B&M vs Intamin

[AndrewoplisWhen I grow up, I want to breed donkeys!]

Intamin, manly because most of the coasters in my top 10 are Intamins. And there ride just keep geting crazier and crazier. there are some B&M's I really like but most of them are 1990-2000 B&M's with the exepation of Tatsu.

EDIT, considering that the best manufacture thread was closed because of this thread, Ill just post my top 5 hear.

1.Intamin
2.The Gravity Group
3.B&m
4.GCI
5.Schwarzkopf

[dragonskeepA donkey is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family.]

My favorites are mostly Intamin but I am in B&M country and glad as hell to be here.

[viking86Beware of the freeze-dried donkey!]

Favorite wooden coaster: El Toro @ SFGADV
Favorite steel coaster: Storm Runner @ Hershey
Most insane coaster moment: Insane @ Gröna Lund
Favorite non-coaster ride: Atmosfear @ Liseberg

I think my answer is quite obvious....

[154bmagI love donkeys more than me.]

B&M takes the cake

[harper830872 + 2 = donkey!]

I try not to compare the two as they offer different rides thanks to the trains, track etc, but I'll give my two cents. B&M has this kind of elegance in their rides. Each one has the ability to appear to be going both fast and slow at the same time. They are also a lot more into the "swoopyness" I guess you could say, a lot of easier transitions etc. Intamin just wants to kick your A$$ whenever they can with speed quick direction changes and high G's. I really enjoy both companies but as a beemer fan boy B&M wins this debate.

[IntariderCan I park my donkey here?]

In my opinion, Intamin is the better company. I may be a bit influenced, though as i have two examples of Intamin's greatness next door (Expedition GeForce and Colossos) while Black Mamba and especially Silver Star were kind of boring. On Silver Star you feel just like riding a cabrio on a hilly highway and you can easily just sit there, enjoy the view and have some small talk with your neighbor. On EGF, hovever you just enjoy the ride and the totally awesome ejector airtime while your eyes are watering due to the wind - on every row!

When I look at the recent developments in the amusement industry, I notice that B&M cares more for a safe and reliable ride rather than a totally awesome one like Intamin. And although B&M seems to be pushing the limits a bit more in the last years (crazy chinese flyer, Leviathan), Intamin is just even more extreme"OMFG" experience rather than a smooth hilly trip that might or might not include one inversion or two.

Also I believe that the downtimes of typical Intamin rides are a bit exaggerated - in the last years I have visited Holiday Park and Heide Park quite often and there were never any problems with their Intamin rides - be it a coaster with a lift hill, a launch coaster (Desert Race), a Free Fall Tower or anything else. However, when I went to Europa Park, Silver Star broke down for half an hour while I was in line. That may not say anything, though.

What I can't understand about Intamin however is their restraint policy. I'm quite tall (1,97m/6ft 5inches) and I don't like Intamin's OTSRs at all- to me, they feel amost as restricting as a "standard" OTSR. I think it is a shame that a classic Giga coaster like i305 has them (although it may be necessary due to the massive amount of extrme twists on the ride) and especially a ride like Skyrush would be 10 times better without them, I believe. Apart from this, however I can't understand why there has been only one major Intamin coaster announced for 2012 while B&M will build 6 or 7.

[beatle11I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

B&M definitely has their safety record going for them, and they have some great new stuff coming out next year like Leviathan and the new Wing Rider at Six Flags Great America. But when you look at the Mitch Hawker results, Intamin wipes the floor with B&M.

[PlasmasonicI Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

I like both firms. I vote for B&M because of the reliability/safety factor.

[bejacksoI just made a donkey in No Limits!]

B&M........although they need to build more in the USA.

[HCLcoastersEl Toro Make Me Erect]

Intamin by far.

B&M doesn't bring anything spectacular to the table while Intamin has those standouts like I305, Maverick, El Toro, etc...