Someone from Spain here. This has to be one of the best informed international videos about this coaaster in youtube. Amazing job in all of the explanations and even criticising some of its faults. I got to go on it 2 weeks ago, had 4 rides and it was absolutely incredible, been on taron and velocicoaster that were my top 2 coasters and this is clearly joining the pack. Wanted to say, dont know when you went to the park, but it seems, from the time i went and the some of the spanish theme park community, is working better this last weeks. The green smoke in the chimney sadly only work once for me after rope drop, but the smoke at the launch worked on the last 2 rides at night. On board audio is louder now it seems (but i would also prefer music only). This is actually a great unbiased video to show the typical spanish people that only have visit port aventura and say is the best theme park in the world. PA is being incredibly bad this past few years and no matter how bad the park does or how mediocre rides like uncharted are being built, they still defend them every time they can. More people need to give, now thats getting a little better, pw a chance, and hopefully more international people visit so they can go uphill after 20 years of nothing and build more incredible stuff like BGCE
I liked Parque Warner in my first visit. The one thing the park was missing was a world class coaster and they got it with Batman. I rode this coaster last week, which coincided with some extremely hot temperatures. I believe that contributed to downtime.
@@SPRidley I mean…PA doesn’t need an outstanding addition….when the time comes, they’ll add one. They’re in a much more touristy area here, and they print money. They’re sitting pretty, and they have no reason to go above & beyond for guests, as their attractions speak for themselves. The fact of the matter is that prior to this ride, WArner wasn’t worth going out of the way for. It made much more sense to just visit Attraciones due to the proximity to the city proper.
This looks like one of (if not) the most visually striking coasters. The track and the trains look incredible. And don't get me started on the layout. Or the theming. This is easily a top 10 bucket list coaster for me.
I went in June for 2.5 days back when it was running 3 trains. At 6pm or so each day the turntable faulted leading to a train having to stop on launch 3. It would take hours for them to get it open after this and on one day it never reopened at all. So yeah that's why they just run two now i guess.
While BGCE is undoubtedly a great looking ride, I think Universal's deeper pockets really show when it comes to the higher quality themeing and what feels like a more fleshed out, aggressive (downright violent) layout on Velocicoaster. Cant complain at all though when I see more modern rides constantly expanding on the formulae of old with more daring and innovative elements like that slowwww stall and the hold on the top hat. Excellent review as always.
Just got off Batman, first ride of the day, in the front row. And it is insane! Every moment is just executed to perfection, the airtime, the hangtime, and the launches. I’ve only gotten 1 ride, but so far, my new no.1!
Just rode it this last weekend. Gotta say I preferred this over Velocicoaster, mainly due to the pacing and I felt it had more airtime moments than VC, though I prefer the mosassaurus roll ending over the stall
I went to the park before Batman opened this year. Nice that the roller coaster has become so good and popular. During my visit, I was partly surprised by the behavior of the visitors. There were enormous waiting times for the terrible wooden roller coaster, but nobody wanted to ride the really great Logflume despite the warm weather.
Excellent review, I agree with every single world you said. It took me by surprise even though I have followed the construction from the begging. Amazing ride, beautiful location and really nice theming. It become my fav coaster in Europe, I just hope they can resolve the issues with the turntable cause is creating a lot of frustration on guests. Thanks for sharing!
I finally had the chance the ride to this beast, and I'm still debating if I prefer Voltron or BGCE as they are both such epic rides! What is your favorite between the two, if I may ask? I think the slight advantage Voltron has over BGCE are the length and the wing seats, but BGCE's pacing is absolutely ridiculous on the other hand, with no dead spots nor filler elements.
Another great Canobie Coaster review video! I appreciate your content so much as someone who can't travel the globe to ride rollercoasters. I can't wait until Vekoma starts to sell more of their launced coasters with theming so this type of ride has some competition in the reliability department.
Did it the last days. Outstanding coaster and I love the full experience theming, effects, launches and the great layout. For me as Batman fan the perfect coaster. I am still debating (with me) if this my new N1 coaster and beats ride to happiness. But it is at least N2
Nice review! HUGE bucketlist ride for me especially since the pacing is crafted to perfection- with a contrast of fast switchbacks and airtime hills to slow hangtime filled inversions
I’m gonna try to get to Finland next year for their 3 major parks, but if I have extra time on my hands, I might try to get down to Spain as well. This ride pushes it over the edge for me.
Gotta agree with you, chief: it would be nicer if more people were admitted in the indoor section of the queue. Especially to get some solace from the Madrid summers.
