Fury 325 vs Shambhala

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

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

Fury 325 is a steel Giga Coaster coaster at Carowinds, US, built by Bolliger & Mabillard. Shambhala is a steel Hyper Coaster coaster at PortAventura Park, ES, 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.

They are near-contemporaries — 2012 and 2015 — so they were competing for the same riders when they opened.

Stat by stat

• Height goes to Fury 325 at 325 ft against 249 ft — well clear.
• Speed goes to Fury 325 at 95 mph against 83 mph — clearly ahead.
• Inversions splits them not at all: both read 0.
• Throughput goes to Shambhala at 1,680 rph against 1,470 rph — clearly ahead.
• Build Cost goes to Shambhala at 32 $m against 30 $m — clearly ahead.
• Vintage is reversed, so Shambhala's 2012 takes it from Fury 325's 2015 — 3 years in it.