Is Intamin Making a U.S Comeback???
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Some of the most anticipated coasters of next year are from Intamin and surprisingly quite a few are in North America. We haven't seen these large-scale Intamin coasters since almost 10 years ago so today we ask the question, Is Intamin coming back to the U.S?
Big thanks to these channels for the footage:
ElToroRyan
Universal Orlando Resort
Cedar Point
Intamin Amusement Rides
Coaster Hipster
Coaster Amazon
Six Flags New England
Six Flags Darien Lake
Airtime Thrills
Canobie Coaster
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Amusement Insider
Theme Park Center
X Coaster
CraiGomez
Hershey Park
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Mario Kart themed Intamin hotracer. I would sell my soul for that shit.
I want it
n o w
That coaster is not in the nitendo area of the parc. Probably some kind of "fast and furious" theming (not sure if they own that franchise)
Don’t be stupid, don’t ever sell your soul
@@DARK_AMBIGUOUS unless it’s for a Mario themed hot racer
@@Coastoons I NEED IT
THIS SECOND ALONG WITH VELOCICOASTER
The new over the shoulder lap bars are great actually. Very comfortable
Agree. They're used on Taron and are just great
I agree! They are without a doubt the best restraints i have ever seen on a coaster. They do not staple like the gerstlauer Infinity coaster or Mack restraints. The t-bar on expedition GeForce gave me bruishes after riding it the whole day, while i had no problem riding Taron all day.
The B&M restraints are Nice too, however i always feel like they are a bit too open. I think i wouldnt like them on ejector heavy rides.
@@ronaldkoeken7656 which B&M restraints do you mean? The clamshells?
Truthfull
Ok skyrush guy
Intamin is actually rly good at problem solving, they have came up with a solution for nearly every single one of their issues, where most other manufacturers just quit on whatever was causing the issue, in fact I’ve heard a ton of SF and CF higher ups compliment intamin for always being determined to fix their issues and always finding multiple solutions to the issue and not just quitting on their issues, and intamin is even hired by parks to fix other manufacturers rides issues a lot, Efteling is a prime example of this, the only non prototype ride that intamin had a problem with was TTD, but that was cedar fairs fault for ignoring intamins suggestions such as scalability and extending the launch track, and cedar fairs president at the time even admitted to this and said it was the dumbest decision he has ever made, and the reason intamin didn’t build that many coasters in the late 2000’s early 2010’s was actually cuz they intentionally slowed down production in order to spend more time fixing most of their major issues long term, they fixed their wheel, launch, brake, and restraints issues and also made their track fabrication, structural support and lifts much more efficient, and since skyrush I have never seen these issues on an intamin
TTD: Intamin could have and should have refused the job, but they seem to never refuse work, even when ridiculous demands on them can lead to disaster, such as TTD and Hagrid’s.
@@RPKraul but thats what makes intamin great, they dont care about bad publicity, they just do whatever the park wants
Ask Holiday World about working with Intamin.
sky rush restraints: 🫡
I think taron is the coaster that made US parks want intamins again, cuz that ride is very reliable but also delivers a super compact, fast paced and dynamic ride that no other manufacturer can do
Yes Taron is a great ride
@Benton Dakota both of you are bots I’ve seen this before
Taron isn’t a good ride tho
@@jojo_hendriks You're the only one who thinks that.
@@shadycharacter94 well. It’s not a bad ride, but it is not outstanding. No unique elements or special forces and honestly the theming has never impressed me too much.
I'd imagine Universal works with Intamin because Universal needs Intamin's level of innovation to compete against Disney.
Probably. Especislly since Disney stuck with vekoma forever and vekoma is finally starting to make a comeback
Welp it isn’t gonna be made Intamin it’s gonna be made by Mack at Universal’s epic universe
I love waking up to a Coastoons upload
I think six flags won’t work with Intamin because of... h e l p
Cough....Green Lantern...cough
I mean they’re relocating the HELP coaster so they clearly don’t hate it. But Intamin is just too expensive for them.
Lol
Michigan's Adventure would be LUCKY to get that one bucket of paint!
