Comeagain? Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 I asked before but I think it got lost in the flood, do fewer voters tend to skewer the results too much in 1 direction, is that why they aren't included? Just out of curiosity If I was the only person to ride Draken at Gyeongju World and, hypothetically I'm the kind of enthusiast who now feels superior that I have this exclusive credit that nobody else does (because we know they exist) and rank it top would it get bumped to the top of the polls? Ironically enough with my question though, as one of the less than twelve who rated T Express, the only two coasters I put higher than it both still ended up lower on the polls (Kawasemi and Maverick). Yes, that's what happens. And if we try to apply more/less weight based on ridership it becomes heavily US or heavily non-US biased, depending on the direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo77 Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Did something break in the coaster poll? It's not loading with any formatting for me currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeagain? Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Did something break in the coaster poll? It's not loading with any formatting for me currently. Should be coming back soon. Thanks for letting us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 (edited) I would personally love to see how certain coasters did by type. For instance how did the B&M inverts rank, hypers, floorless, the Intamin hypers, top launch coasters, etc since we have threads for those things on here, it would be neat to see how they did after a real poll. I was bored today. I used the rankings from the combined results, and only included coasters that had enough riders to be included in the poll. If I screwed something up/missed something, holla! B&M Hyper/Gigas Fury 325 - #13 Shambhala - #24 Nitro - #32 Mako - #55 Diamondback - #56 Goliath (SFOG) - #58 Leviathan - #59 Apollos Chariot - #63 Behemoth - #73 Hollywood Dream - #77 Silver Star - #97 Raging Bull - #101 Intimidator - #124 Goliath (La Ronde) - #140 B&M Inverts Katun - #27 Nemesis - #29 Montu - #39 Banshee - #45 Monster (Walygator) - #52 Black Mamba - #68 Raptor - #74 Afterburn - #82 Alpengeist - #87 Batman (SFMM) - #118 Flight Deck - #123 Batman la Fuga - #133 Batman (SFGAm) - #135 Batman (SFGAdv) - #144 Batman (SFOT) - #150 Great White (SWSA) - #151 Nemesis Inferno - #153 Goliath (SFFT) - #163 Batman (SFSTL) - #165 Silver Bullet - #168 Batman (SFOG) - #172 Patriot - #180 Talon - #207 Ozlris - #211 Great Bear - #227 B&M Floorless/Sitdown Kumba - #42 Superman Krypton Coaster - #66 Dragon Khan - #86 Hulk - #103 Kraken - #111 Medusa (SFDK) - #112 Wildfire (SDC) - #119 Superman la Atracción de Acero - #121 Hair Raiser - #149 Bizarro (SFGAdv) - #152 Dominator - #167 Rougarou - #223 Dæmonen - #224 Scream - #231 Batman - The Dark Knight - #258 Hydra - #306 Patriot - #401 B&M Dive Machines Sheikra - #62 Griffon - #71 Valravn - #80 Baron 1898 - #125 Diving Coaster (Happy Valley Shanghai) - #181 Krake - #229 Oblivion - #239 B&M Flyers Flying Dinosaur - #28 Tatsu - #54 Manta (SWO) - #85 Superman Ultimate Flight (SFGAm) - #241 Superman Ultimate Flight (SFOG) - #250 Superman Ultimate Flight (SFGAdv) - #257 Galactica - #347 B&M Wing Thunderbird - #116 Gatekeeper - #141 Wild Eagle - #161 Swarm - #195 X-Flight - #254 Flug der Dämonen - #275 Raptor (Gardaland) - #347 Intamin Hyper/Gigas Expedition G-Force - #7 Intimidator 305 - #8 Skyrush - #10 Millennium Force - #11 Superman The Ride - #17 Goliath (Walibi Holland) - #26 Superman Ride of Steel (SFA) - #53 Ride of Steel (Darien) - #60 Thunder Dolphin - #117 Intamin LSM/LIM Launch Maverick - #6 Taron - #20 iSpeed - #23 Cheetah Hunt - #47 Volcano - #79 California Screamin' - #106 Superman: Escape From Krypton - #183 Steel Venom - #200 Vertical Velocity (SFDK) - #204 Wicked Twister - #219 Vertical Velocity (SFGAm) - #247 Tower of Terror II - #267 Possessed - #330 Intamin Hydraulic Launch Top Thrill Dragster - #31 Storm Runner - #37 Xcelerator - #43 Formula Rossa - #50 Speed Monster - #72 Kingda Ka - #75 Superman Escape - #132 Stealth - #138 Furious Baco - #249 Rita - #309 Desert Race - #331 Morgan Hyper/Gigas Phantoms Revenge - #35 Steel Dragon 2000 - #46 Steel Eel - #136 Wild Thing - #166 Mamba - #191 Steel Force - #262 GCI