TPR 2019 Coaster Poll Results!

[ytterbiumanalyst]

^ Nice! Your results look similar to mine, except that you have a bunch of Busch coasters in there. I was going to go to Tampa this year...but...you know....

[Hilltopper39]

You are not the first person to report this problem, we're looking into it.

I'm getting that same error as well.

 

Can't see my full rankings but my top 5 were

 

1. Maverick

2. Steel Vengeance

3. Phoenix

4. Lightning Rod

5. Kumba

 

Maverick is still my #1 but 2 through like 8 are all pretty interchangeable to me.

[VinTheAttendant]

Thank you to everyone who worked on this poll. For some reason I feel both surprised and not surprised by the results. Either way, there a now a lot of coasters I'm looking forward to now.

 

A couple of questions:

1. Would it be possible to put a link to the results and maybe previous results on the coasterpoll.com website menu or homepage? (Unless I'm blind and it's already there and I can't find it)

2. For fun top lists, might I request "Best wood coasters running PTC trains"?

 

Thank you again to TPR for putting this together. Looking forward to participating again next year!

[Comeagain?]

If you're getting a 404 error trying to see your full rankings, you can click on your name in the upper right, then "Account Settings" and make your rankings public or private. Voting is also open again so you can see your rankings that way as well.

[Condor]

Here's my combined ranking. And full list.

 

1. Skyrush

2. Steel Vengeance

3. Voyage

4. Expedition GeForce

5. Maverick

6. El Toro

7. Medusa Steel Coaster

8. Fury 325

9. Flying Dinosaur

10. Superman The Ride

11. Eejanaika

12. Intimidator 305

13. Millennium Force

14. Kumba

15. Goliath (SFOG)

16. Boulder Dash (What can I say? My rides on it have been mostly great)

17. Hakugei

18. Twisted Timbers

19. Wicked Cyclone

20. Outlaw Run

21. Raptor

22. Phantom's Revenge

23. Magnum XL-200

24. Ravine Flyer II

25. Taron

 

I also want to add how glad I am that all the recent Japan travel on here has resulted in a very solid #17 steel ranking for Flying Dinosaur, joining Fury 325 as the only B&Ms on the list!

[A.J.]

For fun top lists, might I request "Best wood coasters running PTC trains"?

You got it!

 

2019 Top 15 Wooden Coasters running PTC trains

 

1. Phoenix - Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort

2. Voyage - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

3. Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce

4. Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer Water World

5. Wooden Coaster Fireball - Happy Valley Shanghai

6. Shivering Timbers - Michigan's Adventure

7. Tremors - Silverwood Theme Park

8. Comet - Great Escape

9. Rampage - Alabama Splash Adventure

10. Beast - Kings Island

11. Raven - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

12. Legend - Holiday World & Splashin' Safari

13. Boardwalk Bullet - Kemah Boardwalk

14. Twister - Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort

15. Timber Terror - Silverwood Theme Park

[cfc]

Here's my top 25, if anyone's curious.

 

1. New Texas Giant (SFOT)

2. Expedition GeForce (Holiday Park)

3. El Toro (SFGrAd)

4. Untamed (Walibi Holland)

5. Twisted Timbers (KD)

6. Maverick (CP)

7. Steel Vengeance (CP)

8. Wildfire (Kolmården)

9. Balder (Liseberg)

10. Goliath (Walibi Holland)

11. Intimidator 305 (KD)

12. Phoenix (Knoebels)

13. Kawasemi (Tobu Zoo)

14. Piraten (Djurs Sommerland)

15. Fly Over Mediterranean (Happy Valley Chengdu)

16. Mega-Lite (Happy Valley Shanghai)

17. Lech Coaster (Legendia)

18. Twisted Colossus (SFMM)

19. Cheetah Hunt (BGTampa)

20, Lightning Run (KK)

21. Schwur des Kärnan (Hansa Park)

22. Skyrush (Hersheypark)

23. Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood)

24. Olympia Looping/Munich Looping (Traveling)

25. Goliath (SFGrAm)

 

Truth be told, the Mega Lites are run about the same to me, so you could say they're tied for 13th place. Millennium Force is number 26, by the way. You can blame Lech Coaster for knocking it out of the top 25.

