larrygator Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Maybe it's just me, but I didn't think Yankee Cannonball was that great when I rode it. Was I in the wrong seat or something? You weren't in the wrong seat. It's nothing special, fans of Canobie are confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 If Phoenix with the 72 foot drop counts, then there is no competition. This dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I'm pretty sure I would say Phoenix if I could get to it, but I really like High Roller at Valleyfair. I normally get trim-less rides so there is lots of airtime! I also like the buzz bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Of those I have been on I would have to go with Phoenix, but Twister at Gröna Lund is also pretty damn good. White Lightning was also great fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF15 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The only woodie in this category I've ridden is High Roller at VF, so I have no other choices. It's a fun ride that has it's moments, but it's trimmed to death and can be rough in some seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCI Wooden Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The only woodie in this category I've ridden is High Roller at VF, so I have no other choices. It's a fun ride that has it's moments, but it's trimmed to death and can be rough in some seats. Trim-less rides on High Roller are really fun. I normally get trim-less rides when they aren't running two trains, so go to VF on the non-busy days (Thursdays work beautifully) to have a better chance of an air-time filled ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I love Wooden Warrior but I give the slight nod to the Thunderbolt at Six Flags New England. I've ridden it at least 50 times over the last decade plus and it always delivers a fun, smooth ride in every seat. It's a great little coaster. I think I'm going to change my pick to White Lightning at Fun Spot now that I've had a chance to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 My pick would be phoenix if we could pick drops of less than 75 feet, however since that would be cheating, ill go with jack rabbit(Height:40 ft,Drop:70 ft) also from kennywood. I find it interesting cyclops also fits in this category(Height:70 ft,Drop:75 ft) and both cyclops and jack rabbit have OMFG airtime moments. Jack Rabbit is such a great coaster, it's probably my favorite out of the three wooden coasters at Kennywood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnumFreak25 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Mine's Thunderbolt (70 ft. max.height) at Kennywood. Second place definitely goes to Jack Rabbit though (Also Kennywood.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I'll cast my vote for Ozark Wildcat. Drop is 73', so I'm going to count it. Absolutely amazing ride in every way possible. It was the headliner for its park, and deservedly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Twister @ Grona Lund gets my vote. It absolutely insane and seems to go on forever given its footprint!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Warrior Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Cyclops at Mount Olympus. If it was a bit longer it would be #1 on my list, but it's still an amazing ride, full of sweet airtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahecht Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thunderbolt at SFNE. 70ft of awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Definitely not the best, but Wooden Warrior is really good given how tiny and small it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1ngdaKa88 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 My least tallest woodie is over 75ft tall!! It is 100ft tall and it is Mammut at Tripsdrill but there is no coaster under 75ft I've been on!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 White Lightning at Fun Spot for sure. That coaster kicks tons of ass! I rode it almost 40 times one night this summer, so much fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolimits Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Wooden Warrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X2coasterfreak Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 White Lightning at Fun Spot for sure. That coaster kicks tons of A$$! I rode it almost 40 times one night this summer, so much fun! Not only the best woodie under 75ft, but one of the best woodies around! That was definitely one of the greatest coaster riding nights ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 If Phoenix counts (78 ft tall but only a 72 ft drop), it definitely wins. There are only a handful of wooden coasters better than that ride. If you want to exclude Phoenix, I would say Cornball Express. It may not be as insane now as I believe it was when it opened, but that is the