robbalvey Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 For complete results http://www.ushsho.com/detailedwoodrollercoasterpollresults2006.htm TOP 25 WOODIES 1 The Voyage - Holiday World 2 Balder - Liseberg 3 El Toro - SFGAd 4 Phoenix - Knoebel's 5 Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce 6 Tremors - Silverwood 7 tThunderhead - Dollywood 7 tHades - Mount Olympus 9 Aska - Nara Dreamland 10 Colossos - Heide Park 11 Raven - Holiday World 12 Avalanche - Timber Falls 13 Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure 14 Rampage - Visionland 15 Ozark Wildcat - Celebration City 16 Kentucky Rumbler - Beech Bend 17 Timber Terror - Silverwood 18 Megafobia - Oakwood 19 Coaster - Playland 20 The Legend - Holiday World 21 Comet - Great Escape 22 Cornball Express - Indiana Beach 23 New Mexico Rattler - Cliff's 24 Tonnerre de Zeus - Parc Asterix 25 Grand National - Blackpool According to Mitch Hawker: The Voyage won all mutual rider comparisons with other wooden roller coasters and was also the only one to win the comparison with 'Favorite Steel Coaster' en route to claiming the number one spot. Two time winner Balder finished second, trailing The Voyage 15 to 9 in their comparison by voters who have ridden them both. El Toro finished a very strong third (actually edging Balder in their mutual rider comparison) providing the highest debut for the top two new coasters in the poll's 14 year history. The Phoenix again defied its age by finishing a relative best ever 4th place. Boulder Dash rounds out this year's top 5, making it seven years in a row in the top 5 the Connecticut terrain coaster. Tremors finished a very close sixth, Thunderhead and Hades finished in a tie for seventh, Aska remained highly rated in ninth, and Colossos finally cracked the top 10 after five years of near misses. 2006's two other new wooden roller coasters also did very well, Beech Bend's Kentucky Rumbler debuted at #16 and PowerPark's Thunderbird finished at #38. POST YOUR THOUGHTS!!!
jjeerr Posted December 7, 2006 Author Posted December 7, 2006 But more importantly: At the other end of the poll, California's Grizzly made it 12 straight years in dead last. Intrastate rivalPsyclone made a bid for last, but was preferred 37 to 26 by mutual riders over Grizzly.
coasterdude5 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I'm surprised Thunderhead looks like it's moved down a couple spots, but I'm not surprised that Voyage made number one.
CP_RULES Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Wow, I have the number 15 woodie in the world just a quick four hours away and I have never ridden it! That makes my SDC & CC trip next year sound just that much cooler! Voyage won, no suprise there.
coasterCrAzY505 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 ^^^^That's because El Toro is amazing...in the back at least. Can you say "insane ejector air?" I am surprised that Thunderhead fell down that far though. The top two are no surprise though and from what i hear they deserve it.
ParkTrips Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 yeah, I know, I actually ranked it ahead of Voyage on my ballot. I was just surprised that it finished so high, because I saw quite a few ballots with it ranked down in the 40s and beyond.
DATman Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I'm just happy that I've been on one of the top three (El Toro)! I'm glad that the vote was a lot better than the Steel poll, where people were ousting Exped. For Superman by putting it as zero. It's nice to see that people are being more fair again!
SharkTums Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 All 3 Intamin Woodies in the Top 10...I'll take that! Now some of the other parks need to take them too! Oh, and I'll still never understand the love for Boulderdash, I've ridden it at some of the "BEST EVENT EVER" events, and didn't think anything of it. Odd.
ParkTrips Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 ^ I just remember you telling me that there was no way it was in the top 10 of mitch's poll, yet it's never been lower than #5
SharkTums Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I didn't say it wasn't, I said it SHOULDN'T!
Shavethewhales Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Yes, very strange that Ozark Wildcat made #15. It's not bad at all, in fact it's one of my favorites, but it doesn't look as good as many others below it... eh, I haven't ridden enough of them to know. Too bad ThunderBird at Powerpark didn't get a higher spot, it looked fantastic. Anyone here ridden it? It looks like it should be in the top 15 itself.
easytoremember Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 I am personally am personally amazed that the voyage won all mutual rider comparisons. I also can't believe that El Toro placed so much higher than the preview new for 2006 results. It moved from 9th to 3rd.
TheArchfiend Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Damn! I thought Balder got the number one spot over The Voyage. Robb, you tricked me with that pic of Balder on the homepage next to the link to Mitch's poll results. Yay El Toro! That ride deserves top three respect.
SharkTums Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 IMO, GCI Woodies in order of best to worst: Ozark Wildcat Kentucky Rumbler Thunderhead Thunderbird Roar East Roar West Gwazi Lightning Racer Wildcat
Olsor Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Just from glancing at the year-to-year comparisons, does Predator win the "Farthest Fall from Grace" award? From 27 to the cellar. Neat to see which rides stay consistent and which rides actually improve over time.
Shockwave Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Like a lot of people, I'm not surprised by the Voyage's success. But the best news from this is that Paul Drabek can now rest for another year.
benzo41190 Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Im actually surprised that Hades and Avalanche are still on the top 25. Both rides really have lost there fame and yet they are still popular. Also, wasn't Cyclops on the top 25 last year? Strange...
Carnage Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 IMO, GCI Woodies in order of best to worst: Ozark Wildcat Kentucky Rumbler Thunderhead Thunderbird Roar East Roar West Gwazi Lightning Racer Wildcat I thought Ozark Wildcat had a great second half. But the first half I thought was lacking. I just didn't like it's curving drop. But it's all personal taste.
robbalvey Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Damn! I thought Balder got the number one spot over The Voyage. Robb, you tricked me with that pic of Balder on the homepage next to the link to Mitch's poll results. Hey, it's TPR's #1 regardless of what any poll says! --Robb
PKI Jizzman Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 To add to your celebration, Elissa.....its 4 Intamin woodies in the top 10! Aska, El Toro, Balder, and Colossos! Wooot for Intamin woodie bliss! Looks like a great turnout in my opinion
DenDen Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Phoenix #4!?!?!?!?!?!?!? What is wrong with people? "It ain't that good!" Dennis "needs to shut up while he's ahead!"
65skylark Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Nice to see both of Silverwood's coasters in the top 20 still, as it is about the closest thing to a decent home park I have. Although, having been on Thunderhead, Tremors did drop to my number 2 spot.
SharkTums Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Yeah thanks PKIman, but I meant the new plug and play Intamin's.
the sound Posted December 7, 2006 Posted December 7, 2006 Wow. Our Scenic Railway did really good! Go 77! Suck on that Dreamland.
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