FINAL RESULTS: 2002 Internet Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster Poll

Michigan's Shivering Timbers reclaimed the top spot for the first time
since its debut in 1998. Connecticut's Boulder Dash climbed one spot over
last year to finish second and Idaho's Tremors also climbed one spot to
finish third. Longtime favorites Raven and Comet round out this year's top five.

The biggest shake-up in the top ten was the drop of longtime European
favorites Tonnerre de Zeus and Megafobia from #1 and #5 to #10 and #12
respectively. Neither ride was reportedly running at its best in the few hours
when the large contingent of American enthusiasts visited them this summer.

The voting was fairly tight amongst the top three as Boulder Dash held
the top spot for the first half of the voting and the third spot for much of
the second half before edging back ahead of Tremors for second.

One pair of coasters in the top 20 was manually reordered this year.
Coaster was moved ahead of Tonnerre de Zeus. The promoted coaster had fewer blemishes
(losses + ties/2) on its record and beat the other head to head but was behind
on straight winning percentage due to fewer valid comparisons (wins) to
coasters in the bottom tier.

The two new rides that had enough riders to be included, Spain's Wild Wild West
and Indiana's Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, placed #99 and 104 respectively.

Other coasters that placed better than ever (relatively) this year include
Raven at #4 (which was bettered this year only by coasters that did not exist
when it finished #2 in 1995), Phoenix at #6, Cornball Express at #14, Grand National at #18,
Viper at #25, Loup Garou at #26, Excalibur at #27, Dania Beach Hurricane at #28,
The Boss at #30, Thunder Run at #39 and Texas Cyclone at #71.

#5 Comet (NY), #6 Phoenix, and #9 Vancouver's Coaster waged a close battle for
the top spot in the "Over 40" division. These three designs have been able
to withstand the tests of time. Coaster, the only one of these three
rides still located at its original site, is now threatened with relocation
or worse in the near future.

It is quite amazing to note the number of rides originally designed and
built in the 1920's, 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's and one from as long ago
as 1917 still in the top 60. Equally amazing is that 33 of the top 50 rides
did not yet exist in 1994.

Silverwood and Holiday World both have arguments for being the park with
the best wooden coaster duo. Tremors edged Raven in ranking and
won the head to head comparison but The Legend finished several spots ahead of
Timber Terror and won the mutual rider comparison convincingly.

Among the top five head-to-head: ST was preferred 37-28-3 over BD,
18-10-1 over Tremors, 73-29-2 over Raven, and 40-10 over Comet among those riders
who had ridden both. BD was preferred 14-10 over Tremors, 41-26-4 over Raven,
and 50-11 over Comet. Tremors was preferred 15-11-2 over Raven and 12-6-1 over
Comet. Raven was preferred to Comet 37-16.

Also of note is that #161 Hercules was preferred to California's #162 The Grizzly
by a convincing 36-13-6 vote.

You may see all 14,706 head-to-head comparisons between the 172 coasters
(including fav steel) that had riders take the poll this year by downloading
the spreadsheet from the website http://www.geocities.com/wcoasterpoll

My Favorite Steel category continued its climb in the rankings and
would have actually finished first this year. My Favorite Steel edged
Shivering Timbers 41-39-14 and lost only to Tremors 11-13-2 in the head to head
voting. Steel coaster designers have improved their non-inverting wood-like
designs in the last five years and that has been reflected in the finish of the
My Favorite Steel category in this poll: 12th in 1997 & 1998, 11th in 1999,
8th in 2000, 4th in 2001, and 1st in 2002.

Steel coaster fans: Remember to cast your ballot by December 15th, 2002 in
the Internet Steel Coaster Poll. Ballots are at http://www.geocities.com/wcoasterpoll

The following results are presented in a tabular format showing 1994
through 2002 placements, giving a better feel for trends and consistencies
in the poll. When viewing this chart, one should expect a coaster's rank
to drop slightly from year to year due to additional coasters debuting in
the poll. Special attention should be paid to the RIDERS column as the
fewer the number of riders, the greater the margin of error.

