^I'm a big fan of Air. But I'm not a fan of like say, Kraken (because it's practically forceless and tame). There is something special about Air; that is mainly because it was such a jump in rollercoaster technology at the time. I just don't see anything special about Raptor, it's been done before a number of times, and even after riding Furius Baco it didn't feel much different to an invert or floorless coaster, but the addition of the launch gave it a certain 'pow'!
Raptor seems rather boring to me, surely there's more boring coasters out there, but it's not something I'll be running to any time soon...