Comments on: Carowinds announces “Intimidator”

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:45:47 +0000

Although it may not have the height of 305, it will sure be a lot more smoother. I can tell from the videos, and riding an Intamin before that has quick turns, that 305 will not be that smooth.

This version of a B&M Hyper looks great. They’ve kept the popular and most beloved elements, but they’ve also taken some and twisted them to be more unique.

It will be interesting to see which one people prefer!

By: Atem

Atem — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:34:43 +0000

While I was underwhelmed by i305, I think that in the end, the force of that one will win out, this is a cookie cutter b&m that was slightly modified (not that there’s anything wrong with that). But it was literally exactly what I expected.

By: Egypt2112

Egypt2112 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:50:25 +0000

Now Ice, you don’t know if they really did that. I305 has the same about of hills as MF and MF has overbank turns. How come I305 needs over bank turns? Its kind of like saying Raging Bull shouldn’t be a hyper because it only has 2 hills…

This coaster I actually think is fairly unique.But both parks didn’t want a hyper, and KD wanted to get something bigger then usual…Remember Intamin designs what you want, and they designed them a very compact turn coaster. They did not have a lot of land to add 120ft hills from its 4 acre area.

Carowind’s coaster had a long land area and that coaster takes up 10 acres. And I am sure B&M would not give Carowinds much choice on the layout because a lot of hypers are the same out and back.

By: Ice101

Ice101 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:01:04 +0000

Intimidator has a much better design then 305. Carowinds got a budget and made the best coaster they could out of it giving it an incredible and fairly unique coaster. Kings Dominion got the budget, and spent most of it just so they could call the ride a Giga, and not for the actual quality of the ride.

By: Awsomedude137

Awsomedude137 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:38:14 +0000

even though its shorter i feel more intimidated by intimidator than intimidator 305

By: Egypt2112

Egypt2112 — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:46:27 +0000

This looks like a really good hyper! Although not the tallest, and not really earth shattering records…that layout seems nice. But it does go a tiny bit slow at the last part.