I visited the park on the 31st of December 2022 so I missed this coaster. I did get some photos though and also went on my first Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang! (and also my first woodie 😬)
This is a great review. Whilst we had all the issues in July- breakdowns, coaster closed for hours, sitting in the outdoor queue for hours in the sun in heat heading towards 40 degrees celsius, no pre show, no mist effects, back of house lights on in the batcave, no on board audio etc- we still LOVED this coaster!! Hopefully they iron out the issues as it's a top tier ride!
@@CanobieCoaster thanks, I think the little trains make it look slow, like how I305's transitions look extra crazy seeing a long vehicle flying through
I was gonna ask you how you thought it compared to Toutatis, but you haven't ridden it yet, so instead I'll ask you how it compares to Velocicoaster. I'm glad you loved this coaster, and thanks for posting.
Before i went to cedar point last month, i thought intamin blitzs looked extremely overrated. However Maverick blew me away and im excited to ride more blitzs, especially this one.
Congratulations for the review I found it very interesting and above all very useful, also because in a little over 10 days I will be in Parque Warner trying to get a ride on Batman...by the way did you happen to find out what is the policy adopted by the park regarding glasses on Batman?
If this isn't the best new roller coaster in Europe, Toutatis at Parc Asterix will be. I am surprised you didn't get there since France is on the border with Spain.
Btw i came back to say for all reading this, the reliability was rly good when i visited the park, and it was pretty warm with like 32 dergrees, and no downtime
The industry has GOT to figure out a way to increase throughput on rides. It's just unacceptable for a major ride to be doing so few people. It's ridiculous. How you gonna build a stand out attraction with 2 trains that hold like 12-16 people? How are you a professional coaster designer still building coasters with such pathetic capacity? What planet are these parks and designers living on? Truly baffling. Thay and I also find outdoor queues with no covering/shade to be ridiculous as well. Those 2 things severely impact my enjoyment of amusement parks nowadays.
@@CanobieCoaster True. I just always consider it like a Navy and it's ships. That half the year there's one train out of three being re-fabbed and maintained. Though, if you're a seasonal park, you should probably be doing all of that during the off season. Maybe it's not as bad as I imagine, I'm not sure. I mean, I get why trains aren't bigger and heavier, and trains are expensive so parks don't want to operate 6 of them, but still. It's always irked me how rides really haven't improved in capacity/throughput since the creation of steel coasters. Not really, besides a B&M.
Do you get paid to boycott this ride? Because you are literally in every comment section of every youtuber that has posted a video reviewing this ride, saying that this ride is not good, eventhough absolutely everone is praising it 😂😂😂
@@PedroHernandez-gu3ohI think it's just that the ride is polarizing, theme park worldwide said that they didn't find the ride to be a top 50 out of the hundreds of coasters they rode in Europe and America. Theres a ton of people who prefer superman, Dragon Khan, Stunt fall, red force, Shambhala and even Furius Baco over this. I'm guessing it's due to the fact that this is more graceful, which is why a lot of people might prefer Velocicoaster, Taiga, Toutatis and Maverick, but even then, BGCE is at worst a borderline top 30 coaster.
@@sr.chi7741 yes of course! I didn’t say it is a bad ride, I just think it’s not THAT incredible, which doesn’t mean it is bad at all, for me, it is by far the best coaster in Spain, but it’s not as good as other coasters in Europe
Canobie Coaster would say: This ride's pacing is excellent. You briskly go from element to element. When you lose speed, it's strategic, like on the first and last inversions. In terms of smoothness, Batman is excellent. I could ride this coaster all-day. It's possible a few people may find the sudden release on the top hat or some of the quick laterals a bit uncomfortable, but...
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Someone from Spain here. This has to be one of the best informed international videos about this coaaster in youtube. Amazing job in all of the explanations and even criticising some of its faults.
I got to go on it 2 weeks ago, had 4 rides and it was absolutely incredible, been on taron and velocicoaster that were my top 2 coasters and this is clearly joining the pack.
Wanted to say, dont know when you went to the park, but it seems, from the time i went and the some of the spanish theme park community, is working better this last weeks. The green smoke in the chimney sadly only work once for me after rope drop, but the smoke at the launch worked on the last 2 rides at night. On board audio is louder now it seems (but i would also prefer music only).
This is actually a great unbiased video to show the typical spanish people that only have visit port aventura and say is the best theme park in the world. PA is being incredibly bad this past few years and no matter how bad the park does or how mediocre rides like uncharted are being built, they still defend them every time they can.
