CPmillenia94 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Top 50 RANK THE FOLLOWING RIDING SENSATIONS <-LEAVE Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,1 Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,2 Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,3 Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,4 Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,5 Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,6 COASTER NAME PARK LOC <--Please leave this Intimidator 305 Kings Dominion VA,y,n,1 Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,2 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA,y,n,3 New Texas Giant Six Flags Over Tex TX,y,n,4 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD,y,y,5 Maverick Cedar Point OH,y,n,6 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,7 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH,y,n,8 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH,y,n,9 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,10 Volcano: The Blast Co Kings Dominion VA,y,y,11 Hollywood Rip Ride Ro Universal Studios FL,y,y,12 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL,y,n,13 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,14 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA,y,y,15 Skyrush Hersheypark PA,y,n,16 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,17 Raptor Cedar Point OH,y,n,18 Manta SeaWorld Orlando FL,y,n,19 Mr. Freeze Reverse Bl Six Flags Over Tex TX,y,n,20 Fahrenheit Hersheypark PA,y,n,21 Chinese Fireball Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,22 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL,y,y,23 Batwing Six Flags America MD,y,y,24 Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX,y,n,25 Flight of Fear Kings Dominion VA,y,y,26 Fav Giant Inv. Boom Any Park Anywhere **,y,y,27 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH,y,n,28 Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,29 Great Bear Hersheypark PA,y,n,30 Griffon Busch Gardens Will VA,y,y,31 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA,y,y,32 Steel Force Dorney Park PA,y,n,33 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks **,y,y,34 Hungarian Horntail Islands of Adventu FL,y,y,35 Revenge of the Mummy Universal Studios FL,y,y,36 Fav Intamin Impulse Any Park Anywhere **,y,n,37 Rock n Roller Coaster Disney's H Studios FL,y,y,38 Steel Eel SeaWorld San Anton TX,y,n,39 Bizarro SF New England MA,y,y,40 Dominator Kings Dominion VA,y,y,41 Loch Ness Monster Busch Gardens Will VA,y,y,42 Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Parks **,y,y,43 Cheetah Hunt Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,44 Hydra the Revenge Dorney Park PA,y,n,45 Talon Dorney Park PA,y,n,46 Bizarro Six Flags Great Ad NJ,y,y,47 Joker's Jinx Six Flags America MD,y,y,48 Journey to Atlantis SeaWorld Orlando FL,y,n,49 Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA,y,y,50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I sent my ballot the first day and received a confirmation e-mail 1-2 weeks later, so yes he probably do these all at once. Can't wait to see the results ! I sent mine right in the beginning and still got no email. I'm starting to think something went wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Sent! Some big drops for coasters I used to love more than the average enthusiast, so my list might look a touch more 'normal' this year, but it still has plenty of quirks as I'm sure most lists do! Top 60 of Amazingness, Excellence or Relative Decency 01. X2 02. Maverick 03. Iron Rattler 04. New Texas Giant 05. Phantom's Revenge 06. Top Thrill Dragster 07. Favorite Giant Inverted Boomerang 08. Medusa, SFDK 09. Tatsu 10. Flight of Fear, KD 11. Flight of Fear, KI 12. Apollo's Chariot 13. Goliath, SFOG 14. Intimidator 15. Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast, SFOT 16. Storm Runner 17. Mr. Freeze Reverse Blast, SFStL 18. Montu 19. Volcano: The Blast Coaster 20. Powder Keg 21. SheiKra 22. Griffon 23. Millennium Force 24. Favorite Batman: The Ride 25. Favorite El Loco 26. Mamba 27. Steel Force 28. Flight Deck, CGA 29. Poltergeist 30. Joker's Jinx 31. Intimidator 305 32. Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit 33. Cheetah Hunt 34. Full Throttle 35. Wildfire 36. Superman: Ultimate Flight, SFDK 37. Steel Eel 38. Nitro 39. Alpengeist 40. Talon 41. Xcelerator 42. Superman: Ride of Steel, SFA 43. Kraken 44. Dominator 45. Kingda Ka 46. Diamondback 47. Hydra 48. Superman: Krypton Coaster 49. Favorite Skyloop XT 150 50. Raging Bull 51. Kumba 52. Manta, SWO 53. Raptor 54. Sky Rocket 55. Titan 56. Goliath, SFMM 57. Shock Wave, SFOT 58. Bizarro, SFGADv 59. Fahrenheit 60. Silver Bullet Hall of Shame 157. Favorite Flitzer 158. Rainier Rush 159. Favorite Zyklon 160. Anaconda 161. Favorite Mack SuperSplash 162. Ninja, SFOG 163. Favorite Jet Star 164. Pirates Hideaway 165. Ninja, SFStL 166. Pony Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Got mine in today. Thought I'd do it from scratch this year, that was a lot of work. My 472 steel coaster count (according to coastercounter.com) chunked up to 211 on the poll with the grouped coasters. That's a lot of clones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleRiderCam Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 ^It's probably the kiddy coasters that weren't added to the polls, but if they were, just imagine where a ride like Wacky Worm would be placed. Probably higher than Manhattan Express Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 ^Good point, I forgot they cut all them out. I'd rather ride a kiddie coaster than Goudurix, though riding neither would be more preferable. Ah memories, I remember the mini Dragon Wagon at Beech Bend almost tipped over with all of us in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Sorted out my ballot at last. Top ten, in no particular order: - Intimidator 305 - Maverick - Superman Escape - Griffon - Diamondback - Skyrush - Raptor - Millennium Force - Bizarro - Xcelerator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medoman Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 