 

My highest ranked Disney coaster is Big Grizzly Runaway Mine Cars, at number 34.

[cal1br3tto]

The biggest surprise for me at a glance has been Comet at Great Escape coming in at #26 wood. Granted, I'm also a pretty big fan based on my mostly-marathoned rides in 2011. Is this a sign that it's held up well since then?

[The Great Zo]

My totally-subjective top 25. Anything I rode for the first time in 2019 is marked with a *.

 

18 of the 25 (and 9 of the top 10) are made by Intamin or RMC.

 

1) Millennium Force (Cedar Point)

2) Expedition GeForce (Holiday Park)

3) Steel Vengeance (Cedar Point)

4) Lightning Rod (Dollywood)

5) Medusa Steel Coaster (Six Flags Mexico)

6) El Toro (Six Flags Great Adventure)

7) Outlaw Run (Silver Dollar City)

8) Kärnan (Hansa Park)

9) Untamed (Walibi Holland) *

10) Wildfire (Kolmården Wildlife Park)

11) Fury 325 (Carowinds)

12) Storm Runner (Hersheypark)

13) Skyrush (Hersheypark)

14) Helix (Liseberg)

15) Hyperion (Energylandia) *

16) Phoenix (Knoebels)

17) Lech Coaster (Legendia) *

18) Top Thrill Dragster (Cedar Point)

19) Maverick (Cedar Point)

20) The Voyage (Holiday World)

21) Intimidator 305 (Kings Dominion)

22) Taiga (Linnanmaki) *

23) Colossos (Heide Park)

24) Goliath (Walibi Holland)

25) Banshee (Kings Island)

[Canobie Coaster]

The biggest surprise for me at a glance has been Comet at Great Escape coming in at #26 wood. Granted, I'm also a pretty big fan based on my mostly-marathoned rides in 2011. Is this a sign that it's held up well since then?

 

One of the trains was running pretty slow in 2019, but the other ran like its usual self. Great Escape takes really good care of their star attraction.

[DBru]

Thanks for another great poll guys!

 

The biggest surprise to me was seeing Superman: The Ride (SFNE) at #25 Steel, a few ranks below Goliath. I had so much fun on this last trip to Walibi Holland but I definitely think Goliath and Untamed are a tad overrated. Then again, I made some kind of mistake and accidentally left (the wonderful, elegant, expensive) Wildfire off my list this year.

 

BUT, I’m super excited to see Tulireki at the bottom of the list. That thing is awful.

 

Top 25

1. El Toro

2. Sky Rush

3. Intimidator 305

4. Fury 325

5. Hyperion

6. Maverick

7. Steel Vengeance

**(Wildfire)

8. Voyage

9. Taron

10. Millennium Force

11. Tiaga

12. Lech Coaster

13. X2

14. Phantom’s Revenge

15. Expedition GeForce

16. Lightning Rod

17. Outlaw Run

18. Mindbender (SFOG)

19. Blue Fire

20. Black Mamba

21. Powder Keg

22. Behemoth

23. Storm Runner

24. Leviathan

25. Goliath (Walibi Holland)

 

Honorable mention to Balder at 26!

 

Bottom 5

5. Demon (CGA)

4. Corkscrew (Cedar Point)

3. Cedar Creek Mine Ride

2. Coast Rider (Knott’s)

1. Tulireki

[boldikus]

Top B&M inverts?

B&M hypers?

B&M wing? Dive?

GCI's?

Top Intamin coasters?

Top Impulse coasters?

Free spins?

[A.J.]

Let's go by manufacturers first, shall we? Top 10 from each coming up!

