The ride forces 'poll within a poll' was again an endorsement of airtime.
The floating variety beat the more forceful "abrupt" airtime.
Sensation of Speed beat Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes for third and
both were preferred to Positive G's/Loops and Lateral Forces. Lateral Forces
are the least welcome sensation to the majority of steel coaster riders that took
the poll.
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
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1 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 32 276 0 0 1.0000
2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 35 259 1 0 0.9962
3 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 16 271 4 2 0.9819
4 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 15 270 5 0 0.9818
5 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 35 255 6 0 0.9770
6 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 56 251 5 4 0.9731
7 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 42 248 8 1 0.9669
8 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 46 245 12 1 0.9516
9 Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 7 241 10 5 0.9512
10 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 48 265 11 6 0.9504
11 Powder Keg Silver Dollar City MO 11 211 11 2 0.9464
12 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 35 266 15 1 0.9450
* Pyrenees Parque EspaNa JP 3 119 7 0 0.9444
14 Katun Mirabilandia IT 6 132 6 4 0.9437
15 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 15 236 13 3 0.9425
16 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL 11 209 10 6 0.9422
17 Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 8 71 4 1 0.9408
18 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 23 240 14 3 0.9397
19 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 34 238 16 4 0.9302
20 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 38 260 17 6 0.9293
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
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1 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 15 233 0 0 1.0000
2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 20 237 1 1 0.9937
3 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 49 248 2 0 0.9920
4 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 34 243 3 0 0.9878
5 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 34 238 4 0 0.9835
* Katun Mirabilandia IT 4 28 1 0 0.9655
7 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 40 244 9 1 0.9626
8 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL 15 168 6 2 0.9602
9 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH 35 233 11 3 0.9494
10 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 25 217 10 5 0.9461
11 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 9 134 8 1 0.9406
12 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 23 226 13 3 0.9401
13 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 32 199 12 4 0.9349
14 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 12 208 12 6 0.9336
15 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 12 189 13 2 0.9314
16 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL 28 233 14 7 0.9311
17 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 13 208 12 8 0.9298
18 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 30 228 17 1 0.9289
19 Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ 13 156 10 6 0.9244
20 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 34 229 18 4 0.9203
The top 20 based only upon those ballots that listed lateral forces
as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below.
Note that very few ballots had this preference.
Too few people ranked laterals forces as a favorite to do a ranking.
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
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1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 6 117 0 0 1.0000 1
* Nemesis Alton Towers UK 4 20 0 0 1.0000 1
3 Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ 5 55 0 1 0.9911
4 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 11 152 2 1 0.9839
5 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 5 18 0 1 0.9737
6 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 14 157 3 4 0.9695
7 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 11 147 3 4 0.9675
8 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 5 101 4 0 0.9619
9 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 6 80 3 1 0.9583
10 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 7 137 7 2 0.9452
11 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 8 137 6 5 0.9426
12 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 8 137 9 3 0.9295
* Dodonpa Fujikyu HighLands JP 3 12 1 0 0.9231
14 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL 11 95 4 9 0.9213
15 Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX 5 88 6 6 0.9100
16 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 12 129 10 7 0.9075
* Oblivion Alton Towers UK 3 9 1 0 0.9000
18 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 12 130 13 4 0.8980
19 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 6 93 5 16 0.8860
20 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 7 22 2 2 0.8846
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.
Note that very few ballots had this preference.
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 5 95 0 0 1.0000 1
2 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 5 46 0 0 1.0000 1
* Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 3 40 0 0 1.0000 1
* Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 3 28 0 0 1.0000 0
* Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 4 48 1 0 0.9796
* Olympia Looping Traveling DE 3 38 1 0 0.9744
7 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 6 98 3 1 0.9657
8 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 5 56 2 0 0.9655
* Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 3 20 1 0 0.9524
* Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 4 85 4 2 0.9451
* Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere ** 4 27 2 0 0.9310
* Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 3 26 2 0 0.9286 1
* Silver Bullet Knott's Berry Farm CA 4 19 1 1 0.9286 0
14 Raptor Cedar Point OH 5 87 6 2 0.9263
15 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 5 86 6 3 0.9211 2
16 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 6 86 6 3 0.9211 1
17 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL 7 93 6 5 0.9183
18 Air Alton Towers UK 5 31 3 0 0.9118
19 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 6 48 5 0 0.9057
* Turbine (aka sirocco) Walibi Belgium BE 4 38 4 0 0.9048
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
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1 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 41 231 0 1 0.9978
2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 14 109 1 0 0.9909
3 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 15 153 3 0 0.9808
4 Katun Mirabilandia IT 12 159 3 1 0.9785
5 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 22 192 6 1 0.9673
6 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 9 91 4 1 0.9531
7 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH 33 202 9 5 0.9468
8 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 16 148 7 4 0.9434
9 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 28 196 13 0 0.9378
10 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 12 119 8 0 0.9370
11 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL 6 28 1 2 0.9355
12 Kingda Ka Six Flags Great Ad NJ 12 61 4 2 0.9254 4
13 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 16 123 9 2 0.9254 2
14 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 5 24 2 0 0.9231
15 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 6 52 4 1 0.9211
16 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 36 215 18 5 0.9139
17 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 12 147 12 5 0.9116
18 Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 12 137 12 3 0.9112
19 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 35 213 20 6 0.9038
20 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL 21 183 17 8 0.8990
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com