More people need to give, now thats getting a little better, pw a chance, and hopefully more international people visit so they can go uphill after 20 years of nothing and build more incredible stuff like BGCE
I liked Parque Warner in my first visit. The one thing the park was missing was a world class coaster and they got it with Batman. I rode this coaster last week, which coincided with some extremely hot temperatures. I believe that contributed to downtime.
Fancy seeing you here! I agree :)
@@SPRidley I mean…PA doesn’t need an outstanding addition….when the time comes, they’ll add one. They’re in a much more touristy area here, and they print money. They’re sitting pretty, and they have no reason to go above & beyond for guests, as their attractions speak for themselves. The fact of the matter is that prior to this ride, WArner wasn’t worth going out of the way for. It made much more sense to just visit Attraciones due to the proximity to the city proper.
This looks like one of (if not) the most visually striking coasters. The track and the trains look incredible. And don't get me started on the layout. Or the theming. This is easily a top 10 bucket list coaster for me.
It looks fantastic and rides even better.
I went in June for 2.5 days back when it was running 3 trains. At 6pm or so each day the turntable faulted leading to a train having to stop on launch 3. It would take hours for them to get it open after this and on one day it never reopened at all. So yeah that's why they just run two now i guess.
Thanks for sharing. Not too surprising given what I witnessed.
I love how these Intamin multi-launches have really taken off over the last few years
Me too.
While BGCE is undoubtedly a great looking ride, I think Universal's deeper pockets really show when it comes to the higher quality themeing and what feels like a more fleshed out, aggressive (downright violent) layout on Velocicoaster. Cant complain at all though when I see more modern rides constantly expanding on the formulae of old with more daring and innovative elements like that slowwww stall and the hold on the top hat. Excellent review as always.
I agree Universal has higher quality theming, but this is still very good.
This layout is better its more intense and has less filler.
14:45 staring at the ground! That coincides with Six Flags Great Adventure’s teasers for the new 2024 Coaster!
I wish they got a ride like this.
Just got off Batman, first ride of the day, in the front row. And it is insane! Every moment is just executed to perfection, the airtime, the hangtime, and the launches. I’ve only gotten 1 ride, but so far, my new no.1!
It's an epic ride.
Just rode it this last weekend. Gotta say I preferred this over Velocicoaster, mainly due to the pacing and I felt it had more airtime moments than VC, though I prefer the mosassaurus roll ending over the stall
It's neck and neck with Velocicoaster for me.
I went to the park before Batman opened this year. Nice that the roller coaster has become so good and popular. During my visit, I was partly surprised by the behavior of the visitors. There were enormous waiting times for the terrible wooden roller coaster, but nobody wanted to ride the really great Logflume despite the warm weather.
Coaster Express is oddly popular.
Excellent review, I agree with every single world you said. It took me by surprise even though I have followed the construction from the begging. Amazing ride, beautiful location and really nice theming. It become my fav coaster in Europe, I just hope they can resolve the issues with the turntable cause is creating a lot of frustration on guests. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
I finally had the chance the ride to this beast, and I'm still debating if I prefer Voltron or BGCE as they are both such epic rides!
What is your favorite between the two, if I may ask? I think the slight advantage Voltron has over BGCE are the length and the wing seats, but BGCE's pacing is absolutely ridiculous on the other hand, with no dead spots nor filler elements.
I prefer Batman, but both are amazing.
Another great Canobie Coaster review video! I appreciate your content so much as someone who can't travel the globe to ride rollercoasters. I can't wait until Vekoma starts to sell more of their launced coasters with theming so this type of ride has some competition in the reliability department.
The other blitz coasters I've been on have solid reliability. I hope Intamin and the park can sort out this ride's issues.
Did it the last days. Outstanding coaster and I love the full experience theming, effects, launches and the great layout. For me as Batman fan the perfect coaster.
I am still debating (with me) if this my new N1 coaster and beats ride to happiness. But it is at least N2
It's an elite ride!
Nice review! HUGE bucketlist ride for me especially since the pacing is crafted to perfection- with a contrast of fast switchbacks and airtime hills to slow hangtime filled inversions
Thanks!
I’m gonna try to get to Finland next year for their 3 major parks, but if I have extra time on my hands, I might try to get down to Spain as well. This ride pushes it over the edge for me.
I prefer this park to any in Finland.
Before watching the final score, I will already guess at ten seconds you will give this ride a 10/10
Should this be left at 10 likes, and should we freeze time so this comment remains 10 hours old?
Now it’s all 11s
It got the perfect score.