 

2019 Top 10 B&M Coasters

 

1. Fury 325 - Carowinds

2. Flying Dinosaur - Universal Studios Japan

3. Shambhala - PortAventura Park

4. Nemesis - Alton Towers

5. Pyrenees - Parque Espana Shima Spain Village

6. Katun - Mirabilandia

7. Nitro - Six Flags Great Adventure

8. Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa

9. Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa

10. Monster - Walygator Parc

 

 

2019 Top 10 Gerstlauer Coasters

 

1. Schwur des Kärnan - Hansa Park

2. Fury - Bobbejaanland

3. Monster - Adventureland (Iowa)

4. Gold Rush - Attractiepark Slagharen

5. Fluch von Novgorod - Hansa Park

6. Smiler - Alton Towers

7. HangTime - Knott's Berry Farm

8. Takabisha - Fuji-Q Highland

9. Karacho - Erlebnispark Tripsdrill

10. Madagascar Mad Pursuit - Motiongate

 

 

2019 Top 10 Intamin Coasters

 

1. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park

2. Maverick - Cedar Point

3. El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure

4. Skyrush - Hersheypark

5. Taron - Phantasialand

6. Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion

7. Millennium Force - Cedar Point

8. Mega Lite Coasters - various parks

9. T Express - Everland

10. Goliath - Walibi Holland

 

 

2019 Top 10 Mack Coasters

 

1. DC Rivals Hypercoaster - Warner Bros. Movie World

2. Helix - Liseberg

3. Icon - Blackpool Pleasure Beach

4. Lost Gravity - Walibi Holland

5. Alpina Blitz - Nigloland

6. Time Traveler - Silver Dollar City

7. Copperhead Strike - Carowinds

8. Star Trek Operation Enterprise - Movie Park Germany

9. Blue Fire coasters - various parks

10. Space Fantasy The Ride - Universal Studios Japan

 

 

2019 Top 5 Vekoma Coasters

 

1. Lech Coaster - Legendia

2. Space Warp coasters - various parks

3. Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars - Hong Kong Disneyland

4. Tron Lightcycle Power Run - Shanghai Disneyland

5. Expedition Everest - Disney's Animal Kingdom

 

 

And, for giggles, of these five manufacturers, the numbers of steel coasters in the top 100:

 

B&M - 35

Intamin - 23 (plus 4 wooden coasters)

Mack - 8

Gerstlauer - 6

Vekoma - 4

[Xcelerator4]

I don't know what Mako people are riding, but it is an absolute injustice that that absolute beast of a hypercoaster doesn't even make it into B&M's top 10 while something like Monster at Walygator Park does. Completely baffling. While there is some other stuff like this, the poll has been remarkably similar to my own rankings. Great job on this whole thing to AJ and the TPR staff!

[Condor]

I don't know what Mako people are riding, but it is an absolute injustice that that absolute beast of a hypercoaster doesn't even make it into B&M's top 10 while something like Monster at Walygator Park does.

 

Not that I have or anything, but have you been on Monster? Comments I've seen describe it as something like Raptor without the hard slam into the brakes and 5-10% extra juice. Sounds pretty good to me.

[cfc]

I don't know what Mako people are riding, but it is an absolute injustice that that absolute beast of a hypercoaster doesn't even make it into B&M's top 10 while something like Monster at Walygator Park does. Completely baffling. While there is some other stuff like this, the poll has been remarkably similar to my own rankings. Great job on this whole thing to AJ and the TPR staff!

 

I think Mako is OK, but nothing all that special.

[A.J.]

I don't know what Mako people are riding, but it is an absolute injustice that that absolute beast of a hypercoaster doesn't even make it into B&M's top 10 while something like Monster at Walygator Park does. Completely baffling. While there is some other stuff like this, the poll has been remarkably similar to my own rankings. Great job on this whole thing to AJ and the TPR staff!

B&M really just makes too many consistently good coasters. It certainly isn't a bad reflection on Mako.

 

For what it's worth, Monster and Mako are only separated by half a percentage point in terms of comparison wins. In fact, the top 53 coasters, all the way down to Leviathan, achieved win percentages of 90 percent or more. That means that each of those coasters won 90 or more percent of the head-to-head comparisons they were placed in on people's ballots.

[coasterbill]

I like Mako more every time I ride it. I want to say that it's better than Nitro, but in Nitro's defense we never ride it when it's not laughably below it's minimum temperature limit in December running way slower than it would normally. Conversely, Mako is in Florida.

[ElToro8]

Will there be a 2020 poll?  And if so when?