second best CCI I've been on and beats many other woodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 ^I agree with this. Phoenix is a "top-ten" woodie, and Cornball is very good, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) To potentially jog some memories, and for the sake of completeness in choosing, I believe this is very nearly the full list of eligible operating choices worldwide. Max height OR a single drop over 75ft eliminated a coaster from eligibility. I did not omit kiddie/family coasters, since the cutoffs are grey lines, but I did make a side note on some of the smallest/oddest. For heights not listed on rcdb, I noted the actual statistic if I could find it. Interesting that about 40% of all operating wood coasters fall into the sub-75' category. I would have suspected far fewer. Blackpool takes the cake with FIVE mini woodies! Let me know if you can think of any others and I will add them if I agree. 1. Animal Coaster – Jawa Timur Park 2 (wooden wild mouse) 2. Antelope – Gulliver’s Warrington, 45’ 3. Auto BergBahn – Wiener Prater (kiddie coaster) 4. Big Dipper – Camden Park, 50’ 5. Big Dipper – Pleasure Beach Blackpool 6. Blue Flyer – Pleasure Beach Blackpool 7. Cannon Ball – Lake Winnepesaukah 8. Cannonball Run – Waterville USA 9. Classic Coaster – Washington State Fair 10. Coaster – Vancouver Playland 11. Coastersaurus – Legoland Florida 12. Comet – Waldameer 13. Cornball Express – Indiana Beach 14. Crazy Car Coaster – Wisata Bahari Lamongan (wooden wild mouse) 15. Cyclone – Nikko Park, 55’ 16. Cyclops – Mt Olympus 17. Elf – Hirakata 18. Falken – Farup 19. Flying Turns – Knoebels 20. Ghoster Coaster – Canada’s Wonderland 21. Giant Dipper – Belmont Park 22. Giant Dipper – Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 23. Grand National - Pleasure Beach Blackpool 24. High Roller – Valleyfair 25. Hochschaubahn – Wiener Prater 26. Hullamvasut – Vidampark/Holnemvolt 27. Jack Rabbit – Kennywood 28. Jack Rabbit - Seabreeze 29. Joris en de Draak – Efteling 30. Judge Roy Scream – SFOT 31. Kiddie Coaster – Rye Playland (kiddie coaster) 32. Kingdom Coaster – Dutch Wonderland 33. Leap the Dips – Lakemont 34. Legend – Arnolds 35. Lil Dipper – Camden (kiddie/family coaster) 36. Little Dipper – SFGAm (kiddie/family coaster) 37. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain – Indiana Beach (CCI dark ride coaster) 38. Meteor – Little Amerricka (kiddie/family coaster) 39. Nickelodean Streak – Pleasure Beach Blackpool 40. Outlaw - Adventureland 41. Pegasus – Mt Olympus 42. Racer – Kennywood 43. Roar-O-Saurus – Story Land 44. Roller Coaster – Lagoon 45. Roller Coaster – Upper Clements Park 46. Roller Coaster – Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach 47. Rollo Coaster – Idlewild 48. Rutschebanen – Tivoli Gardens 49. Rutschebanen – Bakken 50. Scenic Railway – Luna Park Melbourne, 62’ 51. Sea Dragon – Columbus Zoo 52. Skyliner – Lakemont 53. Swamp Fox – Family Kingdom 54. Teddy Bear – Stricker’s Grove, 28’ 55. Thunderbolt – SFNE 56. Timberhawk: Ride of Prey – Wild Waves 57. Tomahawk – PortAventura 58. Tornado – Stricker’s Grove, 55’ 59. Twister – Grona Lund 60. White Lightening – Fun Spot 61. Wildcat – Frontier City 62. Wild Mouse – Aussie World (wooden wild mouse) 63. Wild Mouse – Luna Park Sydney (wooden wild mouse) 64. Wild Mouse – Pleasure Beach Blackpool (wooden wild mouse) 65. Wooden Warrior – Quassy 66. Woodstock Expresses – KI, KD, Carowinds (family coaster) 67. Yankee Cannonball – Canobie Lake 68. Zach’s Zoomer – Michigan’s Adventure 69. Zipper Dipper – EsselWorld 70. Zippin Pippin – Bay Beach I've only been on # 19, 55, 65, 66 and enjoyed WW the most. However I am going to add quite a few more next year Edited October 28, 2014 by ejot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Jack Rabbit (40') and Racer (72.5') at Kennywood are both missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejot Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Thanks Gwazi...well spotted!... there can't be toooo many more haha. Also added Seabreeze's Jack Rabbit @ exact 75'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwaziBSRider1 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Found a couple more: Outlaw - Adventureland Roller Coaster - Lagoon Thunderbolt - Six Flags New England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 If Phoenix counts (78 ft tall but only a 72 ft drop), it definitely wins. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why they went with 75 feet for this thread. If Phoenix was an option then this thread would (rightfully) turn into the Phoenix appreciation thread and if it got any less than 95% of the vote with people who have ridden it I'd be shocked (I say 95% because I'm sure somebody would still pick something stupid like Yankee Cannonball just to be different, lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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