I love intamin they are so amazing all there rides are so good. My home park is sfgav and I’ve never seen toro down
This didn’t age well
This aged poorly
@@lamaripiazza5226 lol Ik I’ve been there like three times this month and it’s been down every time
@@poopydavis1358 ooh you havemt heard yet
@@_.luminosity._ this didn’t age well lol
This is the earliest I've been to a channel I've never heard of.
Yes, they are
The intamin switch-track could cause for super compact thrill coasters
Also did you say 9/9 lol
The switch track looks very promising. If it weren't for the vertical LSM coaster, I could have seen intamin using the switch track for a sky rockit two-like model
@@Coastoons yeah that would be cool
I305 was one of the best roller coasters I've ever been on. It certainly lives up to its name because I was definitely intimidated walking up to it. I have a pretty high threshold for intensity and such, and man, I305 served it up in heaps. I would go back to King's Dominion just for that coaster.
@@iamhooman7522 I hear that a lot, but both times I went, the GP seemed to LOVE I-305. I always hear that the I-305 line is a walk-on, but in my experience, that is definitely not the case.
I laughed so hard when you said « this » to the free spin coaster 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for crediting our VelociCoaster footage! Loved the video! Intamin is definitely one of the greatest innovators for coaster designs for sure, and from what we've seen with the VelociCoaster it looks as if Intamin learned their lesson from mismanaging testing with Hagrids. They've been consistently running tests day after day with 4-6 months of headroom from their opening date. Hopefully that means that we won't experience the massive amounts of down time that their coasters have been plagued with. From personal experience, Hagrids has been running smoothly for a while now. I haven't experienced downtime for that ride since about six months after opening, and after countless rides on it, the thrills still hold up. I agree that they have a lot of hurdles to overcome with American parks, but I still hope to see more from them in the future. It really does seem that Intamin has matured as a company over the last few years, and if they can prove that with VelociCoaster and Pantheon, hopefully that'll change the landscape for them.
Thanks for letting me use the footage! Yeah I think Intamin learned from their mistakes with hagrids so hopefully this is a smoother opening
I don't think Hagrid's opening so soon was Intamin's fault, Universal wanted it open on that day because it's significant in the Harry Potter universe and it was mid-summer.
@@Coastoons I road velocicoaster about a week ago, and although it's still technically not open yet, it was down a lot. Some days it was open almost all day, while other days it would close a few times throughout the day. This could be just them tweaking things before the real opening tho. I was still able to ride it a few times in 4 days at the park
@@twistedgwazi5727 Didn't Magic Mountain do that with X...if I remember right they went against Arrows wishes and opened it anyway.
I agree with you on this, I don’t see anymore intamins coming to the us by 2023
Hey Missouri thrills
Hi og
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Oh another og nice
Those new intamin Restraints are so much better then the B&M ones
*Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster has entered the chat*
whoops
forgot about that one
@@Coastoons Your good man, I think everyone else does too lol
your channel n commentary is awesome !! your remarks are so candid they crack me up on the reg
I just found ur channel and ur awesome man. Up there with El Toto Ryan for being funny and entertaining and u have a unique style for a coaster UA-camr. Keep up the great work
Intamin rly isn’t bad at restraints in the way u think, all of the bad restraints they made were cuz they were forced into it cuz the t bars ejected ppl and were banned in lots of places and by lots of safety groups, so they had to make new restraints that ended up being bad, and then they tried to fix those restraints but ended up making bad restraints again and so on, eventually they got to the restraints they use now tho, which I’ve heard rly good things about, they may not subjectively be the best restraints, but objectively they probably are the best ever, they are comfortable, can give u great room, give u great freedom, but also can do inversions, can keep the rider secure under the strongest forces of all types and can be fitted on so many different types of coasters, so yeah restraints like clamshells give u more room and are more comfortable, but u can’t put a clamshell on any of these coasters, u can’t complain that a coasters restraints are bad cuz they aren’t as good as t bars cuz t bars are only good cuz they technically aren’t safe, and btw there is new generation t bars, which u can find on coasters like the mega lites, formula rossa and ROS, these might look like ur normal t bars but ROS is at my home park and I can tell u that these t bars are designed to be way more bulky and have a bar that traps ur feet to fix the problems of the original, and if u get stapled these things kill ur thighs and they just don’t rly give u as much freedom of the original t bars, so be glad that we have these new over the lap restraints from intamin
Last time I saw your videos, you had just over 100 subs. Nice job!
