Whats your favorite Intamin

My top 5 are all really close and can generally jump a spot or two depending on my mood, but the players in the top 5 are pretty firm at the moment:

1. Flying Aces
2. Hyperion
3. Kondaa
4. Expedition GeForce
5. VelociCoaster
 
Gonna categorise them...

GOATs:
Skyrush
Taron
Gotham City Escape

Elite:
Hyperion
Expedition GeForce

Excellent:
Maverick
El Toro

Very Good:
Balder
Storm Runner
Millennium Force
Kingda Ka

Good:
Stealth
Xcellerator

Average:
Colossos
Furious Baco

There are a few noteable ones I still haven't ridden, but I'd rank them like this in terms of expectation...

1. Velocicoaster
2. Taiga
3. Toutatis
4. I305
 
Having hit 10 intamins, I will finally reply...

#1 Goliath - Walibi Holland
#2 Stealth - Thorpe Park
#3 Speed Monster - Tusenfryd
#4 Sik - Flamingo Land
#5 Shockwave - Drayton Manor
#6 Rita - Alton Towers
#7 Colossus - Thorpe Park
#8 Th13teen - Alton Towers
#9 RC Racer - Walt Disney Studios Paris
#10 Indiana Jones - Disneyland Park Paris
 
My top 10 Intamins. In the parenthesis is where they stand in my overall ranking of 221 creds.

1. Taron - Phantasialand (#2)
2. Furius Baco - PortAventura (#13)
3. Balder - Liseberg (#19)
4. Hyperion - Energylandia (#25)
5. Velocicoaster - Islands of Adventure (#26)
6. Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure - Islands of Adventure (#30)
7. Goliath - Walibi Holland (#33)
8. Incredicoaster - Disney California Adventure (#69)
9. Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster - Sea World San Antonio (#104)
10. Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts - Universal Studios Florida (#108)

Will most likely change as I should be getting a few more high profile Intamins in the coming months.
 
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lom.lom.lom said:
I'll just go ahead and list all of my major Intamins:

1. Intimidator 305 (KD)
2. Superman The Ride (SFNE)
3. Maverick (CP)
4. El Toro (SFGAdv)
5. Storm Runner (Hersheypark)
6. Pantheon (BGW)
7. Millennium Force (CP)
8. Skyrush (Hersheypark)
9. Fahrenheit (Hersheypark)
10. Top Thrill Dragster (CP)
11. Sandy's Blasting Bronco (Nickelodeon Universe NJ)
12. Kingda Ka (SFGAdv)
13. Ride Of Steel (SFDL)
14. Cheetah Hunt (BGT)
15. Superman: Ride Of Steel (SFAm)

The rest are shuttles and family coasters
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This list has me so excited for my trip next year. Will be hitting KD, SFNE, SFGAdv, Hershey and BGW. I look at that list and see as many as four 10/10 coasters for me.

My list is significantly less but I can confidently say that there isn't a bad Intamin that I have ridden:
1. Maverick - Cedar Point - 10/10 - This provides negatives, positives, laterals, floatiness, a punchy second launch and it is a long ride.
2. Millennium Force - Cedar Point - 9/10 - Great first drop, forceful pull out and a couple of good airtime moments plus a great sense of speed and it is long.
3. Matugani - Lost Island - 8/10 - Punchy launch, great airtime off the top hat in the back, hangtime on the loop and in-line twist and the first airtime hill delivers too.
4. Steel Venom - ValleyFair! - 7/10 - Great launches and this beats out Flash VV due to the holding brake.
5. Flash Vertical Velocity - SFGAm - 7/10
6. American Eagle - SFGAm - 7/10 - Good airtime and smoother than I expected which is good because it is a long ride.
 
1 / Taiga, Linnanmaki (Real Rank: 1)
2 / Expedition GeForce, Holiday Park (Real Rank: 4)
3 / Toutatis, Parc Asterix (Real Rank: 5)
4 / Hyperion, Energylandia (Real Rank: 7)
5 / Taron, Phantasialand (Real Rank: 9)
6 / VelociCoaster, Islands of Adventure (Real Rank: 14)
7 / Balder, Liseberg (Real Rank: 21)
8 / Sik, Flamingo Land (Real Rank: 24)
9 / Piraten, Djurs Sommerland (Real Rank: 41)
10 / Speed Monster, Tusenfryd (Real Rank: 49)
 
I've been on 2 Intamins, Pantheon & Intimidator 305. Pantheon is my #4 and I305 is my #1. So of course, I305 is my favorite Intamin. The forces, the airtime, just the whole ride experience and theme makes this better than any coaster I've ever been on!
 
