Maverick is nuts, delivers on every aspect of a coaster there is: airtime, positives, laterals, whip, acceleration g's, amazing pacing and feeling of speed, the setting is nice, and the restraints are actually pretty comfortable

I’ve had the bizarre opportunity to ride Maverick and VelociCoaster within a day of each other and I think VelociCoaster is better in literally every way. I love Maverick and it’s my second favorite launch coaster, but VelociCoaster is just the best and since I rode the rides literally one after another, I have no recency bias. You definitely must ride it some day.

I don't think this is controversial?? It's the best Intamin I've been on.

Well......Taiga is also a thing. It has all the points that you made about maverick, except both of the launches are really powerful, and it has a really fun zero-g stall. In terms of elements and launches it's kinda like a smaller Velocicoaster.

Literally the second after you said "well besides velocicoaster" i got an ad for velocicoaster lmao

I agreed with this until i rode velocicoaster a few months ago. It takes what maverick does, improves on it and its theming is on another level.

Back row, night ride is something else on Maverick! Definitely notable for Intamin’s greatest creations, still can’t stop talking about how much it blew me away to this day

A night ride in the back row on Maverick was definitely one of the highlights of my Cedar Point trip. I still don't think it tops Fury in terms of doing everything well, but it's an incredible ride.

What’s awkward is that Velocicoaster does all of this… but better. Maverick was my number one until I experienced Velacicoaster!

I remember when I rode Maverick for the first time in 2007 and I was legit addicted. I had never been on something so nuts. People were still stuck on Dragster and Millennium force, and I was like naw. This is the best coaster at CP and the best coaster I've been on hands down. Still in my top 3. I love this thing!

Fun thing - Got a Velocicoaster ad right before this video, lol. I will say, I have no grounds to speak on the quality of Maverick - I haven't been there to ride it yet. However, Maverick *defined* the modern launch coaster. While other Blitz models and coasters from other companies refined it (with Velocicoaster coming the closest to perfecting it), Maverick was the first, and it deserves the acknowledgement for that.

Second best IMO, seriously you need to experience velocicoaster asap, the povs and off rides don’t do it justice.

You need to ride velocicoaster. I think it’s the superior version of Maverick.

Maybe I'm a boomer, but the first coasters I think of when I hear "Intamin" are Superman at SFNE and Millennium Force.

My favorite video of yours so far! 👍🏼

Maverick looks amazing! I really need to go to Cedar Point sometime!

velocicoaster is so much better with that tophat, ride it in the back and you get like 2 seconds of ejector at 155 feet in the air

It's so refreshing to hear your opinion in the coaster community !

K the more you talk the more I decide I'm going to cp really soon, even though I haven't ride this ride...yet, I absolutely agree lol (also your merch arrived 2 days ago and I love it)

Yes, velocicoaster is a masterpiece, but nobody can deny the impact maverick had. Rides had been getting bigger, taller, and faster for years, and then here’s this 100 foot little machine that showed Intamin can build better, not just bigger. The smaller-scale vekomas and mini-hypers of today are still trying to do what maverick did in 2007. AN ICON

Maverick is great, but I don’t find it too amazing. It’s my #9 out of 89, and I can see multiple Intamin creations being better than it. I-305, GeForce, Piraten, Toro, and a handful of others. Considering how Taiga and VelociCoaster do what everything Maverick does but better in nearly every way, I can’t even see Maverick being the best Blitz coaster

Got stuck in the lauch tunnel and got to experience the launch from a complete stop, it was unreal! Ride op told us a few fun facts like how it's still rocking Windows XP and you have to use a ladder if you get evacted down there bc of a design flaw where the catwalk is a few feet past the block zone

REALLY Controversial Opinion: The Maverick Restraints are some of my favorite. The soft straps provide enough leeway for the forces but not too much that the forces cant be enjoyed.

Riding this beast 10 times in one day really made me realize how amazing maverick is

Thank you about the restraints, and in general. I hear Airtime Thrills complaining all the time about Maverick's restraints, and most in general. Coastoons, maybe we're average height/build dudes here. lol. As for that Stengel Dive (second one), I've never been bothered at all by the whiplash. Hell, I get some nice,weird floater in with that snap.