Symbols: # - no riders or no riders numerically ranked this coaster that year. R#- < 5 rider/raters (greater margin for error). (R is the Rank) Rt- Coaster tied for rank R S - coaster SBNO or in storage, not included in the poll that year. x - not included on the ballot that year due to error on my part. - - coaster was not yet built. n - coaster new or rebuilt this year. f - years that rank is for Wild Mouse at Frontierland. The 1993 results are not included in this chart due to the low number of ballots received and other differences in the poll that year. 72 persons took the poll in 1994, 72 in 1995, 104 in 1996, 130 in 1997, 141 in 1998, 150 in 1999, 223 in 2000, 262 in 2001, and 269 this year. Total Number of Ballots = 269 Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden = 40.2 +------------------------------------------------------- 2002 Rank | +-------------------------------------------------- 2001 Rank | | +--------------------------------------------- 2000 Rank | | | +---------------------------------------- 1999 Rank | | | | +----------------------------------- 1998 Rank | | | | | +------------------------------ 1997 Rank | | | | | | +------------------------- 1996 Rank | | | | | | | +-------------------- 1995 Rank | | | | | | | | +--------------- 1994 Rank | | | | | | | | | '02POLL V V V V V V V V V COASTER PARK LOC RIDERS 1 2 2 2 1 - - - - Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 132 2 3 5 - - - - - - Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 96 3 4 7 4 - - - - - Tremors Silverwood ID 36 4 10 8 7 6 4 3 2 - Raven Holiday World IN 144 5 9 9 5t 5 3 2 1 1 Comet Great Escape NY 69 6 11 11 9 12 9 9t 6 4 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 140 7 7 15 - - - - - - The Legend Holiday World IN 137 8 6 6 8 4 - - - - Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 40 9 12 12 12 11 5 4 3 3 Coaster Playland BC 37 10 1 1 1 2 2 - - - Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 44 11 8 4 5t 7 - - - - GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 112 12 5 3 3 3 1 1 - - Megafobia Oakwood UK 49 13 13 - - - - - - - Colossos Heide Park DE 35 14 15 - - - - - - - Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 107 15 18 10 10 13 13 7 9 6 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 99 16 14 14 18 26 11 8 - - Timber Terror Silverwood ID 39 17# 23 - - - - - - - Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 3 18 29 29 19 15 21 12 12 14 Grand National Blackpool UK 59 19 19 16 - - - - - - Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 29 20 20 20 14 10 6 9t 8 2 Texas Giant SFoT TX 75 21 21 23 15 14 12 9t 15 8 Cyclone Astroland NY 98 22 24 19 - - - - - - Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 120 23 27t 21 - - - - - - Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 121 24 47 44 35 30 18 S S S Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 5 25 26 30 20 34 40 24 37 - Viper SFGAm IL 130 26 107 - - - - - - - Loup Garou SF Belgium BE 28 27 40 37 29 22 - - - - Excalibur Funtown USA ME 40 28 27t 34 - - - - - - Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 37 29 17 - - - - - - - Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 34 30 33 45 - - - - - - The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 86 31 30 26 22 25 30 21 18 44 Screechin' Eagle LeSourdsville Lake OH 75 32 32 24 13 - - - - - Twister Knoebel's PA 133 33 31 25 17 16 22 18 19 9 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 80 34 25 28 24 17 15 15 10 7 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 10 35 22 17 - - - - - - The Villain Worlds of Adventure OH 159 36 34 18 47 23 8 - - - Stampida Port Aventura ES 9 37 35 41 28 20 19 16 13 - Cyclops Big Chief WI 61 38 36 27 21 - - - - - Roar Marine World CA 55 39 52 53 50 54 47 41 56 30 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 126 40 37 33 30 - - - - - Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 103 41 41 42 32 - - - - - Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 104 42 50 40 34 24 17 17 7 10 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 143 43 68 68 68 52 45 44 27 17 The Beast Kings Island OH 178 44 45 38 36 21 24 14 4 12 Wild One SF America MD 110 45 48 49 33 33 28 - - - Zeus Big Chief WI 64 46 49 48 39t 28 - - - - Roar SF America MD 100 47 42 39 27 18 14 5 - - Wildcat Hersheypark PA 137 48 39 43 26 19 10 6 5 13 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 59 49 51 36 23 27 26 27 20 21 Cyclone Lakeside CO 31 50 53 51 31 - - - - - Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 40 51 38 31 25 29 27 35 29 31 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 101 52 54 47 45 42 31 19 17 29 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 45 53 44 35 - - - - - - Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 31 54 63 60 38 49 32 22 23 16 Big Dipper Worlds of Adventure OH 166 55 56 50 44 38 25 S S 18 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 71 56 66 62 51 51 42 29 11 11 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 205 57 59 56 46 32 23 20 21 15 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 121 58 46 46 70 70 58 32 34 33 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 26 59 58 52 42 39 41 25 26 28 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 151 60 67 54 49 36 20 13 - - Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 57 61 57 55 41 31 43 30 31 20 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 74 62 61 64 71 68 56 49 49 45 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 95 63 71 58 55 56 52 39 54 35 Zingo Bell's OK 24 64 60 61 39t 43 38 28 22 19 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 36 65 65 57 63 69 73 67 58 116# Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 56 66 43 32 - - - - - - Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 24 67 55 63 37 40 33 26 24 24 Hurler Carowinds NC 61 68 76 67 52 45 39 40 28 23 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 26 69 62 70 43 35 35 45 36 52 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 59 70 78 72 66 47 36 31 40 34 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 139 71 100 101 99 91 102 87 97 69 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 57 72 70 59 58 46 29 23 16 26 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 115 73 69 75 56 61 69 60 72 49 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 101 74 121 115 105f 108f 97f 95f 44f 54f King Solomons Mines Pleasureland UK 36 75 72 73 59 53 53 46 50 36 Racer Kennywood PA 152 76 75 76 65 75 49 42 45 53 Outlaw Adventureland