Floorless Coasters: Just a gimmick?

[Wood Dragon 1988]

Floorless coasters will probably always be called gimmicks. However, if B&M had just called them "sit down" coasters to begin with, we wouldn't even be mentioning it in the first place.

 

I think the only time I really notice a coater being floorless is when the floor actually drops out. Nonetheless, this is a "cool" part of any floorless coaster. As for the "freedom" argument: Well, I think you are still as tightly restrained as you are on any B&M so it makes little difference to me.

[Team Thriller]

They are more like B&M's Speed Trains. They make you feel like you are hovering above the track, but you never really think about the trains during the coaster.

Medusa (SFDK) is still one of my favorite coasters.

[Xxhershey818xX]

I have to say that the only cool things about the floorless is that 1) When your in the station there is that cool floor thingy that pops up! 2) When you're in the front you totally feel the floorless experience. but in every other seat it feels just like a sit-down coaster.

Now stand-up's I feel are a totally different experience. But you also have to take into consideration these were mostly made before the B&M Flyers (or any kind of flyer for that reason) came around. So stand-up coasters were just like a step closer to flying kind of.

 

I will say that I have to say inverts are probably one of the best type of coasters out there! You really have nothing under your feet so you really feel as if you may hit a tree or skim some water. My favorite examples are Great Bear (Hersheypark) and Dueling Dragons (Islands of Adventure). You really feel like your going to hit the castle or run into the other train. It just makes the ride that much better!