Jackdude101

I'm pretty sure the reason why its attendance dropped is because the park sucks compared to all of its modern competition and frankly, without the historical roller coaster treasure Hullámvasút, I think the park would have closed sooner than this. Plus, Hungary isn't exactly the first place that comes to most people's minds when it comes to amusement parks.

Now for something a little different...all of the roller coasters on the spreadsheet in Florida:

Weirdest wood coaster: Tyrolean Tubtwist at Joyland Children's Theme Fun Park in the UK. It has so many unusual characteristics (for a wood roller coaster) that it's barely a roller coaster at all! It's one-of-a-kind, it's side-friction, it has spinning cars, it's electrically powered (except during the dips), and it's the only thing close to the old Virginia Reel-style of roller coaster that is currently operating. http://rcdb.com/884.htm

Weirdest steel coaster: Hexenbesen at Seilbahnen Thale Erlebniswelt in Germany. It's one-of-a-kind, It's a flying AND a suspended model, it's self-operated, and it can only take one passenger at a time. It also has a strict weight limit of 65 kg. which, as an American, I find highly offensive and I will not stand for it (standing makes me tired). http://rcdb.com/3050.htm

The topic states all that you need to know.

Agreed. A good idea would be to create a brand-new modern roller coaster design and just call it "Cyclone Racer: Resurrected," or something like that. This would be similar to the new Thunderbolt project in Coney Island, where the only similarities are the name and the location.

Perhaps Hershey can also take over operations of the roller coaster at NYNY, give it a Hershey theme, and give it a new name like "Code Brown?"

At first glance I thought you said "INVERTED" woodies, and my imagination ran wild. I wonder if such a ride would be technologically feasible?

For themeing: Efteling (it was one of the parks that served as inspiration for Disneyland) For roller coasters: Walibi Holland (it used to be a Six Flags park)

"Hey, how do we get to Dollywood?" Follow the only road! Follow the only road! FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW, Follow the only road! That road would be Highway 441. It's the most direct route to Dollywood and given that its the only major road in Dollywood's vicinity combined with being surrounded by mountains with almost no alternative practical routes in the area, traffic is bumper-to-bumper coming from the North and from the South morning, noon, and night. Interestingly, when you drive along this same road AWAY from Dollywood in either direction, the traffic is perfrectly normal. So, when going to Dollywood, take whatever route you can find that uses Highway 441 as little as possible (research it heavily so you don't get lost).

Python at BGT Big Bad Wolf at BGW Disaster Transport and Wildcat at Cedar Point

Cedar Point: This is a revised version of the one I posted the other day. I made a significant change to the spreadsheet that deals with outliers in the six separate data sets. Now, instead of a roller coaster with a very large stat having an extremely high score in that category, there is now a maximum score that can be obtained and once a score reaches that point, it cannot go any higher. Because of this change, extremely tall roller coasters like Kingda Ka and Top Thrill Dragster got knocked down a few notches. I feel it looks a lot more legit now (Cedar Point, at least).

Dollywood:

Here are some smaller examples for individual parks. Busch Gardens Tampa Bay:

If they hope to make this park a success, they will need a lot more brand power, vis-a-vis Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, etc. If you are bringing a new full-scale theme park to Forida you need to bring your A-game so that you can compete with the likes of Disney, Universal, SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Legoland. Without a recognizable brand in the park, it will fail. They need to go all out with this as well, and get the park itself named "Nintendo Land" or "PlayStation World." Not opening the park in close proximity to I-4 is another thing that will guarantee its failure. Seriously, what are these people thinking?

Rate the overall ride comfort (how non-shaky it is) of wood roller coasters around the world from 0 to 10. Not specific points during the ride, but the entire ride as a whole. We all know that most wood roller coasters using newer technology such as the Intamin Prefabs and most GCIs with Millennium Flyer trains tend to be on par with steel roller coasters in terms of ride comfort, but how about all the other wood roller coasters still using old technology and trains whose general designs have not changed in 100 years? Have you ridden any of these that were surprisngly smooth or did you ride a newer one that was surprisingly bad? Share these experiences here.

