The ride forces 'poll within a poll' was again an endorsement of airtime.
This year the floating variety beat the more forceful "abrupt" airtime.
Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes edged Sensation of Speed for third and
both were preferred to Lateral Forces and Positive G's/Loops. Positive G's/Loops
are the least welcome sensation to the majority of wood 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 Balder Liseberg SE 19 170 0 1 0.9971
2 Tremors Silverwood ID 23 167 0 3 0.9912
3 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 64 170 3 0 0.9827
4 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 42 156 3 4 0.9693
5 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 37 165 5 2 0.9651
6 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 10 161 6 2 0.9586
7 Raven Holiday World IN 62 165 7 1 0.9566
8 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 46 164 8 0 0.9535
9 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 50 163 7 3 0.9509 7
10 Colossos Heide Park DE 34 164 8 1 0.9509 4
11 Hades Mount Olympus WI 39 161 7 3 0.9503
12 Rampage Visionland AL 22 157 12 2 0.9240
13 The Legend Holiday World IN 59 159 13 1 0.9220
14 Megafobia Oakwood UK 23 158 13 1 0.9215
15 Coaster Playland BC 20 150 11 4 0.9212
16 Grand National Blackpool UK 31 158 14 1 0.9162
17 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 24 151 15 4 0.9000
18 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 9 127 13 8 0.8851
19 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 19 149 20 0 0.8817
20 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 52 151 19 3 0.8815
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 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 48 163 0 3 0.9910
2 Balder Liseberg SE 20 159 1 3 0.9847
3 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 40 163 4 0 0.9760
4 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 46 160 2 4 0.9759
5 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 71 167 4 1 0.9738
6 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 17 162 4 2 0.9702
7 Hades Mount Olympus WI 37 148 3 4 0.9677
8 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City MO 20 148 5 2 0.9613
9 Tremors Silverwood ID 22 149 7 0 0.9551
10 Colossos Heide Park DE 25 158 8 2 0.9464
11 Rampage Visionland AL 16 149 8 2 0.9434
12 Raven Holiday World IN 66 159 11 1 0.9327
13 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 47 153 12 1 0.9247
14 Megafobia Oakwood UK 26 154 15 0 0.9112
15 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 32 141 14 0 0.9097
16 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 24 144 12 6 0.9074
17 Comet Great Escape NY 34 140 15 2 0.8981
18 The Legend Holiday World IN 66 152 18 2 0.8895
19 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 69 153 20 0 0.8844
20 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 81 148 19 2 0.8817
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 Tremors Silverwood ID 13 143 0 0 1.0000
2 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 24 142 1 2 0.9862
3 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 5 87 0 3 0.9833
4 Hades Mount Olympus WI 19 141 3 1 0.9759
5 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 23 146 4 2 0.9671
6 Raven Holiday World IN 35 146 6 2 0.9545
7 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 37 145 4 9 0.9462
8 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City MO 9 126 7 2 0.9407
9 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 17 133 8 2 0.9371
10 The Legend Holiday World IN 33 143 8 4 0.9355
11 Balder Liseberg SE 17 47 0 8 0.9273
12 Stampida Port Aventura ES 12 58 3 4 0.9231
13 Rampage Visionland AL 13 131 10 3 0.9201
14 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 25 139 12 3 0.9123
15 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 25 137 13 1 0.9106
16 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 20 133 9 12 0.9026
17 Megafobia Oakwood UK 15 136 14 4 0.8961
18 Grand National Blackpool UK 19 138 16 3 0.8885
19 Coaster Playland BC 13 128 15 4 0.8844
20 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 13 122 14 7 0.8776
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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* Robin Hood Walibi World NL 2 2 0 0 1.0000
* Avalanche Timber Falls WI 2 18 0 1 0.9737
* Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 4 35 0 4 0.9487
4 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 5 39 0 5 0.9432
* The Legend Holiday World IN 3 21 0 3 0.9375
* Phoenix Knoebel's PA 3 19 1 2 0.9091
* Raven Holiday World IN 3 24 2 1 0.9074
* Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 2 6 1 0 0.8571
* Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 4 25 4 1 0.8500
* Hades Mount Olympus WI 2 11 0 6 0.8235
* Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 4 24 5 1 0.8167
* Wildcat Hersheypark PA 3 23 3 6 0.8125
* Texas Giant SFoT TX 2 3 0 2 0.8000
* Hurler Carowinds NC 3 4 0 3 0.7857
* Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 4 6 1 2 0.7778
* Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 2 1 0 1 0.7500
17 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 5 23 6 6 0.7429
18 American Eagle SFGAm IL 5 20 6 12 0.6842
* Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 2 7 3 3 0.6538
* Viper SFGAm IL 4 15 5 14 0.6471
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 Aska Nara Dreamland JP 8 118 0 3 0.9876
2 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 13 128 0 8 0.9706
3 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 23 121 2 5 0.9648
4 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 17 117 4 3 0.9556
5 Balder Liseberg SE 10 72 3 1 0.9539
6 Hades Mount Olympus WI 10 77 3 2 0.9512
7 Grand National Blackpool UK 13 92 6 4 0.9216
8 The Legend Holiday World IN 20 120 8 5 0.9211
9 Raven Holiday World IN 21 126 11 7 0.8993
10 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 25 111 12 8 0.8779
* J2 Clementon Lake NJ 3 32 4 2 0.8684
12 Rampage Visionland AL 5 68 7 10 0.8588
13 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 16 107 12 15 0.8545
14 Twister Knoebel's PA 21 101 16 8 0.8400
* Scenic Railway (S) Dreamland UK 4 40 1 17 0.8362
16 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 9 62 7 13 0.8354
* Ozark Wildcat Celebration City MO 4 47 7 6 0.8333 0
18 Megafobia Oakwood UK 8 62 8 11 0.8333 0
19 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 8 56 4 19 0.8291
20 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 17 102 15 18 0.8222
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com