File:The Bat (Kings Island) - April, 1981 full-circuit POV - TV advert

A full-circuit POV on the Bat during its April, 1981 grand opening. Operated sporadically between 1981-1983, and eventually dismantled in 1985. So few people got to ride this legend - now is your chance! Bonus: vintage TV advert for this now-infamous roller coaster.

This video allows us to truly see what a flawed masterwork it was.

Oh - and BTW, while the ride turned out to be a tragic engineering failure, NO ONE ever died or was seriously injured while this ride briefly operated. Any claims to the contrary are false.