my top 10 - 1) Intimidator 305 - King's Dominion (USA) 2) Expedition Geforce - Holiday Park (germany) 3) Skyrush - Hersheypark (USA) 4) Shambhala - Portaventura (spain/catalunya) 5) Blue Fire - Europa Park (Germany) 6) Maverick - Cedar Point (USA) 7) Kingda Ka - 6 Flags Great Adventure (USA) 8) Leviathan - Canada's Wonderland (Canada) 9) Behemoth - Canadas Wonderland (canada) 10) Magnum XL-200 - Cedar Point (USA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamico2 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Top 20: 1. Intimidator 305 (1.5 Phoenix) 2. Millennium Force 3. Phantom's Revenge 4. Maverick 5. Behemoth 6. Ride of Steel 7. Nitro 8. Goliath (SFoG) 9. Storm Runner 10. Diamondback 11. Griffon 12. Top Thrill Dragster 13. Mystery Mine 14. Magnum XL-200 15. Steel Force 16. Raptor 17. Chinese Fireball 18. Alpengeist 19. Skyrush 20. Tatsu Bottom 5: 94. Anaconda 95. Favorite Boomeranf 96. Favorite SLC 97. Ninja (SFoG) 98. Favorite Volare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Turbo Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 98. Favorite Volare In this case it looks like that should be changed to "Least Hated Volare" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ^Having ridden a few unfortunately, "Least Violating volare" would be apt. Let's see if Goudurix can continue it's dominance of last spot, there's some bad ones out there, but I see no clear challenger. To add insult to grievous bodily harm, the day I was there, the poor French people were lining up for three hours on an infernally hot day to ride it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 1. Mind Bender 2. Mind Bender 3. Mind Bender 4. Mind Bender 5. Shock Wave 6. Magnum XL-200 ...blah blah blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ^The funny thing is either Mind Bender would have fit that slot perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ^I've only been on Mind Bender, haven't done Mindbender yet But I look forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 ^I've only been on the SFOG one too (with a space LOL), though the Edmonton one sounds impressive...and weather proof. I love how Anton full circuit coasters have so much force, but are so smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleRiderCam Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I just looked on the website and the final voting date has been extended to April 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booink Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 ^That doesn't surprise me, I'd say about two weeks after the beginning of the poll Mitch sent an e-mail to say there was less than 300 persons who voted. I'm sure this is to allow more peoples to vote and have more accurate results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Oh, maybe now I'll have time to work on my ballot. Wasn't going to take time out of the Japan trip to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 More time is always better, though that ruins my theory that they must've had a good turnout because they didn't extend the deadline this time (not saying it's a definite that the turnout was poor). Now get those ballots in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyWD98 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 More time is always better, though that ruins my theory that they must've had a good turnout because they didn't extend the deadline this time (not saying it's a definite that the turnout was poor). Now get those ballots in! Yeah, my thoughts exactly. By the way, last day to vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Last call for ballots, guys! (I'm assuming there's at least an hour or two left to send 'em in.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Oh, maybe now I'll have time to work on my ballot. Wasn't going to take time out of the Japan trip to do it! Elissa, do you mind sharing your ballot here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 (edited) Result is out!!! 2013 Mitch Hawker Steel Poll Top Twenty 1. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park 2. New Texas Giant - Six Flags Over Tex 3. Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion 4. Bizarro - SF New England 5. Skyrush - Hersheypark 6. Maverick - Cedar Point 7. Kawasemi - Tobu Zoo 8. Shambhala - Port Aventura 9. Nemesis - Alton Towers 10. Iron Rattler - Six Flags Fiesta 11. Katun - Mirabilandia 12. Piraten - Djurs Sommerland 13. Leviathan - Canadas Wonderland 14. Millennium Force - Cedar Point 15. Pyrenees - Parque EspaNa 16. Montu - Busch Gardens Tamp 17. Mega-Lite - Happy Valley Song 18. Goliath - Walibi Holland 19. Sky Scrapper - World Joyland 20. iSpeed - Mirabilandia 2013 Mitch Hawker Steel Poll Bottom Ten 355. Fav Vekoma Corkscrew - Any Park Anywhere 356. Pirates Hideaway - Casino Pier 357. Ninja - Six Flags St. Loui 358. Sequoia Adventure - Gardaland 359. Mirage Rosso - Zoosafari Fasanola 360. Roller Coaster - New York New York 361. Fav Zyklon Loop - Any Park Anywhere 362. Fav Chance Toboggan - Any Park Anywhere 363. Goudurix - Parc Asterix 364. Fav Zamperla Volare - Any Park Anywhere Edited April 16, 2014 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 ^HA!!! Love it! And guess what...I never even did a ballot! Looks like the Intamin love and respect is strong even without me championing the cause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 'Favorite Wood Coaster' would have finished #1 this year if it were included in the official results, losing no mutual rider comparisons. The only blemish was a 25 to 25 tie given by the generally less experienced riders (see below) of #8 'Shambhala'. This is 2 years in a row now right? If you factor this in it makes RMC and Intamin look even better. Not only are their rides taking up the majority of the top spots in the steel coaster poll but we can safely assume that El Toro and Outlaw Run are actually ranked even higher than their other coasters given the wood coaster results which were almost a first place tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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