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Flamingo Land | Sik | Intamin 10 Inversion Coaster | 2022

DelPiero said:
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Why? Besides this being a clone the first drop will instantly be better than Colossus as it's better shaped and steeper.
 
On a side note: I was pleasantly surprised with Olympia/Munich Looping this weekend at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. Perhaps one of the best sit down coasters with inversions I've done (better than Colossus I'd say). Looking at the stats I was also surprised that Olympia is actually taller and much longer than the Intamin 10 inversion ones, I would have guessed it at about the same length to be honest after riding Colossus several times.
 
oriolat2 said:
Why? Besides this being a clone the first drop will instantly be better than Colossus as it's better shaped and steeper.
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possibly unpopular opinion but Colossus' drop is imo the best shaped drop in the UK, instead of meandering down half the drop getting off the chain, you have a B&M-like pre drop and the drop itself when you get to it gives the only gut-wrenching drop in the park (If not considering the fall of Stealth's top hat)
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I haveb't been on the newer versions of the aktr/colossus/etc but the Colossus drop looks better than the newer imo
 
holtjammy16 said:
possibly unpopular opinion but Colossus' drop is imo the best shaped drop in the UK, instead of meandering down half the drop getting off the chain, you have a B&M-like pre drop and the drop itself when you get to it gives the only gut-wrenching drop in the park (If not considering the fall of Stealth's top hat)
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... Have you been on Saw? I'd say that drop packs a punch, possibly more so than Colossus. Also, I love how you added a photo of Colossus, because nobody on an enthusiast site would know what Colossus looks like ;)

I would agree though that the drop on the original Intamin 8/10 loopers looks far better than the new ones, but that's just me. I imagine on the back row it would ride very nicely though!
 
holtjammy16 said:
possibly unpopular opinion but Colossus' drop is imo the best shaped drop in the UK, instead of meandering down half the drop getting off the chain, you have a B&M-like pre drop and the drop itself when you get to it gives the only gut-wrenching drop in the park
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The new models have a fast intamin mega-lite style cable lift rather than a chain so there's none of that disengagement action with the chain.
 
According to RCDB it's going to be 10 feet taller, at 108ft! I know what you mean though, it's not helped by the fact a lot of pictures are looking down at it from a slight incline
 
I like how the first drop goes under the second-to-last corner instead of over it like Colossus - it should give a nice headchopper moment.
 
Part of the reason it might look smaller than Colossus is because the drop doesn't stay high for as long as Colossus' does; I definitely think that having that turn before you drop down on Colossus does give the illusion that it's taller. I think this one might be a more thrilling drop to ride, though; Intamin does some really good snappy drops these days, and with the lap bars, you might even get some airtime in the back!
 
Just a thought on the £20million figure - I agree with everyone else that it cannot be correct - even new I’m pretty sure this couldn’t cost that much. What I’d speculate is that this is an ‘investment worth’ £20mil, not to say they actually paid that.
For instance, if I were to buy a second hand car worth £5k, but only paid £500 for it, it’d still, just about, be an investment worth £5k.
Personally I’m pretty excited for this. Even if it is just an off the shelf design, it’s still the first Intamin outside of Merlin, and surely that’s something worth celebrating.
 
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