ginzo Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Got my ballot in 90 minutes before the deadline. Hope it doesn't get hung up in some email server queue. My top 10 list has not changed from last year probably because I didn't ride much this year. I also only added 2 new woodies and they're the two crappy ones in the SF area. From my top 10 list, I only rode Phoenix & Raven this year. Because it's so consistently awesome, I'm highly tempted to put Phoenix at #1, but I still remember Balder being slightly better. I really need to snag that 4th Intamin woodie credit some day! 1) Balder - Liseberg 2) Phoenix - Knoebels 3) Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park (favorite steel) 4) Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce 5) El Toro - SFGAd 6) Colossos - Heide Park 7) Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer 8) HellCat - Timber Falls 9) Cornball Express - Indiana Beach 10) Raven - Holiday World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 LAST CHANCE!!!! GET YOUR BALLOT IT! User the online easy helper if you need to: http://hawker.stationbrakes.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Did my ballot. Exact same as last year, since there were no new wooden coasters for me this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big-M Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 (edited) Here's mine: Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT y, n, 1 My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere ** y, y, 2 -Kawasemi @ Tobu Zoo Phoenix Knoebel's PA y, n, 3 El Toro SFGAd NJ y, n, 4 Cyclone Lakeside CO y, y, 5 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX y, n, 6 The Beast Kings Island OH y, n, 7 Twister Knoebel's PA y, n, 8 Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney AU y, y, 8 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH y, n, 8 Thunderbolt SF New England MA y, n, 8 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH y, n, 9 Regina Tobu Zoo JP y, y, 9 Cyclone SF New England MA y, n 9 Cyclone Luna Park NY y, n, 10 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO y, n, 10 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT y, n 11 Edited January 10, 2013 by Big-M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 I'm not always this late, but I just turned mine in yesterday. I actually filled it out early on and then held off so I could re-evaluate Roar West, which ended up keeping the same spot. Instead, I just performed a few tweaks here and there. 01. Boulder Dash 02. Coaster 03. The Voyage 04. Phoenix 05. Giant Dipper, SCBB 06. American Thunder 07. Timber Terror 08. El Toro 09. Tremors 10. Prowler 11. Hades 12. The Beast 13. Thunderhead 14. The Legend, HW 15. Cyclops 16. Tornado 17. HellCat, Timber Falls 18. Renegade 19. Lightning Racer, L 19. Lightning Racer, T 21. Comet, TGE 22. Wild One 23. Wooden Warrior 24. Yankee Cannonball 25. Cyclone, Luna Park 26. Racer, KI 27. Viper 28. Timber Wolf 29. Coaster Thrill Ride 30. Cornball Express 31. Great White 32. Boardwalk Bullet 33. Cyclone, SFNE 34. Thunderbolt, KW 35. The Grizzly, KD 36. Excalibur 37. Thunderbolt, SFNE 38. Blue Streak, CP 39. Cyclone, Lakeside 40. Twister, Knoebels 41. Raven 42. Ghostrider 43. Outlaw 44. Roar, SFDK 45. Racer, KW 46. Hell Cat, Clementon Lake 47. Zeus 48. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain 49. The Boss 50. Judge Roy Scream 51. Colossus 52. Screamin' Eagle 53. Rebel Yell 54. Great American Scream Machine 55. Cannon Ball 56. Le Monstre 57. Rolling Thunder 58. Gwazi - Lion 59. Thunder Road 60. Wildcat, HP 61. Roar, SFA 62. Jack Rabbit 63. Dragon Coaster 64. Timberhawk 65. Apocalypse 66. Twister II 67. Mean Streak 68. Rattler 69. Hoosier Hurricane 70. Georgia Cyclone 71. Comet, HP 72. High Roller 73. Thunderhawk 74. Wildcat, Lake Compounce 75. Hurler, Carowinds 76. Hurler, KD 77. Underground 78. American Eagle 79. The Grizzly, CGA 80. Sea Dragon 81. Woodstock Express, Carowinds 82. Ghoster Coaster, KD 83. Woodstock Express, KI 84. Pegasus 85. Little Dipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 This is the portion of the program where I say I left all SBNO/torn down coasters off my list. I understand the reason to keep them on, but if it's obvious it'll never operate ever again, I'm not ranking it. And it's a bummer, too, because that means Rampage is no longer in my top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Before the results come out, I just wanted to talk about a few coasters I've seen discussed in this thread. Roar East versus Roar West: I don't rank them too far apart, but rode both this year and find Roar West to be much better. I've ridden it on 5 occasions among the 2009 and 2012 seasons, and its ranking has held steady, at a current 44 out of 85, versus 61 for Roar East. Roar West is almost unbearable in the back, but