The Bat
The Bat is a suspended roller coaster located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, United States. Built by Arrow Dynamics, the roller coaster originally opened as Top Gun in 1993, themed to the 1986 film Top Gun.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: roller coaster
- Also known as: “Flight Deck”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Banshee and Xtreme Skyflyer.
Banshee
Roller coaster
Photo: Oldiesmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Banshee is an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio, United States. Designed and manufactured by Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened to the public on April 18, 2014, and is the longest inverted coaster in the world, featuring a track length of 4,124 feet. Banshee is situated 710 feet south of The Bat.
Xtreme Skyflyer
Amusement ride
Xtreme Skyflyer, known as RipCord at Carowinds, is a Skycoaster model located at several Six Flags parks. At each park, it is pay-per-ride attraction in which guests are required to pay an additional fee to ride, separate from park admission. Xtreme Skyflyer is situated 650 feet south of The Bat.
Kings Island
Theme park
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kings Island is a 364-acre amusement park 24 miles northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was built by Taft Broadcasting and opened in 1972. Kings Island is situated 1,400 feet south of The Bat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foster and Hopkinsville.
Foster
Hamlet
Fosters is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio, United States. It straddles the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. Foster is situated 2 miles southeast of The Bat.
Hopkinsville
Hamlet
Hopkinsville is an unincorporated community in northern Hamilton Township, Warren County, Ohio, United States. It lies about one mile north of Maineville, two miles south of South Lebanon, and three miles northwest of Fosters at the crossroads of State Route 48 and the 3C Highway. Hopkinsville is situated 2½ miles east of The Bat.
Mason
Photo: WillMcC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States. The population was 34,792 at the 2020 census. Located approximately 22 miles north of downtown Cincinnati, it is home to Fortune 500 corporation Cintas, the Kings Island amusement park, and the Lindner Family Tennis Center, home of the Cincinnati Open.
The Bat
- Category: steel roller coaster
- Location: City of Mason, Warren County, Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34759° or 39° 20′ 51″ northLongitude
-84.26524° or 84° 15′ 55″ westOperator
Cedar FairOpen location code
86FQ8PXM+2WOpenStreetMap ID
way 96577065OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1242578
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to German—“The Bat” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “飛行甲板”
- Dutch: “Flight Deck”
- Dutch: “Top Gun”
- French: “Flight Deck”
- German: “Flight Deck”
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Highlights include Timberwolf Amphitheatre and Drop Tower: Scream Zone.
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