Detailed Wood Roller Coaster Poll Results 2007
Below, the 2007 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 = 764
Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden = 28.8
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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1 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 286 177 0 0 1.0000
2 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 281 175 1 1 0.9915
3 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 180 173 3 0 0.9830
4 Troy Toverland ,NL 100 173 4 0 0.9774
5 Balder Liseberg ,SE 94 172 4 1 0.9746
6 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 173 169 6 0 0.9657 66
7 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 253 170 6 0 0.9659 64
8 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 52 166 7 2 0.9543
9 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 161 168 9 0 0.9492
10 Thunderbird PowerPark ,FI 26 166 10 0 0.9432
11 Aska (S) Nara Dreamland ,JP 20 161 9 5 0.9343 10
12 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 144 163 11 1 0.9343 4
13 Raven Holiday World ,IN 302 162 13 2 0.9209
14 Rampage Alabama Adventure ,AL 67 161 14 1 0.9176
15 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 140 159 14 2 0.9143 26
16 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 72 160 15 0 0.9143 22
17 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 119 159 15 1 0.9114
18 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 154 159 14 4 0.9096
19 Renegade Valleyfair! ,MN 48 151 16 4 0.8947
20 Coaster Playland ,BC 53 154 19 3 0.8835
21 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk ,TX 21 149 19 5 0.8757
22tComet Great Escape ,NY 118 152 21 2 0.8743 17
22tTimber Terror Silverwood ,ID 55 152 21 2 0.8743 17
24 Cornball Express Indiana Beach ,IN 185 152 22 1 0.8714
25 Megafobia Oakwood ,UK 91 152 23 0 0.8686
26 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd ,NO 72 153 23 1 0.8672
27 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix ,FR 96 149 23 4 0.8580
28 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's ,NM 43 144 26 2 0.8430
29 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach ,FL 79 147 28 1 0.8381
30 Grand National Blackpool ,UK 121 146 28 1 0.8371
31 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 303 145 31 1 0.8220
32 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark ,PA 306 145 32 0 0.8192 172
33 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark ,PA 303 145 32 0 0.8192 61
34 Viper SFGAm ,IL 234 141 33 3 0.8051
35 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm ,CA 225 141 36 0 0.7966
36 Cyclone Astroland ,NY 168 140 36 1 0.7938
37 Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake ,OH 55 138 36 1 0.7914
38 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium ,BE 101 137 37 1 0.7857
39 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk ,CA 118 137 39 0 0.7784
40 J2 Clementon Lake ,NJ 77 133 39 4 0.7670 16
41 Excalibur Funtown USA ,ME 58 134 40 2 0.7670 15
42 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. ,NY 83 132 40 3 0.7629
43 Twister Knoebel's ,PA 239 133 42 1 0.7585
44 Cyclops Mount Olympus ,WI 157 131 44 0 0.7486
45 Thunderbolt Kennywood ,PA 243 130 46 1 0.7373
46 Wild One SF America ,MD 206 128 46 3 0.7316
47 Cyclone Lakeside ,CO 65 127 48 1 0.7244
48 Zingo (S) Bell's ,OK 33 125 47 4 0.7216
49 Jack Rabbit Kennywood ,PA 249 126 50 0 0.7159
50 Robin Hood Walibi World ,NL 120 122 50 3 0.7057
51 Wild Mouse Blackpool ,UK 123 123 51 2 0.7045
52 Wildcat Hersheypark ,PA 320 122 54 1 0.6921
53 Falken Farup Sommerland ,DK 33 118 51 7 0.6903
54 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park ,NH 96 119 55 1 0.6829
55 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom ,CA 117 117 56 4 0.6723
56 Mega Zeph (SBNO) SF New Orleans ,LA 36 115 55 5 0.6714
57 Regina Tobu Zoo ,JP 23 112 54 7 0.6676
