Maverick on insane coaster wars

Maverick will be going up against 3 other roller coasters on the travel channel at 830 tomorow

Is this episode supposed to feature Gatekeeper as well?

No, gatekeeper is going to be on a later episode

Well Just watched this episode! What did everyone think? I'm not going to give it away, but thought it was a great show! :)

The coaster in Japan with the only "banana roll" in existence was really different. I liked the new style train it used as well. And that final section with the vertical lift, and steepest drop in the world had my votes to win - just based on it's originality and backward design (big drop at the end). I was also impressed on how clean the inside parts of the ride were. Also -The station and tunnels were clean and almost spotless of debris.

While Maverick and Volcano are indeed great coasters, they are pretty standard in design components, and Volcano seemed to have way more support structure than track. Given the target audience, and the unscientific voting (they really don't give you much information on how they arrive at their final score - i.e. # of voters, category weighting, etc.), they should could scrap the whole rating part and show another coaster in that window of time.

I agree Steve. I also noticed the riders crossed the track on the coaster from Japan. As big a fan of the Maverick as I am, that coaster in Japan looks like a whole pile of fun and after riding it, I might be hard pressed not to vote for it.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCcj4PlLFQOug

Takabisha's price tag was $36 Million, it was designed by the park, and a single ride on it costs $12.50 (that's after you pay the standard park admission).

It's really hard to justify how Maverick and Volcano could ever beat out a 100MPH, world record drop angle, and unique banana element coaster without some sort of bias though.

Or maybe there's more to what makes a good coaster than arbitrary records and individual elements. :)

There's no way Maverick should've been on the show in the first place let alone win that battle. I like the way the kid told his dad it wasn't that great! You can tell a good coaster when you see everyones hands up in the air throughout the ride, and you never see that on Maverick, maybe 1 or 2 people. When they get rid of those pos restraints and put lapbars on it then it may be considered a top coaster!

Is this one of those "grass is always greener" scenarios?

Maverick not worthy of being on that show?? The best coaster at the best amusement park in the world (IMO) is very deserving!

I haven't been able to catch any Insane Coaster Wars episodes yet. Sounds like this season is pretty good so far.

El Loco1 said:
You can tell a good coaster when you see everyones hands up in the air throughout the ride...

Interesting. I had no idea the UN finally got around to defining how to identify a good coaster.

;)

If Gatekeeper wins in a similar matchup, I am pretty sure the voting is fixed.

I will say this, Maverick is a great coaster and probably my favorite coaster at CP next to Maggie, they're a close battle. However I do think there is some bias involved in the voting

Disagreeing with the result of a vote is not an indication that the voting was "fixed".

Is it really that hard to grasp that a coaster at one of the premier coaster parks in the World will tend to produce more winners in what amounts to a stupid popularity contest?

Nope, just like the stupid Golden Ticket Awards.

Well, when a park solicits votes for various awards on their blogs, announces filming schedules in advance, and hypes new attractions to the nth degree one has to wonder how the voting is tabulated.
Let's wait and see what wins when Gatekeeper is in the mix. I would lay odds it wins that night (unless it competes with three other CP coasters).

^ Like other parks don't promote when there will be filming at the park. It's stupid not to, it will provide a small boost in attendance for one day. If it was really fixed then how come on the overall season ranking it has the 7th best score? When it's ranked 7 out of 20 i don't think it's rigged.

It doesn't shock me that Cedar Point is involved in so many of the coaster wars, but they seem to be involved to a point where other cedar fair parks are very rarely included. The only other cedar fair property I remember being featured was kings island for the beast. Six flags on the other hand features coasters from a variety of its parks. I might be completely wrong but that was the impression I got from the 5 or so episodes that I have seen.

^Not true if I remember correctly Volcano and I305 (Kings Dominion) Diamondback, Vortex and the Beast (Kings Island) Hydra (Dorney Park) Leviathen (Canadas Wonderland) Afterburn and Intimidator (Carowinds) have all been featured.