5:33 "they might start taking out Intamins"
*Shows Wicked Twister getting flicked off the screen*
*Cedar Point just announced Wicked Twister's closing...*
velocicoaster’s pacing might suck but your videos are paced perfectly! I just felt the need to praise your editing
Why thank you. Pacing is a very powerful thing
I think once Velocicoaster opens other parks will take notice of the attendance spike at Universal and maybe start talking to Intamin again. Velocicoaster is the one everyone is looking at the most.
My family goes to bgw every week in the summer and i am so excited for pantheon, you can see it from the other coasters and it looks sick
Thanks for this video !!
The new over the shoulder restraints are fantastic.
Very interesting video! 👍
Went on velocicoaster last Monday. It was so much fun. Definitely worth the wait.
As an enthusiast, I love Intamin to death, but if I owned a park, I wouldn’t consider them-from general unreliability to price gouging for parts, no thank you. B&M and GCI all the way.
Imagine intamin with B&M level reliability . The perfect manufacturer there
They are gonne defeat B&M definitely. Almost all great things come from Intamin, so does B&M themself ;)
Intamin is definitely making a comeback in the US with chains like SeaWorld and Universal, but I still think it will be a while before Cedar Fair or Six Flags purchases from them (if ever).
I think whether they come back or not really just depends on what the price tag of their coasters will be
Some of their new models look cheaper but I dont think parks in the U.S are gonna buy them
@@Coastoons I mean, if a fairly small park in Australia was able to afford a Hot Racer maybe we'll see those in the US.
@@twistedgwazi5727 I just think there are other factors besides price reliability and the fact that the RMC raptor is so popular that will make parks not want to work with them.
@@Coastoons I definitely see what you mean, yeah. Cedar Fair doesn't wanna work with either of them though, so that's a huge blow to Intamin and RMC.
From what I've heard, the new intamin lap bars are even better than T bars and are the best restraints out there (I haven't experienced them, but this is just from literally everyone that has)
This is true. I have bin on Taron and there are realy good
Inversions with those bars are amazing, Taiga has em.
Right now I think taking risks is not what a lot of parks are willing to do, but give them a couple of years and they will want something really innovative that intamin can deliver.
“This” 😂
The only Intamin I’ve rode was Superman Escape From Krypton, but the thing is is that the line was an hour long for a 20 second ride, the over the shoulder restraint was a literal cage, and it broke down 7 times in a span of 10 am to 6 pm.
I think the SW chain and especially Universal are trying to take away some of the thrill seeker market share away from chains like Six Flags and Cedar Fair. If SW and Universal succeed in doing this, the latter chains will be forced to compete with more innovative and intense rides. B&M simply won't cut it anymore with its tame and overused layouts. Of course, there are also alternatives like Mack and Premier that can provide intense rides but so far it seems like at least Universal has found its favorite.
I am from Europe, so for me its great because Intamin is building all the great coasters here instat of the US.
For example: Taron, Taiga, Kondaa, Movie Park Studios and so on... 😊🙈
Taron is the most overrated coaster in the world, without its theming it wouldnt even be a top 15 ride in Germany...
Europe has the best coasters nowadays.
@@Varraz have you ridden it?
@@ja-zl1hs Yes, it’s very underwhelming
@@Varraz are you sure we talking about the same Taron?
I think intamins new lap bar restraints and seats are the most comfortable out there, I’d swap my couch with a new intamin lap bar seat anytime
Your content is great and very underated, I bet it takes a ton of time to make these and add the awesome little animations, very entertaining indeed. Also I think you should do coaster reviews because I love hearing more in-depth things about coasters from people to get their opinions.
