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Post April 13th, 2003, 6:18 pm

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who is you favorite manufacturer? i could only fit 10 i would do more, so if the one you like isn't on there just reply with the one you like.

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Post April 13th, 2003, 10:42 pm

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who else voted for CCI? was it because of Shivering Timbers?

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Post April 13th, 2003, 10:47 pm
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Post April 14th, 2003, 8:48 am

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erm, you forgot togo, i mean im insulted...LOL j/k

Post April 14th, 2003, 10:09 am

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I like B&M.They got the coolest coaster types & I like the sound of them roaring down the track.My favorite kind of coaster is a B&M invert.

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Post April 14th, 2003, 5:38 pm
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I'm the other CCI fan. There coasters are just very well designed, wonderful rides with big thrills in a small package. Too bad they had to go out of business.

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Post April 14th, 2003, 6:43 pm

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They went out of business? I thought they were new manufacturer.

Post April 14th, 2003, 10:47 pm
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unfortunately, yes. CCI just closed down last year. Their last coaster project was the New Mexico Rattler. They just started in 1993, but wood coasters just aren't as popular as they used to be, except for coaster enthusiasts. Result: an untimely end for CCI and Charles Dinn.

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Post April 14th, 2003, 11:24 pm

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Wasn't CCI the manufacturer that built Son of Beast? Well, I know Werner Stengel designed it[:)]
Anyays, CCI was amazing


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Post April 14th, 2003, 11:27 pm
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Didn't CCI reform as the Gravity Group, or am I confusing them with somebody else?

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Post April 15th, 2003, 11:04 am

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Easy choice, Vekoma sells the most coasters and is from The Netherlands [8D] I think intamin makes the coolest tracks but Vekoma does a better overall job [:)]

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I only kike Vekoma's Custom Coasters, There's just way too many SLCs and Boomerangs out there...


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Post April 16th, 2003, 7:12 pm

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i disagree with you 38801xlr8. they are rollercoaster geniuses but not the rollercoaster geniuses. Anton Scharzkopf was far beyond his time way back in the day, and Vekoma used some pretty cool (although it works rather crappy) technology for the Deja Vu coasters. Deja Vu my hardly ever work, and it may need warm weather to operate, but the designs for the cable lifts are pretty neat i think. And what about the designers for Premier rides that made the first Linear Induction Motor eh? since they first used it how many times have similar designs been used? And of coarse the best for last, the guys at Intamin used the most advanced technology yet for the launch on TTD. so there you go. B&M are geniusses, but not the geniuoses.

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Post April 16th, 2003, 8:08 pm

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IMO, Deja Vu sucks cause you have to be less than 6'3" to ride it. [:(!] It's because their "brilliant" designers [;)] decided to make the train so close to the track that if you were over 6'3", your hands would be chopped by the wheel if you put them up. No offense to short people, but they designed it for short people. [}:)]

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Post April 26th, 2003, 2:27 pm

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I like B&M and Intamin. B&M coasters are fantastic. They are smooth and I loved he way the track looks. I doing my graduation project in school and they sent me things to help me along the way, so they are very cool-they always been cool to me though. My favorite B&M coaster types are: B&M Hyper, Stand-Up, Floorless and Inverted.

Intamin has made some of the biggest and baddest coasters around, and I loved to be scared out of my wits on roller coasters and Intamin's coasters do just that.
My favorite Intamin coaster types are: Speed runner, Mega Coaster, Strata, Giga and Inverted.

Post April 26th, 2003, 2:32 pm

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CCI Is not out of business. They are under new management and I thik they have a a diffrent company name now. but I pretty darn sure that they aren't gone, I was just on a few coaster sites some 2 hours ago and it stated that they are under new magament, some one bought the company.

Post April 26th, 2003, 3:39 pm

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The four main engineers of Custom Coasters International started thier own business, the Gravity Group. Custom Coasters International DID go out of business, but the President of the company started some coaster thing at S&S sports.
So after that, the Gravity Group began.

Post April 26th, 2003, 4:02 pm

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punkrock...i'm not saying all the other people aren't that good...i'm saying that b&m is my favorite.

Post April 27th, 2003, 10:51 pm

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Definitely Arrow. After all, they were the the ones who created the
4-D coaster. BTW, X is the best ride in the world!

Post May 4th, 2003, 10:44 am

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u forgot kci kiddie coasters incorperated,u suck! J.K. !

Post April 18th, 2006, 3:57 pm

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Based on the coasters I've been on, I'd say B&M. Wish I could get on some more Intamins.

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