has 2 or 3 decent pops of air in the front. Roar East didn't have much to offer at all and felt shorter than its sibling, though it's actually longer. I feared I might return to Roar West only to find it closer in experience to Roar East, but no; it's still clearly superior. Jack Rabbit: Not a fan. I do like the charming, old school tunnel and the pleasant setting. The double dip is decent and surprising, but not life-altering. (Yes, I rode in the back row, hands up.) I much prefer the singular extreme drops on Cyclops and Coaster Thrill Ride, or the many strong pops on rides like Coaster, SCBB Dipper, and Phoenix. Best GCI: Of course, the poll itself will give some insight, but there are also some threads for this topic, best GCI and GCI with the most airtime. (Only pointing this out because I find them interesting myself.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Robb, I think you and I may be among very few on the China trip who ranked both Fireball and the Dauling Dragons above Wood Coaster. In fact, we ranked all four coasters pretty similarly. But I think the GG coasters were a bit too rough for most people to rank as highly as we did. I liked Wood Coaster a lot, but it needed just a bit more "oomph" to make my top 20. But GCII coasters are always crowd pleasers, and Wood Coasters was one of the best of them. Well, apaprently I was wrong. If my sneaky sneak peek of the results is correct, then both of the Dauling Dragons ranked in the top 10, above Wood Coaster. Fireball, while just outside the top 10, beat out Wood Coaster as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 It's here! 1 El Toro SFGAd NJ 297 167 0 0 1.0000 2 T Express Everland KR 19 164 1 1 0.9910 3 The Voyage Holiday World IN 202 164 3 0 0.9820 57 4 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 174 164 3 0 0.9820 52 5 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 242 163 4 0 0.9760 6 Balder Liseberg SE 86 160 5 1 0.9669 7 Dauling Dragon-L Happy Valley CN 11 155 7 3 0.9485 4 8 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA 145 158 8 1 0.9491 3 9 Dauling Dragon-R Happy Valley CN 11 154 8 3 0.9424 10 Colossos Heide Park DE 122 156 9 2 0.9401 11 Fireball Happy Valley Song CN 18 155 11 0 0.9337 12 El Toro Freizeitpark Plohn DE 35 153 11 1 0.9303 13 Troy Toverland NL 120 154 12 0 0.9277 14 Wood Coaster Knight Valley CN 11 146 7 10 0.9264 15 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 184 152 14 1 0.9132 16 Twister Grona Lund SE 39 149 15 2 0.9036 17 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO 88 149 16 2 0.8982 18 Thunderbird PowerPark FI 34 147 19 0 0.8855 19 Renegade Valleyfair! MN 78 147 20 0 0.8802 20 Tremors Silverwood ID 39 143 18 5 0.8765 21 Rampage Alabama Adventure AL 49 144 20 3 0.8713 22 Wodan TimburCoaster Europa Park DE 108 140 19 6 0.8667 23 Wooden Warrior Quassy CT 84 142 22 3 0.8593 29 24 Raven Holiday World IN 206 143 23 1 0.8593 29 25 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 106 142 23 2 0.8563 26 Zippin Pippin Bay Beach WI 22 130 21 4 0.8516 27 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend KY 89 141 24 2 0.8503 28 Coaster Playland BC 30 138 23 6 0.8443 29 Hades Mount Olympus WI 119 140 26 1 0.8413 30 HellCat Timber Falls WI 100 137 26 4 0.8323 31 American Thunder Six Flags St Louis MO 93 137 29 1 0.8234 32 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 130 132 30 5 0.8054 21 33 Apocalypse S. F. Magic Mountain CA 160 134 32 1 0.8054 20 34 Comet Great Escape NY 110 133 32 2 0.8024 35 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 281 133 33 1 0.7994 36 Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL 121 130 33 3 0.7922 37 Megafobia Oakwood UK 69 131 35 1 0.7874 38 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 26 126 31 10 0.7844 10 39 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 282 130 35 2 0.7844 10 40 Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL 120 129 35 2 0.7831 41 The Legend Holiday World IN 204 130 37 0 0.7784 42 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 129 126 40 1 0.7575 43 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 40 123 41 2 0.7470 44 Grand National Blackpool UK 132 122 42 3 0.7395 45 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 57 121 44 1 0.7319 46 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 128 121 46 0 0.7246 47 The Beast Kings Island OH 271 120 46 1 0.7216 48 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 69 120 47 0 0.7186 49 Viper SFGAm IL 184 119 48 0 0.7126 50 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX 50 114 49 4 0.6946 51 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 128 115 52 0 0.6886 52 Twister Knoebel's PA 231 114 53 0 0.6826 53 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 202 112 53 2 0.6766 54 Cyclone Lakeside CO 39 110 55 2 0.6647 15 55 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 