IA 47 77 104 103 97 81 90 76 60 82 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 57 78 85 80 73 72 48 53 51 93 Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 25 79 96 84 74 60 46 43 41 32 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 126 80 74 79 61 57 57 50 48 39 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 37 81 87 87 75 85 66 54 54 43 Racer Kings Island OH 179 82 73 71 48 44 44 35 38 25 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 16 83 77 66 53 37 - - - - Twist Twin - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 119 84 82 65 54 41 - - - - Twist Twin - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 116 85 89 88 67 59 67 68 55 76 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 14 86 84 74 62 64 50 52 59 47 Skyliner Lakemont PA 84 87 86 93 83 63 54 62 43 96 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 8 88 80 83 86 77 65 59 47 48 Roller Coaster Joyland KS 24 89 79 92 79 65 62 61 53 92 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 24 90 93 94 85 90 68 58 57 59 Comet Hersheypark PA 137 91 91 98 84 67 77 66 65 65 Tornado Adventureland IA 48 92 98 97 80 62 60 38 42 41 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 123 93 101 102 95 66 64 34 30 - Cannonball Waterville USA AL 22 94 102 104 93 84 70 64 88 66 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 50 95 88# 77 57 71 74 71 75 112# Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 5 96# 95 95# 76# # # # # # White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 3 97 97 90t 91 88 82 73 87 64 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 49 98 81 78 89 79 91 86 79 68 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 99 99# - - - - - - - - Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W ES 4 100 99 100 90 78 80 63 67 63 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 76 101 103 109 88 58 51 46 14# - Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 25 102 90 86 72 73 34 37 25 22 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 5 103 92 81 60 48 55 48 32 118# Cyclone Pleasureland UK 40 104 - - - - - - - - Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 50 105 94 99 78 80 76 72 68 40 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 96 106 106 105 96 89 84 80 70 61 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 65 107 138 111# 113 120 63 - - - Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 5 108 111 108 87 76 75 65 74 70 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 47 109# 64# # - - - - - - Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 3 110 118 128 118 106 99 85 86 78 American Eagle SFGAm IL 140 111 105 90t 81 86 71 69 61 71 Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 17 112 112 113t 116 117 98 S S S Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 81 113 113 118 115 97 104 82 77 57 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 40 114 123 129 101 - - - - - Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 13 115 109 106 100 93 81 51 62 38 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 39 116 114 107 98 92 83 77 84 94 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 15 117 125 130 120t 95 107 98# 103# 100# Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR 7 118 110 110 104 87 101 73 73 51 Flyer Comet (SBNO) Whalom Park MA 35 119 124 124 120t 113 92 78 69 55 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 29 120 117 133 122 101 95 81 71 60 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 124 121 83 85 64 103 79 S S S Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 27 122 127 135 137 112 86 79 81 46 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 129 123 116 113t 107 105 105 99 89 67 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 57 124 143 126 117 110 100 83 101 73 Wildcat Frontier City OK 26 125 129 134 - - - - - - Thunder Eagle(SBNO) Race World TN 15 126# 154 158 148# 125 88 # 39# # Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT 4 127 115 112 106 96 89 89 80 62 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 60 128 119 121 119 121 108 97 90 83 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 57 129# 128# 122# 111# 98# 114 94 82 99 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 3 130# 122 125 108 104 109# 90# 53# 102# Hullamvasut Varosliget HU 3 131 132 127 112 107 96 88 118# 119# Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 30 132 140 120 110 111 110 92 108 75 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 119 133 131 136 - - - - - - Son of Beast Kings Island OH 150 134 133 137 124 83 87 55 35 50 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 50 135 120 116 109 109 94 84 78 56 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 49 136 135 123 114 74 59 33 33 27 Predator Darien Lake NY 86 137 136 131 125 119 117 100 85 91 Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 28 138 144 141 136 132 120 108 96 85 Comet Waldameer PA 45 139# 137 143 130 130 125 S S S Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 4 140 134 139 102 100 93 57 76 74 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 113 141 139 140 126 114 113 109 - - Pegasus Big Chief WI 59 142 157 149 138 136 123 113 107 87 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 50 143# 146# 138 131 128 122 114 95 111 Beastie (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 144 147 153 135 115 103 73 66 42 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 203 145 145 147 128 126 121 103 98 79 Beastie Kings Island OH 150 146 155 155 142 133 128 102 104 84 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 47 147 149 144 141 129 118 111 100 86 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 103 148 153 151 140 131 127 119 99 114 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 125 149 130 132 123 122 116 101 83 102 Pegasus de Efteling NL 27 150# 158# 148 92 135 129# 107# 111# 110# Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 151 148 145 144 124 124 104 93 81 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 59 152 142 146 133 123 106 105 # - Antelope Gulliver's World UK 6 153 150 152 139 140 131 110 105 77 Little Dipper Hillcrest IL 7 154 151 150 143 134 126 115 102 89 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 46 155 152 156 134 127 112 56# - - Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 32 156 160 161 149 138 130 112 109 80 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 18 157 159 157 129 116 111 96 92 72 Raging Wolf Bobs Worlds of Adventure OH 165 158 156 159 145 139 134 116 106 113 