mrlego611 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I really want to know if there are any terrible coaster companies out there. Now, everybody has their opinions and I respect that, but in my opinion, I hate Pinfari. Every Pinfari coaster I've ridden was a a bad experience for me and lacked thrills and I have yet to ride a good one. Sure I had jumps and all but not so much thrills. So TPR forum, what's your worst company? P.S. If you want to add your favorite, be my guest. I adore Maurer Sohne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djboss302 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Everyone's gonna say Vekoma and you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StLCPfan Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The worst coasters in the world are the ones used in cartoons. They don't even understand that you can't have hills higher than the initial lift. I think their 2 worst designs have been the Vomit Comet from an episode of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends and the coaster from the first Despicable Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottm13 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Golden Horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zem Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Golden Horse. Yeah I have to agree. Any knock off company pisses me off. Even though Vekoma coasters might be rough, at least they design their own rides rather than stealing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 The worst coasters in the world are the ones used in cartoons. And in GTA V. I know it's based on Santa Monica West Coaster and it's quite well modeled, but the physic is just full retard. Back on topic I disagree saying Vekoma is the worst company. Even when their coasters were rough and shaky as hell (Until a few years so. Now they're decent), they had awesome ideas. A Boomerang is amazing! Think about it: you go upside down 6 times, forward, backward... and everything in a compact triangle shape. Beside the trackwork which is awful, on the paper it's a very cool ride, and a good looking one. Not to mention the Flying coaster, the Motorbike, the Tilt coaster, mine trains, etc. Now that they can make them smooth, I wish the best for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Vekoma has made a number of improvements over the years, and not everything they've done in bad (and they've done some good work with Disney). I guess I'll go along with Golden Horse, as they build crappy copies of other companies' crappy designs (for example, their knockoff SLCs). They even got kicked out of IAAPA last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2012jarrett Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Vekoma has made a number of improvements over the years, and not everything they've done in bad (and they've done some good work with Disney). I guess I'll go along with Golden Horse, as they build crappy copies of other companies' crappy designs (for example, their knockoff SLCs). They even got kicked out of IAAPA last year. Kicked out of IAAPA? How on earth does that happen? Mine is definitely Vekoma. Carolina Cobra was vile even with the new restraints, and they made my least favorite coaster (Ninja at SFOG) as well. Gerstlauer's close second, if Dollywood hadn't done such a good job with Mystery Mine's theming I'd never ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Mutts Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Any Asian companies (whether it's the Chinese knockoffs or the Japanese companies [TOGO, Meisho, and Senyo]) they just suck at designing coasters... Edited October 17, 2013 by 3Mutts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRCT3 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 They even got kicked out of IAAPA last year. Haha, that's priceless! And yet, Golden Horse is the "best" of all the chinese companies. There's worst... But sometimes I like chinese knock-off, because they can make you laugh out of WTF. Exemple with this looping+corkscrews knock-off. Looks pretty normal, uh? Wait for it. It's an air-compressed launch coaster!! More pictures. (By the way, is there any "weird/odd coaster" thread out here?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfelice Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Kicked out of IAAPA? How on earth does that happen? IAAPA has zero tolerance for trademark, copyright, patent, or any other kind of infringement or "theft" in any of their events or organizations. It would be insulting to any other company there to have to look at Golden Horse flagrantly stealing their concepts. On that note, I vote Golden Horse. I have never ridden a single ride from them, but I don't play their kind of game in business or in life in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT3Bross Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I agree on Golden Horse. I never did or going to ride one of their rides until they stop to stealing stuff. I don't like it when companies need to steal from others to get their products. I must say they aren't actually the brightest even, to steal from Vekoma? come on, they're not the worst, but surly aren't the best either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWolfman Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Golden Horse + Other knock-off designers. It seems that most Togo and RCCA designs are pretty bad, though I haven't been on a ride from either company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RideofSteel Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 SBF Visa Group. At 36 feet tall, Funcoaster is one of the worst, if not the worst coaster I have ridden. Horribly designed and manufactured. It hasn't even been running for a season and parts of it look like they are falling apart already. It definitely was a low cost, low quality coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 SBF Visa Group. At 36 feet tall, Funcoaster is one of the worst, if not the worst coaster I have ridden. Horribly designed and manufactured. It hasn't even been running for a season and parts of it look like they are falling apart already. It definitely was a low cost, low quality coaster. They also made the spine-crushingly painful looking Cool and Fresh, A.K.A., the Tower Coaster. You know, from RCT3? I've heard that it's on the fair circuit in Australia right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrecken Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Based upon examples I have ridden, I'd say Togo by far (for those I haven't ridden, I'd agree about Golden Horse - ripping off other designers speaks volumes about a company, and the coaster by that other manufacturer linked to in the above post looks horribly painful!). I've never ridden one that I liked (have only ridden two that I know of, Windjammer and Shockwave at KD, and both totally sucked), and it seems that most people have little good to say about Togo coasters that are operating today. As for my most-liked coaster company, that would be Intamin, with B&M a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanM64 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I've never ridden one, but Golden Horse takes the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Well, by replicating SLCs at least they chose an inexplicably popular ride to clone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 ^Could be worse. Could have Volare clones all over the place instead of SLCs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBomer Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 RCCA gets my vote, their rides are rough and bland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koasterking48 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 TOGO no question. Roller coaster (Manhattan Express) was one of the worst experiences I've ever had, plus I'm not exactly mourning the loss of King Cobra at KI either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deano Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 For me its Intamin. Just kidding, I'm going with TOGO, my back aches just typing out their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 ^Could be worse. Could have Volare clones all over the place instead of SLCs. If this came to pass, C'thuhlu would rise and humanity would be doomed. As for Togo, while, yes, they're responsible for a number of bad rides in the U.S. (such as the defunct Windjammer), I've actually come across some good Togo rides in Japan (such as the Ultra Twisters and even a few of their stand-up coasters) thanks to TPR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I don't hate any particular company, moreso I hate the parks that purchase their demonic death machines, and perpetuate the misery. Main offenders there would be the former Paramount parks, were executives getting kickbacks from Vekoma and Togo? From my travels, it looks like Vekoma has been able flog more misery machines to cheapskate or gullible parks around the world. I also find it rather apt that a park in North Korea has a Volare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrlego611 Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 Vekoma has made a number of improvements over the years, and not everything they've done in bad (and they've done some good work with Disney). I guess I'll go along with Golden Horse, as they build crappy copies of other companies' crappy designs (for example, their knockoff SLCs). They even got kicked out of IAAPA last year. They got kicked out? Are they THAT bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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