Batman the Dark Knight Review, Six Flags New England B&M Coaster | The Floorless No One Talks About

Batman- the Dark Knight is the Bolliger & Mabillard floorless coaster at Six Flags New England. This compact looper features 5 inversions, including one of the best zero-G rolls out there. But no one ever talks about this floorless coaster. Is there a reason? Find out in this review!
Video Credits
Batman Aerial Footage (East Coasters)- • Batman The Dark Knight...
Batman POV (East Coasters)- • Batman The Dark Knight...
Background Music
Epic Action Cinematic by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Heroes- • Epic Action Cinematic ...

[@Cje_-yj8ov]

This is the coaster that got me into coasters, so I love its sentimental value. Otherwise, I generally agree with you. One and done for me whenever I visit now

[@CanobieCoaster]

Makes sense!

[@crankheart]

same, first real coaster i ever rode. i think the scariest before then was wildcat

[@zacharystewart5344]

I have had multiple rides on this over the past 15 years. I actually think it's pretty underrated. I really like the layout as it encorporates a dive loop and double corkscrews in a small layout making for an intense ride.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's impressive how much it has for a ride of its size.

[@sedricgranger]

Seems like a solid piece to six flags new England’s lineup! Especially given how little space B&M had to work with

[@CanobieCoaster]

Absolutely!

[@justinthibeault1226]

I rode this a couple of times today and definitely enjoyed the outside seats the most, especially the right outside seat. You really feel that zero g roll the best in that seat. I also got a front seat ride and that was a game changer. I also highly suggest the single ride line!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Single rider line definitely helps on this one.

[@tannerb8569]

This was my first "big" roller coaster and I still love it. This thing is loved by GP. My GP friends find it to be one of their favorite rides.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a crowd pleaser.

[@orinandscoutsfunland6386]

This is my home park I have never been on this coaster because the last time I went to six flags I was not tall enough now I am and I am going on it next time

[@CanobieCoaster]

Have fun!

[@orinandscoutsfunland6386]

Can’t wait to ride it

[@rlynch1980]

“I don’t think a lot of people know about the single rider line...”. Me, who waited 90 minutes on Memorial Day: 🤦🏻‍♂️.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Was it even open with covid? The single rider line that is.

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@CanobieCoaster Yes, the single-rider line is open. I made good use of it on Tuesday, having learned about it from your video!

[@zack9777]

I rode this 4 times when I went, I got a zen ride with my family,I like both the back and front

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a pretty consistent ride in most seats.

[@hedgehogcoasters7239]

I keep my head out on batman, and by doing this it's smooth with the exception of the last two corkscrews I have batman ranked at #4 in the park as while it's fun, I like the intensity and slightly smoother experience on riddler.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's crazy to think that the SLC is arguably smoother than a B&M.

[@ftn5249]

@@CanobieCoaster it is, the b&m rattle is real and is brutal on Superman krypton coaster

[@hedgehogcoasters7239]

@@CanobieCoaster I know a lot of people don't mind headbanging, but I do. I know it's crazy to think, but literally any other SLC (except maybe great noreaster) would be worse than batman

[@Lucky_9705]

I think that the rattle is from natural age. B and M’s box track degrades much more easily than say RMC’s I-Box track or Intamin’s skeleton track

[@AirtimeProductions]

Bro that zero g roll looks amazing now that you point it out! I do love zero g rolls so I wouldn’t be surprised if I decently like this roller coaster!

[@CanobieCoaster]

The zero-G roll is the star.

[@Lucky_9705]

As my first B & M roller coaster, this is quite good. The first vertical loop provides some great hang time, the pre drop provides a pop of ejector air time, and the zero g roll is good. The interlocking corkscrews have some head banging, and the ride is quite short, but what it packs in is impressive.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I've never gotten that ejector pop you described.

[@Lucky_9705]

@@CanobieCoaster I got it riding in the back, but I think it depends on how warmed up the ride is.

[@tannerb8569]

This last weekend, I was here and there was a new sign at the station that said wait to right for front row. The ride op sticks you to the side and you have to wait one or two cycles to get the front. I never noticed that before so It must be new.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@jaydenchrist6152]

hot wheels nitro lmao

[@jaydenchrist6152]

@@thecoasterflood um I was talking about the name not the people that ride it.

[@CanobieCoaster]

What a name.

[@SlimFury]

This is a solid floorless coaster despite the small size. I always love twisted layouts on coasters.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a decent ride.