210 110 55 2 0.6647 14 56 Cyclone Luna Park NY 163 110 56 1 0.6617 57 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 121 109 57 1 0.6557 58 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 78 106 58 2 0.6446 22 59 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA 123 107 59 1 0.6437 14 60 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 62 106 59 2 0.6407 61 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE 86 103 61 2 0.6265 62 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 213 104 63 0 0.6228 63 Wild One SF America MD 174 103 63 1 0.6198 64 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 77 101 64 2 0.6108 65 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 334 99 67 1 0.5958 24 66 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 67 96 64 6 0.5964 23 67 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 125 98 67 2 0.5928 68 Coaster Thrill Ride Puyallup Fair WA 20 94 67 4 0.5818 69 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 102 94 71 2 0.5689 70 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 40 92 70 4 0.5663 71 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 55 91 70 5 0.5633 72 Mammut Tripsdrill DE 84 89 70 6 0.5576 73 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 82 89 73 5 0.5479 74 Regina Tobu Zoo JP 28 87 72 8 0.5449 75 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 76 86 72 9 0.5419 26 76 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 139 90 76 1 0.5419 16 77 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 129 88 75 4 0.5389 78 Hell Cat Clementon Lake NJ 64 86 75 6 0.5329 79 Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney AU 17 83 73 9 0.5303 80 Outlaw Adventureland IA 60 85 78 4 0.5210 81 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 60 84 79 4 0.5150 22 82 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 136 84 79 4 0.5150 20 83 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 288 84 81 2 0.5090 27 84 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 59 83 80 4 0.5090 20 85 Robin Hood Walibi Holland NL 124 82 80 4 0.5060 86 Racer Kennywood PA 212 82 82 3 0.5000 87 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 112 82 84 1 0.4940 88 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 116 80 84 3 0.4880 89 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 29 77 84 6 0.4790 5 90 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 178 79 86 2 0.4790 12 91 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 37 77 84 6 0.4790 4 92 Hullamvasut Vidam HU 16 72 80 10 0.4753 6 93 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 178 79 87 1 0.4760 5 94 American Eagle SFGAm IL 187 73 93 1 0.4401 95 Skyliner Lakemont PA 99 70 95 2 0.4251 32 96 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 231 70 95 2 0.4251 30 97 Tornado Adventureland IA 63 66 92 9 0.4222 98 Roar SF America MD 176 69 97 1 0.4162 99 Comet Hersheypark PA 286 68 99 0 0.4072 100 Racer Kings Island OH 253 66 99 2 0.4012 101 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 237 66 100 1 0.3982 102 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 73 65 101 1 0.3922 103 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 58 62 103 2 0.3772 104 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 27 59 101 6 0.3735 105 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 256 60 103 4 0.3713 10 106 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 28 57 100 9 0.3705 4 107 Timberhawk Enchanted Village WA 25 57 100 8 0.3697 1 108 Zeus Mount Olympus WI 119 60 105 2 0.3653 41 109 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 262 60 105 2 0.3653 49 110 Cyclone SF New England MA 205 60 105 2 0.3653 37 111 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 72 55 103 9 0.3563 112 Elf Hirakata Park JP 13 51 101 14 0.3494 113 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 221 55 112 0 0.3293 114 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 23 51 109 6 0.3253 115 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 202 51 110 6 0.3234 116 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 41 48 112 6 0.3072 117 Wildcat Frontier City OK 39 49 114 4 0.3054 118 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 119 49 116 2 0.2994 119 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 158 49 117 1 0.2964 120 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO 106 46 119 2 0.2814 22 121 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 239 47 120 0 0.2814 35 122 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 73 46 119 2 0.2814 30 123 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 98 45 119 3 0.2784 124 Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK 107 45 121 1 0.2725 125 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 42 42 119 6 0.2695 126 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 