Intamin Blitzes are one of Intamin’s most popular attractions.
So far I have ridden all of the Blitz coasters in America.
Before Busch Gardens opens Pantheon I’ll be ranking all of the Intamin Blitz roller
coasters in America.
I’m going to rank each one and break them down by my favorite elements.
I’m going to start with Cheetah Hunt at Busch Gardens Tampa.
It’s more tame than the other two on this list but it’s a fun ride.
It’s a long ride with a duration of over 3 minutes and usually has the longest wait-time
in the park.
But when there’s not a wait I would ride it all day.
One of my many visits I marathoned it 3 times.
It was my first major roller coaster I rode and it’s always going to have a special
place in my heart.
The first drop had a tiny pop of airtime.
It’s not airtime packed or balls to the walls intense but when you get onto the final
break run you’re guaranteed to be back in line.
But unlike Cheetah Hunt, Maverick is a lot more intense.
It’s almost the same height as Cheetah Hunt but it contains a lot more intense and whippy
elements.
I rode it a few years after Cheetah Hunt so I expected it to be a similar ride.
However once the first drop hit I realized it was nothing like Cheetah Hunt.
I flew up into my restraint and that was one of the only times I was actually scared on
a roller coaster.
It reaches speeds of 70 miles an hour which is impressive.
It’s almost as fast as some hyper coasters.
It’s also a long ride and low to the ground.
The comparisons end with the whippy inversions and powerful airtime.
I rode Maverick 3 times, every time in the back row and once during night time.
Each ride I wasn’t blown away like I was the first time but it still felt forceful.
And waiting in the long wait was worthwhile.
My intentions are to return to the park again to ride the park’s 1-2 punch all day.
The fact there’s another blitz roller coaster higher appalls me because for the longest
time I contemplated putting Maverick at my number one spot.
And I had that same struggle with Velocicoaster.
This ride is 155 feet tall and looks even taller in person, reaches speeds of 70 miles
an hour, and journeys 4,700 feet of track in 2 minutes.
It’s not the longest roller coaster but it packs a lot in every element.
By my standards I consider Velocicoaster to be the perfect ride.
The second half is probably the best on any coaster.
It only gets faster and more intense.
It also tries to rip your body in-half.
And the Mosasaurus roll is no exception.
There is no doubt the ride has the greatest inversions on any roller coaster.
The first immelmann took me by surprise in the back row.
Yes, you get airtime…
airtime on an inversion.
When I felt that sensation my mind was blown.
And some of the other airtime hills surprised me even when I expected them.
There’s also not a single bad row on this roller coaster.
I didn't have a problem waiting 90 or more minutes 3 times for all of my rides.
A ride with that quality deserves to be deemed elite.
Having ridden every intamin blitz in the US I can tell you these are some of my favorite
models.
I understand why these are so popular with not only coaster enthusiasts but with the
general public.
All of them well rounded and featuring some of my favorite elements and inversions.
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Comment down below your favorite or which one you think looks the best if you haven’t
ridden any.