I rode the original Bat with my wife the year it opened……we both loved it….it was a great coaster !

I got to ride the original The Bat. As a matter of fact, it had broken down for about 45 minutes but I stayed in line because I wanted to ride it so badly. I loved the swinging back and forth. Wish I still had my Bat button that they sold back then.

"and those who never got to wrote it, envied those who did" gotta love those captions!

Cool video! While I never got to ride the original Bat, I remember walking by it quite a few times. It was always closed and I also remember seeing welders on the track. Also, just to clarify, the trains anti-rollbacks and chain dogs were on top of the cars and not the bottom. The bottom of the train did have the brake fins but everything else was above the rider.

@TheThemeParkFiles

4 жыл бұрын

I realized that after the video was already published. Apparently some of the information I got from the article was incorrect. Live and learn I guess.

@SeanFlaharty

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheThemeParkFiles No worries. It happens to me as well.

I got to ride it with my family, as a kid. It was so fun.

Excellent info and footage from my home park! Well done!

Nice video! Good info and you literally have the perfect voice for this type of vid. Subscribed!

Met two people that rode The Bat. Both said the same thing about it. Some parts were so rough it would slam you hard you would get bruises.

I grew up going to Kings Island and Cedar Point

I was 7 yrs old in 1981 when I rode this thing on a cold September morning, my first thrill ride. Pants were suitably sh*t. 😂 Did the beast at night that same day too. Great memories! Thanks!

I sprained my neck on the original The Bat. I appears to glide around those curves, but it didn't, at least not for a rider under 100 pounds. I swung from side to side inside the car! But I'm not mad about that. I'm really happy I got to ride The Bat.

Kings Island, Cedar Point & Carowinds were my home parks!

This is my fav ride

Hold, the heck up. There is still a bat at kings island right? I just ride it this season!

@TheThemeParkFiles

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! While The Bat is currently a coaster at Kings Island it is not the original. The current Bat was originally named Top Gun. Then after Kings Island was bought by Cedar Fair the coaster was renamed to Flight Deck. The name was finally changed to The Bat in 2013 in honor of the original of the original coaster.

@GreatVibrationsAffirmations

3 жыл бұрын

I just rode the new Bat for the first time and really enjoyed it! First time at Kings Island. I loved it. I'll have to go back when I'm not with a grown man who acts like a little bitch about roller coasters and getting splashed

@elvisdezarn1452

Жыл бұрын

Me too... I've been going to Kings Island almost yearly and I never knew until (9-25-2022) that it re-opened, and I rode it for the 1st time.

Misleading considering it was rebuilt. I didn’t hear that anywhere in the video.

I got to ride the original and it was awesome. It’s too bad that it was stressing the steel and breaking down so often.

There’s a new bat if you don’t know

@hybridthedragon1128

3 жыл бұрын

I just rode it

Someone died on the old Bat

Is it in poor taste for them to have renamed Top Gun/ Flight Deck to The Bat? I feel like it is half hearted attempt to capitalize on this type of nostalgia.

My sister got hurt on the bat

False bat is still working

@kylebrandon2009

2 жыл бұрын

You're getting confused. The Bat you ride today was the former "Top Gun/Flight Deck".....this Bat was where Vortex once stood

The bat sucks. Tare it down. Vortex should have never been torn down

The bat is still up dummy

@bradykim8438

2 жыл бұрын

No, they’re talking about the original one. If you watched the video you would know. The Bat that is still operating today is the original “Top Gun”.

@EarthBoy2937

Жыл бұрын

There was a very old BAT That once stood Where the vortex was and now i dont know what is Standing there.