Wood Poll - This Year's Ride Experiences 2005
The rankings were also run using only this year's riding experiences. These
results are less meaningful as there are MANY pairings of coasters
that no rider had ridden both of this year. As you can see, our poll
respondants had ridden an average of 10.4 wood coasters this year. That sounds
good until it is realized that when there are about 1/3 as many ride
experiences it causes there to be an average of about 1/9 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 2005 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 who want more information on how a particular coaster was
perceived by those who rode it this year.
Average Number of Wooden Roller Coasters Ridden in 2005 = 10.4
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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1 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 53 108 2 0 0.9818
2 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 83 124 3 1 0.9727
3 Tremors Silverwood ID 30 104 3 2 0.9633
4 Stampida Port Aventura ES 17 22 0 2 0.9583
5 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 86 121 4 3 0.9570
6 Balder Liseberg SE 43 73 1 5 0.9557
7 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 43 103 5 6 0.9298
8 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 34 100 4 8 0.9286
9 Colossos Heide Park DE 34 45 3 2 0.9200
10 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 90 121 10 3 0.9142
11 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 29 39 4 0 0.9070
12 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 73 108 9 5 0.9057
13 Hades Mount Olympus WI 104 119 11 5 0.9000
14 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 30 93 10 6 0.8807
15 Megafobia Oakwood UK 24 28 3 2 0.8788
16 Rampage Visionland AL 15 51 5 5 0.8770
17 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City MO 34 107 15 2 0.8710
18 The Legend Holiday World IN 57 98 13 6 0.8632
19 Comet Great Escape NY 25 67 9 6 0.8537
20 Raven Holiday World IN 58 95 14 8 0.8462
21 Cyclone Astroland NY 27 80 11 12 0.8350
22 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 94 113 22 2 0.8321
23 Coaster Playland BC 17 62 9 11 0.8232
24 Grand National Blackpool UK 47 34 4 9 0.8191
25 J2 Clementon Lake NJ 40 82 18 3 0.8107
26 Viper SFGAm IL 122 105 28 4 0.7810
27 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 94 89 26 4 0.7647
28 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 93 88 28 3 0.7521
* Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake OH 2 3 1 0 0.7500 0
* Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 3 3 1 0 0.7500 0
31 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 24 45 13 7 0.7462
32 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 17 30 9 5 0.7386
33 Twister Knoebel's PA 85 92 32 4 0.7344
34 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 68 85 32 4 0.7190
35 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 102 94 35 6 0.7185
36 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 17 70 25 10 0.7143 3
37 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 43 67 22 16 0.7143 1
38 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 14 48 17 8 0.7123
39 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 14 44 13 17 0.7095
40 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 64 80 37 4 0.6777
41 Wild One SF America MD 46 65 28 13 0.6745
42 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 43 65 29 10 0.6731
43 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 48 54 24 12 0.6667
44 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE 24 25 12 6 0.6512
45 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 41 61 30 13 0.6490
46 Racer Kennywood PA 62 71 41 9 0.6240
47 The Beast Kings Island OH 82 69 39 15 0.6220
48 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 11 24 14 5 0.6163
49 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 42 52 30 13 0.6158
50 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 89 65 41 11 0.6026
51 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 35 53 34 11 0.5969
52 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 70 68 45 7 0.5958
53 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 8 7 4 5 0.5938
54 Regina Tobu Zoo JP 34 54 34 23 0.5901
55 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 35 50 33 12 0.5895
56 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 33 55 37 14 0.5849
57 Roar Marine World CA 33 40 28 11 0.5759
58 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 22 45 32 12 0.5730
59 Roar SF America MD 46 55 41 11 0.5654
60 Cyclone Lakeside CO 11 27 20 7 0.5648
61 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 22 20 15 5 0.5625
62 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 57 68 53 5 0.5595
63 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 15 19 15 2 0.5556
64 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 21 19 15 5 0.5513
65 Texas Giant SFoT TX 37 45 37 15 0.5412
66 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 49 24 20 10 0.5370
67 Big Dipper Geauga Lake OH 58 55 47 11 0.5354
68 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 30 47 40 12 0.5354
69 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 124 58 50 13 0.5331
70 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 10 34 30 9 0.5274
71 Robin Hood Walibi World NL 27 28 25 5 0.5259
72 Elf Hirakata Park JP 29 46 45 19 0.5045
* Scenic Railway (S) Dreamland UK 3 1 1 1 0.5000 1
* Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 2 0 0 1 0.5000 0
75 Tornado Adventureland IA 11 33 34 5 0.4931
76 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 53 51 54 14 0.4874
77 Roller Coaster Western Wash. Fair WA 17 33 35 10 0.4872
78 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 95 53 59 8 0.4750
79 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 34 48 54 15 0.4744
80 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 46 20 23 8 0.4706
81 Comet Hersheypark PA 77 46 53 12 0.4685
82 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 11 22 26 6 0.4630
83 Twisted Twins-Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 33 41 49 9 0.4596
84 Zeus Mount Olympus WI 99 59 70 4 0.4586
85 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 48 18 23 10 0.4510