Hmmm I have already done some of them in Europe and the USA. But there are also still many on my todo list.

1. Batman Gotham City Escape
2. Xcelerator
3. Expedition GeForce
4. Hyperion
5. iSpeed
6. Stealth
7. Balder
8. Goliath (Walibi Holland)
9. Colossos (Heide Park)
10. Euro Star
11. .........

ToDo-list:
* Taron
* Speed Monster
* Kondaa
* Toutatis
* Taiga
* Juvelen
* Piraten
* Nefeskesen
* ............................
 
1- Taron - a real masterpiece, but for perfection you have to add a little tophat and another airtime hill
2- Red Force - strong, fast and... rattly
3- ISpeed - strong launch, good layout, airtime hill with impressive ejector... but the hard over the shoulder restraints kill the joy
4- Uncharted - quite surprised, super fun and super smooth!
5- Furius Baco - ohhh myyyy what a launch, speechless... but after that a real hell of pain, what a pity
 
My favorite Intamin and the #1 coaster in my overall ranking is Velocicoaster. Maybe it's not the best, but I enjoyed it so much!😍

Some others that I also love are Toutatis, Taron, Pantheon, BGCE, Intimidator 305, Hyperion and Skyrush.
 
EXCEPTIONAL

Taron
Maverick

GREAT

Millenium Force
El Toro
Red Force

GOOD

Kingda Ka
California Screamin’
Th13teen
Xcelerator
Stealth
Superman (SFNE)
Furius Baco
Swiss Bob

AVERAGE

Colossus
Shockwave
Rita

BAD

Skull Mountain
Indiana Jones (DLP)
 
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Toutatis, kondaa, Balder and taron are all S tier. I’d probably say Tout takes it by an inch, but they’re all incredible pieces of hardware in their own way.
 
World Class:
Taron
Kondaa
Flying Aces

Great:
Hyperion
Expedition GeForce
iSpeed

Good:
Balder
Goliath, WH
Superman Escape

Very decent:
Formula Rossa
Stealth
Mine Train Ulven

They exist, I guess:
Divertical
Turbo Track
Rita
Th13teen
Screaming Condor
Speed

Meh:
Motocoaster, Dreamworld
Bob, Efteling
RC, HK Disneyland
Sahara Twist

Bad:
Indiana Jones et le Temple du Peril
Tower of Terror II
Superman Escape from Krypton
Colossus
Furius Baco
Insane
 
I haven't been on many of the "elite" Intamins (most of ours are mediocre), but Taiga is absolutely fantastic, and dethroned Balder which would have been my answer from September 23 to May 24.
 
Intamin coasters ridden from my top 20 list

Toutatis @ Parc Asterix (3)
Volcano Blast Coaster @ KIngs Dominion (4)
Piraten @ Djurs Sommerland (8)
Cheetah Hunt @ Busch Gardens Tampa (10)
Millennium Force @ Cedar Point
Thunder Dolphin @ Tokyo Dome City
Intimidator 305 @ Kings Dominion
Furius Baco @ Parc Aventura
Juvelen @ Djurs Sommerland

Others in no particular order...
Drage Kongen @ Djurs Sommerland
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril @ Disneyland Paris
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril (Backwards) @ DLP
Colossus @ Thorpe Park
Stealth @ Thorpe Park
13 @ Alton Towers
Rita @ Alton Towers
Balder @ Liseberg
Shockwave @ Drayton Manor
 
My favourite Intamin is definitely VelociCoaster at Islands of Adventure. It just has so many wonderful qualities; the airtime is wonderful, the speed is insane, and there are so many great elements that it’s hard to pick a favourite!

The whole sequence from the drop into the second launch right through to the top hat is sublime, the mosasaurus roll is also fantastic, and there are so many other great bits!

It’s also so smooth, comfortable and rerideable, and on the whole, I just find it to be a wonderful ride!
 
For me, it's Taron at Phantasialand and that's my overall number one at the moment.

The airtime is impressive, the area is immersive and it is one of those rides that's a complete package. I prefer launched coasters where there's more to it in comparison to the likes of Stealth where it's one launch with a top hat and a airtime bump and then it's finished

It is also one of those rides where you get a smooth ride every time compared to the 2024 Mack Twins - Voltron and Hyperia where you get the odd rough ride.

Taron is an incredibly impressive ride.
 
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