Batwing Media Day

Six Flags America/Batwing Media Day

Entrance to Batwing's Path The sign that represent's Batman and his mighty wings. Hence the name: Batwing.

Theming Theming signs on the path towards Batwing.

Walking to Batwing BRAND NEW, freshly built BATWING!

Batwing has a dual loading station which in the multiple times I've been to the park, I have NEVER seen them use both loading stations at the same time.

Station Batwing has a dual loading station which in the multiple times I've been to the park, I have NEVER seen them use both loading stations at the same time.

BATWING! A Flying Dutchman rollercoaster from Vekoma. One other Flying Dutchman opened that year at Six Flags Ohio - X-Flight. Exact same layout, station style, etc. Only difference between the two are the names and colors. X-Flight had lime green track with black supports.

NEW for 2001 BATWING! A Flying Dutchman rollercoaster from Vekoma. One other Flying Dutchman opened that year at Six Flags Ohio - X-Flight. Exact same layout, station style, etc. Only difference between the two are the names and colors. X-Flight had lime green track with black supports.

Beautiful NEW Coaster Very pretty yellow track and purple supports eh?

Batman Inside the Media Tent, Batman showed up!

Colby from Survivor Colby Donaldson from Survivor: The Australian Outback showed up to give his experiences on being out in "Survivor".

Survivor Runner-Up Colby Donaldson Colby giving his stories on his "Survivor" experience.

NASA Astronaut Robert Curbeam giving his stores on what it was like to fly in a NASA spacecraft and how it compares to Batwing.

First Riders I was on the second press train.

Immediately following the drop-dip from the lift hill, the train flips over, leaving you hanging with only the restraints holding you in before continuing the rest of the ride.

The Flip Immediately following the drop-dip from the lift hill, the train flips over, leaving you hanging with only the restraints holding you in before continuing the rest of the ride.

Batwing Members of the press riding Batwing.

Paul Ruben Park World Magazine's own Paul Ruben was on hand for the Media Dayfestivities!

Rotating track to allow the dual load station to be fed into one single track. The track joints would rotate to allow the track to line up correctly.

Transfer Track Rotating track to allow the dual load station to be fed into one single track. The track joints would rotate to allow the track to line up correctly.