58 Georgia Cyclone SFoG ,GA 173 114 56 5 0.6657
59 The Beast Kings Island ,OH 344 116 58 3 0.6638
60 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 219 112 60 4 0.6477
61 Blue Streak Cedar Point ,OH 412 113 61 3 0.6469
62 Rutschebanen Bakken ,DK 52 109 62 4 0.6343 7
63 Roller Coaster Western Wash. Fair ,WA 38 110 63 2 0.6343 5
64 Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake ,OH 268 111 64 1 0.6335
65 The Legend Arnolds Park ,IA 37 107 63 6 0.6250
66 Roar SF America ,MD 205 108 67 2 0.6158
67 The Grizzly Kings Dominion ,VA 240 105 66 5 0.6108
68 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens ,DK 67 105 67 5 0.6073
69 Texas Giant SFoT ,TX 126 103 67 6 0.6023
70 Great White Wild Wheels Pier ,NJ 124 104 69 3 0.5994
71 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach ,IN 184 103 69 5 0.5960
72 Big Dipper Blackpool ,UK 127 103 71 1 0.5914
73 Racer Kennywood ,PA 245 103 73 1 0.5847
74 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom ,SC 78 98 72 5 0.5743
75 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis ,MO 153 99 74 3 0.5710
76 Giant Dipper Belmont Park ,CA 119 100 76 0 0.5682
77 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 242 100 76 1 0.5678
78 Stampida Port Aventura ,ES 101 95 72 9 0.5653
79 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 232 98 77 2 0.5593
80 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah ,GA 83 94 75 7 0.5540
81 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland (S) ,UK 76 94 79 3 0.5426
82 Outlaw Adventureland ,IA 54 91 78 6 0.5371
83 Zeus Mount Olympus ,WI 161 94 81 2 0.5367
84 Roller Coaster Blackpool ,UK 121 93 81 1 0.5343
85 Blue Streak (SBNO) Conneaut Lake Park ,PA 87 92 80 4 0.5341
86 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach ,IN 167 91 83 3 0.5226
87 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG ,GA 183 86 87 3 0.4972
88 Starliner Cypress Gardens ,FL 36 82 84 7 0.4942
89 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria ,MX 10 70 74 23 0.4880
90 Thunderhawk Dorney Park ,PA 279 82 91 3 0.4744
91 The Boss Six Flags St Louis ,MO 141 79 91 6 0.4659
92 Thunderbolt SF New England ,MA 210 79 93 5 0.4605 87
93 Comet Hersheypark ,PA 316 80 94 3 0.4605 81
94 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park ,FI 34 75 90 11 0.4574
95 Cyclone SF New England ,MA 205 79 96 2 0.4520
96 Le Monstre La Ronde ,QU 53 76 93 6 0.4514
97 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs ,AR 55 75 94 6 0.4457
98 Skyliner Lakemont ,PA 114 75 98 3 0.4347
99 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun ,MO 82 74 97 4 0.4343
100 Tornado Stricker's Grove ,OH 101 75 99 3 0.4322
101 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion ,VA 245 71 100 4 0.4171
102 Zippin' Pippin (S) Libertyland ,TN 39 67 98 11 0.4119
103 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth ,UK 44 69 101 5 0.4086
104 American Eagle SFGAm ,IL 236 70 103 4 0.4068
105 Judge Roy Scream SFoT ,TX 125 69 104 3 0.4006
106 Tornado Adventureland ,IA 56 67 103 5 0.3971
107 Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney ,AU 7 15 28 17 0.3917
108 Roller Coaster (S) Joyland ,KS 27 62 100 12 0.3908
109 Racer Kings Island ,OH 331 67 106 4 0.3898
110 Hurler Carowinds ,NC 117 67 106 2 0.3886
111 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland ,JP 39 63 107 7 0.3757
112 Hurler Kings Dominion ,VA 223 64 108 4 0.3750 1
113 Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne ,AU 7 13 36 43 0.3750 1
114 Thunder Road Carowinds ,NC 120 61 112 2 0.3543
115 Hullamvasut Vidam ,HU 11 51 103 15 0.3462
116 The Villain (SBNO) Geauga Lake ,OH 270 58 115 4 0.3390
117 Elf Hirakata Park ,JP 20 55 112 8 0.3371
118 Cheetah Wild Adventures ,GA 65 52 112 11 0.3286
119 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze ,NY 72 55 116 4 0.3257
120 Cannonball Waterville USA ,AL 32 53 117 5 0.3171