84 43 122 2 0.2635 127 Stampida Port Aventura ES 125 40 121 5 0.2560 128 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 96 41 123 3 0.2545 129 Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 16 37 118 8 0.2515 130 Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 29 31 122 11 0.2226 131 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 158 36 130 1 0.2186 132 Kingdom Coaster Dutch Wonderland PA 70 36 131 0 0.2156 133 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 104 35 131 1 0.2126 3 134 Jupiter Kijima Korakuen JP 17 29 124 12 0.2121 3 135 Hurler Carowinds NC 157 34 133 0 0.2036 136 Comet Waldameer PA 136 32 133 2 0.1976 137 Meteor Little Amerricka WI 43 29 133 5 0.1886 138 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 254 31 136 0 0.1856 35 139 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 88 28 133 6 0.1856 32 140 Coastersaurus Legoland Florida FL 52 26 138 3 0.1647 141 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 117 27 140 0 0.1617 62 142 Wild Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 118 27 140 0 0.1617 46 143 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 294 26 140 1 0.1587 21 144 Sea Dragon Jungle Jacks Landing OH 52 26 140 1 0.1587 19 145 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 114 23 140 3 0.1476 146 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 56 23 143 1 0.1407 147 Little Dipper SFGAm IL 86 22 144 1 0.1347 27 148 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI 114 21 143 3 0.1347 27 149 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 95 18 148 1 0.1108 150 Blue Flyer Blackpool UK 100 17 148 2 0.1078 151 Predator Darien Lake NY 121 17 149 1 0.1048 152 Woodstock Express Carowinds NC 133 16 151 0 0.0958 48 153 Woodstock Express Kings Island OH 191 16 151 0 0.0958 40 154 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 55 14 152 1 0.0868 155 Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA 208 14 153 0 0.0838 156 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 337 12 154 1 0.0749 157 Underground Adventureland IA 59 10 153 4 0.0719 158 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 113 11 155 1 0.0689 159 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 41 8 156 2 0.0542 0 160 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 13 5 122 4 0.0534 0 161 White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 28 7 157 2 0.0482 162 Tyrolean Tubtwist Joyland UK 31 7 158 1 0.0452 163 Antelope Gulliver's World UK 27 4 154 5 0.0399 164 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 36 3 162 2 0.0240 165 The Bandit Movie Park DE 122 3 163 1 0.0210 25 166 Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES 68 3 163 1 0.0210 17 167 The Grizzly Great America CA 122 3 164 0 0.0180 168 Anaconda Walygator Parc FR 71 2 164 0 0.0120 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Kidd Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Where did you get the results? I'm not seeing them on Mitch's site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Wood Coaster Poll results are OUT! http://www.ushsho.com/woodrollercoasterpollresults2012.htm Six Flags Great Adventure's El Toro is #1! Here's the top twenty: 1 El Toro SFGAd NJ 297 167 0 0 1.0000 2 T Express Everland KR 19 164 1 1 0.9910 3 The Voyage Holiday World IN 202 164 3 0 0.9820 57 4 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 174 164 3 0 0.9820 52 5 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 242 163 4 0 0.9760 6 Balder Liseberg SE 86 160 5 1 0.9669 7 Dauling Dragon-L Happy Valley CN 11 155 7 3 0.9485 4 8 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA 145 158 8 1 0.9491 3 9 Dauling Dragon-R Happy Valley CN 11 154 8 3 0.9424 10 Colossos Heide Park DE 122 156 9 2 0.9401 11 Fireball Happy Valley Song CN 18 155 11 0 0.9337 12 El Toro Freizeitpark Plohn DE 35 153 11 1 0.9303 13 Troy Toverland NL 120 154 12 0 0.9277 14 Wood Coaster Knight Valley CN 11 146 7 10 0.9264 15 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 184 152 14 1 0.9132 16 Twister Grona Lund SE 39 149 15 2 0.9036 17 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO 88 149 16 2 0.8982 18 Thunderbird PowerPark FI 34 147 19 0 0.8855 19 Renegade Valleyfair! MN 78 147 20 0 0.8802 20 Tremors Silverwood ID 39 143 18 5 0.8765 And the bottom ten: 158 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 113 11 155 1 0.0689 159 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 41 8 156 2 0.0542 0 160 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 13 5 122 4 0.0534 0 161 White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 28 7 157 2 0.0482 162 Tyrolean Tubtwist Joyland UK 31 7 158 1 0.0452 163 Antelope Gulliver's World UK 27 4 154 5 0.0399 164 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 36 3 162 2 0.0240 165 The Bandit Movie Park DE 122 3 163 1 0.0210 25 166 Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES 68 3 163 1 0.0210 17 167 The Grizzly Great America CA 122 3 164 0 0.0180 168 Anaconda Walygator Parc FR 71 2 164 0 0.0120 And here's where Son of Beast would have placed if it was still open.... 183 Son of Beast (SBNO) Kings Island OH 177 5 178 2 0.0324 Mitch says the steel poll should be coming soon! Edited January 13, 2013 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mohead Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Sweet!