For my taste, Ive never really been into looping coasters. Ive always preferred a traditional coaster, no matter if its steel or wood. For me, its all about going up and down at high speed, feeling like youre going to get tossed out at any moment. I love the negative gs at the crest of a hill that loopers just dont have. So having said this it suprises me to say I think Batman is an excellent addition to the park. Yes, its a looping coaster, and I really enjoyed it. It has all the elements a larger floorless would have but in a smaller area. After the lift you dive sharply to the left (after the wierd little B&M "hump" down a very steep drop. The first element here is the 95 loop, after which you dive up what you think is a hill, only to turn upside down at the crest and dive down a half loop. You shoot around a (not quite overbanked) curve then enter the zero g roll, my favorite part of the ride. After this its two corkscrews and some curves and youre back at the station house, back from what is possiby the smoothest ride Ive ever experienced (except for some head banging during the last corkscrew). Not only is this coaster smooth, its the quietest coaster Ive ever come across. Standing 150 feet from Cyclone you here it screeching away, standing the same distance from Batman you wouldnt know its moving unless you looked at it. Batman will never be in any "top ten" lists, but for its size and what it tries to do, it does well.
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