Best Roller Coaster Poll Archives


2011 Wooden Roller Coaster Poll Results
Wood vs Steel "Poll" 2010 Results
2010 Steel Roller Coaster Poll Results
2010 Wooden Roller Coaster Poll Results
2009 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2009 Steel Coaster Poll Results
2008 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2008 Steel Coaster Poll Results
Dozens of Great Roller Coaster Sites that Supported the 2008 Polls
2007 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2007 Steel Coaster Poll Results
Dozens of Great Roller Coaster Sites that Supported the 2007 Polls
2006 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2006 Steel Coaster Poll Results
54 Great Roller Coaster Sites that Supported the 2006 Polls
31 Great Roller Coaster Sites that Supported the 2005 Polls
'New for 2006' Wood Preview Poll Results
2005 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2005 Steel Coaster Poll Results
2005 Hades In-Season Poll
2004 Wooden Roller Coaster Poll
2004 Steel Roller Coaster Poll
2004 Wood Roller Coaster Poll Ballots
 All 433 completed ballots.  Decimal ranks, although used for ordering, are displayed as rounded integer here for legibility. (large file)
2004 Wood Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
163k MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters,only shows mutual riders who specified a preference)
Links to the Top Referring Sites for the 2004 Polls
30+ Great Roller Coaster, Amusement Park, Theme Park, and Other Sites that Supported the 2004 Polls!

2004 Steel Poll Ballots
 All 202 completed ballots.  Decimal ranks, although used for ordering, 
are displayed as rounded integer here for legibility. (91k zipped text file)

2004 Steel Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
159k MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters,only shows mutual riders who specified a preference)
2003 Wood Coaster Poll Results 
2003 Wood Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
173k MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters,only shows mutual riders who specified a preference)
2003 Wood Poll Ballots
 All 265 completed ballots.  Decimal ranks, although used for ordering, 
are displayed as rounded integer here for legibility. (79k zipped text file)

2003 Steel Coaster Poll Results 

2003 Steel Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
383k MS Excel SS zipped (includes Fav Wood, only shows mutual riders who specified a preference)
2003 Steel Poll Ballots
 All 182 completed ballots.  Decimal ranks, although used for ordering, 
are displayed as rounded integer here for legibility. (70k zipped text file)
Top Referring Sites to the 2003 Polls
Bet you've never been to some of these great sites.
2002 Steel Coaster Poll Results 
2002 Wood Coaster Poll Results 
2002 Steel Poll Ballots
 all 152 completed ballots.  (zipped text file)
2002 Steel Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Wood, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters)
2002 Wood Poll Ballots
 all 269 completed ballots.  (zipped text file)
2002 Wood Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters)
New: Courtesy links
Links to sites that have helped steer voters to this year's poll.  
Visit these great sites.

2001 Wood Coaster Poll Results
2001 Steel Coaster Poll Results
3/18/02 - 1999 vs 2001 ranking comparison charts added.
2001 Steel Poll Completed Ballots
 all completed ballots in a zipped text file
2001 Steel Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Wood, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters)
2001 Wood Poll Ballots
 all 262 completed ballots updated with name of rider, sensations poll (at bottom of file).  (zipped text file)
2001 Wood Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel, 1 rider comparisons, and less than 3 rider coasters)
2000 Wood Coaster Poll Results
New: 1993 Results
From the archives, see the genesis of the head to head ranking method for coasters, 
warts and all.  Does anyone out there remember this inauspicious
beginning?  A three-way tie for first!
2000 Wood Coaster Poll Ballots
Anonymized list of all 223 ballots (zipped text file)
2000 Wood Coaster Poll head-to-head Spreadsheet
MS Excel zipped (includes Fav Steel)
1999 Steel Coaster Poll Results 
1999 Wood Poll Results 
All the completed ballots from the 1999 Wood Poll 
All the completed ballots from the 1999 Steel Poll 
1999 Wood Poll head-to-head info MS Excel SS (127k zipped) 
1999 Steel Poll head-to-head info MS Excel SS (190k zipped) 


Results of the 1998 Poll

I have also written a short background  as to why I started the poll and
a fairly longwinded, but hopefully easy to understand, explanation of the
algorithm  used in the poll.