Omg rolla costa hiiiiiiii
@@DiSCO_YT hi!
Gotta agree with you, chief: it would be nicer if more people were admitted in the indoor section of the queue. Especially to get some solace from the Madrid summers.
Definitely
With all the elements, I expected to hear something between 4000-5500 feet of track! Holy crap those elements must be stacked.
There's no downtime between elements.
@@CanobieCoaster it looks so awesome. Too bad I'll never get to ride it. Europeans get the best Intamins🤬
I might be going to Madrid next year soley because of this coaster. No doubt it will be my new favorite coaster in Europe. (My current is Karnan)
It's an exceptional ride.
I visited the park on the 31st of December 2022 so I missed this coaster. I did get some photos though and also went on my first Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang! (and also my first woodie 😬)
Hope you had a good time!
@@CanobieCoaster I did… except for Coaster Express it kind of ruined the day
This is a great review. Whilst we had all the issues in July- breakdowns, coaster closed for hours, sitting in the outdoor queue for hours in the sun in heat heading towards 40 degrees celsius, no pre show, no mist effects, back of house lights on in the batcave, no on board audio etc- we still LOVED this coaster!! Hopefully they iron out the issues as it's a top tier ride!
I really hope it can become more reliable. That's the biggest issue with it thus far.
Did you get a new mic? Your voice is ever so different than I remember. It’s not in a bad way, I’m just curious.
I got a new mic several months ago.
@@CanobieCoasterI must’ve been watching too many of your old videos.
Did you reride coaster express, and if so, did your opinion change?
Yes, with the retrack it moved up my ranks. It is now the second worst wood coaster I have ridden.
@@CanobieCoaster behind what?
@@WCfanboyWildcat at lake Compounce, which is getting a gci titan track retrack, allowing coaster express to reclaim the worst spot lol
@@sr.chi7741 would definitely change if RMCs takes CE and makes a Top 3 coaster WW :)
@@javiermartin4857 BGCE and RMC coaster express would easily be the best 1 2 punch in Europe
Great video! This looks like my type of ride. I’d love to get out there!
Thanks!
One Of My Favorite Coasters Probably In The Top 3 Best Layouts
It's one of my favorites.
Wish I could ride it, but I doubt I'll be heading to Spain anytime soon. Great video!
Thanks!
Have you made a review about iSpeed? Id love to hear ypur opinion soni can make a conparsion with other rides
Not yet. I don't have any video footage of my own and there isn't too much out there I can use.
i prefer it above kondaa and ride to happiness, its my number 1
I prefer it to Ride to Happiness too.
The elements are amazing but off-ride footage always makes it look like it's crawling, does it feel too slow on-ride?
It feels slow in some spots (when it should), but many parts feel fast.
@@CanobieCoaster thanks, I think the little trains make it look slow, like how I305's transitions look extra crazy seeing a long vehicle flying through
OK that train is realy small... why not make it a 8 row or 10row?
Probably because of the compact elements and space.
I was gonna ask you how you thought it compared to Toutatis, but you haven't ridden it yet, so instead I'll ask you how it compares to Velocicoaster. I'm glad you loved this coaster, and thanks for posting.
Those two rides are very similar. Both have a diverse set of excellent elements.
Watching this for the 3rd LSM speed for my roblox recreation of this and canobie. Your are a W
Hope it helped!
The GOAT of coaster reviewers
Thanks!
Muy buena review👍
Thanks!
this layout looks elite, but i feel like the ride seems pretty short like you go down the tophat and like 15 seconds later you are on the stall
It has a good length to me.
Now that i think about it.... i think i have a lateral kink
Lol
nope kärnan and toutatis are both better I'd say
toutatis in layout just the swing launch would be enough, kärnan in theming
I prefer this to Karnan. I still need to get on Toutatis.
Another park added to the bucket list, I really hope I'll have enough time and money to travel in the near future, too many parks I wanna visit
Hope you can!
I LOVE INTAMIN💙💙
Can't wait for that review on Hollywood Drift in a year and a half
Excited for that ride.
Before i went to cedar point last month, i thought intamin blitzs looked extremely overrated. However Maverick blew me away and im excited to ride more blitzs, especially this one.
I love the pacing and mix of elements.
Man I’d love to visit Spain one day, this is just one more coaster added to the incentive list.
It's elite.
I am absolutely obsessed with this ride! It is my number 1, I have been to Parque Warner twice in 2 months only to ride it 😂
It is perfection 🥰
It's an epic ride.
What's usually your favorite force sensation on roller coasters, Canobie Coaster? Airtime, positive Gs, or laterals?
