Jew Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Did mine last night! No real changes since I only rode one new wooden coaster in the past year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xVicesAndVirtues Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hopefully now the Steel ballot will be released with the closure of the wood ballot. Can't wait to fill mine out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-M Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 From Mitch's Site: Expect 2010 Wood Results and Steel Ballot Here Soon  I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOCTOR DOOM!!! Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Here's what I came up with... Â The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,y,1 The Legend Holiday World IN,y,y,2 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO,y,y,3 The Beast Kings Island OH,y,y,4 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY,y,n,5 Twisted Twins-L (S) Kentucky Kingdom KY,y,n,6 Raven Holiday World IN,y,y,7 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO,y,y,8 Twisted Twins-S (S) Kentucky Kingdom KY,y,n,9 Racer Kings Island OH,y,y,10 Fairly Odd Coaster Kings Island OH,y,y,11 Son of Beast (SBNO) Kings Island OH,y,n,12 Â Submitted back on the 11th, confirmed on the 13th! That ballot helper came in handy! Voyage ran GREAT on opening day! A couple weeks later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Mitch Hawker's Wood Coaster Poll RESULTS!  Here are the results of the 2010 Mitch Hawker Wood Coaster Poll:  Top 25 1t. El Toro - SFGAd 1t. T Express - Everland 3. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce 4. Phoenix - Knoebel's 5. Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer 6. The Voyage - Holiday World 7. Balder - Liseberg 8. Colossos - Heide Park 9. Aska (S) - Nara Dreamland 10. Fireball - Happy Valley Song 11. Troy - Toverland 12. Prowler - Worlds of Fun 13. El Toro - Freizeitpark Plohn 14. Thunderhead - Dollywood 15. Rampage - Alabama Adventure 16. Thunderbird - PowerPark 17. Tremors - Silverwood 18. Renegade - Valleyfair! 19. Hades - Mount Olympus 20. Ozark Wildcat(SBNO) - Celebration City 21. Raven - Holiday World 22. Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure 23. Tonnerre de Zeus - Parc Asterix 24. Evel Knievel - Six Flags St Louis 25. Joris en de Draak W - de Efteling  Bottom 10 171. Predator - Darien Lake 172. Antelope - Gulliver's World 173. Mean Streak - Cedar Point 174. Lil' Dipper - Camden Park 175. Magnus Colossus - Terra Mitica 176. The Bandit - Movie Park 177. Coaster-Express - Parque Warner Madrid 178. Son of Beast (SBNO) - Kings Island 179. The Grizzly - Great America 180. Anaconda - Walygator Parc  For the full results and completed ballots please visit Mitch Hawker's site: http://www.ushsho.com/woodrollercoasterpollresults2010.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Top 4 sounds good to me. Can't speak for T-Express, but the other three are my top 3 as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-M Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) Okay, here's my analysis of the Top 6: Â 1 (tie). El Toro: This ride kicks a$$. It deserves to be #1. 1 (tie). T Express: Never been on it, but it looks awesome! 3. Boulder Dash: My #1 coaster. I love this ride. 4. Phoenix: This is as good as classic wooden coasters get. Not to mention the insane amounts of . 5. Ravine Flyer II: Someday, I will ride this. 6. The Voyage: There are many fanboys crying inside right now. Â Some other things to note: Â ~I really wish that Boardwalk Bullet and Lakeside Cyclone were ranked higher. ~I may be alone when I say this, but I honestly hated Coney Island Cyclone. I'm only 15, and my back hurt for two weeks after riding. How does it score in the Top 50? (I'm sure they gave the ACErs free Nathan's Hot Dogs when they visited. ) ~ I can't stress how happy I am about El Toro, Boulder Dash, and Phoenix. Those rides are as good as a wooden coasters get. It's great to be able to say that I've been on 3 of the top 4! ~I think the "TPR Bump" went really far this year. Voyage in #6? El Toro and T-Express at #1? Colossos at it's best ever rank? Edited February 24, 2011 by Big-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Band-Aid Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Grizzly not in last? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJJman Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Not too surprising. But... Â I'm sure we'll see Prowler drop a few more spaces next year as well. Â I am surprised to see Rampage down at #15. Â I guess Hades has gotten way too rough. Â And what's up with TdZ down at #23?? That's really puzzling. Â Joris en de Draak at 25?? Granted, I haven't ridden it, but that seems a bit high. Â Â And HOORAY for Anaconda!! It's finally in it's rightful place BELOW Grizzly!! Â Â JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I can hear the wails of the Voyage fanboys all the way down here in Australia, music to my ears. Â My top 5 were almost the same except for T-Express which I haven't ridden - I had Balder in the No. 1 spot, being the only major difference, and Phoenix and Boulder Dash around the other way. Â I think Prowler was rated way too high - stir, stir.... Â I say well done to Mitch on another great poll, and I think the results are a fairly good representation of the genuine preferences of the coaster community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaptorBoyASU Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 ^Personally, I thought Prowler was way too low. First GCI that I've absolutely LOVED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I really need to get out to S. Korea (and Asia in general). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 ^Personally, I thought Prowler was way too low. First GCI that I've absolutely LOVED! Â My comment was tongue in cheek, in reference to fanboy fervor for Prowler. I haven't been on Prowler - but I like to say it's the worst coaster I've never been on, just to make fun of the whole thing. I'm sure if I'd ridden it I'd have it around the same rank as Kentucky Rumbler and the GCI in Finland. Â Korea is relatively easy for me to get to, closer than the US by a long shot, I think I need to become a Seoul brother at Everland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FeelTheFORCE Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Although Predator was probably never a top-tier coaster to begin with, I thought the Voyage trains still improved it a lot. Definitely an underrated coaster in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Austin Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm pretty surprised to see Hades within the top 20, especially after hearing all the negativity towards after the rides in August. Other than that, I think these results look fantastic, and it's one of the first times where I've felt the results truly correspond with what people really think and say about the rides! Â Bring on the steel poll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamico2 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Not too surprising. But... Joris en de Draak at 25?? Granted, I haven't ridden it, but that seems a bit high.  JJ  GCIs usually rank highest in their opening years and then fall slightly and hold for future years. Just an observation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Ka Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I'm very pleasantly surprised with this year's top billings. I personally have Boulder Dash and El Toro switched, but both kick all sorts of ass and I can't blame anyone for putting El Toro ahead. Â And having four of the top five wooden coasters within a day's drive is endlessly cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 GCIs usually rank highest in their opening years and then fall slightly and hold for future years.Just an observation... OMG! Don't you dare say that! You'll have all the MidWest Nutjobs stalking and harassing you!!! Â Remember, that is the EXACT same thing that Elissa said about Prowler that started all that insanity from those crazy midwest wackos. Â --Robb "Oh, yeah, and it turns out Elissa was right!" Alvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I thought Joris was nice but I didn't rate it highly because I prefer thrills, and it is more a larger junior coaster. Â One thing that only partly comes out in the poll is when people rode the coaster. For instance I have Hades up fairly high because I had some amazing night rides in 2007 but I haven't ridden it since. On the same token, I had very mediocre rides on Voyage in 2007 and haven't ridden it since either. Â I can only base my ballot on the exeperiences I had, if I hear a coaster has deteriorated since I rode it I can't take that into account, because i haven't had that experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 ^^ Hey! I'm a crazy midwest Wacko who still likes Prowler! However, I'll admit, El Toro is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Â And HOORAY for Anaconda!! It's finally in it's rightful place BELOW Grizzly!! Â JJ Â Amen, brother! Testify! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neers71 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 6. The Voyage: There are many fanboys crying inside right now. Â Â I think it would be enlightening to see the average age of the participants in this poll. I think that this set would satisfy an older crowd given this trend of the intense coasters falling in the polls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublestufforeo Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Â GCIs usually rank highest in their opening years and then fall slightly and hold for future years. Just an observation... Â Unless your name happens to rhyme with Gwazi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatle11 Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 (edited) ^Haha Gwazi will fly up the charts this year. Edited February 24, 2011 by beatle11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightbeawannabe Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ozcat is still in the top 20! Awesome for a ride that hasn't run for over 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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