to lie... I don't think I'd like it. It took me a long time to get used to Boomerangs, and it has been so long I think it would mess with me. Haven't been on Everest in a couple of years, but that one freaks me out a little as well.

I am not a fan at all of going backwards. (But I LOVE Mr Freeze, go fig...) I do not think I'd like this, but given the oportunity, I would certainly try it.

rollergator said:

Can't wait for the discussions and arguments over the use of name "Namtab"...or did those start last year?

Some are mirrored, and one now runs backwards....how is an uber-picky coaster nerd supposed to get a "gotcha" moment when one name could refer to either possibility?

Perhaps Nɐɯʇɐq would work?

ShaneDenmark said:

Has anyone ridden a B:TR backwards? Is it even enjoyable? As I recall B:TR at SFMM is a pretty intense, snappy ride. I personally don't see the appeal...

I have, and it isn't. Trip report here:

http://www.bannister.org/coasters/trips/2014/0521.htm

What seems funny about the whole backwards Batman thing is that if you had to pick a B&M invert to go backwards, the Batman model would probably be one of the last ones you'd pick.

bunky666 said:

Did SF GrAdv do it? I didn't think they did.

No. Not YET, anyway ;)

ShaneDenmark said:

Has anyone ridden a B:TR backwards? Is it even enjoyable?

No, and probably not. It would likely have a similar effect on me as riding a coaster while riding a completely different virtual reality coaster in Oculus Rift.

I rode it backwards once at SFoT and "meh" was my take. I've ridden a million different B:TR's and a million different backwards coasters and putting them together was exactly what you'd think it was.

Oh... so you're one of those guys who inflates his count by counting backwards rides as new credits, huh? I mean, how else could your count be >2 million?

(sorry, I had to)

BEST SEAT! BEST SEAT!

I enjoyed riding Namtab at Great America. Though, I wouldn't be able to power ride it like I would if it weren't reversed. I too have similar distaste for the reverse portion of a boomerang.