Detailed Wood Roller Coaster Poll Results 2005
Below, the 2005 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 = 581
Average Number of Wooden Roller Coasters Ridden = 30.7
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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1 Balder Liseberg SE 65 173 0 0 1.0000
2 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 130 171 2 0 0.9884
3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 144 171 3 0 0.9828 27
4 Tremors Silverwood ID 65 168 3 0 0.9825 15
5 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 39 169 4 0 0.9769 10
6 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 202 170 4 0 0.9770 9
7 Hades Mount Olympus WI 108 169 5 0 0.9713
8 Rampage Visionland AL 61 165 9 0 0.9483 17
9 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 99 165 9 0 0.9483 11
10 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 137 164 9 1 0.9454 55
11 Raven Holiday World IN 184 164 9 1 0.9454 53
12 Colossos Heide Park DE 93 164 10 0 0.9425
13 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City MO 62 157 12 3 0.9215
14 Megafobia Oakwood UK 75 160 14 0 0.9195
15 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 141 159 14 1 0.9167
16 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 68 156 14 4 0.9080 29
17 The Legend Holiday World IN 177 158 16 0 0.9080 20
18 Coaster Playland BC 63 155 18 1 0.8937
19 Grand National Blackpool UK 104 153 19 2 0.8851 24
20 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 201 153 19 2 0.8851 18
21 Comet Great Escape NY 97 153 20 1 0.8822
22 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 27 145 19 5 0.8728 17
23 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 91 151 22 0 0.8728 3
24 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 42 143 23 3 0.8550
25 Cyclone Astroland NY 125 147 25 2 0.8506
26 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 232 147 26 1 0.8477
27 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 61 146 26 2 0.8448
28 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 230 144 27 3 0.8362
29 J2 Clementon Lake NJ 52 131 27 3 0.8230
30 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 145 141 31 2 0.8161
31 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 8 129 25 12 0.8133
32 Twister Knoebel's PA 194 141 32 1 0.8132 41
33 Texas Giant SFoT TX 134 141 32 1 0.8132 32
34 Viper SFGAm IL 206 141 33 0 0.8103
35 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE 84 135 36 2 0.7861
36 Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake OH 54 133 34 7 0.7845
37 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 33 131 34 7 0.7820
38 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 127 135 37 2 0.7816
39 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 122 135 38 1 0.7787
40 Wild One SF America MD 174 134 38 2 0.7759
41 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 65 129 38 4 0.7661
42 Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 5 116 32 10 0.7658
43 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 56 129 39 3 0.7632
44 Mega Zeph SF New Orleans LA 48 126 42 4 0.7442
45 Cyclone Lakeside CO 66 128 44 2 0.7414
46 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 172 128 46 0 0.7356
47 Regina Tobu Zoo JP 39 121 42 9 0.7297
48 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 216 126 47 1 0.7270
49 Roar Marine World CA 113 124 48 2 0.7184
50 The Beast Kings Island OH 264 123 50 1 0.7098
51 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 186 118 53 3 0.6868
52 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 32 110 50 8 0.6786
53 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 181 114 54 6 0.6724
54 Stampida Port Aventura ES 58 107 49 14 0.6706
55 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 63 112 54 6 0.6686
56 Zingo Bell's OK 37 114 56 4 0.6667 19
57 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 218 114 56 4 0.6667 12
58 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 94 114 57 3 0.6638
59 Roar SF America MD 173 113 58 3 0.6580
60 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 242 113 59 2 0.6552
61 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 150 112 61 1 0.6466
62tThe Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 193 110 60 4 0.6437 16
62tRobin Hood Walibi World NL 95 109 59 6 0.6437 16
64 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 51 106 61 6 0.6301
65 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 126 105 63 6 0.6207
66 Roller Coaster Western Wash. Fair WA 51 103 62 6 0.6199
67 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 343 104 67 3 0.6063
68 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 129 103 67 4 0.6034 49
69 Big Dipper Geauga Lake OH 211 104 68 2 0.6034 36
70 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 150 102 67 5 0.6006
71 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 82 100 67 5 0.5959
72 Outlaw Adventureland IA 53 94 68 6 0.5774
73 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 107 98 72 4 0.5747
74 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 104 98 74 2 0.5690
75 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 59 93 71 8 0.5640
76 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 144 97 75 2 0.5632
77 Racer Kennywood PA 217 97 77 0 0.5575
78 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 48 89 70 11 0.5559
79 The Villain Geauga Lake OH 212 93 75 6 0.5517
80 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO 71 89 75 8 0.5407
81 Zeus Mount Olympus WI 124 92 79 3 0.5374
82 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 40 87 76 4 0.5329
83 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 94 89 78 5 0.5320
84 Hurler Carowinds NC 102 91 81 2 0.5287
85 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 63 85 81 4 0.5118
86 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 153 87 84 3 0.5086
87 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 116 84 86 4 0.4943
88 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 207 84 87 3 0.4914
89 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 19 78 84 8 0.4824
90 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 59 77 88 6 0.4678
91 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 102 78 92 4 0.4598
92 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland UK 65 75 93 4 0.4477
