2007 Mitch's Wooden Poll Results Are In

[ginzo]

http://www.ushsho.com/woodrollercoasterpollresults2007.htm

 

Top 10:

 

1. The Voyage - Holiday World

2. El Toro - SFGAd

3. Thunderhead - Dollywood

4. Troy - Toverland

5. Balder - Liseberg

6. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce

7. Phoenix - Knoebel's

8. Tremors - Silverwood

9. Hades - Mount Olympus

10. Thunderbird - PowerPark

[ginzo]

How is Thunderhead ahead of Balder?!

 

Balder having problems during the ECC Scandi trip could not have helped. At least it's still top 10, unlike Colossos.

[coasterfreak101]

^More people ride Thunderbird than they do Balder.

 

If Thunderbird's (Power Park) ranking is any indication, Evel Knievel should place in the top 10 next year!

[niiicolaaah]

176 Predator...Darien Lake.....NY

 

Haha... I love it! No wonder that up until last year I thought I hated wood coasters...

[coastercrazed49]

Wow Avalache at Timber Falls did really well for being a coaster thats really small.

 

Psyclone in last!

[spaceace12]

All I can say is, YEAH! But Voyage hopefully will be edged out of my number spot hopefully in the next 6 months.

[PKI Jizzman]

Mine went:

1 - Thunderhead - Dolly

2 - Beast (A good ride) - KI

3 - SoB ( A good ride) - KI

4 - Blue Streak

5 - Tornado - Stricker's Grove

6 - Racer (F) - KI

7 - Racer (B) - KI

8 - Thunder Road (B) - Carowinds

9 - Thunder Road (F) - Carowinds

10 - Mean Streak - CP

11 - Teddy Bear - Stricker's

12 - FoC - KI/Carowinds

 

 

 

13 - Hurler

14 - SoB/Beast (Bad rides. It's like a whole different coaster

 

But 13 and up were what I said....except Racer/TR together.

 

 

Hopefully this will change if I get to Holiday World next season. I can't think of woodies when I go to AU.

 

-JZ

[KGA29]

Yay! Grizzly in dead last! That's not the first time. Hopefully, CGA's 09 woodie will be up there. Renegade was in the top 20.

[kraken613]

Go Thunderhead!

[niiicolaaah]

I think the coaster that comes in dead last should automatically be bulldozed.

[coastercrazed49]

^Couldn't agree more!

[SharkTums]

Troy!?!? Troy!!?!

 

Sorry Europeans, I used to respect you guys, but not anymore!

[RIP Psyclone]

^Curves are good on women, not roller coaster drops.

[downunder]

There was only 6 votes difference in the head to head between Voyage and El Toro which ended up determining who was #1, now if we excluded all the Voyage fanboys who haven't even ridden El Toro but ranked it below Voyage anyway...

 

Surprised Cornball wasn't higher I really enjoyed that one, and Cyclops too.

[ginzo]

Surprised Cornball wasn't higher I really enjoyed that one, and Cyclops too.

 

Cornball has been underrated for a while now. Buzz bars, tons of airtime, great drops, a very smooth ride, maximum re-ride value. What's there not to like? We got 2 separate Cornball ERT sessions at IB's enthusiast event back in August. Cornball *never* got old, even after an hour of riding it.

[Meteornotes]

Troy!?!? Troy!!?!

 

Sorry Europeans, I used to respect you guys, but not anymore!

 

100% agreed. I don't get this. At all.

 

dt

[robbalvey]

I'm actually very pleased about the #1 and #2 spots. It came in exactly as I had expected. The rest of the top ten is a real mixed bag, IMO.

 

I don't think Balder deserves to be that low. I don't think Boulder Dash deserves to be that high.

 

I would have liked to have seen Raven on that list. I think Phoenix is a better ride than both Troy and Thunderhead.

 

But that's just me.

 

Overall the only real top ten list that matters to me is my own.

