Baron 1898 vs Oblivion

Vintage is the reversed stat — the older ride wins. Every number here is the same one printed on the card; see /methodology for how Build Cost and Throughput are sourced.

The verdict

Oblivion shades it 3–2. Close enough that calling the wrong stat hands the round over.

Baron 1898 is a steel Dive Coaster coaster at Efteling, NL, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Oblivion is a steel Dive Coaster coaster at Alton Towers, GB, built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

They come from the same drawing office: Bolliger & Mabillard. That makes the gaps below a question of brief and budget rather than engineering house style.

Both are steel-track, so nothing here is the usual steel-versus-wood argument in disguise.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Baron 1898 at 98 ft against 65 ft — a long way clear.
• Speed goes to Oblivion at 68 mph against 56 mph — well clear.
• Baron 1898 inverts 2 times against nothing at all from Oblivion — the widest kind of gap there is on this stat.
• Throughput goes to Oblivion at 1,900 rph against 1,000 rph — nearly double.
• Build Cost splits them not at all: both read 20 $m.
• 17 years separate them, and because Vintage rewards age it is Oblivion (1998) that banks the point, not Baron 1898 (2015).