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 29 159 161 160 150 142 132 118 110 88 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 29 160 163 154 146 141 133 117 - - Underground Adventureland IA 32 161 162 162 147 137 119 93 63 58 Hercules Dorney Park PA 139 162 164 163 151 143 135 120 112 90 The Grizzly Great America CA 73 The following coasters had fewer than the required number of riders, they would have placed ahead of the coaster currently rated the number listed below based on those two riders who rated them. 54# # # - - - - - - Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 2 64# - - - - - - - - New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 2 98# 108# 96# 77# # # # # # Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP 2 112# # 82# 69# # # # # # White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 2 134# 126# 119 103 99 85# 91 91 x Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 2 160# 141 142 127 118 115 106# # # Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 2 These coasters had fewer than two riders take the poll this year: # # # # - - - - - King Kobra Hopi Hari BR 1 # # # - - - - - - Regina Tobu Zoo JP 1 # 16# 22# 16# - - - - - Aska Nara Dreamland JP 1 # - - - - - - - - Elf Hirakata Park JP 0 # # # # # x x x x Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 The following coasters are gone but not forgotten: - - - - 8 7 S S 5 Twister Elitch Gardens CO - - 13 11 9 16 S S S Wildcat Idora Park OH - - - - 50 37 S S 37 Wildcat Elitch Gardens CO - - - 82 82 72 70 64 115# Texas Tornado Frontierland UK - - 69 132 55 78 S S S Thunderbolt Coney Island NY - - 89 94 94 61 S S S Jack Rabbit Idora Park OH - # 117# # 102# # S S S Devil's Coach (S) J's Amusements CA Below, the 2002 results are listed in more detail. The columns listed are: RANK, COASTER NAME, PARK, LOC (two letter abbreviation of state, province, or country), RIDERS (number of polltakers who indicated they rode each coaster), W (head to head wins versus other coasters), L (losses), T (ties), WinPct (winning percentage), and TiBk (tiebreaker..head to head preferences between those coasters tied). Special attention should again be paid to the RIDERS column when viewing the results. In general, the rankings of those coasters with more riders will be more likely to truly reflect the popular sentiment about a coaster. There is a * in place of a rank for coasters with < 5 riders. A blank line has been inserted where > (2/#coasters) WinPct gaps exist. The program was run twice. Once excluding "My Favorite Steel" to get the results for the wooden coasters so that they would not be affected by it, and once including "My Favorite Steel" so it could be placed amongst the wooden coasters. Total Number of Ballots = 269 Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden = 40.2 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 132 154 0 0 1.0000 2 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 96 153 1 0 0.9935 3 Tremors Silverwood ID 36 148 2 0 0.9867 4 Raven Holiday World IN 144 153 3 0 0.9808 5 Comet Great Escape NY 69 151 5 0 0.9679 6 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 140 151 5 1 0.9650 7 The Legend Holiday World IN 137 148 6 0 0.9610 8 Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 40 144 7 1 0.9507 9 Coaster Playland BC 37 141 9 0 0.9400 10 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 44 149 9 1 0.9403 11 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 112 150 10 0 0.9375 12 Megafobia Oakwood UK 49 146 11 1 0.9272 13 Colossos Heide Park DE 35 144 11 3 0.9209 14 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 107 135 14 1 0.9033 15 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 99 139 14 2 0.9032 16 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 39 134 15 1 0.8967 * Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 3 18 2 1 0.8810 18 Grand National Blackpool UK 59 138 18 5 0.8727 19 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 29 129 19 1 0.8691 20 Texas Giant SFoT TX 75 131 20 5 0.8558 28 21 Cyclone Astroland NY 98 132 21 3 0.8558 25 22 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 120 129 22 4 0.8452 23 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 121 128 22 5 0.8419 24 Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 5 110 20 5 0.8333 2 25 Viper SFGAm IL 130 127 25 1 0.8333 1 26 Loup Garou SF Belgium BE 28 128 25 2 0.8323 27 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 40 128 26 1 0.8290 28 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 37 125 25 2 0.8289 29 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 34 122 24 3 0.8289 30 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 86 124 28 2 0.8117 31 Screechin' Eagle LeSourdsville Lake OH 75 123 29 1 0.8072 32 Twister Knoebel's PA 133 125 30 1 0.8045 33 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 80 127 31 2 0.8000 34 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 10 114 26 7 0.7993 35 The Villain Worlds of Adventure OH 159 120 30 4 0.7922 36 Stampida Port Aventura ES 9 85 18 16 0.7815 37 Cyclops Big Chief WI 61 111 35 5 0.7517 38 Roar Marine World CA 55 117 38 3 0.7500 39 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 126 117 39 1 0.7484 40 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 103 115 39 2 0.7436 41 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 104 114 40 2 0.7372 42 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 143 114 41 1 0.7340 43 The Beast Kings Island OH 178 112 41 3 0.7276 44 Wild One SF America MD 110 112 41 4 0.7261 45 Zeus Big Chief WI 64 108 40 6 0.7208 46 Roar SF America MD 100 109 43 4 0.7115 47 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 137 112 46 0 0.7089 48 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 59 105 42 4 0.7086 49 Cyclone Lakeside CO 31 105 42 6 0.7059 50 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 40 102 43 3 0.6993 51 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 101 104 45 3 0.6941 52 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 45 100 49 5 0.6656 53 Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 31 100 51 5 0.6571 54 Big Dipper Worlds of Adventure OH 166 101 56 0 0.6433 55 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 71 97 54 4 0.6387 56 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 205 99 56 2 0.6369 57 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 121 99 57 1 0.6338 58 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 26 89 52 7 0.6250 59 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 