What would you consider the most reliable coaster?

Have you ever heard of Farenheight or Stormrunner or King da Ka?

Apollos chariot is my favorite b&m hyper

Are you asking me about Stormrunner and Ka? Cuz yes I have heard of /ridden them, why?

They are built by intamin and have both had extensive downtime in this year.

I know that....? KK has been down for a long time because of lightning strike. Your point?

ChrisC. said:
Why does everyone give Intamin a hard time? They make great coasters. The only real unreliable coaster is Top Thrill. Which has gotten a lot better this year. If anyone should complain about manufacturers it should be the two overrated B&Ms we have, I'm sorry but Raptor is only fun ride in the front seat. If you are not in the front you will get your head smashed through out the entire ride. I'm surprised that so many people like this ride. And I'm just going skip the rant about Mantis...

Don't get me wrong B&M has plenty of great rides, just none at Cedar Point.

I am sorry your mom is to fat to ride ttd. I forgot to put a ^ In so you no who I was talking to. I didn't know about this because my post got on to the next page. Sorry for the cofusion. :)

I'm also going with CCMR. I don't think I've ever seen it down. I would say the same for Blue Streak, but it went down mechanical when I was in line on opening weekend this season. And also, big props to Dragster this season. There have been more than a few days this season at the park that I don't think had a single rollback.

My memory isn't so reliable, but didn't Jr. Gemini go down last year with some sort of derailment? Proof that no coaster is safe from Mr. Technology Gremlin.

A fairly reliable coaster would be a well-maintained one without a lot of cool extra gadgets like launches, crazy safety systems, etc.

Lately everyone has been building the next cool thing with launches and complex blocking and safety systems. While these are cool, they introduce more parts which can fail. I don't think it has as much to do with manufacturer as much as it does with what we're designing rides to do.

And then of course, like any machine with moving parts - Maintenance.

Thats why i liked Arrow. There coasters are simple but to me alot better than Vekoma or Intamin. Ron Toomer was amazing. Look at Magnum-xl-200 it is more popular than Millenium, Dragster, and even Raptor. Ridership is amazing.

Capacity does not equal popularity.

And who the hell is Ron Tuner?

Sorry ment Toomer. Thinking of someone else with simular last name.

Shawn Meyer said:
I would say Millennium Force is the most reliable coaster at Cedar Point. Every trip I've been on, Millennium Force is always running. :)

According to your signature you've been there 7x this year and MF was running every time?? Wow isnt that impressive?? NOT!!!
I'd have to say dependability wise I have never seen BS down.

Jo
Lifetime Raptor flights: 2069 :)

ChrisC. said:
Why does everyone give Intamin a hard time? They make great coasters. The only real unreliable coaster is Top Thrill. Which has gotten a lot better this year. If anyone should complain about manufacturers it should be the two overrated B&Ms we have, I'm sorry but Raptor is only fun ride in the front seat. If you are not in the front you will get your head smashed through out the entire ride. I'm surprised that so many people like this ride.
Don't get me wrong B&M has plenty of great rides, just none at Cedar Point.

Intamins are pieces of crap. Even Wicked Twister had issues during its 1st year. I know there were many enthuasses ready to rip off heads in '02 when it was down for CoasterMania. It was down pretty often after that.
Top Thrill Crapster had been a nightmare from Media Day on. Why be impressed at the way it runs now that is how many years later? Kinda Kaka another piece of crap. SFGrtAdv got what they deserved building that knowing what a disaster TTD was. It seems like GrtAdv has had worse luck with KK then even we managed with TTD.
Lets not forget Maverick. The day before Media Day, Intaride (different name, same crap) decides to take out a ride element. Once completed this ride has had alot of down time. Granted none as bad as TTD but a close 2nd. It is also my understanding that Pilgrams Plunge is/was giving HW fits. Hmmmm.

Actually the last row of Raptor is the best seats 8-1 or 8-4. As for head banging, the only place you have to be careful is the reverse cobra roll, the rest is cake. After 2k+ rides I feel I know what Im talking about.

I dont like Mantis either so I will you have that. I do agree that there are some awesome B&Ms out there (Hydra, Nitro, Diamondback, Talon, Tatsu, Riddlers Revenge, Batman the Ride to name a few) It is apparent that even Six Flags is smart enough to know that! And it does suck that CP only has Raptor.

But in my opinion.....
B&Ms are the Mercedes of coasters
Intamins are the Yugos

Jo
Lifetime Raptor flights: 2069 :)

^Yes, someone agrees with me Intamins are crap.

I disagree with the B&M's though. The only B&M hyper I like is Appollos Chariot. Diamondback is a waste of money to me. I do like the seating and splashdown but the rest is stupid to me. when I went, the couldn't hit interval at all. The train was just leaving when all the blocks were filled.

In my opinion,

Intamin= HONDA
B&M= Lexus
S&S/Arrow Dynamics= Jaguar

^Yeah but if you've ridden one type of B&M's coasters, you've ridden them all (for the most part). Floorless coasters are all very, very similar in layout. Stand-ups are all very, very similar. Hypers are all very, very similar. The two American dive machines, save for the extra inversion on Griffon, are practically the same ride. Their inverts are the only types of coasters that ended up being unique from one another, and even a lot of those are very similar with the elements and ride experience. And their flyers haven't progressed one iota since they started building them.

Sure, B&M makes smooth (for the most part, save for some jerky transitions on a few) and reliable rides, but don't give them too many points for creativity. They just stay within their comfort zone and rarely take any risks. At least Intamin has the balls to try something new. Hell, when NASA started going for the moon, they had so many malfunctions with their rockets that they destroyed a countless amount of them, and even had three astronauts die on a launch pad during a routine test. But damn if they didn't reach the moon. There's a reason that tons of Intamins are at or near the top of both steel and wooden coaster polls.

I would say that the B&M's have run good, and corkscrew believe it or not, has good uptime.

I never said I did not like B&M's. I said that B&M's at Cedar Point suck. And for you Intamin haters your are either to big to fit in the coasters or completely not a coaster lover. Millennium Force is one of the best coasters ever built and Top Thrill Dragster even though it is incredibly short is an rush every time.

coolkid2345 said:
S&S/Arrow Dynamics= Jaguar

I can deduce one of 2 things from this.
A) You've never ridden in a Jaguar.
Or
B) You've never ridden an arrow coaster.

^You are wrong about both.

^^I don't like Millenium Force because it is overated. Intamins have good layouts, its just bad capacity, they come out with new restraints what are not needed, and are not worth the price tag.

coolkid2345 said:
^You are wrong about both.

^^I don't like Millenium Force because it is overated.

You don't like it because you don't like it? That's basically what you're saying.