100% agree with u, although Skyrush was closed when I went and I haven’t ridden Toro

I was watching a maverick pov while watching this and somehow you showed a clip and it was perfectly on sink with the pov

My two rides on Maverick I held on to the handlebars and didn’t like how my neck would get thrown sideways into the shoulder restraints. I-305 has the same restraints and did the same thing when I held on, HOWEVER, when I finally got the courage to let go and go hands up the whole way on I-305, the lateral transitions were paired with airtime in a way that pushed my shoulders up into the fabric restraints and it didn’t rub against my neck. It’s wild (and maybe superior engineering) that not trying to brace myself gave me a supremely kore comfortable ride experience. I wonder if the same is true for Maverick.

i haven’t been on maverick, however it looks like a fun experience

Maverick is just...so good. It was my number 2 for the longest time (only beaten by Twisted Timbers recently), it's the definition of the word "fun" to me. It doesn't focus on being the tallest or fastest, but instead focuses on having a great layout for the sake of giving us a great experience. This ride has a special place in my heart. Edit: To those that say Velocicoaster is this ride but better, you couldn't be more wrong, haha. 😅 Velocicoaster does it's own thing.

Honestly I'm kind of similar with restraints, in terms of not really caring about them most of the time, although I will say that particularly terrible restraints can ruin a ride for me, especially if it's rough too. The only real offenders I can think of in this category, that I've ridden, are those with lap bars that come from the side (Mineblower and Rip Ride Rockit), which uncomfortably force me into the side of the seat (maybe I'm wearing them wrong?), and those old Arrow restraints which are a bit hard on my shoulders, but only when the ride is rough (Demon at SFGAm and Anaconda). Other than that I can't think of rides where the restraint has really broken them.

i think i actually agree here.. Maverick’s low to the ground element with multi-launches, crazy laterals, ridiculous airtime and whip elements it’s a full package

I almost get mad when you didn't even consider Velocicoaster as Intamin finest creation. Thank God I stay till the end of the video. Hahaha Anyway.. Great video 🤟👍

Visited CP for the first time in early September and I really REALLY liked Maverick but I expected to love it. I still prefer Skyrush although it’s far more aggressive and has no launches…which brings me to my next point: when I think Intamin, I think Storm Runner Nice Indiana Jones comparison 👏

“No feeling and emotion ever again”but a desire to “feel the freeze against my leaves”

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Nice video! Maverick blew me out of the water too

Ingot a back row ride in it and for me it beat Stella Vengeance Lighting Rod and it my number 2 behind fury 325. TBH I am not a airtime junkie so I have a bias to more intensity. I totally agree with this bit I have not ride toro yet so.

Maverick is my favorite blitz

That second launch on a night ride is insane. Pitch black. Can't see the turn coming

I Want to ride Maverick so badly, but j think its 3rd intamins best under kondaa, and velocicoaster, good vid btw

YES!!!!!!!!!! It’s my #1 too it’s insane in every way

I haven't been on many intamins yet, but my favorite that I've been on so far, is easily velocicoaster.

Maverick is my 2nd favorite in the park, behind Gemini. Fun fact: when I went to cedar point, on the part where maverick goes over the body of water right after the launch, a huge piece of the rubber on a wheel fell off and landed on the bridge right in front of me, almost hitting me. When I picked it up it was still hot.

HAHA Missed the last line of the video at first... Thanks

POV: You haven't ridden Velocicoaster

Just to tell you, I305 is amazing in its whips to the side, it sends you from side to side with a force, good enough to be fun but not bad enough to hurt

"This is the best drop in the park, even better than Millie's 310-foot drop." Dragster's 420-foot, 90-degree spiral: Am i a joke to you?

I agree!

2:36 Where are the guide wheels on Cheetah Hunt in that picture?

GREAT VID BRAH. MAVERICK IS MY NUMBER 3. BEHIND STEEL VENGEANCE, AND INTIMIDATOR 305. ELTORO IS WAY WAY OVERRATED. BOULDER DASH, AND THE VOYAGE IS BETTER THAN ELTORO

My first ride on maverick was back row and now I don’t think any ride can beat it

What about velocicoaster

Maverick is my third favorite Intamin I've ridden. I305 is my second favorite, and Skyrush is my favorite. It does most of the things Maverick does, but more aggressively. The first Drop has the strongest airtime I've ever experienced, It has lots of other crazy airtime moments. The whip and laterals on some of the transitions Is the best I've experienced. It's the most aggressive and intensely paced Coaster I've ridden. It's my number 2 overall right behind Steel Vengeance.

Blitzes are just built different ♥

2:45 It is crazy strong airtime but magnums hills have stronger air. Other than that, it is one of the strongest hills on any coaster. Also, the off axis hill and outer bank on Steve are great but not stronger than the Maverick or magnum hills

Please make a video about wof, ma, vf

Yes, it is!!!