121 Leap the Dips Lakemont ,PA 108 54 119 2 0.3143
122 Wildcat Lake Compounce ,CT 166 53 119 4 0.3125
123 Tree Topper Upper Clements Park ,NS 8 44 107 15 0.3102
124 Dragon Coaster Playland ,NY 92 51 119 5 0.3057
125 Twisted Twins-Lola Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 215 52 121 3 0.3040 97
126 Twisted Twins-StellaKentucky Kingdom ,KY 199 52 121 3 0.3040 45
127 Roller Coaster Lagoon ,UT 38 50 120 6 0.3011
128 Scenic Railway Dreamland ,UK 38 50 122 3 0.2943
129 High Roller Valleyfair! ,MN 89 46 122 8 0.2841
130 Jupiter Kijima Korakuen ,JP 16 37 110 20 0.2814
131 Hochschaubahn Prater Park ,AT 28 42 119 7 0.2708
132 Triple Hurricane Cypress Gardens ,FL 83 45 126 4 0.2686
133 Meteor Little Amerricka ,WI 31 39 119 11 0.2633
134 Sierra Tonante Mirabilandia Park ,IT 47 40 121 10 0.2632
135 Rollo Coaster Idlewild ,PA 90 44 128 3 0.2600
136 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ,ON 101 42 128 5 0.2543
137 Big Dipper Camden Park ,WV 55 40 133 3 0.2358
138 Tomahawk Port Aventura ,ES 93 37 132 8 0.2316
139 Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Clementon Lake ,NJ 44 37 134 5 0.2244
140 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain ,CA 263 37 136 4 0.2203
141 Cyclone Williams Grove ,PA 72 36 134 5 0.2200
142 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure ,MI 137 36 136 5 0.2175
143 Wildcat Frontier City ,OK 39 37 136 2 0.2171 16
144 Kingdom Coaster Dutch Wonderland ,PA 86 37 136 2 0.2171 11
145 Runaway Coaster (S) Rotunda ,UK 26 34 136 5 0.2086
146 White Canyon Yomiuriland ,JP 34 31 135 11 0.2062
147 Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill ,PA 6 20 120 24 0.1951
148 Comet Waldameer ,PA 83 31 142 3 0.1847
149 Kiddie Coaster Playland ,NY 27 28 137 7 0.1831
150 Timberhawk Enchanted Village ,WA 36 26 138 8 0.1744
151 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 104 26 144 5 0.1629
152 Zipper Dipper Blackpool ,UK 106 23 147 6 0.1477
153 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure ,MI 130 25 150 2 0.1469
154 Fairly Odd Coaster Carowinds ,NC 110 24 149 2 0.1429
155 Pegasus Mount Olympus ,WI 160 24 151 2 0.1412
156 Rolling Thunder SFGAd ,NJ 319 22 150 5 0.1384
157 Fairly Odd Coaster Kings Island ,OH 251 21 152 4 0.1299
158 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake ,OH 67 20 150 5 0.1286
159 Little Dipper Kiddieland ,IL 46 20 152 3 0.1229
160 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove ,OH 94 20 154 3 0.1215
161 Antelope Gulliver's World ,UK 21 18 151 5 0.1178
162 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion ,VA 216 19 156 1 0.1108
163 Twister II Elitch Gardens ,CO 71 16 155 4 0.1029
164 Rattler Fiesta Texas ,TX 88 16 157 2 0.0971
165 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ,ES 35 14 153 5 0.0959
166 Raging Wolf Bobs(S) Geauga Lake ,OH 240 15 158 3 0.0938
167 Coaster-Express Warner Bros. Movie W ,ES 76 13 155 4 0.0872
168 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 92 13 161 1 0.0771
169 The Bandit Movie Park ,DE 118 8 160 5 0.0607
170 Mean Streak Cedar Point ,OH 427 10 166 1 0.0593
171 Anaconda Walygator Parc ,FR 38 7 160 6 0.0578
172 Underground Adventureland ,IA 50 8 166 1 0.0486
173 Lil' Dipper Camden Park ,WV 51 7 166 2 0.0457 6
174 Pegasus de Efteling ,NL 94 6 165 4 0.0457 5
175 Medusa Six Flags Mexico ,MX 9 3 154 6 0.0368
176 Predator Darien Lake ,NY 128 3 172 1 0.0199
177 Son of Beast Kings Island ,OH 280 1 174 2 0.0113
178 The Grizzly Great America ,CA 125 1 176 0 0.0056
These coasters did not have enough riders take the poll this year to have any valid comparisons:
* Wild Mouse Aussie World ,AU 2 0 0 0 0.0000
* Montezum Hopi Hari ,BR 2 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Nicco Park ,IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Little Dipper Esselworld ,IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com