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Do You Trust Intamin AG?

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Postby G-forcejunky2005 on August 19th, 2004, 12:41 pm
yep , that is the question.. do you trust intamin ag after there recent problems with their coasters?.... i personally still have a little trust for them , but after each accident that they will or might have, my trust will slowly decline. :(
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Postby The Beast on August 19th, 2004, 12:54 pm
I still have respect for them and feel safe on their rides. But I think TTD is just turning into negative publicity the more accidents and problems that happen. Which is too bad.
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Postby SFGA Bob on August 19th, 2004, 2:13 pm
assuming you follow all the rules, I'd say you're pretty safe.
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Postby FParker185 on August 19th, 2004, 9:51 pm
Trust them? No, not at all. Safety wise Intamin rides are fine for the most part, my distrust comes mostly from quality issues and certain aspects of the inner workings of the company.
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Postby Ilovthevu' on August 19th, 2004, 10:55 pm
Yes, I still have trust in them. Some people just despise the company, and will just say bad things about it. When I think of Intamin, they make me think of the S coaster company (It's hard to spell. They make the Whizzer, and Mind Bender.). The reason why is because of how the track is on both of those rides and I compare it to V2.

Anyway, the problem with the person falling out wasn't even the companies fault. With TTD, how many other rollercoaster companies have made a ride like that? Of course, there's no excuse for injuring people, but what can you do. For all the problems that you could have, I don't think V2, Roaring Rapids, Am E, GD, or Power Dive were big ones.
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Postby coasterzak on August 20th, 2004, 9:55 am
To have awesome coasters you have to take a lot of risks. I will always trust the safety of any company if the ride will be inspected and pass inspection. I ride coasters the right way and I have normal body proportions so I will always respect Intamin.
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Postby The Beast on August 20th, 2004, 10:05 am
Ilovthevu' wrote:Yes, I still have trust in them. Some people just despise the company, and will just say bad things about it. When I think of Intamin, they make me think of the S coaster company (It's hard to spell. They make the Whizzer, and Mind Bender.). The reason why is because of how the track is on both of those rides and I compare it to V2.

Anyway, the problem with the person falling out wasn't even the companies fault. With TTD, how many other rollercoaster companies have made a ride like that? Of course, there's no excuse for injuring people, but what can you do. For all the problems that you could have, I don't think V2, Roaring Rapids, Am E, GD, or Power Dive were big ones.


Swarzkopf? :? Hey I tried spelling it. I think a lot of people forget that Intamin built AE. It seems really PTC, but its not.
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Postby rct2wizard360 on August 20th, 2004, 10:26 am
As long as proper saftey percautions are used, I trust in them. They make them better than I do! :wink:
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Postby w00dland on August 20th, 2004, 10:50 am
See, I trust them and everything, but everytime I get on Giant Drop it just goes threw my mind on what could happen. Same with V2.

That doesn't happen on other coasters.
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Postby sixflagsguy5 on August 20th, 2004, 12:34 pm
The Beast wrote:
Ilovthevu' wrote:Yes, I still have trust in them. Some people just despise the company, and will just say bad things about it. When I think of Intamin, they make me think of the S coaster company (It's hard to spell. They make the Whizzer, and Mind Bender.). The reason why is because of how the track is on both of those rides and I compare it to V2.

Anyway, the problem with the person falling out wasn't even the companies fault. With TTD, how many other rollercoaster companies have made a ride like that? Of course, there's no excuse for injuring people, but what can you do. For all the problems that you could have, I don't think V2, Roaring Rapids, Am E, GD, or Power Dive were big ones.


Swarzkopf? :? Hey I tried spelling it. I think a lot of people forget that Intamin built AE. It seems really PTC, but its not.


I dont trust them with any rides except the eagle.
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Postby Galvan on August 20th, 2004, 4:54 pm
I dont trust Intamin at all. I think there saftey record speaks from themselves.
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Postby Soxman on August 20th, 2004, 5:19 pm
I would agree with Galvan. The only thing that will change my mind about Intamin is time. Months or even years will have to pass before I start trusting their rides again. I am not the biggest V2 fan so it reallt does not hurt me there, but I do like Giant Drop.

The Eagles track record over the years speaks for itself. I will always trust AE until it proves me wrong.
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Postby coasterguy on August 23rd, 2004, 11:42 am
I trust them. You got to look at what caused the problems. Most it is operator error, whether it be not checking restiants and seatbelts hard enough or allow oversized people to ride.

With TTD I don't think there is anything intimin can do about the cable. The force that is applied on that cable is enormous. You can always say we need a stronger cable, but with all the engineers over there, I bet they though of that. You can't just look at strength either, its got to be able to handle the forces very quickly it just doesn't ease into the launch.

For you people who don't trust them don't ride the rides and make the line shorter for me.

Plus I always check my restraint myself. Because I don't trust my life in the hands of a 18 year old operator.

And I will say intimin makes the best rides.
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