booink Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Those are great results! Happy to see El Toro #1, it really deserve that spot ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolercstrluvr Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Is that CGA's woodie at 172? Lol, I at least got to ride El Toro and I agree that it deserves the #1 spot every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor6 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 The only coasters in the top 20 that I have ridden are Boulder Dash (4), Phoenix (5), and Ravine Flyer II (6). I really need to get out more! Â Luckily, there is a very good chance that the wife and I are going to pay a visit to Goliath at SFGAm this summer. Now to find some park entry discounts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ^I'm worst, I only have El Toro (at least it's a good one!). Hopefully I will hit Boulder Dash next year ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggernel Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Man, that list makes me feel like I desperately need a trip up north. All I've got in the top ten are Outlaw Run and The Voyage. Â 10-30 though, I've got almost all of the American woodies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Here are the coasters in the top 20 that I have yet to ride:  2 T Express 3 Outlaw Run 4 Boulder Dash 13 Gold Striker 17 Twister 18 Wodan TimburCoaster 19 El Toro 20 Tremors  Yep--I've got some catching up to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Of the coasters that I have ridden in the top 30 the list is very close to how I rank the coasters. For me personally Balders gets a bit more competition from Thunderbird, but that is based on my 2007 rides when the ride was only a season old. But the top three is spot-on!  1 El Toro 4 Boulder Dash 5 Phoenix 8 Balder 17 Twister 24 Thunderbird  And of course its great to see the two worst wooden coasters I have ridden towards the very bottom of the list. 170 Magnus Colossus 174 Coaster-Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneRider92 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 So the year I thought Hades was running the best it has been over the past few years, let alone giving the most awesome rides I've had on it since my first ride when it first opened, it absolutely tanks in the polls. Yeesh. I must have built up a tolerance. Â Ah well, I seem to be a fan of things a lot of other people dislike as well, so it's nothing new for me. More legroom on the Hades bandwagon. Â With Outlaw Run being ranked a top three ride, however, I am excited for Goliath this year and what it brings to the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOGdude25 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I've ridden a whopping 3 of the top 20 (Voyage, Thunderhead, and Phoenix), all of which were in my top 5. I never have the money to take multiple trips to new parks so I usually limit myself to just one trip for parks I haven't visited yet and cover as much ground as I can with that one trip. I love my hometown (Nashville), but I sure do wish I lived closer to certain areas (mainly the northeast). Â Anyways, this years results seem pretty spot on. It's great to see GG, RMC, Intamin, and GCI get love as always. I plan on visiting SFGAm and the Dells this summer so I'm really looking forward to Goliath (my first RMC!), and I also heard that Hades 360 got more track work over the off season, but after hearing the terrible reviews, it seems like nothing but a complete rebuild would save it haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Balder below Voyage?!? Um, no. dt  Voyage in the top ten? Um, no, as well.  Gotta agree with this. I assume it's still in the Top Ten because of many people that may have ridden it when the coaster was still fairly new and running well? Either that or they are sadomasochists!  Glad to see Phoenix and RFII still hanging right up near the top with the Intamins and RMC coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ^Voyage was in my top ten when I first rode it in spring of 2009. Then I rode it in summer of 2010, and, well, it was seriously not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ^That really is too bad because I loved the layout of Voyage and knew it had (or had) so much potential to be in the Top Three. Â But when we rode it, it was "almost" Son of Beast rough and that was NOT good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWolfman Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Cheers for Outlaw Run and cheers for Hades360!! This year's poll can kind of give a direction for those parks who are deciding which manufacturer should they buy woodies at  You do realize that the 4 TGG woodies (5 if you count Dauling Dragon as 2) in the top 20 are all above the 6 GCI woodies. Even if the Voyage shouldn't be there, still Ravine Flyer 2, Fireball, and Dauling Dragon are higher rated than the top GCI contenders. If you count CCI woodies along with TGG woodies (I do, because they are made by the same designers except Ms. Dinn herself, and TGG would still be CCI today if she hadn't closed so it wouldn't be involved in her divorce), than Boulder Dash is also included with TGG woodies above the GCI's. As Robb said, GCI's are solid B+ rides, but don't offer the airtime of TGG, Intamin, RMC and many CCI wooden coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyteowl Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Interesting results, crazy to see how close Outlaw Run and El Toro were. Definitely want to ride both of them someday. I already knew Goldstriker would be the best in California, but it placed surprisingly high. Like others have said though, GCI's have tended to drop considerably over the years. Still want to ride it whenever I get a chance to go north though . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Top Twenty coasters I haven't been on, I've got some work to do:  2 T Express 9 Dauling Dragon-R 10 Dauling Dragon-L 11 Fireball 12 Troy 13 Wood Coaster 13 Gold Striker 17 Twister 19 El Toro 20 Tremors  Where I rated the ones in the top twenty I've been on:  1 El Toro (2) 3 Outlaw Run (1) 4 Boulder Dash (5) 5 Phoenix (4) 6 Ravine Flyer II (6) 7 The Voyage (21) 8 Balder (3) 15 Thunderhead (13) 16 Colossos (7) 18 Wodan TimburCoaster (9) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Top twenty coasters I haven't been on: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 ^Coaster envy LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Top twenty coasters I haven't been on: Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 It's nice to see Playland's "Coaster" bounce back to 21, glad some people still love it. More people need to get to Vancouver to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaG Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Top twenty coasters I haven't been on: Â What coasters haven't you been on, anyways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyWD98 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 That's crazy how close Outlaw Run was to debuting at number 1, glad to see it do so well. Â I haven't been on any of the top 20.. By the end of this year, I'll have been on Phoenix, El Toro, Balder and the new Goliath if all goes as planned so that's a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 ^I'd say that's an EXCELLENT start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyWD98 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 ^I'd say that's an EXCELLENT start! Yep, me too, highly looking forward to the East Coast tour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I've now been on 4 of the top 5. Looking forward to re-riding two of them this summer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Cheers for Outlaw Run and cheers for Hades360!! This year's poll can kind of give a direction for those parks who are deciding which manufacturer should they buy woodies at  You do realize that the 4 TGG woodies (5 if you count Dauling Dragon as 2) in the top 20 are all above the 6 GCI woodies. Even if the Voyage shouldn't be there, still Ravine Flyer 2, Fireball, and Dauling Dragon are higher rated than the top GCI contenders. If you count CCI woodies along with TGG woodies (I do, because they are made by the same designers except Ms. Dinn herself, and TGG would still be CCI today if she hadn't closed so it wouldn't be involved in her divorce), than Boulder Dash is also included with TGG woodies above the GCI's. As Robb said, GCI's are solid B+ rides, but don't offer the airtime of TGG, Intamin, RMC and many CCI wooden coasters. I don't know about Revine Flyer 2 or Drauling Dragons, but Fireball's roughness was around Mean Streak level. I've heard someone lives in Wuhan said Drauling Dragons also beat the cr@p out of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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