The Official Mitch Hawker 2012 Steel Coaster Poll Thread!

[robbalvey]

LINK: http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm

 

The Mitch Hawker steel poll is BACK! After being on hiatus for two years, it's BACK!!! We simply cannot stress enough how important this poll is, and how much we can encourage everyone at TPR to vote! Poll open through Feb 28th, 2013

 

There is an EASY online helper to make voting easier! It's EASY!: http://hawker.stationbrakes.com/

 

but please, READ through the Mitch Hawker page for all the information first! http://www.ushsho.com/bestrollercoasterpoll.htm

 

Even if you've ridden 1 or 100 steel roller coasters, this is the one poll where YOUR OPINION MATTERS!!!

 

THE STEEL POLL HAS BEEN ON HIATUS FOR TWO YEARS! IT'S IMPORTANT YOU VOTE THIS YEAR!

 

Thank you to everyone for your support!

 

--Robb

 

 

1/29/13 UPDATE! Texas Giant has been added to the ballot - http://www.ushsho.com/steelballot2012.txt

 

If you have already submitted your ballot, you can email Mitch the updated Texas Giant line and he will add it to your ballot. Email him at: wcoasterpoll@yahoo.com

Edited March 6, 2013 by robbalvey

[Hurricane]

Voted

[Angry_Gumball]

Awesome, just did mine! I'm glad to see that steel is being considered again! Being as I've ridden more steel than wood, I actually had to stop and look over my list of steel and pick 5 of my favorites, all being different types of coasters!

[screaminkid2005]

Done! Heres mine!

 

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COASTER NAME PARK LOC <-LEAVE

Bizarro SF New England MA,y,y,1

Skyrush Hersheypark PA,y,y,2

X2 Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,3

Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,4

Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,5

XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,6

Raptor Cedar Point OH,y,n,7

California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA,y,y,8

Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,9

Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,10

Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH,y,n,11

Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH,y,n,12

Millennium Force Cedar Point OH,y,n,13

Tatsu Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,14

Fahrenheit Hersheypark PA,y,y,15

Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks **,y,y,16

Viper Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,17

Storm Runner Hersheypark PA,y,y,18

Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,19

Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA,y,y,20

Talon Dorney Park PA,y,y,21

Silver Bullet Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,22

Joker's Jinx Six Flags America MD,y,n,23

Great American Scream Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,n,24

Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,n,25

Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH,y,n,26

Possessed Dorney Park PA,y,y,27

Bizarro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,28

Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland CA,y,y,29

Skull Mountain Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,30

Space Mountain Disneyland CA,y,n,31

Gemini Cedar Point OH,y,n,32

Great Bear Hersheypark PA,y,y,33

Ninja Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,34

Revolution Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,35

Scream! Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,36

Iron Dragon Cedar Point OH,y,n,37

Sierra Sidewnder Knott's Berry Farm CA,y,y,38

Batwing Six Flags America MD,y,n,39

Green Lantern:1st Fl. Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,y,40

Mantis Cedar Point OH,y,n,41

Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD,y,n,42

Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,43

Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Parks **,y,y,44

Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,45

Dark Knight Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,46

Steel Force Dorney Park PA,y,y,47

Sooperdooperlooper Hersheypark PA,y,y,48

Hydra the Revenge Dorney Park PA,y,y,49

Green Lantern Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,50

Fav Arrow Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,51

Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,52

Fav Motocoaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,53

Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,54

Roller Soaker Hersheypark PA,y,y,55

Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,56

Fav Arrow Mine Train Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,57

Fav Vekoma Boomerang Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,58

Roller Coaster New York New York NV,y,n,59

Pirates Hideaway Casino Pier NJ,y,n,60

Star Jet Casino Pier NJ,y,n,61

Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,62

[beatle11]

Voted!

[thrillerman1]

Hooray! I can't wait to see how Texas Giant ranks. Wait...why is it not on the list?

[Double0Kevin]

Yay it's back! Ballot has been cast.

[evilmat360]

Here's mine

 

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COASTER NAME PARK LOC <-LEAVE

Colossus Thorpe Park UK,y,y,1

Air Alton Towers UK,y,y,2

Oblivion Alton Towers UK,y,y,3

The Swarm Thorpe Park UK,y,y,4

Nemesis Alton Towers UK,y,y,5

Stealth Thorpe Park UK,y,y,6

Saw - The Ride Thorpe Park UK,y,y,7

Rita Alton Towers UK,y,y,8

Vampire Chessington UK,y,y,9

Sonic Spinball Alton Towers UK,y,y,10

Dragon's Fury Chessington UK,y,y,11

Nemesis Inferno Thorpe Park UK,y,y,12

Thirteen Alton Towers UK,y,y,13

Cobra Paulton's Park UK,y,y,14

[Reality15]

Looks like Dragon Fire at Canada's Wonderland was left off the ballot, or am I just missing something?