Yes, I am still tinkering with how everything gets scored. Since I started this thing in May 2009, my main focus has thus far been adding roller coasters to the list with the most accurate data possible, some of which I had to go to great lengths to estimate their stats when none were available. It was a nightmare with some of the smaller roller coasters located in poor, foreign countries especially. Very recently I successfully passed a milestone where just over 50% of the operating parks with roller coasters (according to rcdb.com) are now included (860 total as of this writing). All together that includes over 2/3rds of the operating roller coasters in the world in fixed locations (2,285 total as of this writing). On a side note, I can tell you the reason why Wildcat is ranked so high is because the age of the roller coaster (based on its opening date in the park where it is currently located) is factored into its score. I designed this criteria, when plotted on a graph, to be U-shaped where brand new roller coasters that opened recently get high marks and gradually decrease as time goes by until they reach the average age of a roller coaster on my spreadsheet (14 years) at which point it goes back up again. For example, Matterhorn Bobsleds has a high score because its the over sixty years old, but so does Outlaw Run because it opened this year. On another side note, the reason Boulder Dash is ranked lower is because I have something factored into the score that accounts for ride "roughness" on traditional tech wood roller coasters. It gets the max score for comfort if its top speed is very low, but once the speed is ~20 mph (33.333333 kph), the comfort score goes down and becomes zero once it passes ~62 mph (100 kph). I do not apply this rule to wood coasters using newer technology such as special trains and track systems that make the ride smooth, such as the Intamin Prefabs, the GCIs with Millennium Flyers, and so forth. Those get the maximum score for comfort. Now, when I say "roughness," I mean ones that are consistently rough during the entire ride. Certain steel roller coasters can have certain spots where your head gets jammed to the side when they exit a corkscrew loop for example, but are smooth during the rest of the ride. Hence, I give all steel coasters the highest score for this criteria simply because there is no accurate way that I know of that can factor in roughness when it is only for very brief points of the ride and not the entire ride.

Here's another sample from my spreadsheet. It lists the top 50 wood roller coasters in the world (on my spreadsheet, all of the wood roller coasters in the world known to be currently operating are included). I should also take this opportunity to correct some things I stated earlier to appease the critics. This ranking system is still subjective even though it is based on objective data.

Montu.

When you go to certain parks, it can be a very enjoyable experience once you are inside, but is it all worth it to deal with any major problems that may exist outside its gates? Is the car traffic leading to it abysmal? Is it located in a scary-looking neighborhood? Do you have to travel what seems like forever from the parking lot to the front gate? Share these sorts of parks here.

Globetrotter Park -Indoor basketball-themed amusement park -Spinning roller coaster with train cars themed to look like basketballs -Drop tower ride that goes through a giant basketball hoop What else should it have and where should it be located?

They should team up with Landry's to make this a success. They already have a couple of modern boardwalk/amusement piers in the Houston area (Kemah Boardwalk and Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier) and their experience with these parks would be very valuable in a project like this.

Both are solid parks, but if you are in Orlando, I'd say go to SeaWorld just for the convenience of not having to drive an extra 90 minutes to get to Busch Gardens. Busch Gardens has way more big rides, but it's not like SeaWorld has zero. SeaWorld has two huge B&M roller coaster models and the atmosphere around the park is super cozy and relaxing. Plus, the lines for all the rides disappear whenever the Shamu shows throughout the day are in progress.

The credibility of the GTA's increased slightly for me this time because they finally removed Aska in Nara Dreamland from the Top 50 best wood roller coasters list. This roller coaster has been more-or-less abandoned and the park as a whole as well since 2006. Also, I would be very interested to know how much Cedar Fair pays Amusement Today Magazine to ensure that Cedar Point is always "voted" the best park every single year. It has an impressive set of roller coasters and other rides, but best park as a whole? I don't think so. Busch Gardens Williamsburg would be a more apporpriate overall candidate for winning in the best park category.

Mean Streak at Cedar Point. Cedar Fair needs to jump on the Rocky Mountain bandwagon and give its flagship park a REAL wood roller coaster.