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakizle Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Pretty good results, I agree that's very accurate overall. Interesting that all of the top 11 except Boulder Dash and Phoenix are Gravity Group and Intamin woodies and then are followed by all of the GCI woodies and a mix of all the "older" woodies. Seems like most people think the same away just talking about rides from those companies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 For the first time ever I can say I've ridden the #1 anything!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Great poll, and for the most part I agree with a lot of it. All Intamin and Gravity Group (CCI) coasters in the top ten (plus awesome Phoenix), GCI's in that second tier. I don't understand how GCI El Toro and Troy rank the highest of the GCI's though!?!? Not even close. Perhaps this is another example of the Europeans trying really hard to get their coasters in the top? We're probably also approaching the time to take off the kiddie woodies from the poll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sspaz1000 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 awesome results! I've only been on 3 in the top 20. Can't wait to see what everyone else has to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Great poll and glad to see El Toro still holding on at #1 & Ravine Flyer 2 holding in the Top Ten! Surprised that Wild Beast and Mighty Canadian Spine Buster weren't lower than Ghoster Coaster though! Edit: It will be interesting to see where Rattler ends up at this time next year. My guess is that it won't be at #139!!!! Edited January 13, 2013 by Philrad71 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Johnson Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hooray for El Toro, Boulder Dash and Phoenix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 What did people think of how Voyage ran in 2012? We rode it during opening weekend in May. Although it was VERY smooth, it felt sluggish overall. I assume it needed to break the new track sections in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) Bringing it over Hooray for 1# El Toro! Can't wait for the Steelie to open up ADMIN EDIT: Werner, I purposely did not post the entire results as to give incentive for people to visit Mitch page. He's worked VERY hard on this poll and he deserves some support from our readers, rather than people just copy/pasting his work into our forum. Thanks for your understanding. Edited January 13, 2013 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 It's interesting that Voyage continues to rank as high as it does even though it seems like I've read nothing but poor reviews of how rough that thing has become the past couple of years. I would still rank it in my top 5 based on my rides from about 5 years ago (haven't been back since) but don't know if I would rate it as highly in it's current condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simaticable Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I wonder where Outlaw Run will go next year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivtim Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Great list! A few observations: Wooden Warrior is still in the top 25, and ranked above such venerable coasters as Raven and Shivering Timbers. Is Gwazi Lion the lowest ranked GCI? The Phoenix is still in the top 5 after all these years. The "worst" new woodie built in the past 5 years is Mammut. Has never ranked above 60. The SBNO Ozark Wildcat would still be in the top 20 today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I don't really understand why anyone thinks that Boulder Dash is better than Phoenix but to each his (or her) own. Both are great coasters. It's great to see El Toro at number one again. It's easily my favorite wood coaster. I don't understand why more Intamin woodies haven't popped up since they built El Toro and it's had such overwhelming success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyRush Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Awsome! Great to see how the poll should be! Now i cant wait to do the Steel poll. It will be interesting what that will look like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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