The same thing happened to me on Batman. Totally miserable. Rode Top Gun at Great America the same way, too. Mega miserable.

The only difference view wise with a flying coaster, is that if you are in any row other than the front row, you see people's shoes - the view is down below you, not straight ahead.

Here's a site with onride video - watch the B-roll, there's edited, raw reverse POV and raw forward POV.