151 94 59 3 0.6122 60 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 57 89 57 4 0.6067 61 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 74 94 61 5 0.6031 62 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 95 90 59 3 0.6020 63 Zingo Bell's OK 24 87 57 6 0.6000 64 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 36 85 61 3 0.5805 65 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 56 89 64 7 0.5781 66 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 24 83 62 2 0.5714 67 Hurler Carowinds NC 61 84 65 4 0.5621 68 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 26 84 65 5 0.5617 69 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 59 87 68 6 0.5590 70 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 139 86 69 2 0.5541 71 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 57 80 65 3 0.5507 72 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 115 85 71 1 0.5446 73 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 101 78 71 3 0.5230 74 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland UK 36 77 70 7 0.5227 75 Racer Kennywood PA 152 81 74 1 0.5224 76 Outlaw Adventureland IA 47 73 70 6 0.5101 77 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 57 74 81 3 0.4778 78 Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 25 68 77 4 0.4698 79 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 126 70 80 3 0.4673 80 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 37 67 77 6 0.4667 81 Racer Kings Island OH 179 71 82 3 0.4647 82 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 16 66 77 4 0.4626 83 Twist Twin - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 119 70 83 2 0.4581 84 Twist Twin - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 116 69 84 2 0.4516 85 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 14 63 78 5 0.4486 86 Skyliner Lakemont PA 84 66 82 4 0.4474 87 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 8 31 42 12 0.4353 88 Roller Coaster Joyland KS 24 61 81 7 0.4329 89 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 24 60 80 8 0.4324 90 Comet Hersheypark PA 137 66 89 3 0.4272 91 Tornado Adventureland IA 48 58 84 8 0.4133 92 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 123 62 90 5 0.4108 93 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 22 56 83 11 0.4100 94 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 50 58 85 6 0.4094 95 Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 5 39 64 29 0.4053 * White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 3 19 32 17 0.4044 97 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 49 56 87 6 0.3960 98 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 99 57 90 6 0.3922 * Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W ES 4 37 66 16 0.3782 100 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 76 56 95 4 0.3742 101 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 25 50 90 6 0.3630 102 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 5 9 19 6 0.3529 103 Cyclone Pleasureland UK 40 50 95 7 0.3520 104 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 50 44 86 9 0.3489 105 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 96 52 98 2 0.3487 106 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 65 51 100 2 0.3399 107 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 5 21 60 28 0.3211 108 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 47 47 100 1 0.3209 * Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 3 1 4 3 0.3125 110 American Eagle SFGAm IL 140 47 105 1 0.3105 111 Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 17 41 98 11 0.3100 112 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 81 45 103 4 0.3092 113 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 40 42 102 4 0.2973 114 Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 13 22 73 29 0.2944 115 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 39 40 104 4 0.2838 116 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 15 39 104 2 0.2759 117 Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR 7 24 86 27 0.2737 118 Flyer Comet (SBNO) Whalom Park MA 35 36 107 6 0.2617 119 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 29 37 110 3 0.2567 120 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 124 36 116 8 0.2500 121 Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 27 35 112 6 0.2484 122 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 129 35 115 2 0.2368 123 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 57 31 115 6 0.2237 124 Wildcat Frontier City OK 26 30 115 5 0.2167 125 Thunder Eagle(SBNO) Race World TN 15 24 100 8 0.2121 * Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT 4 5 20 1 0.2115 127 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 60 30 116 3 0.2114 19 128 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 57 30 116 3 0.2114 12 * Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 3 8 34 3 0.2111 * Hullamvasut Varosliget HU 3 13 80 17 0.1955 131 Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 30 27 121 5 0.1928 132 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 119 28 124 4 0.1923 133 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 150 28 124 1 0.1863 20 134 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 50 26 122 5 0.1863 18 135 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 49 27 122 1 0.1833 136 Predator Darien Lake NY 86 24 128 2 0.1623 137 Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 28 22 124 2 0.1554 138 Comet Waldameer PA 45 20 123 6 0.1544 * Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 4 14 110 7 0.1336 140 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 113 20 136 2 0.1329 141 Pegasus Big Chief WI 59 19 130 2 0.1325 142 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 50 18 137 3 0.1234 * Beastie (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 1 44 11 0.1161 144 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 203 16 137 4 0.1146 145 Beastie Kings Island OH 150 16 136 3 0.1129 146 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 47 14 135 4 0.1046 147 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 103 14 139 2 0.0968 148 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 125 13 137 2 0.0921 149 Pegasus de Efteling NL 27 11 137 6 0.0909 * Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 3 45 3 0.0882 151 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 59 11 140 3 0.0812 152 Antelope Gulliver's World UK 6 8 125 4 0.0730 153 Little Dipper Hillcrest IL 7 6 121 6 0.0677 154 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 46 9 137 2 0.0676 155 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 32 7 134 4 0.0621 156 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 18 5 135 7 0.0578 157 Raging Wolf Bobs Worlds of Adventure OH 165 8 147 2 0.0573 158 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 29 6 141 2 0.0470 7 159 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 29 6 141 2 0.0470 4 160 Underground Adventureland IA 32 3 141 0 0.0208 161 Hercules Dorney Park PA 139 1 154 2 0.0127 162 The Grizzly Great America CA 73 0 157 2 0.0063 Here is how the coasters with fewer than the required riders would have rated. 54* Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 2 31 8 38 0.6494 65* New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 2 14 9 6 0.5862 100* Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP 2 15 28 20 0.3968 115* White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 2 7 26 25 0.3362 138* Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 2 0 21 4 0.0800 165* Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 2 1 73 6 0.0500 * Regina Tobu Zoo JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Aska Nara Dreamland JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * King Kobra Hopi Hari BR 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Elf Hirakata Park JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000 The ride forces 'poll within a poll' was a runaway endorsement of airtime. The results are similar to those for the steel poll last year, except that the more forceful "abrupt" airtime was preferred here and lateral forces were much more welcome and positive G's/loops less so than for those who took the steel poll last year. The top coasters among those who favored each of the six sensations are listed at the end of this file. 1 Abrupt Airtime_____________________________ 256 5 0 0 1.0000 2 Floating Airtime___________________________ 256 4 1 0 0.8000 3 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_ 256 3 2 0 0.6000 4 Sensation of Speed_________________________ 256 2 3 0 0.4000 5 Lateral Forces_____________________________ 256 1 4 0 0.2000 6 Positive G's/Loops_________________________ 256 0 5 0 0.0000 Abrupt Air Floating A Out of Con Sensation Lateral Fo Positive G 1 Abrupt Air X 126 124 6 162 89 5 175 76 5 221 29 6 229 24 3 2 Floating A 124 126 6 X 181 72 3 191 61 4 223 28 5 238 14 4 3 Out of Con 89 162 5 72 181 3 X 131 118 7 211 39 6 213 38 5 4 Sensation 76 175 5 61 191 4 118 131 7 X 194 58 4 223 28 5 5 Lateral Fo 29 221 6 28 223 5 39 211 6 58 194 4 X 165 89 2 6 Positive G 24 229 3 14 238 4 38 213 5 28 223 5 89 165 2 X I also ran the program using only this year's riding experiences. These results are not very meaningful as there are MANY pairings of coasters that no rider had ridden both of this year. As you can see, our poll respondents had ridden an average of 17.2 wood coasters this year. That sounds good until it is realized that when there are fewer than 1/2 as many ride experiences it causes there to be an average of fewer than 1/4 as many people who had ridden each pair of coasters (this year vs. ever). Therefore, I want to be very clear that the following results based on only 2002 ride experiences have a much greater margin of error and are only included here because they may be of some limited additional interest to some enthusiasts. For what it's worth, it appears that Boulder Dash, Raven, and The Legend impressed those that rode them this year. Ironically, Shivering Timbers may not have thrilled to the degree it has in past years. Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden This Year = 17.2 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 50 115 0 0 1.0000 1 * Zingo Bell's OK 2 1 0 0 1.0000 0 3 Raven Holiday World IN 91 126 2 0 0.9844 4 The Legend Holiday World IN 88 124 3 1 0.9727 5 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 82 126 4 1 0.9656 6 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 79 120 4 1 0.9640 7 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 71 117 6 2 0.9440 8 Tremors Silverwood ID 17 72 5 1 0.9295 9 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 90 121 10 2 0.9173 10 Comet Great Escape NY 20 76 9 4 0.8764 11 Megafobia Oakwood UK 38 93 13 3 0.8670 12 Viper SFGAm IL 71 106 15 8 0.8527 13 Coaster Playland BC 14 56 7 9 0.8403 14 Colossos Heide Park DE 28 80 14 3 0.8402 15 Cyclone Astroland NY 21 63 10 7 0.8313 16 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 32 80 13 10 0.8252 17 The Beast Kings Island OH 92 99 20 8 0.8110 18 Screechin' Eagle LeSourdsville Lake OH 39 85 17 9 0.8063 19 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 42 78 16 8 0.8039 20 Grand National Blackpool UK 40 85 19 5 0.8028 21 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 45 86 19 9 0.7939 22 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 18 63 18 2 0.7711 23 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 11 46 11 8 0.7692 24 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 46 81 24 9 0.7500 25 The Villain Worlds of Adventure OH 79 87 25 13 0.7480 26 Twister Knoebel's PA 78 89 28 7 0.7460 27 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 17 56 18 4 0.7436 28 Texas Giant SFoT TX 23 68 22 7 0.7371 29 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 44 78 28 7 0.7212 30 Cyclops Big Chief WI 23 56 20 6 0.7195 31 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 7 36 13 4 0.7170 32 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 24 48 18 4 0.7143 33 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 16 49 17 9 0.7133 34 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 43 67 24 14 0.7048 35 Zeus Big Chief WI 19 54 21 6 0.7037 36 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 15 52 19 14 0.6941 37 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 9 42 16 12 0.6857 38 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 60 83 37 6 0.6825 39 Loup Garou SF Belgium BE 24 56 25 6 0.6782 40 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 33 61 27 8 0.6771 41 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 5 29 13 5 0.6702 42 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 53 77 36 8 0.6694 43 Wild One SF America MD 37 65 31 9 0.6619 44 Roar Marine World CA 21 47 23 7 0.6558 45 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 43 59 29 11 0.6515 46 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 37 61 33 6 0.6400 47 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 14 44 26 9 0.6139 48 Big