andrus
Giga Poster
How come the Intamin prefabs are so low in popularity among parks? I'm especially intrigued with this since Intamin share the 2 top spots at the Mitch Hawker wooden poll for the second year in a row. An impressive result indeed! But why aren't there being built more of them then?
Since the first one (Colossos) in 2001 there's only been built 4 of them. Compare this to eg GCI who in the same time has built (/is building) 13! Yes I know GCI specializes in only wooden coasters so it's not a perfectly fair comparison. But the fact still stands; Intamin is the current holder of the 2 top spots at Mitch Hawkers wooden poll and all of the prefabs are within the top 10.
One can argue that (most of) the prefabs are larger and more expensive than the GICs. But if we instead compare them with eg B&M hypers, a roughly equal coaster type in terms size there's still been built (/are being built) 10 coasters in the same time as Intamins 4 prefabs! And that's even if Intamin prefabs are more popular among riders (or at least place higher in the polls) and are cheaper to build!
I've might got some fact wrong. But I still don't see why this type of coaster aint more popular among parks. Does anybody have a good guess to why the Intamin prefabs are so "impopular" among parks??
Since the first one (Colossos) in 2001 there's only been built 4 of them. Compare this to eg GCI who in the same time has built (/is building) 13! Yes I know GCI specializes in only wooden coasters so it's not a perfectly fair comparison. But the fact still stands; Intamin is the current holder of the 2 top spots at Mitch Hawkers wooden poll and all of the prefabs are within the top 10.
One can argue that (most of) the prefabs are larger and more expensive than the GICs. But if we instead compare them with eg B&M hypers, a roughly equal coaster type in terms size there's still been built (/are being built) 10 coasters in the same time as Intamins 4 prefabs! And that's even if Intamin prefabs are more popular among riders (or at least place higher in the polls) and are cheaper to build!
I've might got some fact wrong. But I still don't see why this type of coaster aint more popular among parks. Does anybody have a good guess to why the Intamin prefabs are so "impopular" among parks??