Each year I celebrate Christmas early and I go on the Cedar Point Nutcracker...AKA Maverick!
We will see what happens post pandemic at BGW. They were rumored to get Drachen Spire an Intamin Giga launch. I would love to see an Intamin Giga at my home park BGT.
Chains like CF may work with them again, but it'll take a few CEO changes, and some new blood to be in management that want to make a splash or pave their own paths.
This track design they’ve been using lately with Vcoaster etc looks like it’s gunna be so damn rough in 10 years time
Honestly I think Intamin will gradually make a resurgence in the U.S. It will take a while for CF and SF to come back to Intamin, but Universal and SeaWorld seem to be huge fans of Intamin and the coasters are massive hits at their parks. Cheetah Hunt at BGT is clear evidence of that and Universal apparently wasn't deterred by the operational mess of Hagrid's when it came to building Velocicaster and Velocicoaster has also been significantly more reliable than the "normal" Intamin mess. SeaWorld will probably add another Intamin to a park, possibly BGT as they have a LOT of unused land at the back of the park and Kumba is reportedly reaching its service life; not to mention the fact Cheetah Hunt sees 90-120 minute queues consistently despite having other incredible coasters like Montu right next to it. Eventually SF or CF will return to Intamin probably to get a blitz variant but I do think it'll be several years. The chains simply cannot ignore how widely popular the recent Intamin's have been especially with the right theming. Enthusiasts love the layouts and intensity in these blitz models (Velocicoaster, Maverick, maybe even CH?) and for some reason the coasters don't seem to scare off the GP. If you put a 155ft drop on any other coaster model in Universal the GP would stray away from it, but for whatever reason GP love it on Velocicoaster.
What was the last Intamin coaster in the U.S?
I’ve always been quite happy with intamin restraints. They’re no clamshell but they don’t hurt me at all.
the way I see it, at least, is that the issue is less with Intamin's actual reliability and more with the fact that the US coaster market is constantly growing. Intamin will do whatever parks want and that extreme level of innovation is what sacrifices reliability for those few rides, whether it's for a year or two, or for it's entire lifespan.
The coaster at epic universe is a Mack multilaunch
5:47 PLEASE, THAT HURT LMFAO
I had heard rumors that SeaWorld / Busch Gardens and Universal want to continue to work with Intamin as long as these newer projects go well.
I think the pandemic throws a wrench in the SeaWorld side of that, but I fully expect Universal to keep plugging away - even if they area bit frustrated with Hagrid's teething problems.
The only "problem" there is how infrequently Universal installs coasters - but with Epic Universe inbound and Velocicoaster already built - I think there's plenty to be excited about.
I'm also hearing rumors of the Hot Racer model popping up more and more. They're extremely compact, offer launches (and rumored to be compatible with Intamin's switch track tech and well), and supposedly price competitive with custom RMC Raptor layouts. If the price is right that could open up the door for more budget conscious chains like Six Flags to start working with them again. The RCM Raptors are also rather extreme rides, while it sounds like Intamin is willing to dial the thrill level to the customers' wants/needs for the Hot Racer (not to say that Alan couldn't bring the spice level back on the Raptor as well).
I do think the Cedar Fair / Intamin relationship is still beyond repair unfortunately.
I have heard the same
Fun fact: Canada's wonderland aparently would've just asked another manufacturer to build leviathan if B&M declined, would cedar fair have given intimin one last chance with a giga in 2012 or would they have gone with morgan? 🤔
Dude... You predicted the death of Wicked Twister. I think he might be a spy
In defense of Intamin, I’m an operator at an Intamin mega coaster which is highly reliable, I can go weeks where the only downtime I experience is people throwing up in the station area.... So either this coaster came out lucky or there’s something else to consider. Won’t name the coaster since I really love my job and am not sure if even by calling it a reliable coaster can talk about this. But for you to guess, the coaster opened in 2002.
Goliath at Walibi Holland 😉
CF and SF are done with Intamin, so yes, there won't be many new Intamin Coasters in the US.