Dipper Worlds of Adventure OH 82 72 48 7 0.5945 * Cyclone Lakeside CO 3 4 2 5 0.5909 50 Roar SF America MD 39 58 40 6 0.5865 51 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 5 24 16 7 0.5851 52 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 45 61 42 10 0.5841 53 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 50 66 46 9 0.5826 54 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 21 44 33 13 0.5611 * Stampida Port Aventura ES 2 4 3 2 0.5556 56 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 116 68 54 6 0.5547 57 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 6 23 18 10 0.5490 58 Tornado Adventureland IA 16 34 29 5 0.5368 59 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 22 36 32 10 0.5256 60 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 14 43 40 10 0.5161 61 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 42 43 41 20 0.5096 * Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 3 3 3 5 0.5000 0 63 Hurler Carowinds NC 23 30 30 10 0.5000 0 * Roller Coaster Joyland KS 2 1 1 9 0.5000 0 * Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 3 0 0 2 0.5000 0 66 Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 26 37 38 9 0.4940 * Starliner Miracle Strip FL 3 10 11 7 0.4821 68 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 7 26 29 7 0.4758 69 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland UK 26 42 47 10 0.4747 70 Racer Kennywood PA 50 52 58 7 0.4744 71 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 11 22 26 12 0.4667 72 Comet Hersheypark PA 45 47 56 9 0.4598 73 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 41 42 53 14 0.4495 74 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 44 38 49 14 0.4455 75 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 11 19 26 15 0.4417 76 Racer Kings Island OH 85 50 65 11 0.4405 77 Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 11 24 33 7 0.4297 78 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 9 13 19 6 0.4211 79 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 9 15 24 14 0.4151 80 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 35 36 53 10 0.4141 81 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 88 48 72 13 0.4098 82 Outlaw Adventureland IA 17 26 39 7 0.4097 83 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 54 43 65 10 0.4068 84 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 19 32 49 5 0.4012 85 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 5 15 26 9 0.3900 86 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 28 31 54 15 0.3850 87 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 40 39 65 5 0.3807 88 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 89 43 74 10 0.3780 89 Twist Twin - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 58 43 74 9 0.3770 * Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 4 6 13 9 0.3750 91 American Eagle SFGAm IL 68 39 72 14 0.3680 92 Skyliner Lakemont PA 19 25 49 13 0.3621 93 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 5 11 24 12 0.3617 94 Twist Twin - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 54 38 74 15 0.3583 95 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 7 12 29 14 0.3455 96 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 10 16 36 12 0.3438 97 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 11 16 39 18 0.3425 98 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 49 36 74 7 0.3376 99 Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 7 11 25 7 0.3372 * Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 4 6 15 5 0.3269 101 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 40 31 69 9 0.3257 102 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 36 28 65 6 0.3131 * Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W ES 3 2 5 1 0.3125 104 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 21 15 42 8 0.2923 105 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 48 28 75 8 0.2883 106 Cyclone Pleasureland UK 28 27 72 7 0.2877 107 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 50 30 81 9 0.2875 108 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 26 22 59 5 0.2849 * Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 2 2 6 1 0.2778 110 Predator Darien Lake NY 17 17 54 11 0.2744 111 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 10 11 46 15 0.2569 * Rutschebanen Bakken DK 2 0 1 1 0.2500 113 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 50 24 85 12 0.2479 114 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 22 17 69 10 0.2292 115 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 17 11 44 3 0.2155 * Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 3 0 7 5 0.2083 117 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 13 11 61 12 0.2024 118 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 78 22 100 9 0.2023 119 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 69 19 94 11 0.1976 120 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 16 11 52 3 0.1894 121 Pegasus Big Chief WI 21 9 62 7 0.1603 122 Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 21 10 76 9 0.1526 123 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 19 5 53 11 0.1522 124 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 108 17 106 4 0.1496 125 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 7 5 45 7 0.1491 126 Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 21 7 80 9 0.1198 127 Comet Waldameer PA 21 5 77 11 0.1129 128 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 7 2 45 8 0.1091 129 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 11 4 52 5 0.1066 130 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 73 11 114 5 0.1038 131 Underground Adventureland IA 12 4 46 3 0.1038 132 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 23 4 78 10 0.0978 133 Beastie Kings Island OH 63 9 106 5 0.0958 134 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 62 7 104 8 0.0924 135 Raging Wolf Bobs Worlds of Adventure OH 69 9 112 4 0.0880 136 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 36 9 98 1 0.0880 137 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 7 3 51 4 0.0862 * Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 2 0 6 1 0.0714 139 Hercules Dorney Park PA 51 4 110 4 0.0508 140 Pegasus de Efteling NL 18 1 80 1 0.0183 * Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 3 0 16 0 0.0000 142 The Grizzly Great America CA 27 0 94 0 0.0000 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Abrupt Airtime as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 37 150 0 0 1.0000 2 Tremors