[@massachusettscoasters]

6:12 that’s the only reason why I now only ride this coaster during holiday in the park,when it’s time for Superman and Wicked Cyclone to be closed for the season

[@CanobieCoaster]

Fair!

[@lauralulu4444]

This was my first big coaster and I adore this ride so much. It especially helps that Batman is my favorite superhero so I love the theme lol. I got front row on this last year during Fright Fest at night and that was so much fun! (also my first time in front row on a ride) Even though this ride is short, I feel like it's so underrated. I love that it makes you feel like you're actually flying.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a solid ride.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I have it towards the middle of the pack of floorless coasters. I didn't get headbanging with it, by keeping my head forward. Since my visit was on light days at the park, we pretty much were able to pick our row, since all rows never got filled. I was able to do front and back a few times.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice! I've seen them strictly assign rows in peak season even on less busy days.

[@Stubwood_on_YT]

Looks like a pretty solid coaster. B and M really do make some good zero-g-rolls (from the ones I've done so far)

[@CanobieCoaster]

Agreed!

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

I think Batman the dark knight has the best zero G roll of any b&m Looper (well other than kumba)

[@CanobieCoaster]

I love how floaty it is.

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

Maybe its the fact that this park has one of the best 1-2 punches maybe its because its one of the weaker floorlesses or that its at a mediocre six flags park

[@CanobieCoaster]

I think it's a mid-tier Six Flags park. I agree the coaster lineup drops off mightily after the top 2.

[@TheChef420]

The Batman was the first coaster at six flags back in 2005 that my brother ever rode and it was the first coaster that my son rode in 2021

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@jtwoolley]

have u ridden the other version, the MACK wild mouse? What would you rate it?

[@CanobieCoaster]

I have been on Mack wild mice. They're fine.

[@kmccurdy21]

My only complaints are Too smooth no force Would like to see B&M come up with new restraints for the floorless coasters Good ride

[@CanobieCoaster]

I imagine they could use the vests on floorless coasters.

[@eddie6198]

I wish B&M would add their new restraints to their old floorless coasters. The old-school shoulder restraints are getting painful on these things.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I'm not sure if the new trains are wider and impact clearances.

[@eddie6198]

@CanobieCoaster maybe the floorless trains warrent a total rework. Dominator (formerly Batman Knightflight) has been my favorite coaster since I was a kid but it boxes your ears two or three times in the layout.

[@Giraffecon]

thank you for this this is my home park so it sgreat to see someone talk about the really good b and m. i just have to to say thank you so much

[@CanobieCoaster]

You're welcome.

[@bonfireman6858]

I've always loved this Coster really enjoy it👍🔥... I don't know if they have but the locker system they need to improve I had something stolen from me.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Oh no! I thought the lockers were secured with a passcode?

[@bonfireman6858]

@@CanobieCoaster if they installed a locker system on the platform I haven't seen that...there was just numbered spaces when I was there.

[@tannerb8569]

I like that there isn't a mid course brake run.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Me too.

[@jaydenchrist6152]

Nice review I think that they should have took this and cloned it at six flags st Louis and over Texas sence there missing on the track loopers

[@lukestange]

sfot has shockwave and sfstl has ninja, but they could both use a modern looper tbh

[@jaydenchrist6152]

@@lukestange well shockwave only has 2 loops so I dont count that as a on the track multilooper but I count ninja so yea I can see that

[@jaydenchrist6152]

@@lukestange for me to count is as a multi looper it has to have atlest 3 inversions

[@CanobieCoaster]

This layout could work in a lot of parks.

[@jaydenchrist6152]

oh yea and first before anybody says it

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@fdfgaming9076]

I'd give it a 5 out of 10

[@CanobieCoaster]

Fair.

[@MillenniumForceMan]

I kinda thought it was just ok

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a decent coaster for the lineup but not a destination coaster in any way.

[@bluetomato2184]

So far the only rough B&M I’ve experienced is firebird at SixFlags America, but even that ride was tolerable for me. Heck, I’d consider Lost Gravity smooth!

[@CanobieCoaster]

Firebird is fine in back, but oddly bad up front.

[@robertannable9584]

CANOBIE!!! My man... Love this ride. My first ever B&M sit down looper

[@CanobieCoaster]

It was one of my first floorless coasters.

[@jcsoto364]

Favorite ride

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!