Airtime
Congratulations for the review I found it very interesting and above all very useful, also because in a little over 10 days I will be in Parque Warner trying to get a ride on Batman...by the way did you happen to find out what is the policy adopted by the park regarding glasses on Batman?
I was allowed to wear my glasses with a strap.
@@CanobieCoaster perfect! Thank you so much🙏
What do you think, Canobie Coaster? Did you ever come off Batman Gotham City Escape with a headache, underwhelmed, laughing, or breathless?
I come off breathless.
If this isn't the best new roller coaster in Europe, Toutatis at Parc Asterix will be. I am surprised you didn't get there since France is on the border with Spain.
I had a conference in Madrid. I have a separate trip to Paris later this year.
@@CanobieCoasterbetter than RTH?
@@jefroid661 no
Looks fantastic! however, Ride to Happiness is on a league of it's own in Europe...
I prefer this to Ride to Happiness.
@@CanobieCoaster to each his own!
Btw i came back to say for all reading this, the reliability was rly good when i visited the park, and it was pretty warm with like 32 dergrees, and no downtime
Good to hear!
Great Review
Thanks!
@@CanobieCoaster You're Welcome! :)
I heard Ride to Happiness was the best ride in Europe
I prefer a few to that one.
Fax it is
That S curve looked realy weak....
The one after launch 3? It is a transitory element for me.
How good the ride may look, I still think The Ride To Happiness is better
I prefer this one.
agreeeee
The industry has GOT to figure out a way to increase throughput on rides. It's just unacceptable for a major ride to be doing so few people. It's ridiculous. How you gonna build a stand out attraction with 2 trains that hold like 12-16 people? How are you a professional coaster designer still building coasters with such pathetic capacity? What planet are these parks and designers living on? Truly baffling. Thay and I also find outdoor queues with no covering/shade to be ridiculous as well. Those 2 things severely impact my enjoyment of amusement parks nowadays.
The biggest issue right now is the downtime. If that can get sorted out and they can run 3 trains, it should be tolerable.
@@CanobieCoaster True. I just always consider it like a Navy and it's ships. That half the year there's one train out of three being re-fabbed and maintained. Though, if you're a seasonal park, you should probably be doing all of that during the off season. Maybe it's not as bad as I imagine, I'm not sure. I mean, I get why trains aren't bigger and heavier, and trains are expensive so parks don't want to operate 6 of them, but still. It's always irked me how rides really haven't improved in capacity/throughput since the creation of steel coasters. Not really, besides a B&M.
Best ride in Spain 🇪🇸
Yes
This coaster is hot and steamy 🥵🥵
Spain as a whole is hot.
Def not better than Vel. The flow of GCE isn't there.
I think it's very close. I like the flow of this one.
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Im gonna predict know hes gonna say its good but kondaas better
👀👀
Need to get out there!
(for coaster express of course)
Great ride!
I honestly don’t think this is the best coaster in Europe, not even close :/
Do you get paid to boycott this ride? Because you are literally in every comment section of every youtuber that has posted a video reviewing this ride, saying that this ride is not good, eventhough absolutely everone is praising it 😂😂😂
@@PedroHernandez-gu3ohI think it's just that the ride is polarizing, theme park worldwide said that they didn't find the ride to be a top 50 out of the hundreds of coasters they rode in Europe and America. Theres a ton of people who prefer superman, Dragon Khan, Stunt fall, red force, Shambhala and even Furius Baco over this. I'm guessing it's due to the fact that this is more graceful, which is why a lot of people might prefer Velocicoaster, Taiga, Toutatis and Maverick, but even then, BGCE is at worst a borderline top 30 coaster.
@@sr.chi7741 yes of course! I didn’t say it is a bad ride, I just think it’s not THAT incredible, which doesn’t mean it is bad at all, for me, it is by far the best coaster in Spain, but it’s not as good as other coasters in Europe
To each their own.
@@CanobieCoaster yep
Imagine first drops giving sustained floater and sustained ejector, what are the differences between those two types of airtime? What do you think?
Ejector is more forceful.
Based back off your 2019 visit, did you like all rides and coasters at Parque Warner Madrid?
Not a fan of Coaster Express.
Canobie Coaster would say:
This ride's pacing is excellent. You briskly go from element to element. When you lose speed, it's strategic, like on the first and last inversions.
In terms of smoothness, Batman is excellent. I could ride this coaster all-day. It's possible a few people may find the sudden release on the top hat or some of the quick laterals a bit uncomfortable, but...
I don't mind them.