Silverwood ID 14 139 2 1 0.9824 3 Raven Holiday World IN 52 149 2 2 0.9804 4 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 35 147 3 1 0.9768 5 The Legend Holiday World IN 51 146 3 2 0.9735 6 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 55 149 6 0 0.9613 7 Coaster Playland BC 12 138 6 1 0.9552 8 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 39 143 8 0 0.9470 9 Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 14 141 7 2 0.9467 10 Megafobia Oakwood UK 18 142 8 2 0.9408 11 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 16 138 8 3 0.9362 12 Comet Great Escape NY 28 136 12 3 0.9106 13 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 43 133 13 1 0.9082 14 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 42 135 13 4 0.9013 15 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 14 125 13 3 0.8972 16 Cyclone Astroland NY 35 137 16 2 0.8903 17 Texas Giant SFoT TX 23 132 15 7 0.8799 18 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 8 123 17 1 0.8759 19 Viper SFGAm IL 42 126 17 4 0.8707 20 Screechin' Eagle LeSourdsville Lake OH 29 130 18 4 0.8684 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Floating Airtime as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 35 145 0 0 1.0000 2 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 57 145 1 0 0.9932 3 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 49 142 3 1 0.9760 4 Tremors Silverwood ID 11 115 2 2 0.9748 5 Comet Great Escape NY 26 140 4 1 0.9690 6 Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 14 134 4 3 0.9610 7 Raven Holiday World IN 51 136 7 3 0.9418 * Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 2 16 1 0 0.9412 9 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 38 138 9 2 0.9329 10 Megafobia Oakwood UK 20 128 9 3 0.9250 11 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 34 123 9 3 0.9222 12 Colossos Heide Park DE 12 127 9 4 0.9214 13 Coaster Playland BC 12 123 9 4 0.9191 14 The Legend Holiday World IN 48 125 14 5 0.8854 15 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 13 114 14 4 0.8788 16 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 39 122 15 5 0.8768 * Stampida Port Aventura ES 3 39 5 2 0.8696 18 Loup Garou SF Belgium BE 9 114 15 6 0.8667 19 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 14 119 15 8 0.8662 20 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 11 118 16 7 0.8617 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Lateral Forces as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. * Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 3 122 0 3 0.9880 * Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 4 123 0 5 0.9805 * Tremors Silverwood ID 2 95 0 4 0.9798 * Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 3 120 1 4 0.9760 * The Legend Holiday World IN 4 120 4 4 0.9531 3 * Raven Holiday World IN 4 119 3 6 0.9531 1 * Coaster Playland BC 3 115 5 4 0.9435 1 * Megafobia Oakwood UK 3 115 5 4 0.9435 1 * Phoenix Knoebel's PA 3 115 5 5 0.9400 * Comet Great Escape NY 3 114 5 5 0.9395 * Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 2 87 4 8 0.9192 * Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 3 102 10 2 0.9035 * Cyclone Astroland NY 3 109 13 2 0.8871 * Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 2 22 2 2 0.8846 * GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 2 86 10 3 0.8838 * The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 3 79 9 6 0.8723 * Texas Giant SFoT TX 3 105 14 5 0.8669 * Timber Terror Silverwood ID 2 82 10 7 0.8636 * The Villain Worlds of Adventure OH 4 97 18 2 0.8376 * Excalibur Funtown USA ME 3 98 18 8 0.8226 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 16 141 1 1 0.9895 2 Comet Great Escape NY 11 139 2 3 0.9757 5 3 The Legend Holiday World IN 28 140 3 1 0.9757 3 4 Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 11 139 3 1 0.9755 5 Tremors Silverwood ID 8 135 3 1 0.9748 6 Raven Holiday World IN 29 140 4 0 0.9722 7 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 9 136 2 5 0.9685 8 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 18 137 6 1 0.9549 9 Megafobia Oakwood UK 7 132 6 2 0.9500 10 Coaster Playland BC 11 134 7 1 0.9472 11 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 23 133 10 1 0.9271 12 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 23 133 11 2 0.9178 13 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 17 126 13 2 0.9007 14 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 10 125 14 2 0.8936 15 Texas Giant SFoT TX 17 126 14 3 0.8916 16 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 17 126 15 3 0.8854 17 Cyclone Astroland NY 17 125 16 4 0.8759 18 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 9 120 16 4 0.8714 19 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 18 122 17 4 0.8671 20 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 9 120 18 3 0.8617 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Positive G's/Loops as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. There were only 3 ballots that listed Positive G's/Loops as favorite which caused the ranking to be meaningless. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Hurler Carowinds NC 2 2 0 0 1.0000 * Thunder Road Carowinds NC 2 1 1 0 0.5000 The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed Sensation of Speed as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 2 1 0 0 1.0000 2 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 13 109 0 3 0.9866 3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 10 106 1 2 0.9817 4 Raven Holiday World IN 13 104 3 2 0.9633 5 The Legend Holiday World IN 11 96 3 2 0.9604 6 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 14 98 4 3 0.9476 7 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 12 99 7 2 0.9259 * Tremors Silverwood ID 3 22 1 2 0.9200 9 Comet Great Escape NY 5 86 8 1 0.9105 10 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 13 95 9 5 0.8945 11 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 13 94 10 5 0.8853 12 Twister Knoebel's PA 13 91 14 4 0.8532 13 Megafobia Oakwood UK 6 80 13 6 0.8384 * Colossos Heide Park DE 4 57 11 0 0.8382 15 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 5 66 12 2 0.8375 * Timber Terror Silverwood ID 3 19 3 3 0.8200 * Rampage (SBNO) Visionland AL 2 42 6 10 0.8103 18 Zeus Big Chief WI 5 59 12 5 0.8092 19 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 10 87 19 4 0.8091 20 The Beast Kings Island OH 19 87 16 12 0.8087 For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this poll, visit the website http://www.geocities.com/wcoasterpoll