Goldstriker - #61 Mystic Timbers - #65 Troy - #81 Renegade - #96 Kentucky Rumbler - #104 Prowler - #126 Thunderbird (PowerLand) - #134 Joris en de Draak - #143 Lightning Racer - #152 White Lightning - #157 Thunderhead - #173 Wodan Timbur Coaster - #178 American Thunder - #220 InvadR - #251 Apocalypse - #293 Roar - #336 Wildcat - #480 Gravity Group Ravine Flyer II - #48 Voyage - #70 Mine Blower - #93 Wooden Coaster - Fireball - #120 Twister (Gröna) - #137 Wooden Warrior - #167 Boardwalk Bullet - #355 Hades 360 - 470 CCI Boulder Dash - #18 Shivering Timbers - #91 Raven - #95 Ghost Rider - #115 Legend - #127 Tremors - #139 Megafobia - #145 Tonnerre de Zeus - #178 Cornball Express - #196 Rampage - #199 Cyclops - #218 Silver Comet - #232 Timber Terrors - #238 Excalibur - #313 Cheetah - #315 Great White - #334 Outlaw - #350 Hoosier Hurricane - #361 Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain - #382 The Boss - #409 Stampida - #467 Tomahawk - #530 Zach's Zoomer - #534 Zeus - #545 Pegasus - #561 Arrow Mine Trains Thunderation - #277 Road Runner Express - #290 Adventure Express - #413 Runaway Mine Train (SFOT) - #434 Dahlonega Mine Train - #468 Gold Rusher - #469 Runaway Mine Train (SFGAdv) - #478 River King Mine Train - #525 Cedar Creek Mine Ride - #541 Carolina Goldrusher - #552 Arrow Loopers Tennessee Tornado - #194 Loch Ness Monster - #304 Dragon Mountain - #305 Canyon Blaster - #332 Viper (SFMM) - #370 Demon (SFGAm) - #436 Vortex (KI) - #458 Viper (Darien) - #474 Dragon (Ocean Park) - #513 Corkscrew (CP) - #514 Demon (CGA) - #516 Carolina Cyclone - #531 Dragon Fire - #535 Corkscrew (VF) - #542 Corkscrew (Silverwood) - #548 Anaconda - #550 Corkscrew (Michigans Adventure) - #563 Canobie Corkscrew - #571 Arrow Suspended Bat (KI) - #240 Ninja - #272 Vortex (CW) - #386 Vampire - #416 Iron Dragon - #425 Premier Launchers Revenge of the Mummy (USS) - #64 Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast (SFOT) - #88 Full Throttle - #90 Revenge of the Mummy (USO) - #108 Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast (SFSTL) - #130 Superman Ultimate Flight (SFDK) - #146 Phobia Phear Coaster - #179 Revenge of the Mummy (USH) - #197 Poltergeist - #209 Sky Rocket (KW) - #216 Flight of Fear (KI) - #235 Joker's Jinx - #243 Tempesto - #261 Flight of Fear (KD) - #263 Backlot Stunt Coaster (CW) - #345 Backlot Stunt Coaster (KI) - #360 Backlot Stunt Coaster (KD) - #404 RMCs Lightning Rod - #2 Wildfire - #3 Medusa Steel - #4 Outlaw Run - #5 Storm Chaser - #16 New Texas Giant - #19 Twisted Colossus - #21 Wicked Cyclone - #22 Iron Rattler #25 Goliath - #34 Joker - #49 Edited June 11, 2018 by boldikus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrlittle Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 ^ That’s pretty interesting. Thanks for taking the time to make this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfalcioni Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I thought I had a decent assortment of coasters under my belt, but this poll proves to me I need to ride more. Now I just need to convince the hubs that I need a month and about $10k out of our vacation account to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I was bored today. I love it when you're bored--awesomeness results. Thanks for putting that together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thanks for separating it out! I personally thought Talon was one of the better inverts and thought others shared the same thoughts. Guess I was wrong from the breakdown. I'm also shocked to see La Ronde's Goliath at the bottom of the B&M hyper list. I thought it was one of the stronger ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I made a couple edits and fleshed out the GCI and CCI rankings to include most if not all of them. ^ There's a lot of interesting things going on here. For one - how Dominator got ranked so low on the floorless/sitdowns. Criminal. Also how the Batmans are ranked closely, and how Great Bear is so tragically low (and frankly, Alpengeist too). I wasn't too surprised by Talon, though I personally think its one of the better ones. Not surprised by Hydra either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Thanks for taking the time to break it down like this. Talon was closed on the one and only day I visited Dorney back in 2016, so I cannot speak for that