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Hey, that wasn't a dig until you made it one! To be honest, in true nerd fashion I am just making comparisons to the Monster Mouse at the Puyallup Fair.

^At least you can ride single. So it doesn't have a weird restraint thing that punches you in the chest?

Although I'd rather have Invertigo, I was surprised by how nice the Invertigarden looks! Thanks for the pics!

What a fun collection of rides! I'd be tempted to do everything if time allows! I love the old Herschell mice. Was that one held together by giant safety pins? Can't wait to ride Dipsy Doodle!

^Seems like a logical ride to share with carnivals. I haven't heard of many other parks that do that, although Thrillville used to send attractions to the Puyallup Fair.

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Part of what made Vortex somewhat boring for me (I actually quite liked it, but in retrospect it's not so great) is the uninspiring color scheme. I would've liked green much better.

^Does it travel? Or is it just a "difficult" ride for them?

I love the look of those hills! I agree that this gives off kind of a "classic" vibe. I'm trying not to make many assumptions about how this will ride, but it will at least be charming!

^I highly, highly disapprove! I've been expecting and dreading news like this for months now! I'm glad everything seems to be on track for the coaster to operate as normal this season.

I keep feeling like there are a few rankings I could've tweaked a little more! But overall I'm fine with my list. The poll really brings to light my continued lack of quality credits. I have a lot of less-than-popular rides ranked highly.

Mondial Shakes are my favorite flat ride. Looks like that fair has a really exciting ride collection!

^^Is it called a "pavlova" because you start drooling whenever you see one? By the way, I would love to pet a grown-up tiger someday! And I agree that the barbeque looked amazing!

Ballot submitted! I used the Excel method for the first time. Here's hoping I did everything right! I got to vote 68 coasters, a vast improvement over last year's 27! 01. X2 02. Aftershock 03. Goliath (SFMM) 04. Medusa 05. Tatsu 06. California Screamin' 07. Raging Bull 08. Mamba 09. Powder Keg 10. Mr. Freeze (SFStL) 11. Steel Hawg 12. Flight Deck (CGA) 13. Wildfire 14. Deja Vu 15. Silver Bullet (KBF) 16. Riddler's Revenge 17. Fav Powered Coaster (Fire in the Hole) 18. Patriot (WOF) 19. Montezooma's Revenge 20. Spongebob Squarepants 21. V2: Vertical Velocity 22. Steel Venom 23. Fav Vekoma Invertigo (Invertigo, CGA) 24. Scream! 25. Space Mountain (DLR) 26. Viper (SFMM) 27. Superman - Ultimate Flight (SFGAm) 28. Dragon (Adventureland) 29. Wild Thing (VF) 30. Vertical Velocity 31. Batman The Ride/Clone (B:TR, SFGAm) 32. Fav Spinning Mouse (Ragin' Cajun) 33. Ice Mountain Bobsled 34. Iron Wolf 35. Vortex (CGA) 36. Fav Wild Mouse (Psycho Mouse) 37. Dark Knight (SFGAm) 38. Thunderation 39. Quicksilver Express 40. Journey to Atlantis (SWSD) 41. Superman The Escape 42. Fav Half Pipe (Avatar Airbender) 43. Revolution (SFMM) 44. Big Thunder Mountain (DLR) 44. Matterhorn Bobsleds 46. Fav Windstorm (Windstorm, Fun Forest) 47. Fav Gerstlauer Spinn. (Big Spin, SFDK) 48. Sierra Sidewinder 49. Excalibur 50. Scandia Screamer 51. Fav Loop-Screw (Wild Thing) 52. Fav Zyklon Loop (Looping Thunder) 53. Fav Vekoma Boomerang (Boomerang, KBF) 54. Fav Vekoma Corkscrew (Corkscrew, Playland) 55. Fav Galaxi (Galaxi, Indiana Beach) 56. Fav Arrow Corkscrew (Corkscrew, Silverwood) 57. Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC (Kong) 58. Fav Tivoli (Pepsi Orange Streak) 59. River King Mine Train 60. Gold Rusher 61. Demon (SFGAm) 62. Demon (CGA) 63. Whizzer 64. Big Timber Log Ride 65. Fav Jet Star (Tig'rr) 66. Ninja (SFStL) 67. Fav Wildcat (Wildcat, Puyallup Fair) 68. Pony Express

I'm surprised I haven't gotten my email yet. Well, I don't need it now! I can't wait to fill out my ballot and compare my steel count to the number of coasters I actually get to vote! Since I'm such a credit whore it'll probably be a pretty depressing ratio again.

^^I've found I'm not strong enough to do that, but I love to go upside down and do other random tricks. If moving around isn't allowed, I just sit criss-cross applesauce until I fall backwards.

It is a terrible song, although it's totally worth it for the entertainment value, and I certainly have nothing against her. But I've never understood why people think it's okay to viciously insult people online. I know in many cases it doesn't reach the "victims", but it still has an influence on society at large. Some of the things I read are disgusting.

Classy place all right. I get jealous of faraway fairs because many of them have rides I love and/or intriguing classics. I love Rock-O-Planes; Hurricanes are cool but overly intense on the forces; and I've always been kind of interested in riding a Scat, even if they're just an oddball variation on a Round-Up.

On Arrows and various other loopers, I often try for the first row of one of the back three cars. I don't think it has to be the back car as I've heard 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1 all reported as "magic seats" on Viper at SFMM. I consider "magic seat" choices on these rides a "can't hurt, might help" measure as I suspect the differences in experience are debatable and hard to prove. I believe I felt the difference on Viper, though!

^^I love the Christian the Lion story! The video made me cry!

^More like time to bump the 2011 thread. I won't, since I haven't visited any parks yet this year.

I love so much about this coaster: station, trains, restraints, theming, colors, inversions, headchoppers, and more! Remind me to ride this someday. Preferably with TPR ERT.

I know this game is supposed to be about coasters you've ridden. But I just have to say this: Family Banana Coaster

I hope they really do go with "Verbolten"! The other possibilities seem too uninspired.

I had no idea sleeping koalas were so adorable!