[azza29]

Voted! 'Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC' is sitting a little higher than it used to now that Arkham Asylum has the new restraints.

[matteocrepaldi]

Done! Here's my top 20.

I find it always hard to rate coasters!

 

Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,1

Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE,y,n,1

Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,2

Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH,y,n,3

Shambhala Port Aventura ES,n,n,4

Katun Mirabilandia IT,y,y,5

iSpeed Mirabilandia IT,y,y,6

Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park DE,y,y,7

Shock Rainbow Magicland IT,n,n,8

Silver Star Europa-Park DE,y,y,9

Oblivion Alton Towers UK,y,n,10

Furius Baco Port Aventura ES,y,y,11

Stealth Thorpe Park UK,y,y,12

Air Alton Towers UK,y,n,13

OzIris Parc Asterix FR,y,y,14

Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES,y,y,15

The Monster Walyfator FR,y,n,16

Raptor Cedar Point OH,y,n,17

Black Mamba Phantasialand DE,y,n,18

Nemesis Alton Towers UK,y,n,19

Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks **,y,n,20

[Loefet]

Yay, now we can finally know how the steel coaster rates as well

 

Tried to do it with the helper, but it's too much of a chore to individually place every coaster in comparison with all the other ones, especially if you have 150+ entries. So I used the text file I got from the helper and did it the old fashion way, in Notepad

 

Arranged it the same way as last year, in groups:

* Top 19 (no. 1-19)

* Great coasters (no. 20)

* Better than average (no. 30)

* OK! (no. 40)

* Meh... (no 50.)

* Bottom 20 (no 51-70)

 

Here are my top 19:

Dodonpa Fujikyu HighLands

Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere

Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park

Goliath Walibi Holland

Insane Grona Lund

OzIris Parc Asterix

Pyrenees Parque EspaNa

iSpeed Mirabilandia

Nemesis Alton Towers

Katun Mirabilandia

Kawasemi Tobu Zoo

Piraten Djurs Sommerland

Phaethon Gyeongju World

Atlantis Adventure Lotte World

Eejanaika Fujikyu HighLands

Olympia Looping Traveling

Oblivion Alton Towers

Venus Space World

Krake Heide Park

[Erik Johnson]

I think someone else mentioned it before. I also do not see New Texas Giant on there as well. I wonder if it is because it is a hybrid, that it is not considered. I do consider it my top steel coaster though.

[robbalvey]

I think someone else mentioned it before. I also do not see New Texas Giant on there as well. I wonder if it is because it is a hybrid, that it is not considered. I do consider it my top steel coaster though.

I emailed Mitch about it.

[Zoomoo318]

Maverick At cedar point is my favorite

[KI Kidd]

Looks like Dragon Fire at Canada's Wonderland was left off the ballot, or am I just missing something?

 

 

It has been grouped in with the "Favorite Loopscrew."

[robbalvey]

Just got an email back from Mitch. Texas Giant is being added to the poll. Stay tuned...

[robbalvey]

Texas Giant has been added to the ballot - http://www.ushsho.com/steelballot2012.txt

 

If you have already submitted your ballot, you can email Mitch the updated Texas Giant line and he will add it to your ballot. Email him at: wcoasterpoll@yahoo.com

[Astrojack]

I'm using the online helper to generate the ballot and it's generating the wrong order and coasters. Seems to only be an issue with Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg coasters. Just wanted to give people a heads up to double check.

[thrillerman1]

Texas Giant has been added to the ballot - http://www.ushsho.com/steelballot2012.txt

 

If you have already submitted your ballot, you can email Mitch the updated Texas Giant line and he will add it to your ballot. Email him at: wcoasterpoll@yahoo.com

 

Thanks for helping get this omittance corrected, Robb! Texas Giant is the main reason I'm so interested in the poll results this year.

[robbalvey]

I'm using the online helper to generate the ballot and it's generating the wrong order and coasters. Seems to only be an issue with Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg coasters. Just wanted to give people a heads up to double check.

Mitch just mentioned this to me too. I think we'll see a few growing pains in these first couple of days since the poll has been on hiatus for a while, so thank you for your patience and I'm sure he will get everything corrected very soon!

[alilstronger]

I tried to focus on my top 10 but anyone that knows me well knows that Skyrush is my ultimate fave steel!

[Erik Johnson]

Just got an email back from Mitch. Texas Giant is being added to the poll. Stay tuned...

 

Thanks Robb!

[vacoaster09]

INTIMIDATOR 305!!!

[A.J.]

I hope that Skyrush ends up right up there with Intimidator 305, Bizarro and Expedition GeForce. I think that it certainly deserves being in at least the top ten.