What ride do you want to see ran backwards? They did American Eagle(Blue), Batman, and Viper, so the options are limited. But still, there ARE still some left.
*NOTE: I chose rides that would LOGICALLY run backwards. A 5 year old would not want to ride Whizzer backwards. V2 backwards will barley make a ride difference. A log flume backwards is both a) stupid, and b) dangerous. You get my point. :/
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Poll: What ride do you want to run backwards?
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X-Flight, although The Swarm backwards got a couple of negative reviews, I think it would be awesome to ride X-Flight backwards but if it did happen, I hope it's the entire train backwards, not just the last 2 rows, otherwise the station would be a chaos because most people would want to ride it backwards unless there was a way to modify the station.
Also Raging Bull, just imagine that drop backwards!
And yet Superman is on the list  Yeah, there are so many reasons why that is totally impossible. Good luck trying to raise the seats into the flying position on a backwards train.
You do know that there are a ton of log flumes that have backwards sections, right?
Raging Bull backwards would be so AWESOME! Maybe it will run backwards in 2019 or 2016?
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Raging Bull. Superman would be second and weird.
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I would not say SUF would logically run backwards. If it is possible to turn it it would at least be very difficult.
And they are never going to do it...you would be going along ass first...yeah, not gona happen. lol I actually don't think we'll see much more new backwards rides. There has been hype to do RB and some to do XF so those might go at some point if it's possible, Im not sure on the mechanical logistics of it. But they just did a big season of backwards and now they have bigger fish to fry. If we see more backwards itll be a couple years. also funny the rb backwards thread gets locked so you give it another shot lol
My vote would be: none.
Running our flume backwards over the drop would indeed be stupid and dangerous. On a more interesting note I am not surprised at all that I am the only one who has voted for Demon -Remember there's nothing but air beneath the chair.
^ Stupid, yes. Dangerous, no. There are plenty of log flumes that have backwards drops and I have never heard of any of them having any accidents or issues or anything that would make them at all "dangerous."
backward drops on flumes are actually pretty fun. Though the backwards drop on this one is tiny, this is prob my fav of the reversing flumes I've ridden...
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Demon backwards wouldd be crazy i dont think it would be very good and idk if demon could take it. Thats probably the least likely on this list to happen.
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I am also not sure if Demon could take it but it does have potential to be a good coaster. Joker's Revenge went through it's whole lifetime backwards. I do know that JR was Vekoma and Demon is Arrow but it was said to be smoother backwards than forwards. Who knows?
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Again, Demon is actually possible. Superman is completely 100% impossible and therefore least likely by default.
The difference is that those flumes are designed to go backwards. If the back of the logs/boats were designed the same as the front it would be fun, however that not being the case makes for a dangerous situation. -Remember there's nothing but air beneath the chair.
^ I never said it was going to be as easy as just flipping the logs around. There might have to be some adjustments made, but it's not like the backs of reversing log flumes are all that different from the back of forward log flumes.
 See? Pretty much exactly the same. I don't see this ever happening so the conversation is kind of pointless, but there's no reason to believe that running the log flumes backwards would somehow make them dangerous.
Superman backwards is murder. I voted for X-Flight but either that or Bull would be fine for me.....
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Not particularly fond of this gimmick, so while not an option, I'd say none of them- just reverse AE Blue's trains permanently and be done with it. Of the poll's options, though, I went with X-Flight. It's ride type seems like it would be most conducive to a backwards experience. Next best option- If I'm a decision-maker at the park (and also assuming it could be safely achieved on a Flying Coaster), I'd give Superman a shot and cross my fingers that as improbable as it may seem, riding it backwards uncovers some sort of (elusive, most likely non-existent) redeemable quality of this ride.
Raging Bull should be left alone- like Batman, it's fine the way it is. Keep Eurofighters in Europe
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Once again, Superman is by far the least likely because . . . . ah screw it, no one cares
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