Mitch Hawker's Coaster Poll 2009!

[Montuman99]

Robb, you didn't have the voyage on your list! WHAT GIVES!

[cfc]

^This has already been addressed: http://themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=824821#824821.

 

Different strokes for different folks.

[ginzo]

^^

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gav8YvXPQWY

[Hercules]

I have Voyage as #1 on my list and I haven't been within 600 miles of it since it was built. It is just that good.

[Philrad71]

Coaster poll virgin...but I did it!!!!

 

Top five

 

El Toro

Ravine Flyer II

Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake

The Beast

Silver Comet

 

Bottom five

 

Rolling Thunder

Predator

Hurler

Wilde Beast

Son of Beast (SBNO)

[larrygator]

It took some time because I completely evaluated everything but here are my Top 20 and bottom 10:

 

1 - Phoenix

2 - Coaster (Playland)

3 - Avalanche - Timber Falls

4 - Voyage

5 - Balder

6 - El Toro (SFGAdv)

7 - Colossos (Heide)

8 - Thunderhead

9 - Shivering Timbers

10 - Rampage

11 - Boulder Dash

12 - Timber Terror

13 - Favorite Steel

14 - Thunderbird

15 - Troy

16 - Silver Comet

17 - Hades

18 - Ravine Flyer II

19 - Tremors

20 - Lightning Racer

 

...

 

124 - Comet (Waldameer)

125 - L'il Dipper (Camden)

126 - Tomahawk

127 - Twisted Twins (Stella)

128 - Wilde Beast

129 - Rolling Thunder

130 - Predator

131 - Bandit (Movie Park)

132 - Anaconda (Walygator)

133 - Grizzly (CGA)

[Swimace]

Here's my list:

 

Top 10:

1) El Toro

2) Ravine Flyer II

3) Boulder Dash

4) The Voyage

5) Raven

6) Tonnerre de Zeus

7) Thunderhead

8) Kentucky Rumbler

9) Evel Knievel

10) Prowler

 

Bottom 5:

1) Texas Giant

2) Gwazi-Tiger

3) Gwazi-Lion

4) Boardwalk Bullet

5) Son of Beast (SBNO)

[Skycoastin Steve]

I've posted in this thread a few times but neglected to give my top/bottom picks.

 

1. Voyage

2. El Toro

3. Evel Knieval

4. Prowler

5. Thunderhead

6. Lightning Racer (both)

7. Ravine Flyer II

8. Boss

9. Rampage

10. Kentucky Rumbler

 

Bottom (with #1 being the worst)

1. Rattler

2. Fairly Odd Coaster (KI)

3. Mean Streak

4. Son of Beast

5. Texas Giant

6. Comet (Waldameer)

7. Thunder Run

8. Rolling Thunder

9. Timber Wolf

10. Hurler (KD)

[Mechanic]

Even though I've only ridden a handful of wooden coasters, I still voted.

[DBru]

This took me a LOT longer than I thought it would...a lot of consideration went into the list, lol. Please keep in mind, I have a really high pain tolerance when it comes to coasters...

 

 

Top 10

1. The Voyage

2. The Boss

3. The Beast

4. Evel Knievel

5. Cornball Express

6. Comet (Hersheypark)

7. Screamin' Eagle

8. Blue Streak (CP)

9. Kentucky Rumbler

10. Lightning Racer (L)

 

 

Bottom 5 (with 1 being the worst)

1. Wilde Beast

2. Mighty Canadian Minebuster

3. Wildcat (Hersheypark)

4. Son of Beast

5. Mean Streak

[Jerrykoala2112]

Top 10

1. Balder

2. American Eagle

3. Lightning Racer(s)

4. El Toro

5. Renegade

6. Boss

7. Screamin' Eagle

8. Evel Kneivel

9. Judge Roy Scream

10. Shivering Timbers

 

Worst

1. Hurler (KD)

2. Gwazi(s)

3. Rolling Thunder

4. Predator

5. Grizzly

[Groteslurf]

Ballot sent.

