Which is worse, Arrow or Vekoma?

[MLRC7 CP]

Which do you think is worse, Arrow or Vekoma

[arrowfanman]

Vekoma.

 

But why would I say that! There is nothing about me that would hint that I show any care or appreciation towards Arrow! That's for sure!

 

-Jahan

[Blazen_AZN]

looks at sig...

[ECZenith]

I honestly never jumped on the Vekoma-hating band wagon, I like a LOT of their designs, and I'm known to ride an SLC for more than just a credit. yeah, soem Vekomas can give you a rattle, but not to the point where it's actually painful.

 

If I had to choose, I would say I like more Vekomas than Arrow, but I don't consider either of them bad.

 

You gotta love the people that constantly complain about a Vekoma being terrible as they're walking up the entry ramp...

[rollermonkey]

Arrow go bye-bye.

 

Vekoma is getting a little better lately, and does have some decent rides out there. (Many Disney coasters are Vekoma made.)

[USRoadTripper]

SLCs and Boomerangs aside, I've ridden more bad Arrows than Vekomas. But coaster for coaster, I have probably ridden twice as many Vekomas as Arrows that I don't care to repeat.

 

-Julie

[Angry_Gumball]

I don't hate Vekoma, but I do like making fun of them for headbanging.

[MLRC7 CP]

Personally I like arrow better, but i have only been on two vekoma coasters, and 11 arrow coasters, and all except for one of the arrow coasters has been worse then the vekoma boomerang i rode, and all the arrow coasters have had more airtime weee

[Curt]

I find that arrow rides are constituently rough during the entire ride witch is not so bad. Vekoma has some smooth spots and some rough spots.

[Scaparri]

Though there are a lot of Arrow rides I actually like a lot, I'm going with them because anything besides their '99-or later rides are engineered so poorly. The movements are very abrupt and some of the turns and elements are angled very unnaturally, i.e. turns before double corkscrews. The already jerky rides just become painful as the roughen with age.

[dougr]

A kick-ass coaster at Expo 86, now at SFSL as Ninja, has this history:

This roller coaster was initially started by Arrow. After the project started, Arrow fell into bankruptcy. The project was then picked up and completed by Vekoma.

http://www.rcdb.com/id2934.htm

I hear she's a little rougher now...

Happier smoother times...

[CoasterExpert13]

I like vekoma better than arrow....Arrows most arrow designs are extremely rough and head-spliting.

[SonOfBeastSucks]

Arrow. The Vekoma coasters that most people find rough, to me, are not that bad!

[ncf]

I have always found smaller Vekomas and Arrows painful like Loopen, Demon @ PGA, Boomerangs, while the bigger ones have ended up in my top 10! (Desperado, Viper, Déjà Vu)

[viking86]

Loopen is painful? You gotta be kidding me! Well maybe the front seat is, but ride it in car 5 or 6 and it isnt painful at all. My neck wasnt even close to hitting the restraints once.

[peteb]

I've never quite understood all the Vekoma and especially Arrow bashing, since there are an awful lot of good rides by both companies that are still running safely and reliably, some being built over 30 years ago.

 

I've always loved the Arrow suspended coasters; nothing rough about these and probably one of the best designs that never reached it's full potential. And what about Loch Ness Monster, PKI Vortex, Magnum, Excalibur, Valleyfair Mad Mouse, all the various mine trains; they're all pretty good rides still.

 

Sure, some of the Arrow mega loopers are a bit rough by today's standards, but then again most were built before 1994; coaster design has changed a bit since then.

 

As far as Vekoma, I've been on a few Boomerangs lately with new and refurbished trains and been surprised how much better they are; I had more headbanging on Storm Runner at Hersheypark then on Sidewinder this past summer.

[CoasterJunkie]

Vekoma....OUCH!!!

 

Just recently got some Vekoma goodness in at CG on Swamp thing...from the moment we went up the lift hill to the moment we pulled into the station....

[YoshiFan]

I think Vekoma is worse although I really don't hate Arrow or Vekoma rides. The roughest coaster I have ever been on is a Boomerang so that's why I chose Vekoma.

[DailyBugle_JL]

Since everytime i think about Anaconda @ PKD i get a headache, I'm gonna have to go with arrow. Arrow just looks rough. nowadays with the Vu's, Flyers, and motorbikes, vekoma has gone far away from slc self.

[peteb]

If Powder Keg is any indication of what S&S/Arrow is capable of these days, it's probably fair to say that the modern Arrow is really a departure from the Arrow of old. I doubt they use the Ron Toomer bent welding wire approach to design anymore.

 

Does anyone know if the Powder Keg trains are a carryover Arrow design, a recent S&S/Arrow creation post acquisition, or other?

[arrowfanman]

^ I have no evidence of this, but I believe that the trians on Powderkeg are an adaptation from their, never made it to existance, inverted-wild mouse on drugs. I think that was called the Bat, too.

 

Any idea of this?

[coasterguy618]

Vekoma just because of thier SLCs and Boomerangs. Man, it would be sad if Arrow used to make them.

[chaos]

If it hadn't gone bankrupt, Arrow would have gotten way better. I always wanted to get on one of those Arrow-batic coasters.

[man]

Vekoma cause after all of this the rest of the day im like this and this combined

[HCOSurfer90]

I'd say Vekoma because after one of their rides, I usually do need some Advil.

 

Oh yeah, does anyone else think this woul make a good poll?