93 Racer Kings Island OH 256 77 96 1 0.4454
94 Elf Hirakata Park JP 35 76 95 2 0.4451
95 Hullamvasut Vidam HU 13 61 79 18 0.4430
96tLost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 125 71 97 6 0.4253 10
96tLe Monstre La Ronde QU 42 72 98 4 0.4253 10
98 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 107 73 100 1 0.4224
99 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 157 71 100 3 0.4167
100 Skyliner Lakemont PA 112 69 99 5 0.4133
101 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 57 63 93 13 0.4112
102 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 136 68 101 5 0.4052
103 Comet Hersheypark PA 238 68 103 3 0.3994
104 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 38 66 101 4 0.3977
105 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 205 68 104 2 0.3966
106 Tornado Adventureland IA 55 65 103 3 0.3889
107 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 189 67 106 1 0.3879
108 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 41 63 104 5 0.3808
109 American Eagle SFGAm IL 218 63 105 6 0.3793 72
110 Twisted Twins-Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 148 65 107 2 0.3793 36
111 Cyclone Pleasureland UK 70 60 107 5 0.3634
112 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 32 57 103 7 0.3623
113 Twisted Twins-StellaKentucky Kingdom KY 146 60 108 6 0.3621
114 Roller Coaster (S) Joyland KS 28 55 104 12 0.3567
115 Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 47 56 106 11 0.3555
116 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 25 52 110 9 0.3304
117 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 67 50 108 6 0.3232
118 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 99 52 116 6 0.3161 32
119 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 135 53 117 4 0.3161 27
120 Wildcat Frontier City OK 45 50 114 8 0.3140
121 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 79 50 115 8 0.3121
122 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 64 50 114 4 0.3095
123 White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 37 47 117 9 0.2977
124 Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 22 39 104 17 0.2969
125 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 60 45 117 10 0.2907
126 Triple Hurricane Cypress Gardens FL 30 44 114 5 0.2853
127 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 19 34 107 22 0.2761
128 Flyer Comet (SBNO) Whalom Park MA 37 43 120 7 0.2735
129 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 35 42 119 8 0.2722
130 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 135 45 126 3 0.2672
131 Jupiter Kijima Korakuen JP 6 26 99 24 0.2550
132 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 82 43 129 1 0.2514 20
133 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 75 40 126 7 0.2514 12
134 Scenic Railway (S) Dreamland UK 49 41 131 2 0.2414
135 Timberhawk Enchanted Village WA 45 34 122 14 0.2412
136 Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 6 18 86 27 0.2405
137 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 72 39 130 3 0.2355
138 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 40 34 131 7 0.2180
139 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 84 35 136 1 0.2064
140 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 71 31 136 6 0.1965
141 Runaway Coaster (S) Rotunda UK 34 33 137 1 0.1959
142 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 220 31 138 4 0.1908
143 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 88 30 138 5 0.1879
144 Coaster-Express Movie Park ES 46 22 128 13 0.1748
145 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 108 28 142 4 0.1724
146 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 100 26 141 5 0.1657
147 Comet Waldameer PA 72 26 143 4 0.1618
148 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI 121 24 145 4 0.1503
149 Sierra Tonante Mirabilandia Park IT 46 22 139 6 0.1497
150 Beastie (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 10 11 101 16 0.1484
151 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 131 25 148 1 0.1466
152 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 29 22 144 5 0.1433
153 Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Clementon Lake NJ 31 21 145 6 0.1395
154 Raging Wolf Bobs Geauga Lake OH 208 21 148 5 0.1351 68
155 Beastie Kings Island OH 190 21 148 5 0.1351 54
156 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 48 19 147 6 0.1279
157 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 88 19 148 6 0.1272
158 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 206 18 154 2 0.1092
159 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 31 17 150 3 0.1088
160 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 170 16 153 5 0.1063
161 Predator Darien Lake NY 104 14 154 5 0.0954
162 Pegasus de Efteling NL 77 15 156 3 0.0948
163 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 48 14 153 4 0.0936
164 Bush Beast (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 9 7 115 7 0.0814
165 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 73 12 159 2 0.0751
166 The Bandit Warner Bros. Movie W DE 80 9 158 7 0.0718
167 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 347 10 161 3 0.0661
168 Anaconda Walibi Lorraine FR 37 6 155 7 0.0565
169 Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 9 6 157 7 0.0559
170 Underground Adventureland IA 43 7 157 3 0.0509
171 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 40 8 162 1 0.0497
172 Antelope Gulliver's World UK 15 3 161 4 0.0298
173 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 231 4 169 1 0.0259
174 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 203 3 170 0 0.0173
175 The Grizzly Great America CA 123 0 173 1 0.0029
Here is how the coasters with fewer than the required riders would have rated.
29 Montezum Hopi Hari BR 2 4 0 2 0.8333
65 Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 3 60 22 54 0.6397
129 Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 2 4 23 16 0.2791
145 Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney AU 3 4 32 10 0.1957
These coasters had no riders take the poll this year:
* Cyclone Nicco Park IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wild Mouse Aussie World AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com