The Bat, Steel roller coaster at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, US
Description
The Bat is a steel roller coaster at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, where cars hang below the track and swing outward during turns. Orange rails run on dark support beams through the park, forming several directional shifts and banked curves.
History
The installation opened in 1993 under the name Top Gun and was renamed Flight Deck in 2008. It has carried its present name since 2014.
Culture
The original queue incorporated military elements, including an aircraft carrier control room where visitors passed through before reaching the loading platform.
Practical
The ride begins with a climb of roughly 78 feet and moves into a drop of about 70 feet, followed by several banked turns. Each train carries up to 28 people who sit in hanging seats and feel the cars swing sideways during directional changes.
Did you know?
In the final section, rapid directional changes cause the hanging cars to swing strongly from one side to the other. These sideways movements grow more forceful during the tight turns just before the end station.
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