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Here's GateKeeper's sexy control panel, I loved the touch screen and simplistic lines.

Better late than never. I rode two new wooden coasters this year at Stricker's Grove, that's the only real change in my ballot. Also, Beast and Mean Streak moved up a couple spots after some decent rides this year. 1. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce 2. El Toro - SFGAdv 3. My Favorite Steel - Bizarro at SFNE 4. The Voyage - Holiday World 5. American Thunder - Six Flags St. Louis 6. Raven - Holiday World 7. Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure 8. Comet - Great Escape 9. Viper - SFGAm 10. American Eagle - SFGAm 11. Wooden Warrior - Quassy 12. Cornball Express - Indiana Beach 13. Blue Streak - Cedar Point 14. Excalibur - Funtown USA 15. HellCat - Timber Falls 16. Yankee Cannonball - Canobie Lake Park 17. Cyclone - Luna Park 18. Cyclone - SF New England 19. Hoosier Hurricane - Indiana Beach 20. Thunderbolt - SF New England 21. The Beast - Kings Island 22. Racer - Kings Island 23. Wolverine Wildcat - Michigan's Adventure 24. The Legend - Holiday World 25. Mean Streak - Cedar Point 26. Screamin' Eagle - Six Flags St Louis 27. The Boss - Six Flags St Louis 28. Rolling Thunder - SFGAd 29. Le Monstre - La Ronde 30. Tornado - Stricker's Grove 31. Woodstock Express - Kings Island 32. Meteor - Little Amerricka 33. Teddy Bear - Stricker's Grove 34. Little Dipper - SFGAm 35. Zach's Zoomer - Michigan's Adventure 36. Wildcat - Lake Compounce

Do you guys think a roller coaster will ever make its way towards Epcot?

While a lot of people use Facebook on a daily basis, I'm not really sure how many page updates they see on their news feed. I hardly see any when I'm browsing through, I have to go to the separate page feed.

Is Frozen really that great of a movie?

Found this new game Castaway Paradise that's coming out for iOS, Android, and PC in a couple months. It's basically Animal Crossing but with a bit more customization. I can't wait for it! [youtu_be]http://youtu.be/oNulzckGnxc[/youtu_be]

Or cement.

You forgot Chums Group.

Does my backyard count as an amusement park? It currently has zero coasters, think it's finally due for one to put it on the map.

I use Twitter all the time because I can get all the latest coaster info there just from the people I follow. I'm also subscribed to over 200 people on YouTube and watch videos every day. Facebook is every once in a while, but to be honest you never really see the updates any of the pages you've liked post, it's so much more sporadic as far as post visibility goes.

RIP Ro-bros

I'm still having trouble seeing attached pictures in Tapatalk. Looks like I can see them if they're uploaded from Tapatalk or embedded in a post, but not directly uploaded from TPR.

This coaster looks like the designers were just like "So it will meander over to here, then what? Let's just throw them into a loop, that sounds good"

Does anyone know if SFGAm might offer a behind the scenes tour of Goliath construction to coaster club members? I'd love to see it up close and take some pictures.

You never rode Iron Wolf did you.

Holy crap guys, a giant seagull is attacking Windseeker!!

I think Outlaw Run will be in the top three, hard to compete with it based on all the reviews i've seen. I'm also liking how high Wooden Warrior is on people's lists, it's better than half the wooden coasters out there.

The Mitch Hawker wooden coaster poll is back for 2013! We saw some great new and innovative wooden coasters built this year like Outlaw Run, Gold Striker, and Flying Turns. Now it's time to vote for your favorite wooden roller coasters in one of the best and most accurate polls on the internet. It doesn't matter if you've ridden 5 or 500 coasters, every ballot counts! You can find the wooden coaster ballot instructions over here. http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm Here's a simple online ballot maker so it's even easier to cast your vote! http://hawker.stationbrakes.com/ Last year El Toro came in at number one just edging out T Express, The Voyage, and Boulder Dash. What will be the best wooden coaster of 2013? The deadline to cast your vote is January 24th! If you need help filling out your ballot, here is a link to "TPR's Idiot's Guide to Mitch Hawker's Wood Coaster Poll!" Edit: This year's results are in! 2013 Summary 2013 Results Top Twenty: 1 El Toro 2 T Express 3 Outlaw Run 4 Boulder Dash 5 Phoenix 6 Ravine Flyer II 7 The Voyage 8 Balder 9 Dauling Dragon-R 10 Dauling Dragon-L 11 Fireball 12 Troy 13 Wood Coaster 13 Gold Striker 15 Thunderhead 16 Colossos 17 Twister 18 Wodan TimburCoaster 19 El Toro 20 Tremors Bottom Ten: 165 Tyrolean Tubtwist 166 Antelope 167 White Canyon 168 Hades 360 169 Kiddie Coaster 170 Magnus Colossus 171 Lil' Dipper 172 The Grizzly 173 Anaconda 174 Coaster-Express 175 The Bandit

As long as they're the modified restraints where the restraint locks but the vest doesn't, you should be fine. Instead of it feeling like your shoulders are getting crushed, you might feel just a bit of pressure around your waist.

If you guys are looking for a cheap coaster with inversions to replace Ninja, I would think a eurofighter would be more SFStL's style.

Oh my, we broke it.

Here's a cool little video from Busch of them constructing part of the tower. [youtu_be] [/youtu_be]

I found the best way to ride Magnum was to use the "rodeo" method where one hand holds the lapbar up from crushing you and the other hand is high in the air. The airtime on Magnum is insane, that's one of the reasons I think it's better than Millennium.

Haha, that's awesome Robb! Maybe you guys could just buy The Santa Claw from Real Art for the TPR office permanently?

Same here! Wing riders aren't the best coasters out there, but I think they're far from the worse.