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 36 301 0 0 1.0000
2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 50 305 1 0 0.9967
3 Goliath Six Flags Over Geo GA 33 275 4 2 0.9822
4 Goliath Walibi World NL 26 289 4 3 0.9814
5 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 31 292 6 6 0.9704
6 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 61 289 7 5 0.9684
7 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 36 275 7 6 0.9653
8 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 42 285 10 1 0.9645
9 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 66 292 9 5 0.9624
10 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL 39 286 11 2 0.9599
11 Katun Mirabilandia IT 13 188 7 3 0.9571
12 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 52 285 13 4 0.9503
13 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 59 284 13 6 0.9472
14 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 71 287 15 4 0.9444
15 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE 25 225 12 4 0.9419
16 Superman Escape Warner Bros. Movie AU 9 45 2 2 0.9388
17 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 55 282 17 4 0.9373
* Jetline Tivoli Grona Lund SE 3 28 2 0 0.9333
19 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 31 254 17 8 0.9247
20 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 70 281 23 2 0.9216
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 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 26 274 0 0 1.0000 0
2 Superman Escape Warner Bros. Movie AU 5 4 0 0 1.0000 0
* Abismo Parque de Atraccio ES 3 7 0 0 1.0000 0
4 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 23 259 1 2 0.9924
5 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 47 270 3 0 0.9890
6 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 30 270 4 1 0.9836
7 Goliath Six Flags Over Geo GA 9 141 3 0 0.9792 0
8 Stunt Fall Warner Bros. Movie ES 5 23 0 1 0.9792 0
9 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 27 271 4 6 0.9751
10 Goliath Walibi World NL 16 215 5 2 0.9730
11 Katun Mirabilandia IT 9 153 6 1 0.9594
12 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 28 238 9 3 0.9580
* Pyrenees Parque EspaNa JP 4 152 7 2 0.9503
14 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 15 200 10 3 0.9460
15 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE 15 112 7 1 0.9375 1
16 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 24 239 15 2 0.9375 0
17 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH 40 251 17 2 0.9333
18 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 10 170 10 5 0.9324
19 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 33 236 17 3 0.9277 21
20 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 38 236 17 3 0.9277 6
21 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 29 218 15 7 0.9229
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 9 172 0 0 1.0000 1
* Superman Escape Warner Bros. Movie AU 3 3 0 0 1.0000 0
3 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE 13 58 0 0 1.0000 1
* Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 3 16 0 0 1.0000 1
5 Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 5 11 0 0 1.0000 0
6 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 11 105 1 0 0.9906
7 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 15 164 3 3 0.9735
8 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 10 164 5 0 0.9704
9 Goliath Six Flags Over Geo GA 9 163 4 5 0.9622
10 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 8 160 6 1 0.9611
11 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 11 164 7 3 0.9511
12 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 11 163 7 4 0.9483
13 Expedition Everest Disney Animal King FL 7 132 6 5 0.9406
14 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 8 143 7 5 0.9387
15 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 12 170 7 9 0.9382
16 Kraken SeaWorld Orlando FL 9 142 8 4 0.9351
17 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 11 148 9 5 0.9290
* Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 4 115 8 7 0.9115
* Ultimate Lightwater Valley UK 3 49 5 0 0.9074
20 Goliath Walibi World NL 8 47 4 2 0.9057
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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1t Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 3 2 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 3 3 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Tatsu Six Flags Magic Mo CA 3 1 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 3 3 0 0 1.0000 0
1t California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA 3 15 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere ** 3 1 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Atlantica SuperSplash Europa-Park DE 3 4 0 0 1.0000 0
1t Superman la Atraccion Warner Bros. Movie ES 3 9 0 0 1.0000 1
1t Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island UK 5 18 0 0 1.0000 1
10 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 14 90 1 0 0.9890
* Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 4 67 1 0 0.9853
12 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE 7 68 2 1 0.9648
13 Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 5 44 3 0 0.9362
14 Olympia Looping Traveling DE 5 59 4 1 0.9297
15 Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 7 55 4 1 0.9250
* Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 4 15 1 1 0.9118
17 Stealth Thorpe Park UK 10 65 6 2 0.9041
18 Goliath Walibi World NL 6 57 7 1 0.8846
* X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 4 13 1 2 0.8750
20 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 8 54 8 1 0.8651
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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* Goliath Six Flags Over Geo GA 4 15 0 0 1.0000 0
* Wild Train E Strasswalchen AT 3 10 0 0 1.0000 0
3 Superman Escape Warner Bros. Movie AU 10 36 0 0 1.0000 0
4 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 26 131 1 2 0.9851
5 Black Mamba Phantasialand DE 17 93 1 1 0.9842
6 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 10 92 1 1 0.9840
7 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 33 147 3 1 0.9768
8 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 23 141 5 3 0.9564
9 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 10 85 4 0 0.9551
10 Tatsu Six Flags Magic Mo CA 8 41 2 0 0.9535
11 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point OH 32 140 8 1 0.9430
12 Katun Mirabilandia IT 10 111 6 3 0.9375 4
13 Goliath Walibi World NL 18 119 7 2 0.9375 2
14 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 11 87 3 6 0.9375 0
15 SheiKra Busch Gardens Tamp FL 9 42 2 2 0.9348
16 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 19 113 7 2 0.9344
17 Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island UK 5 19 0 3 0.9318
18 Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 11 103 6 7 0.9181
19 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 17 145 13 1 0.9151
20 Storm Runner Hersheypark PA 15 83 7 3 0.9086
21 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 23 144 11 8 0.9080
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com