ride, however I really enjoyed Great Bear. I think it's a REALLY solid mid-tier B&M Invert, and if it had a stronger second half, I would put it near the top. The first drop, loop, immelmann, zero-G, and high speed turn flow so well and are perfectly designed. I also agree that Dominator sits a little too low on that list, but the only one above it that I've ridden is Bizarro so who am I to say anything. Plus combining it with the sit-downs probably pushed it down further since it got put up with rides like Kumba and Dragon Khan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 There's a lot of interesting things going on here. For one - how Dominator got ranked so low on the floorless/sitdowns. Criminal. I thought the same on Dominator but then I saw the coasters ahead of it. Bizarro is the only one I may put Dominator above. Says a lot about B&M's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Maverick Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I would personally love to see how certain coasters did by type. For instance how did the B&M inverts rank, hypers, floorless, the Intamin hypers, top launch coasters, etc since we have threads for those things on here, it would be neat to see how they did after a real poll. I was bored today. I used the rankings from the combined results, and only included coasters that had enough riders to be included in the poll. If I screwed something up/missed something, holla! Uh... Vekoma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I was bored today. I used the rankings from the combined results, and only included coasters that had enough riders to be included in the poll. If I screwed something up/missed something, holla! Uh... Vekoma? Uhhhh when I said "missed something" I didn't mean "what categories would you like to see", haha. That took me hours, though I will admit I was assisted by iced coffee and rum, hence why I was worried about screwing something up! I thought about doing Vekoma but what am I doing? Ranking the boomerangs and SLC's? That seems tedious and mostly pointless, though I did think about it. edit: just added Premier launchers, Arrow suspended and B&M wing & flyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm legally required to be unbiased because I do all the entries for the coasters but a surprise for me was how low White Lightning placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 how Dominator got ranked so low on the floorless/sitdowns. Criminal. Also how the Batmans are ranked closely, and how Great Bear is so tragically low (and frankly, Alpengeist too). I wasn't too surprised by Talon, though I personally think its one of the better ones. Not surprised by Hydra either. I actually disagree with Dominator, I found it pretty meh. Its so big and fast and the longest floorless coaster, but imo is very short. You do the loop, turns, Cobra Roll (which is a pretty cool layout) but then right into the MCBR. Always found it pretty meh. Shame because that first part is cool, if it did more elements would be great. I agree about the inverts. Great Beat is a superb ride, and Talon is deff one of the better inverts. I always found Hydra fun, but I know its an enthusiast meme...you pretty much have to hate on it. Few have ever told me why, they just lol at it, say its weird or "the roll ruins the whole ride" all of which is silly to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiftThrill Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 Hydra is an enthusiast meme because it's apparently so heartlined that it has no force through any part of the ride. I haven't been on it so I can't say personally, but that's what I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 ^ Hydra isn't my least favorite floorless. It's not forceful, but I do love the straight drop, zero-G roll, and jojo roll. I'll take it over Bizarro, Batman, or Scream, but wasn't shocked it placed at the bottom of the floorless coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm legally required to be unbiased because I do all the entries for the coasters but a surprise for me was how low White Lightning placed. I actually disagree with Dominator, I found it pretty meh. Its so big and fast and the longest floorless coaster, but imo is very short. You do the loop, turns, Cobra Roll (which is a pretty cool layout) but then right into the