The bounce is literally the arm flexing, isn't it? It's not like with most coasters where the wheels aren't staying in tight contact with the track?
I think I'm more impressed with the way it looks than most of you are. But I don't think the wing coaster has the capacity to be anything outstanding.
Even Wild Eagle, which ignored obvious use of the wing gimmick and just went with being a decent looping coaster, isn't that great.
That said, what's the newest B&M that I've been like "that was really good!" Hm. :/ Probably Mamba, and I'm not convinced my appreciation of that was anything 'side of inexperience at the time.
For whatever reason, B&M just aren't making rides that push boundaries in terms of layout, force or landscaping anymore. I suspect a lot of that is down to the demands of a client.
I always expect something special from Heide Park though. I've never been, I'll be going later this year, but with the competition in Germany you'd expect the park to have to pull out the stops a bit. I'm not a Europa park fan, but the place clearly does well. Phantasialand is one of the best parks in the world and scattered accross the countries are some really great quality rides. It does appear that Heide get slightly better quality than the UK Merlin parks do, but it's funny they still choose gimmick when the rest of the countries park's clearly don't, often buying into old hardware. I'd be interested to know how Heide matches up to other premier German parks in attendance or satisfaction.