 

Best

1 El Toro

2 My Favorite Steel

3 The Voyage

4 Phoenix

5 Colossos

6 The Beast

7 Wild Mouse

8 Troy

9 Grand National

10 Racer

11 Terminator Salvatio

12 Giant Dipper (SCBB)

13 Jack Rabbit

14 Lightning Racer - L

15 Lightning Racer - T

 

Worst

 

52 Roar SFDK

53 The Bandit MPG

54 The Grizzly SFGA

55 GhostRider KBF

56 Coaster-Express PW

[Zack44]

Anyone who doesn't have El Toro, Balder, or Voyage on their list most likely has a mental disease.

[Chris Benvenuto]

^ or they haven't ridden it yet.

[Guy T. Koepp]

^Or they're under 48 inches.

[cfc]

Anyone who doesn't have El Toro, Balder, or Voyage on their list most likely has a mental disease.

 

Well, at least I'm sane, then.

 

Let's try to not take ourselves too seriously, everyone.

[OldJJman]

Anyone who doesn't have El Toro, Balder, or Voyage on their list most likely has a mental disease.

 

I guess I must have a mental disease, because I don't have El Toro on my list. Then again, I haven't ridden it.

 

For the record, I have Balder and Voyage ranked at #13 & #15 respectively.

 

 

JJ

[ginzo]

Let's try to not take ourselves too seriously, everyone.

 

To be fair, there probably is some sort of DSM-IV disorder associated with people who have traveled to Santa Claus, Gothenburg, and Jackson just to ride roller coasters.

[Skycoastin Steve]

Let's try to not take ourselves too seriously, everyone.

 

To be fair, there probably is some sort of DSM-IV disorder associated with people who have traveled to Santa Claus, Gothenburg, and Jackson just to ride roller coasters.

 

I think most of us have it.

[robbalvey]

Same.

[downunder]

Sent my poll in, my method is very labourious, I cut out all the coasters I haven't ridden then move them around into rough groupings and then line them up in order and finally number them from first to last.

 

Here's what's was hot and what was rougher than dropping the soap in the maximum security prison showers:

 

1. Balder - Liseberg

2. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce

3. Phoenix - Knoebel's

4. El Toro - SFGAd

5. My Favorite Steel (Piraten/SFNE SROS)

6. Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer

7. Hades - Mount Olympus

8. Thunderhead - Dollywood

9. Raven - Holiday World

10. Cornball Express - Indiana Beach

11. Rampage - Alabama Adventure

12. The Voyage - Holiday World

 

And scraping the bottom of the barrel, they punished me so I punish them on the poll, rated by degree of physical harm:

 

73. GhostRider - Knott's Berry Farm

74. Cyclone - SF New England

75. Son of Beast (SBNO) - Kings Island

76. Hurler - Kings Dominion

77. Racer - Kings Island

78. Predator - Darien Lake

79. Wildcat - Lake Compounce

80. The Grizzly - Kings Dominion

81. Hurler - Carowinds

[cfc]

Let's try to not take ourselves too seriously, everyone.

 

To be fair, there probably is some sort of DSM-IV disorder associated with people who have traveled to Santa Claus, Gothenburg, and Jackson just to ride roller coasters.

 

So, I'm not sane then.

 

Oh, well . . .

 

Woo hoo! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Boogie boogie boogie! Boi-i-i-i-i-i-ng! Beedybeedybeedybeedybeedy . . .

[raptor6]

I haven't filled out my poll just yet, but Boulder Dash is definitely my #1. I'll try to do it next weekend.

[Electerik]

Even though I've only ridden a handful of wooden coasters, I still voted.

 

Good. The beauty of Mitch's system is that "less informed" votes still help the accuracy of this poll rather than detract from it.

 

/Don't care if you've only ridden two. Still vote.

[Jewls1993]

1. Megaphobia

2. Grand National

3. Rollercoaster (Great Yarmouth)

4. Wild Mouse (Blackpool)

5. Rollercoaster (Blackpool)

 

I got one of my friends to do this poll and they had only been on two, but like already mentioned, every opinion counts!