MCBR. Always found it pretty meh. Shame because that first part is cool, if it did more elements would be great. I agree about the inverts. Great Beat is a superb ride, and Talon is deff one of the better inverts. I always found Hydra fun, but I know its an enthusiast meme...you pretty much have to hate on it. Few have ever told me why, they just lol at it, say its weird or "the roll ruins the whole ride" all of which is silly to me I personally think Dominator is fantastic. I love all of it, its only missing a zero-G but what it does have (that yank off the drop, the speed in the first half, the hang time in the first loop, the airtime off the MCBR, etc) more than makes up for it. But I was more surprised it placed low due to the almost universal praise it gets around here, but maybe I just imagined that. As far as Hydra, I just find it dull. It looks great, it *should* be good based on the the elements, but after a dozen rides I still find it a snooze. The jo-jo roll is just awkward, but I guess its a fun novelty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 I'm not a fan of Hydra either. I liked the jojo roll and thought it was very "not B&M," but the rest of the ride was just plain dull, rattley, and forceless. Not surprised to see it at the bottom. Out of the six I've ridden, it is my least favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
805Andrew Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Cool list. Sounds like something I would do if I was bored too. The only things I see missing are Flight Deck from the B&M invert list and CGA's Patriot from the B&M floorless list. I'm also am surprised to see Great Bear ranked so low on the B&M invert list - I quite liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 ^ Thank you, I fixed those! Patriot is looooooooooooow. I knew I missed a few things, that's why I said to let me know if you guys noticed anything. I'm still blaming it on the rum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 If anyone is still pulling data from the lists it might be interesting to see which parks have the most coasters ranked in the top 50 or top 100-150 or something. Expedition Everest is 100 on the list and around 150 are some Batman the Ride clones, not sure where the "cutoff" should be but I think it's safe to say that everything under that is a coaster most people generally consider to be way above average so a list of parks with the most coasters in the Top Whatever could be interesting. I guess kind of in the same thread it looks like Cedar Point has the best 1/2 coaster combo in Maverick/Millennium Force at 6/11 but I'd be curious what other parks had the lowest combined ranking of their top 2 coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 The parks with the most coasters in the top 50: 3 - Busch Gardens Tampa, Cedar Point 2 - Hersheypark, Kentucky Kingdom, Liseberg, Mirabilandia, Six Flags Great Adventure, Walibi Holland The parks with the most coasters in the top 100: 5 - Cedar Point 4 - Busch Gardens Tampa, Six Flags Magic Mountain 3 - Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Kings Island, Liseberg, Phantasialand, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Over Texas, Universal Studios Japan 2 - Canada's Wonderland, Carowinds, Europa Park, Hansa Park, Hersheypark, Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom, Kings Dominion, Lagoon, Mirabilandia, PortAventura Park, SeaWorld Orlando, Silver Dollar City, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Walibi Holland Keep in mind that some parks just have a lot of coasters. If you calculated the percentage of top 50 / 100 coasters divided by the total rankable coasters per park, things might look different. I'm not calculating all those percentages because are you nuts?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CP Maverick Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Who's got the most near the bottom of the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 The parks with the most coasters in the BOTTOM 50 are: 3 - Canada's Wonderland, Darien Lake, Great Escape 2 - Carowinds, Elitch Gardens, Michigan's Adventure, Movie Park Germany, Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Six Flags New England, Six Flags St. Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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