I would have to say for the horrifying maintenance/reliability records that seem for one reason or another to plague many of the products that Intamin manufactures. Ok not trying to open a can of worms in the coaster community by comparing two products that are apples and oranges; but just for an example let us look regionally. Kings Dominion got I305, which had to undergo numerous shall we say "upgrades" to combat various elements of the ride that weren't (IMO) properly engineered in the design process.....and all of this before the end of the first season of operation, which we can't forget about the famous re-profiling of the turn either. All of that cost can seriously add up on just a single park's budget yet alone corporately. I honestly believe that the year of the Intimidation was secretly a corporate competition between B&M and Intamin to battle for Cedar Fair's trust. I do believe there was a chance Fury could have totally been an Intamin if they had made themselves seem deeming. Our Intimidator has been a much more cost efficient and returnable on investment than I would say KD's version based on the amount of the tweaking both have had since being operational.
As to the stratacoaster........I see a few options. 1 A polar coaster would be an interesting addition and could provide some interesting ventures for the park to explore as to possibilities of space usage...maybe tie-in a possible on site Hotel that has a Sky Tower that has a roller coaster wrapped around it
2 A launched wing rider that inverts into the stratasphere 3 Mack gets tagged to do a launched strata that has a long layout