[@MattMcIrvin]

Nitro at Imagicaa seems like it's a version 2.0 of Batman: TDK--not an exact clone, but a slightly larger, faster refinement with a better first drop (the twist is lower down) and an added helix. But the starting point for the layout was definitely a mirror image of SFNE's Batman.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nitro's drop really looks intriguing.

[@WCfanboy]

in my experience, the coaster has a noticeable rattle throughout the ride, not much up front but intensifies the further back you go in the train. The first corkscrew shakes significantly, and the second one has a borderline violent jerk at the apex that causes some headbanging.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Haven't had that issue, but I only ride it a few times per season at this point.

[@maxhagenauer24]

This ride I underated, not cause people hate on it but because it just never gets talked about. Sure I prefer the B&M Invert Batman clones but this is a really solid ride. Definitely #3 in the park and this is a mid to high tear floorless in my opinion. Batman TDK is like a B&M Invert Batman clone but as a floorless. 5 inversions, intense elements, and that great mix of positive Hs and whippyness butvstill keeping it smooth. Great layout for how compact it is too.

[@CanobieCoaster]

I just wish it was a bit snappier.

[@safdgbv]

nah, 8/10

[@CanobieCoaster]

To each their own.

[@ethanhcomposer]

i have no idea why people never talk about this and bizzaro. it's just such a disappointment. great review!

[@CanobieCoaster]

I think the rest of the lineup overshadows them.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

Not too great in my opinion but it’s not too overrated I think I should get back soon I went last in 2015

[@CanobieCoaster]

It runs best for Holiday in the Park.

[@sustainedfloatercoasters5103]

I thought this coaster was just okay. It was very intense, but I got a lot of head banging on the interlocking corkscrews and the ride certainly has a rattle. However I only rode once in the second to front row so maybe when I get back to New England I'll try it in a different row.

[@CanobieCoaster]

It's a decent ride.

[@myopnonmusic5525]

I heard last season it was running better

[@CanobieCoaster]

It ran the same for me.

[@myopnonmusic5525]

​@@CanobieCoaster I've now ridden this coaster and I found it to have some force to it and to be fun

[@JulianDale94]

"You either die a standup, or live long enough to see yourself become a floorless."

[@CanobieCoaster]

Lol

[@ThousanWhite]

It reminded me of a shorter, much smoother Rougarou from Cedar Point.

[@CanobieCoaster]

That's fair although I've never found Rougarou that rough.

[@thecoasterscorpion]

I know I mentioned this, but I rode this in the back row one time, and it was rough going into the corkscrews. It’s a very solid ride!

[@CanobieCoaster]

The corkscrew entry and exit is the only potential headbanger.

[@George_bonnaire]

I just rode this the other day in the back seat and it was really good, I found it more intense than the bigger floorless ones

[@CanobieCoaster]

I don't find it super intense, but it's solid.

[@jaydenchrist6152]

I call this batman the ride floorless addition.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Similar size but not as forceful.

[@MattMcIrvin]

I liked this ride. It obviously was not in the Superman/Wicked Cyclone stratum--as compact loopers go, I'd rank it just below Fahrenheit at Hersheypark, but above Rock 'n' Roller Coaster at Walt Disney World. But it's smooth and has forceful positive Gs on some of the inversions. I wore my pandemic mask on the ride and the positives were making it slip off my nose--that's my DIY accelerometer. I had no trouble with headbanging, but as a 5' 11" person I find that I often don't have problems with this on rides where others do. The single-rider line is a thing of beauty! Reminds me of Canobie's Untamed, another ride with a single-rider line at the exit that few people ever use unless they are me.

[@CanobieCoaster]

Canobie discontinued Untamed's single rider line (for now at least).

[@MattMcIrvin]

@@CanobieCoaster Ah, that is a pity. I haven't been back there since COVID hit.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

It always amused me how steep this lift hill is

[@CanobieCoaster]

They had so little room.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

The B&M Floorless Hot Wheels Nitro looks so odd

[@CanobieCoaster]

That drop looks nuts.

[@pixelythegamer3260]

Review thunderbolt

[@CanobieCoaster]

I want to get more rides on it. I rarely ride it due to the throughput.

[@ThrillsofColdplay]

I like the colors of this coaster

[@CanobieCoaster]

Same!

[@jaydenchrist6152]

Review wicked cyclone

[@CanobieCoaster]

I intend to review that one in the near future.

[@skyguyismyguyr12turn]

2:51 I was at that park today

[@CanobieCoaster]

Nice!