Hopefully SeaWorld and independent parks keep them going but they probably won't. So sad
Haven’t they been in the US? They do one almost every year
Michigan's Adventure actually makes sense from a marketing standpoint to add the first Intamin if Cedar Fair would want to repair their relationship. An Intamin Surfrider 1.0 is only $4-5 Million, and it would fill both major gaps that the park is missing. However, the best advantage is that if the ride is a flop, it would be pretty well hidden from the media, so Cedar Fair would be able to quietly slip away from Intamin a second time.
I don't think that it would be a quiet flop, Michigan's Adventure's first coaster in over a decade being a flop would likely make headlines no matter how small it is.
Honestly Hershey is my home park and they keep all there intamins up and running every time I go, Skyrush never breaks down, storm runner barley (expect for this season with the cable) and Fahrenheit stays open usually, 80%.
Im always surprised that the intamins dont got down like at all at hershey whenever I go. Maybe it's because 2 out of 3 of them are rare intamin models and it just so happens that those two models are very reliable
@@Coastoons I have NEVER seem maverick down in my life and Millie is having tons of trouble recently however it all seems isolated to yellow train so who knows
@@holdencoppler1360 When I went to Cedar Point during the last week of July, Maverick was down for most of the day and Millie closed for about 15 minutes due to wind I believe, I'm not sure though. TTD was down almost all day so I sadly couldn't get on it (whenever it opened I was in lines for other attractions). ;-;
@@vixii4323 huh, I never see Maverick have issues but i guess ots cause its short amd in the back of the park. Millie has big issues with its yellow train tho,
@@holdencoppler1360 Yeah, I was surprised about that too. And oh, huh the yellow train could have been causing problems too that day. They fixed it in a short amount of time though so it must have not been too big of an issue that day.
I actually prefer those new gen trains over the old t bars.... also the operations with them seem to be faster
5:08 imo nothing ever has come close to the t-bar. the new intamin restraints are fine from my experience (taron) and i like them more than the Mack rides ones (blue fire) but i do prefer the gerstlauer and b&m lap bars over them (and obviusly the t-bar)
All I wanted for Christmas was for SFNE to get those intamin lap bars instead of those ugly bricks. Santa didn’t get my letter.
Imagine how disapointed Coaster Enthusiasts around the world would be if Michigan's Adventure had a rumored Intamin Strata Coaster, but in reality they got a coaster repaint.
The over the shoulder restraints are MUCH and I mean MUCH better than Mack restraints.
Lake Michigan’s adventure: guess what is new in the park!
OOOOH! Is it the rumored strata?
Lake Michigan’s adventure: we just painted one of our benches!
GRROOONNNNN
I mean Shockwave at sfot shutdown 13 times in one day recently
If you look at cedar point most of their best rollercoasters are intamins. If you take their intamins out it’s not even close to the same quality of park so yes I think they will still have a place.
I think that U.S. parks watch for overseas projects that are reliable yet have a big impact. I think they like what they’ve been seeing of late, just enough to entice some parks back. It’s a second chance for Intamin in the States, and they’ll have to prove themselves reliable for round two.
Congrats on such a successful video - so many comments! 👏. (Now if you can just work on spelling your own country correctly ... 😉 😝).
I definitely feel this is a blip and their IS demise will be cemented once a big chain buys a new Vekoma thrill coaster, which I’ve always felt look like Intamins but with less issues.
2 years later Intamin is starting construction on a Fast and Furious roller coaster at Universal Studios Hollywood
Yesss I know! I'm so excited. California hasn't gotten a major Intamin thrill coaster (or really any Intamin rides) since Green Lantern. Arctic Rescue looks fun, but that's mainly a family coaster-still amazing looking and Intamin, though!! Really, really excited for Fast and Furious!💙💙💙!! A newgen Intamin thrill coaster has always been my dream, and DRIFTING and spinning is going to be so cool!!
My home park is Michigan Adventure, ouch.
Breaks my heart if there are no more intamins
That list was longer than a CVS receipt
Intamin is like an old classic car.
Fun as hell but expensive as f*ck to maintain and always needing repairs.
