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1. Super Mario Bros. (NES) 2. Legend Of Zelda (NES) 3. Pokemon: Yellow, Followed by Red And Blue (GB) 4. Tetris (NES) 5. Roller Coaster Tycoon 1&2 (PC) 6. Mario Kart (N64) 7. Legend Of Zelda: O'Whatever Of Time (N64) 8. Operation Flashpoint (PC) 9. Yuri's Revenge (PC) 10. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2) 11. Sly Cooper (PS2) 12. Madden (PS2) [i turn off commentary, I can't stand John Madden] 13. Top Gun (NES) 14. Super Mario World (SNES) 15. ATV Offroad Fury 2 (PS2)

We got 14" here today. Some places near Boston reported 3-6" of snow an hour and 70 MPH winds. The storm center formed an eye and strengthened at a speed no storm besides a hurricane could do. Boxford, MA hit the jackpot with 19" of snow. It only lasted about 10 hours. The snowmobiling was great. Another storm may come up the east coast next Thursday-Friday. My area has recieved 20" of snow so far this year. The annual average is 68" per year, but it's lately been more like 115" per year.

Superman at SFNE... Last train of the season in back!

I was looking through the Knotts pics and saw the one that said "the end of the ride we almost got killed on, ask for the story sometime." I'm assuming it's probably funny as hell and I'd love to hear it.

1. Talon 2. Raptor 3. Alpengeist 4. B:TR 5. Great Bear That's all I've ridden for B&M Inverts. The top 4 are all awesome, and Great Bear is kind of meh after the Zero-G. 2-4 really are all tied for me. Talon stands out a bit, and Great Bear is the definite bottom. Raptor was my favorite coaster at CP for a time, but I took a front-seat night ride on MF which slightly edged it out. Talon is easily my favorite at DP, and BTR may as well be my favorite at GADV. That, Chiller, and GASM are the only ones there I wouldn't consider "mediocre".

The three steelies that fit into that category for me are MF, Nitro, and Medusa. MF is in my top 5, but only from my 1 night time front seat ride. The rest weren't anything special. Nitro was kind of weak and just some floater airtime (guess I'm used to S:RoS). Medusa was also weak and most people say B:DK is the weakest floorless they've been on, but I think Medusa is weaker. As for woodies, there are 2 I don't understand: Phoenix and Lightning Racer. When I rode Phoenix, I wasn't getting that much airtime and I rode in both 1-3 and the back. Lightning Racer just kind of seemed forceless and too curvy, especially after riding Wildcat right next to it.

Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of the poll and it's annual results? I know for a fact that most parks look at this poll and if they see their ride is still ranking high, what is the incentive to improve a ride's quality if it fact the quality is slipping? The poll takes into consideration votes from people who have ridden it recently versus people who haven't. So if people who haven't ridden it since 2003 rank it high, and people who HAVE ridden it recently rank it low, it will show up in the results. If people who HAVE been on it recently keep ranking it high based on rides from 2 seasons ago, when in fact the quality is slipping, how is the park supposed to know? --Robb Wow, never thoght about that. Good point.

I ranked it #3 and Thunderbolt #11, so it must've helped. Boulder Dash is my #1, but I will admit it sucked this year. I got a headache everytime I rode it. The rides in 2003 were amazing enough to keep it #1 though. If the Lake doesn't do something about it next year, Villain and Cyclone are going for the top spot. Good to see Mean Streak way down there as well. I can't wait to see how El Toro and Voyage compare next year. I'm riding El Toro at least, so that could be another contender for my #1 next year.

Here's mine...

August 1999: Stuck on Mine Train at GADV on the lift for 5 minutes for unknown reasons. July 2003: Stuck on Superman at SFNE on lift hill for 10 minutes for an E-Stop so maintenance could climb up and take away a camera. May 2004: E-Stopped on Nightwing at SFNE. July 2004: E-Stopped on Nitro at GADV for 10 seconds because the ride-op was fooling around with the button. July 2004: E-Stopped on Chaos at SFNE. June 2005: Stuck on Superman at SFNE on brake run for 5 minutes for a sensor problem. September 2005: Stuck on Moser Energy Storm at the Big E for 10 minutes, restraints stuck closed.

In order of preferance: 1. Hersheypark 2. Knoebel's 3. BGW 4. Cedar Point 5. Canobie 6. SFNE 7. Lake Compounce 8. SFDL 9. Dorney 10. SFGAdv 11. WDW (I need to get back there, and it will probably go way up when I do) I've also been to Stratosphere and Adventure Dome in Vegas. Desperado and Manhattan Express were closed when I went and I didn't ride Speed.

SFNE: Obviously one would say Superman, but there are days I prefer Cyclone, Thunderbolt, and Batman over it. Especially Cyclone.

1. S:RoS at SFNE 2. Mindbender- Galaxyland (or whatever its called)

I know Lake Compounce uses clear tubes in their Lazy River. Is it there?

I've done: Apollo's Chariot Loch Ness Monstar (in the HAIL) S:RoS (SFNE) B:DK And in the snow: Everything in SFNE besides B:DK, MSP, and the kiddies Everything on Stratosphere! (Went in January, 2001 and it snowed, very odd seeing snow in the desert)

If you are going to the parks on a day LC is open past 8, so there last to get in some night rides on Boulder Dash. Plus, getting to SFNE early is key. It will give you time to hit the DC and South End coasters, head to the waterpark before it gets too crowded and then go back to the north end. You should be able to finish off a ride on everything by 4 or 5. LC is small, so it doesn't take long to go through and then you can marathon Boulder Dash in pitch black.

I've been to SFNE quite a few times in snow (hell, once during a full-blown early November snowstorm). It's very possible up here. It typically starts snowing in mid to late October and SFNE and the Lake don't close until the end of October or beginning of November. We got upwards of 6" during a storm in late 2000 at SFNE. In 2001, I rode Superman when it was 24*F.

Steel: 1. Superman (SFNE) 2. Apollo's Chariot 3. Storm Runner 4. Millennium Force 5. Superman (SFDL) 6. Talon 7. Top Thrill Dragster 8. Raptor 9. Robin: The Chiller 10. Alpengeist Wood: 1. Boulder Dash 2. Villain 3. Cyclone (SFNE) 4. Yankee Cannonball 5. Wildcat (Hershey) 6. Twister 6. Phoenix 7. Raging Wolf Bobs 8. Phoenix 9. Thunderbolt 10. Comet (Hershey)