 

--Robb

[texcoaster]

A couple of interesting things:

 

Boardwalk Bullet, even though it still hasn't been tweaked to run like it was designed to, came in a pretty impressive #21. It is the highest ranking woodie in Texas, with the next in line being Texas Giant at #69.

 

If more people had ridden Giant this year, it wouldn't have fared as well. If you check out the results only including the votes for rides that were ridden this year, Giant comes in at #147!!! I'm actually surprised it was that high. It was pretty much unridable this year.

 

As for Avalanche, I hadn't heard much at all about this ride, but after watching the video on "Coasters in the Raw" I was convinced that I need to go ride this thing. It probably won't be next year, though. I'm hitting El Toro next summer.

[redfoot12]

Dag! I've only ridden two coasters in the top 50 and none in the top 35. A TPR trip should be in my future, but it isn't. Trips to Hershey, Knoebels, and Great Adventure in '08 should help that out though.

[Scaparri]

Yeah, I'm a little disappointed Avalanche didn't break the top 10, but there's stiff competition. It's gets the nod for the #3 position in my ride count.

 

My biggest surprises:

 

-Balder slips to #5

-Thunderbird in the 10 spot. I don't doubt this, I just didn't realize it was so well liked. I knew it was a good ride, but I had never heard anybody give it a complete rave review.

-Cheetah at #118. How!? How is it not in the bottom 10!?

[larrygator]

Only 4 people from Sweden voted, 2 from nearby Norway and 2 from Finland.

 

This shows the true power and lure of Balder as there clearly is no home country bias helping Balder.

 

I believe there were subliminal messages in the Troy station music and Toverland theme song that made many rate Troy a little higher than deserved. I was not fooled by these subliminal messages since they were recorded in Dutch and German, languages I do not speak.

[Carnage]

Yeah, I'm a little disappointed Avalanche didn't break the top 10, but there's stiff competition. It's gets the nod for the #3 position in my ride count.

 

I actually moved it down my list this time around.

 

I thought it wasn't running nearly as well as I remember it when I first rode it opening year.

[Shockwave]

^Yeah, I heard a lot of people say that.

 

Personally I loved it, and it was my number 2 on my list.

[WillMontu]

I didn't think that much of Voyage, I actually preferred Raven, and even Rumbler. Troy will be interesting though.

 

Balder > Everything.

 

Also, the bottom of the list:

 

161 Antelope Gulliver's World ,UK 21 18 151 5 0.1178

162 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion ,VA 216 19 156 1 0.1108

163 Twister II Elitch Gardens ,CO 71 16 155 4 0.1029

164 Rattler Fiesta Texas ,TX 88 16 157 2 0.0971

165 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ,ES 35 14 153 5 0.0959

166 Raging Wolf Bobs(S) Geauga Lake ,OH 240 15 158 3 0.0938

167 Coaster-Express Warner Bros. Movie W ,ES 76 13 155 4 0.0872

168 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 92 13 161 1 0.0771

 

169 The Bandit Movie Park ,DE 118 8 160 5 0.0607

170 Mean Streak Cedar Point ,OH 427 10 166 1 0.0593

171 Anaconda Walygator Parc ,FR 38 7 160 6 0.0578

172 Underground Adventureland ,IA 50 8 166 1 0.0486

173 Lil' Dipper Camden Park ,WV 51 7 166 2 0.0457 6

174 Pegasus de Efteling ,NL 94 6 165 4 0.0457 5

175 Medusa Six Flags Mexico ,MX 9 3 154 6 0.0368

 

176 Predator Darien Lake ,NY 128 3 172 1 0.0199

177 Son of Beast Kings Island ,OH 280 1 174 2 0.0113

178 The Grizzly Great America ,CA 125 1 176 0 0.0056

[SharkTums]

We've been on all the GCI's Troy is in the middle of the pack according to both of us.

 

I much prefer (of the GCI's): Rumbler, OzCat, Renegade, Thunderbird, Thunderhead. Heck even Gwazi on a good day!

 

I think some of the Europeans are just intrigued by their first GCI and haven't been on a better one yet.