bmac
Giga Poster
Alright I might be very vague with the topic here, but bear with me. I've been to about 26 different parks in the United States and as a rather observant person I noticed similarities between a good chunk of the rides in a park. What do you mean by similarities, you ask? I'm talking stuff like type of coaster, manufacturer, elements, etc.
If you still don't get this I'll drop some examples to help you get a grasp at what I am talking about. How about Hersheypark? Nothing can really be hidden between most of those rides, right? Wrong, Hershey's last 3 roller coasters (in order Storm Runner, Farenheit, Skyrush) have all been built by Intamin. How about Cedar Point? Well 5 of their coasters were built by Arrow Dynamics and another 5 were also built by Intamin (especially the last 4!). So more than half of the park's rides are split between two manufacturers.
Now there can be simple explanations to all of this like the park being comfortable with the manufacturer, but how do you get around a park like King's Dominion? The park has had 5 different launching coasters in its history, all coming from 4 different manufacturers (Premier, Intamin, S&S and Schwarzkopf). So how do you explain something like that?
Don't leave it just to the three parks above, there are definitely more parks than the ones I mentioned.
If you still don't get this I'll drop some examples to help you get a grasp at what I am talking about. How about Hersheypark? Nothing can really be hidden between most of those rides, right? Wrong, Hershey's last 3 roller coasters (in order Storm Runner, Farenheit, Skyrush) have all been built by Intamin. How about Cedar Point? Well 5 of their coasters were built by Arrow Dynamics and another 5 were also built by Intamin (especially the last 4!). So more than half of the park's rides are split between two manufacturers.
Now there can be simple explanations to all of this like the park being comfortable with the manufacturer, but how do you get around a park like King's Dominion? The park has had 5 different launching coasters in its history, all coming from 4 different manufacturers (Premier, Intamin, S&S and Schwarzkopf). So how do you explain something like that?
Don't leave it just to the three parks above, there are definitely more parks than the ones I mentioned.