Guy T. Koepp Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 It's sad too. Cause El Toro is an awesome ride. But on the otherhand, I havn't ridden Voyage. So I realy have nothing to compare it to. I will this year though.
DerekRx Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 I ranked El Toro and Voyage right next to each other, but gave the higher ranking to Voyage. Even if it wasn't better than Toro (which I think it is), I still would give credit to the ride simply because it opened with the park, not 3 hours late every day! But it doesn't matter, Balder is king!
SharkTums Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 Awww Derek...that hurts!!!! I understand where you're coming from as it's really hard to judge the coasters on their own especially when they're at parks that can be VERY frustrating, but we have to try and remember that it's the Wood Coaster Poll, not the Six Flags screwed over the nice Intamin Ride Poll! Trust me, it hurts me deep inside when I have to rank Storm Runner so high even though it's at Hershey!
yankees15 Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 Don't use word. Use Notepad. Start > Run > Type "Notepad" then hit return Thanks for answering my question so fast! That really helped me alot! Thank you
imbordisux Posted November 2, 2006 Posted November 2, 2006 Shouldn't "Rolling Thunder" be counted as two coasters? I mean, I know it's pretty much univerally hated, but accuracy has to count for something, no?
robbalvey Posted November 2, 2006 Author Posted November 2, 2006 Shouldn't "Rolling Thunder" be counted as two coasters? I don't count it as two coasters. --Robb
imbordisux Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 If "Twisted Twins" and "Lightning Racer" are counted as two coasters, why shouldn't "RT"? It's two separate layouts.
SharkTums Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Well for one reason Lightning Racer names it's different sides, so does Twisted Twins...Rolling Thunder doesn't.
robbalvey Posted November 3, 2006 Author Posted November 3, 2006 ^ As does Gwazi. Besides, why question it here? Contact Mitch if you really want to do something about it. --Robb
ginzo Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 I made my gf vote. I think she's gonna mess the poll up. She put the Beastie (PKI) over a lot of top rated rides like, say, Thunderhead. Though, she said that if the poll had the new name "Fairly Odd Coaster", she wouldn't have ranked it all that high. Oh well. In case anyone didn't notice, the Voyage won the 2006 In-Season Woodie Poll. It beat El Toro by quite a bit in that, and slightly edged out Balder. I think Mitch has these results down now that the real poll is taking place. Personally, I prefer Avalanche @ Timber Falls over Voyage. I love that thing. I haven't ridden El Toro or Balder yet to compare it to those, but will ride El Toro next June. Voyage is a great ride, but too inconsistent to be #1 for me.
imbordisux Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 ^ As does Gwazi. Besides, why question it here? Contact Mitch if you really want to do something about it. --Robb Just a rhetorical question - to try to reorganize the whole thing while in progress would be near impossible, and would also be relatively pointless since most people rank it near or at the bottom, anyway.
PKI Jizzman Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 IMO Best woodie-----El Toro....just looked a hair better than Balder Best Steel -----MILLENNIUM FORCE!
RaptorBoyASU Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 The only real changes for me is El Toro and Dania Beach Hurricane. The rest of the coasters didn't wow me at all (SFNE's Cyclone and Thunderbolt). Ghostrider hasn't moved down for me at all. It was running fantastic during Haunt. But I do remember quite a rough ride earlier in the year, but not so bad that it took away from the ride experience. I love that ride. El Toro might actually take top honors, I haven't made up my mind yet. It's either that or Tonnere de Zeus. Although I like my wooden coasters rough, and thus I feel like El Toro is cheating by being on the wood ballot
larrygator Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 ^glad to hear GhostRider was running better at haunt, but it took the biggest plummet in my rankings from #11 last year to #27 this year.
RaptorBoyASU Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 ^It was probably running the best I had ever ridden it. It was running crazy fast, and much smoother than it had before. I forgot that this coaster actually has some insane airtime in the back until Haunt.
Carnage Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Got my vote in, ranked 71 rides. I basically group and sort until I'm happy with the order. I group together my top rides, middle tier rides, kiddy coasters, and rides that I'd like see burned to the ground(Beast, Son of Beast,etc). Then just constantly shuffle until I'm happy.
ginzo Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 IMO Best woodie-----El Toro....just looked a hair better than Balder Best Steel -----MILLENNIUM FORCE! Looked? Have you *ridden* either El Toro or Balder? The point of this poll is to rate what you've ridden. Just because something looks great doesn't mean it's a great coaster. And, just because something looks lame doesn't mean it sucks.
All Clear Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Is anyone using a mac to fill this out? I'm assuming TextEdit is the right thing to use...
ginzo Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Is anyone using a mac to fill this out? I'm assuming TextEdit is the right thing to use... You just want to use the most barebones text editor that you have, which doesn't get all cute trying to add formatting and what not. The less features the better! The command line editor pico would be great for this, but I don't think Mac OS includes that in the standard install.
SharkTums Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 First bunch of ballots are up to those who voted. I think it's pretty clear who's going to win.
ParkTrips Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 let me guess... oh well, I haven't sent in my ballot. If Dania Beach Hurricane is as good as y'all say, Voyage won't even be in my top 10
RaptorBoyASU Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Dania Beach Hurricane is sooooo good. It made my top 5.
niiicolaaah Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 Is anyone using a mac to fill this out? I'm assuming TextEdit is the right thing to use... You just want to use the most barebones text editor that you have, which doesn't get all cute trying to add formatting and what not. The less features the better! The command line editor pico would be great for this, but I don't think Mac OS includes that in the standard install. I tried downloading and using Mac notepad, but Mitch emailed me back saying it's not working right. I guess my ballot won't count this year! Stupid Mac!
Wes Posted November 3, 2006 Posted November 3, 2006 ^ Shift+Apple+T changes the TXT to plain text format in Text Edit.
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