I'm in the minority with enthusiasts in that the wing coaster might be my favorite of all B&M models. I cannot wait to finally ride Thunderbird at HoliWood Nights! For now, Gatekeeper is my favorite. I rank X Flight and Wild Eagle very close to each other. But X2 is obviously my favorite, if we included all manufacturers. It's cool that you can compare with the European ones.
Being a Chicago native I've only gotten to ride X-Flight, but it my fave coaster in that park. I just love the feeling I get on it of just flying across the track and barely whooshing past elements. Hoping to try out other B&M wings cause tbh if the other ones are even better it might be my fave coaster model
I'm thrilled you ranked Flug der Dämonen so high! I'll be riding it in under a month for the park's Halloween season! I can't wait. Wing coasters have been high on my coaster-bucket list for a long time hahah
I have been on the 4 in the US and I would rank them this way: 4. Wild Eagle- Great Setting but no near misses and layout is by far the worst for me of the ones in the US 3. X Flight- I like a lot of the elements, but the restraints seem to bother me a little more than the others and this one has a rattle. 2. GateKeeper- Also has a touch of a rattle sometime and other times it doesn't. Great Setting, a lot of great elements. I agree that the ending is the weakest part but I always really seem to enjoy this coaster. 1. Thunderbird- A great coaster. It does have the best pacing and I love the ending. Fantastic near misses and hang time. As far as the ones in Europe for me I think I most excited to get on Flug and then Fenix. Both look real good.
My favorite is Gatekeeper at Cedar Point because of the length of the ride, the speed, the inversions, and the key holes above the parks main entrance. My second favorite is X-Flight at Six Flags Great America because of the near miss elements, and it feels like it doesn't loose its pace. My third favorite is Wild Eagle at Dollywood because of its placement on the hill and its views of the surrounding area. Thunderbird at Holiday World is still a very fun ride and probably the most unique of all four in America because of the launch, but I think the main reason why it's my least favorite is because it's over too quickly.
@CanobieCoaster Actually, I changed my mind. Gatekeeper is still my favorite, but now I'd say it's Wild Eagle, followed by Thunderbird, and then X-Flight. It's still a close call, though. They're all still very fun.
It’s funny, I’ve only ridden X-Flight and Thunderbird, and even though the launch is one of the coolest things I’ve ever done, I give the win to X-Flight! Thunderbird just felt short, I know it could be attributed to the launch instead of the lift hill, but I’d love for it to have a little bit more to it. I know X-flight is “forceless” but that’s okay by me. I love the feeling of weightlessness with nothing above, below, or in front of me! Really feels like flying 🥰 (What I have gathered is that I really need to get to overseas parks those look so cool omg)
Of all the B&M Wing coasters I've only ridden Gatekeeper and Swarm. With Swarm the right is better than the left but on Gatekeeper each side is more evenly matched. On both I prefer the back; with Swarm back right and with Gatekeeper it's too even to tell but if I had a gun to my head I'd probably say left. The only time I ever went to Cedar Point was in May of 2018 and Gatekeeper was my third favourite coaster there after 1) Steel Vengeance; 2) Millennium Force.
Great video. Nice to see you able to rank so many. The number one is a no-brainer as nothing else comes close to Thunderbird. My one big point of disagreement here is with your number two placement of Fenix. I have to agree on its great theming,’of course, and its nice setting. But the ride itself I found to be nothing special, and for me it already had a huge rattle in its opening year. I’d actually rank Fenix at the bottom of all the B&M wing coasters I’ve ridden.
I only got two rides on Fenix. And both were in the inside seats so that may have helped with the rattle. I feel like I'm in the minority of enthusiasts that prefer the inside seat on wing coasters.
The only one I've rode is thunder bird and it has a good launch great inversions and some good near misses.Also inside the barn sometimes there are owls
I agree that has wing seating, but I count that as a 4D coaster since the experience is so much different than these. That one was also made by Arrow not B&M.
Here is my experience with some of china's Wing Coasters I've managed to get a ride own, If you want to know what to excpect (keep in mind, this is my opinion on them): -Parrot Coaster: I was sadly disappointed by this roller coaster for some reaso, either I or the roller coaster was having a bad day idk. When I rode it, it felt more rattly and rough compared to other B&M Wing Coasters. The vest also tightened during the ride, making it very uncomfortable. Again I did not experience this when riding others, so I might just got a bad ride on this, and the lines were so long I couldnt get a re-ride. I defently want to go here again and try Parrot Coaster again, to see if my thoughts on this will change eventually. -Falcon: while the first part is very aerial, the second one happens around the rock that constitutes the central theming element of the park. Location is just wonderful and it passages around the rock deliver some serious head/footchoppers. The coaster is more about intensity than airtime, with a constant grey/blackout after the banked over turn. Last inversion is absolutely fantastic! Two downsides to it tho: the damned harnesses and a one or two rattles, especially on the overbooked turn. Not the masterpiece we could hope for but still one of my favorite WIng Coasters.