I don't think it's the last we'll see on Intamin in the U.S but they might be reserved for the big parks who can afford it like Universal and Disney. I think Universal really fell in love with Intamin not because of Hagrid's, but because of Escape from Gringotts. If Gringotts would have been a mess, Universal would have never gone with Intamin for Hagrid's. And while Intamin has a problem with reliability, that's not enough to detract from how well received the rides are. That's the thing, a good ride can completely wipe away the bad parts of it like the waiting in line due to reliability issues. Also, I think it's unfair to criticize Hagrid's over its early reliability issues. The ride was rushed to open to meet a deadline.
Looking at Velocicoaster and their testing, it looks like it could open early next year but with them putting a date of opening in the summer, it shouldn't have as many reliability issues since they'll be able to have more time for testing and tweaking before the official launch. If it's as well-received as people are hyping, then Universal will more than likely hit Intamin up for at least a ride for Epic Universe; possibly the rumored Donkey Kong minecart ride.
Yes!!!!!!!!
I have a few friends in the Netherlands and they have ridden Taron, Taiga, and Hyperion and they said the new gen Intamin lap bars are fantastic. I disagree, I think Intamin will be in the US to stay
Hershey won't work with Intamin. Skyrush isn't just too intense. The first year the coaster ran, the trains ripped themselves apart because they were too heavy build. A few years ago it needed structural work and an upgraded footer. And recently it's been finding new issues from downtime to lift hill making huge banging noises and more. Hershey will not work with Intamin again.
And dont get me started on S&S lol
I wouldn't be surprised if Skyrush doesn't make it out of this decade and Candymonium was built to fill the eventual void that Skyrush will leave when the scrap it. Making that garbage and completly pointless investment actually not pointless and instead a preemptive investment.
Intamin is like the Dodge/Chrysler of coasters lol
The new intamin lap bars are way better than B&M lap bars, i'm european Nd they're on taron and red force, and they're awsome, imo they're tie with T-bars
Velcicoaster hurt my balls a little but it is still a top 1 coaster for me
I work in the park industry and Intamin has a reputation for not really finishing their rides. They'll do the coding and say "good enough, hope it works!" and let the parks attempt to fix the rest. You know the Velocicoaster is going to be down half the day, every day for the first 6 months. That being said, Intamin's new lineup of coaster types look to be on the cheaper side. I think that's how they'll try to tap into the American market.
And...from the future, I come to say that this prediction did not happen
They need an intamin racer at Holiday World!
That would actually be a really good fit. The only thing is pilgram's plunge was a massive flop so I doubt Holiday World would give intamin another chance
5:42 LMAO
I think hagrids has gotten much better. It seems to barely break down
I think that Intamin is taking the criticism they’ve faced surrounding their reliability issues in North America and using it to improve their rides. The main reason why Intamin is less reliable than B&M is because their ride elements are all individually unique to each ride, while B&M’s elements are more cookie cutter and are purely sized and modeled differently depending on terrain and height restrictions. Reliability is the price you pay for innovation and vice versa.
Ur lucky only 3 breakdowns on ka I got like 7
Damn that sucks
Intamin might be priced out of the 🇺🇸 for a few years, but once the theme park industry starts heading up again, I expect to see a resurgence. Oh and we can't forget about their copycat versions of Skyrocket II and powersplash models 👍
I mean, they've opened two super duper expensive coasters at Universal parks in the past two years
Heck, the two most expensive coasters period
Ehh idk just depends on who can afford this manufactuer but it's very limited here. Only universal and maybe sea world it looks like at this point. Let's give them 5 more years. They need some more affordable models imo
Lawl you americans complaining about not getting intamins when here in Canada the only Intamin roller coaster we have right now is Dragon which is a family coaster at La Ronde.
Cedar Fair should give Intamin a second chance. We all know a blitz coaster at Kings Island would be amazing!
I’ll do you one better. A dueling hot racer where the Timberwolf amphitheater currently is. The hot racer will, of course, be themed to racing, but it will be the Cedar Fair characters racing (the ones from the battle games). This idea came to be when I saw those signs at Cedar Point advertising products such as Maverick Motor Oil and I thought it was similar to the advertisements in Mario Kart 8.