What happened to not talking about skyrush restraints anymore on your channel lol

When you haven’t ridden i305 I understand but I haven’t ridden maverick so I really do get where you’re coming from but i305 is great, I didn’t grey out at all and the switch back turns are only comfortable on the LEFT side of the train. ⚠️

Are we getting a velocicoaster review?

Wish the restraints were better. As a man with a large bag, especially during hot summers it hangs, these restraints are risky. Have to sit with care. Huge divider, and that heavy bar across the thighs ends up hurting my knees on the brake run. Maverick is still fantastic. But just not as comfy as Millie and TTD. But really, i305 is my favorite intamin. And still have to get on Velocicoaster. No doubt Pantheon will be great.

Okay but how many people really knew about Intamin before Millennium Force?

Honestly Mavericks restraints are the best over the shoulder restraints in my opinion. Just feels like a lap bar with shoulder straps on it, no clue what people supposedly don’t like about these

I HAVE GOOD idea liseberg are tacking down a ride and i think a custom t rex track or a raptor tarck can go there

I fall more in love with coastoons every day

Maverick will always be my number one. And el toro for woodies until i make it to holiday world.

You gotta get on velocicoaster...

The restraints aren’t great but they were much worse. I rode Maverick yesterday and the shoulder straps were kinda digging into my collar bones. To be fair, I’m quite tall. However, the shoulder straps were originally the same hard orange plastic as the lap bar. That would’ve absolutely destroyed my collar bones

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this is like the first roller coaster video I actually agree with

I personally think El Toro is intamins best coaster but Maverick is definitely the third best Intamin, behind velociacoaster

The only issue I've had with restraints are from Kong, a Vekoma SLC. But it's not even the restraints fault...it's an SLC

If you like this you have to try velocicoaster

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Red Fire and I speed really are the European versions of Maverick, Great Launch, good drop, rapid transitions, ejector airtime, inversions, and Red Fire has super open lap bars. While I don't think bad restraints take much away from a coaster, good restraints definitely add to a coaster, and Red Fire looks like one of those cases. Those inversions with an open lap bar look nuts. It always confuses me why so many people talk about Ispeed, but almost no one talks about Red Fire.

Bro you gotta get on Velocicoaster!

If you like launches you need to try stealth at Thorpe park - that is my favourite launch . PERIOD.

Not to care about restraints- old Maverick restraints were so much fucking worse. It cemented its place as my #1 when they fixed them.

Velocicoaster?

Regarding Maverick’s first lift and drop, I had no idea that the lift was launched when I first rode it, so I was in for a pleasant surprise.

agreed...

My first roller coaster is the blue and yellow one at fun spot its super fun im 9 and i may ride the wood roller coaster at fun spot, and i now, i am a fun spot lover

Hard to pick but the best Intamin in the states is between Skyrush and I305 for me. No I haven't gotten the chance to ride Velocicoaster

Have you ever bin to Phantasialand and got on TARON eh maybe you wil change your mind

Have you forgot about velocicoaster?

It used to have three inversions

I’ve Been on Back row maverick and it makes the ride so much more intense. It’s the best row on the ride.

maverick was my fav overall until velocicoaster and it was much better. rode both about 8+ times.

Maverick is my personal fav, also what's wrong with CP? I love vids like these.

Maverick is my second favorite coaster in the park and the world.(Top 5) 1.Steel Vengance 2.MAVERICK 3.Raging bull 4.Gatekeeper 5.Valravn

Just conquered my fear and rode maverick and what a ride it was… I’ve never been on anything so fun in my life

I think what I love most about Maverick is that after years of riding it, I still couldn't draw a 100% accurate sketch of its layout without consulting a satellite view. I wouldn't call it a heavily themed ride, but they did a great job making it a mysterious coaster.

When you ride i305 you will instantly regret this for its break neck speeds going threw those s bends and the legendary first turn

Veloci would have something to say about that. Pantheon looks like it'll be better, too. Maverick broke the ground for these two, but they're taking it to the next level.

Mans didn’t even mention velosicoaster 😭

If this is Intamin's best that's a bummer because I was looking forward to riding a few of their other coasters. I'd still put Velocicoaster above Maverick, although I've only been on Velo once and Maverick 10 times plus. The thing with Maverick for me is that feels like it's gotten even better over time.

I’d love to got cedar point but I’m too broke😭

Honestly maverick skyrush and eltoro are all amazing and idk which one I like more I’m always changing it

Intimidator 305: I’m I a joke to you?