New for 2011 coasters. Any in your top 10?

[David H]

For those of you on the Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards poll, tomorrow is the deadline for ballots to be received. (Well, today, unless you're reading this in the next 20 minutes.)

 

Just wondering how some of you ranked the new for 2011 coasters, and if they made it into your top 10 steel or wood lists.

 

And for those of you not on the poll, have you thought about it yet?

 

Personally, two 2011 coasters made my top 10 lists, one on each.

 

Grona Lund's Twister was my #7 wood. It's a small, very compact coaster, but it packs a TON of punch into that space -- airtime, laterals, relentlessness, the whole shebang. And we rode it in the morning and afternoon. Other than Aska, it's the only coaster in my top 10 woodies that I didn't get to ride at night. I can only wonder how insane it gets when it's really broken in!

 

I actually almost forgot to add New Texas Giant to my rankings, and had to write it in between the lines. That's a really hard one to rank, because it's so different from other steel coasters. I put it at #4, though I may end up moving it a bit later when I've thought about it more. It would probably rank even higher, if it were more rerideable. But after a 2 hour night ERT session on it, my thighs were literally sore for days. I wouldn't be surprised to see it braked or otherwise toned down in the future. (Not to mention what's going on with it now....) Normally, I'd really hate that, but I'm not sure what I'd think about it on this coaster.

 

How about the rest of you, and the rest of the new coasters? Any top 10's in the mix for you?

Edited August 6, 2011 by David H

[jzoole]

New Texas Giant without question.

[alpengeist04]

Since I won't be riding the New Texas Giant till next June, my answer is no. The closest for me would have to be Cheetah Hunt, but that's more in the 15-20 range on my list.