robbalvey Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Please change the first 'n' to a 'y' for each of the coasters you have ridden. Change the second 'n' to a 'y' for each coaster you rode in 2010. It is important that you mark ALL coasters you have ridden. Marked all you have ever ridden 'y' Marked all you rode this year 'y' It does NOT, and I repeat DOES NOT say "marked all you have ever ridden in 2010 or prior". So therefore, all my 2011 coasters, I will absolutely mark "Y" if I have ever ridden them. Per the instructions, I would be lying if I marked "N" It also is supposed to come out in January, not May. Says who? Who says it's "supposed to come out in January?" I never saw a release schedule for the poll. Did anyone else? Nope! I'm going to fill mine out per the instructions on the ballot and include every coaster I've "ever" ridden. --Robb "Like I said, it couldn't be any more clear." Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 I can't see how anyone could have the slightest problem with this. The way I see it, this only improves the poll. The more input, the better the results imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Robb, it's just something else they'll blame you for when Y-coaster is ranked higher than X-coaster. Take it with a very, very, very fine grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 It also is supposed to come out in January, not May. Having maintained the steel coaster list for 5 years or so, I filled out my list based on what I had ridden by the end of 2010. if you really want to go there, it used to come out in November, not January... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XII Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 Finished my Steel Coaster Poll Top 15: 1. Maverick 2. X2 3. Favorite Wooden Coaster 4. Kumba 5. Phantom's Revenge 6. Dueling Dragons Fire 7. Montu 8. Dueling Dragons Ice 9. Behemoth 10. Incredible Hulk Coaster 11. Sheikra 12. Storm Runner 13. Xcelerator 14. Tatsu 15. Dominator Bottom 5 56. Canyon Blaster (Great Escape) 57. Trailblazer 58. Manhatten Express 59. Ninja (SFSL) 60. Dragon (Adventureland) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted April 10, 2011 Share Posted April 10, 2011 My ballot has been completed and submitted. I had X2 at the top and West Coaster barely edging Pony Express for the last spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Completed mine Top 20 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere (Phoenix @ Knoebels) iSpeed Mirabilandia Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park Tele2 Insane Grona Lund Nemesis Alton Towers Nitro Six Flags Great Ad Bizarro SF New England Expedition GeForce Holiday Park Katun Mirabilandia Millennium Force Cedar Point Afterburn Carowinds Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point HeiBe Fahrt Freizeitp Klotten Fav X SC2000/3000 Any Park Anywhere (Dragon's Fury @ CWOA) Winjas - Fear Phantasialand Winjas - Force Phantasialand Behemoth Canadas Wonderland Intimidator Carowinds Goliath Walibi World Speed Monster Tusenfryd Bottom 20 Star Jet Casino Pier Whizzer Six Flags Great Am Sierra Sidewnder Knott's Berry Farm Pirates Hideaway Casino Pier Trailblazer Hersheypark Santa Monica West Coa Pacific Park Tulireki Linnanmaki Viper Six Flags Magic Mo Ninja Six Flags Over Geo Great American Scream Six Flags Great Ad Fav Chance Toboggan Any Park Anywhere ** SkyRider Canadas Wonderland Le Cobra La Ronde Parc Amus G Force Drayton Manor Space Mountain Disneyland Paris Shockwave Kings Dominion Sequoia Adventure Gardaland Goudurix Parc Asterix X:\No Way Out Thorpe Park Fav Zamperla Volare Any Park Anywhere ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivtim Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Finally finished mine! Whew. Top 25: 1 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere (Phoenix at Knoebels) 2 Millennium Force 3 Kumba 4 X2 5 Montu 6 Storm Runner 7 Incredible Hulk 8 Nitro 9 Goliath, SFoG 10 Talon 11 Mindbender 12 Apollo's Chariot 13 Kraken 14 Magnum XL-200 15 Superman:Krypton Coaster 16 Tennessee Tornado 17 Shockwave, SFoT 18 Volcano: The Blast Coaster 19 Afterburn, Carowinds 20 Dueling Dragons-Fire 21 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks 22 XCelerator 23 SheiKra 24 Top Thrill Dragster 25 Superman la Atraccion de Acero, Parque Warner Madrid and the bottom 10: 139 Trailblazer, Hersheypark 140 Fav Loop-Screw 141 Fav Galaxi 142 Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC 143 Fav Vek Susp Family 144 Fav Arrow Corkscrew 145 Fav Zyklon Loop 146 Fav Powered `Coaster' 147 Fav Chance Toboggan 148 Manhattan Express, New York New York Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Top 15 steel: 1. Millennium Force, Cedar Point 2. Diamondback, King's Island 3. Maverick, Cedar Point 4. Tatsu, SFMM 5. Top Thrill Dragster, Cedar Point 6. Favorite Wood Coaster (Apocalypse, SFMM) 6. Xcelerator, Knott's Berry Farm 7. X2, SFMM 8. Magnum XL-200, Cedar Point 9. Raptor, Cedar Point 10. Goliath, SFMM 11. Medusa, SFDK 12. Batman The Ride, SFMM 13. California Screamin', DCA 14. Riddler's Revenge, SFMM 15. Wicked Twister, Cedar Point My top steel list is dominated by Cedar Point (6) and Six Flags Magic Mountain (5). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knotts Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 A much smoother running X2 this year should rise quite a bit in the poll. It went from #21 to #11 on mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-M Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 A much smoother running X2 this year should rise quite a bit in the poll. It went from #21 to #11 on mine. It's always good news to hear a coaster running up to it's potential! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 I rode X2 three times during WCB last year. The first two were during morning ERT, and it was pretty smooth given its reputation. The third was during night ERT, and it basically kicked my ass like Chuck Norris and Steven Seagal combined. However, I was willing to let that one slide and put it at #4 in my rankings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I rate X (unfortunately no X2 yet) pretty highly, I've never had a bad ride on it, must have been lucky. I've decided to go the full geek, and replicate Mitch's comparison method to rank my coasters, wins and losses, it's gonna take a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I just realized that I completely forgot to place my favorite wooden coaster on the steel ballot. Since I don't have that many coaster credits anyway, hopefully it won't matter that much. Honestly, it was just a mistake and I wasn't trying to skew the poll. You know how TPR gets accused of that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 ^I hope you didn't forget to put I305 as your #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeboy23 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Filled mine out finally. Top 25: Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,1 Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion VA,y,y,2 X2 Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,3 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH,y,n,4 Tatsu Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,5 Manta Sea World Orlando FL,y,y,6 Montu Busch Gardens Afri FL,y,y,7 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Euro VA,y,y,8 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA,y,n,9 Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,10 Afterburn Carowinds NC,y,y,11 Griffon Busch Gardens Euro VA,y,y,12 SheiKra Busch Gardens Afri FL,y,y,13 Diamondback Kings Island OH,y,n,14 Kumba Busch Gardens Afri FL,y,y,15 Intimidator Carowinds NC,y,y,16 Silver Bullet Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,17 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,18 Medusa SF Discovery Kingd CA,y,y,19 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,20 Flight Deck California's Great CA,y,y,21 Dominator Kings Dominion VA,y,y,22 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,23 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,24 Hollywood Rip Ride Ro Universal Studios FL,y,y,25 Only two non B&M or Intamin made it (well three if you count the favorite wood) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Ugh, working on this now and I've decided I've been on too many coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 ^ Ha! I really should have started doing this years ago when I hadn't ridden so much. It's such a massive challenge to do from scratch now that I've been on a fair few coasters!! Maybe if I have a free day at some point I'll sort myself out Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhappy Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 ^ Ha! I really should have started doing this years ago when I hadn't ridden so much. It's such a massive challenge to do from scratch now that I've been on a fair few coasters!! Maybe if I have a free day at some point I'll sort myself out Dave same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knotts Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Ugh, working on this now and I've decided I've been on too many coasters. Hey, I'll trade with you any day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerrykoala2112 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I used the little "ballot helper" on the front page, and it made things a lot easier to organize, thanks! Here is my top 25... (Don't think you guys care for how I rank a lot of kiddie coasters) 1. Kanonen-Liseberg 2. Revenge of the Mummy- Universal Studios Florida 3. Storm Runner- Hersheypark 4. Maverick-Cedar Point 5. Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness – Silver Dollar City 6. Volcano Blast Coaster- Kings Dominion 7. Bizarro-Six Flags New England 8. Mr. Freeze- Six Flags St. Louis 9. Millennium Force- Cedar Point 10. Titan-Six Flags Over Texas 11. Firehawk-Kings Island 12. Lisebergbanan-Liseberg 13. Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit – Universal Studios Florida 14. Thunderhawk-Michigan's Adventure 15. Griffon-Busch Gardens Europe 16. Big Bad Wolf- Busch Gardens Europe 17. MagnumXL-200- Cedar Point 18. Sooperdooperlooper - Hersheypark 19. Dueling Dragons Fire- Islands of Adventure 20. Dueling Dragons Ice- Islands of Adventure 21. Wildfire – Silver Dollar City 22. Top Thrill Dragster- Cedar Point 23. Dominator-Kings Dominion 24. Goliath-Six Flags Over Georgia 25. Manta – Sea World Orlando Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The SETGO Guys Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Mines in Top 5 Montu Busch Gardens Afri FL, Manta Sea World Orlando FL Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL, Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA Kumba Busch Gardens Afri FL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPmillenia94 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 1.Storm Runner (short but incredible in every aspect and has no line, so intense this year with the launch going full power and so much air) 2.Boulder Dash (Fav Wood) (ride back row at night) 3.Bizarro (SUPERMAN) sfne (amazing and used to b #1 until became bizarro 4.Millenium Force (great drop and just amazing ride and speed) 5.Manta (wow) 6.Maverick (like storm runner forcewise but a bit painful and without the insane launch) 7.Apollo's Chariot (predrop+diving hill thing= yum) 8.Griffon (great fun in the back) 9.Magnum (ride at night in the second to back and you shall understand) 10.Hydra/Nitro (tie) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traincrossin Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Here's how my coasters stacked up. I used http://www.wardleystunnels.org/hawker/ Top 5 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,1 (Voyage at HW) Millennium Force Cedar Point OH,y,n,2 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH,y,n,3 Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,4 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL,y,y,5 Bottom 5 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,26 (Disaster Transport at CP) Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,27 (Ragin Cajun at SFGAm) Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,28 (Mad Mouse at MA) Ninja Six Flags St. Loui MO,y,n,29 Iron Wolf Six Flags Great Am IL,y,y,30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Just helped KT submit her second ever steel poll! 1 Rasender Roland Hansa-Park DE 2 Fav Flitzer Any Park Anywhere ** 3 Fav Powered `Coaster' Any Park Anywhere ** 4 Fav Tivoli Any Park Anywhere ** 5 Whizzer Six Flags Great Am IL 6 Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 7 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere ** 8 Matterhorn Bobsleds Disneyland CA 9 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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