Photo TR: The Wood Coasters of North America

[NoxegonI'm a culture ho]

That is incredibly cool! Congratulations! May I ask which one was your favorite?

Voyage, with second place tied between all of the more recent GCIs (anything from Thunderhead onwards).

(Oh, and Ozark Wildcat doesn't have an *)

Oops. Fixed, thanks.

[eblTPR's Olden Goldie]

Excellent photos and very impressive track record. I enjoyed this very much; thanks for sharing it.

A couple of notes: this has to be one of the strangest colors for a wooden coaster:



Personally, I still like a classic white paint job the best.

Eric

[Pirouettes907The Future Mrs. Big Mike!]

^ It is strange looking, yes. I'm not a fan of how Dutch Wonderland turned the once-white Sky Princess (oops, I forgot it's taken on the uncreative, boring, uninspired, generic name of "Kingdom Coaster") into a garish blue and purple mess.

I love these TRs. It's one thing to cover a park. It's another to take on a huge subject like all the world's B&Ms or all of North America's wooden coasters and cover them all because you've actually been on all of them. I hope I can say the same some day, too.

Thanks for sharing!

[capnkyle1I Guess Donkeys Are Okay]

This is a personal goal of mine as well so congratulations from a like minded individual! How did you manage to get the Kiddie Coaster at Rye Playland though? I got denied when I asked to ride it.

[BaMiTsPaTBonafide Donkey Expert]

This is an absolutely insane achievement! I haven't even been on 1/10 the coasters that you have, and your pictures are beautiful too!

[KDcoasterMANFluffy, Fluffy, Donkeys Filled With Medicine and Goo!]

I gotta hand it to you, this is amazing... My wooden coaster count is a dismal 21...

[GroteslurfWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Totally awesome.

Probably a weird question, but did you ever had bad weather riding those coasters ? I didn't see any rain on all of your pictures.

[cal1br3ttoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

I'm impressed! Great pictures too!
I'd love to accomplish something similar, although I'm not sure how hard I'll try. As of today, I still have 86 coasters to go (soon to be more).

[NoxegonI'm a culture ho]

This is a personal goal of mine as well so congratulations from a like minded individual! How did you manage to get the Kiddie Coaster at Rye Playland though? I got denied when I asked to ride it.

Prior arrangement with park management; the group I was with were let ride it outside of regular operating hours.

Probably a weird question, but did you ever had bad weather riding those coasters ? I didn't see any rain on all of your pictures.

Oh yes; you can see some fairly rotten weather in some of those shots. In quite a few cases though I've been back to the park in better weather, and thus the really awful photos are confined to history. I can still feel the pain from riding Son of Beast in a torrential downpour; it was bad enough in good weather...

From memory the only wood coaster I've had to make two trips for was Alabama Adventure, due to a dodgy sensor shutting down the ride on my first visit. I wish I could say the same for the various steel credits I've chased down...

[redfoot12"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

This list makes me think we need more Intamin Pre-fabs in the good ole US.

I'm very impressed by the way!