@@CedarFairLoreArchive Love It! Somebody call Intamin!
Dang, you should pitch this to Cedar Fair! That’s was legit!! 👍
A Game like The Battle for Cedar Point?
I really don’t know. It was a thing in 2018 when I went there, but it just disappeared. I really love the idea of a console game though.
The 2 Finnish roller coasters made by intamin has always worked perfectly. =D to my knowledge. Maybe it's you issue. Edit, some teething issues are reported by local paper.
I hope intamin makes a comeback, most of my favorites are intamin.
I'd rather see Vekoma come back than Intamin, their Golden Horse level knockoffs of the RMC Raptor and Mack PowerSplash have left a VERY bitter taste in my mouth so to speak (and MASSIVELY hurt my opinion of the company). Plus Pantheon's layout is far too gimmicky and short for my liking (it feels like it was supposed to be part of a bigger coaster), plus I'm just fed up with the multi-pass launch trend at this point, so featuring that trash hurts it even further. Now compare Pantheon to Abyssus, Abyssus outclasses Pantheon in every regard and doesn't need a stupid gimmick to pad out the ride time. Also F.L.Y. is a masterpiece that is a work of freaking art, plus the Vekoma STC looks amazing as well, oh and we can't forget about the Bremuda Blitz and Wildcat models that look amazing as well.
Honestly at this point I consider Vekoma a better company, yes their past is awful for the most part, but the fact that they made (imo) the superior hyper for Energylandia sould say something.
@@AceAviations2 Honestly, same. I was saddened by what Intamin is doing with their new models. Also, I don't think Cedar Fair will ever work with them again, but in 20 years I could be wrong lol. I think Vekoma is gonna do amazing things, and I can't wait for one to come to the US. And since Cedar Fair works with S&S, it might mean that they'd want to get some new-aged Vekomas too! (Maybe one for Valleyfair? Mayyybe? Idk this is definitely me being a Valleyfair home park bias though lol)
Comare to b and m for price 🤤 you won't be complaining. Think steel vengence had how many problems when it first opened now it is (close) the best coaster in the world.
But B&M doesn't have other problems like reliability or have had accidents in the past so parks are willing to pay the premium. And as for RMC, Cedar Fair hasn't worked with them since and there aren't rumors of them in the future even though there are more than enough wooden coaster candidates
Why are Intamins only a mess in the US though? Taron runs without any problems whatsoever and I haven't heard or experienced anything negative about Chiapas or Colossos & Desert Race at Heide Park
I have no idea. Were just cursed here I guess
Well they have some troubles with the switching elements on chiapas from time to time
@@olivierdhuyvettere2414its still kinda rare
Honestly i don't think that intamin is done with the US there are lots of coasters that intamin is able to do but no other is able to, so, if intamin will be able to make more reliable rides i think that parks will start to work with intamin again.
Maverick reliably breaks down at around 7-8 it's so funny. But itamin is the SAAB of the coaster world. Too inavative for their own good
Intamin mega for californias great america 🥺
Intamin did some projects in the US since Skyrush, like Wave Breaker, Falcon's Fury, and Escape from Gringotts. Stuff like the NJ Nick Universe was heavily delayed, too, and was probably close to two years late when it did open in 2019.
One of the things that pulled Intamin's focus was the growth of the Asian market, same with B&M to a lesser extent. This was also the time when a lot of the Middle East projects started dropping like flies, so I'm sure they signed contracts and prepared to be busy for those parks that ultimately, never came to be. Plus, keep in mind that the latter half of the 2010's saw US parks and chains investing in less large-scale coasters, and smaller rides or RMC conversions became popular (along with other ways to generate revenue, like seasonal events, versus just adding a multi-million dollar thrill ride every other season).
Taron's influence and success can't be understated, either, as that became a big hit for them with lots of industry buzz. A lot of Intamin's new coasters will be able to trace their DNA back to this one.