86 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 11 20 27 13 0.4417
87 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 54 43 56 10 0.4404
88 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 59 43 57 11 0.4369
89 Cyclone Pleasureland UK 24 11 15 3 0.4310
90 Outlaw Adventureland IA 11 27 37 8 0.4306
91 The Villain Geauga Lake OH 64 43 59 10 0.4286
92 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 30 31 46 14 0.4176
93 Hurler Carowinds NC 32 34 50 10 0.4149
94 Twisted Twins-StellaKentucky Kingdom KY 29 32 47 9 0.4148
95 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 9 18 29 15 0.4113
96 American Eagle SFGAm IL 121 48 72 14 0.4104
97 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO 17 35 57 13 0.3952
98 Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 13 16 28 12 0.3929
99 Skyliner Lakemont PA 21 27 49 14 0.3778
100 Mega Zeph SF New Orleans LA 7 1 3 4 0.3750
101 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 50 36 63 8 0.3738
102 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 69 41 73 7 0.3678
103 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 13 17 34 11 0.3629 0
104 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 9 16 33 13 0.3629 0
105 Racer Kings Island OH 73 40 74 9 0.3618
106 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 44 34 66 5 0.3476
107 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 31 27 59 9 0.3316
108 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 5 9 24 8 0.3171
109 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 33 20 53 15 0.3125
110 Timberhawk Enchanted Village WA 16 16 46 13 0.3000
111 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 30 25 70 16 0.2973
* Jupiter Kijima Korakuen JP 4 4 18 11 0.2879
113 Triple Hurricane Cypress Gardens FL 26 25 70 10 0.2857 1
114 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 12 18 51 8 0.2857 0
115 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland UK 26 7 20 3 0.2833
116 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 21 24 67 8 0.2828
117 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 25 19 65 18 0.2745
118 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 20 5 17 4 0.2692
119 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 17 16 61 15 0.2554
120 White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 29 17 72 19 0.2454
121 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 48 18 69 13 0.2450
122 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 16 10 52 14 0.2237
123 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 10 3 25 11 0.2179
124 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 13 7 48 17 0.2153
125 The Bandit Warner Bros. Movie W DE 37 7 32 4 0.2093
126 Raging Wolf Bobs Geauga Lake OH 62 19 86 9 0.2061
127 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 26 8 51 14 0.2055
128 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 40 20 88 7 0.2043
129 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 18 12 63 7 0.1890
130 Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 15 4 28 6 0.1842
131 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 80 19 93 5 0.1838
132 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 16 9 57 8 0.1757
133 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 9 7 46 7 0.1750
134 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 17 11 71 10 0.1739
135 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 23 15 88 8 0.1712
136 Beastie Kings Island OH 47 13 85 11 0.1697
137 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 36 5 33 4 0.1667
138 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 29 10 74 11 0.1632
139 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 14 5 34 4 0.1628
140 Sierra Tonante Mirabilandia Park IT 26 9 56 4 0.1594
141 Hullamvasut Vidam HU 11 3 18 1 0.1591
142 Comet Waldameer PA 24 15 92 5 0.1563
143 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 8 5 36 4 0.1556
144 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 119 13 97 9 0.1471
145 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 68 13 105 11 0.1434
146 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 30 9 80 6 0.1263
147 Predator Darien Lake NY 25 7 79 9 0.1211
148 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 68 7 98 11 0.1078
149 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 13 5 71 8 0.1071
150 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI 87 13 118 1 0.1023
151 Pegasus de Efteling NL 23 2 39 5 0.0978
152 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 37 8 103 4 0.0870
* Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 4 2 36 3 0.0854
154 Anaconda Walibi Lorraine FR 12 2 32 2 0.0833
155 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 65 3 118 8 0.0543
156 The Grizzly Great America CA 24 1 56 3 0.0417
157 Underground Adventureland IA 11 1 69 2 0.0278
The following coasters had too few 2005 riders take the poll:
* Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Clementon Lake NJ 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wildcat Frontier City OK 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Flyer Comet (SBNO) Whalom Park MA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zingo Bell's OK 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Starliner Miracle Strip FL 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cannonball Waterville USA AL 3 0 0 0 0.0000
* Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Runaway Coaster (S) Rotunda UK 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Antelope Gulliver's World UK 4 0 9 0 0.0000
* Coaster-Express Movie Park ES 7 0 15 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Nicco Park IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Montezum Hopi Hari B 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Bush Beast (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Beastie (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl. AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wild Mouse Aussie World AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Medusa Six Flags Mexico M 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Roller Coaster (S) Joyland KS 0 0 0 0 0.0000
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com