The ride forces 'poll within a poll' was again an endorsement of airtime.
This year the more forceful "abrupt" airtime beat the floating variety.
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 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 60 166 1 1 0.9911
2 Balder Liseberg ,SE 23 164 1 1 0.9910
3 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 71 168 3 1 0.9797
4 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 77 159 5 1 0.9667
5 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 39 165 6 0 0.9649
6 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 16 154 4 6 0.9573
7 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 41 161 8 1 0.9500
8 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 44 159 7 4 0.9471
9 Aska Nara Dreamland ,JP 6 148 6 5 0.9465
10 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 29 156 7 5 0.9435
11 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 46 157 8 7 0.9331
12 Raven Holiday World ,IN 68 157 10 5 0.9273
13 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 30 147 9 10 0.9157
14 Coaster Playland ,BC 15 145 12 3 0.9156
15 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 20 150 11 7 0.9137
16 Rampage Visionland ,AL 21 149 14 2 0.9091
17 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's ,NM 10 140 16 6 0.8827
18 Grand National Blackpool ,UK 33 146 19 3 0.8780
19 Timber Terror Silverwood ,ID 16 142 19 3 0.8750 7
20 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 66 148 19 5 0.8750 5
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 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 50 166 0 1 0.9970
2 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 45 161 3 1 0.9788
3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 49 164 4 1 0.9734
4 Balder Liseberg ,SE 17 142 3 4 0.9664
5 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 55 163 5 2 0.9647
6 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 21 146 6 1 0.9575
7 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 17 149 6 2 0.9554
8 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 45 153 7 3 0.9479
9 Aska Nara Dreamland ,JP 8 150 6 5 0.9472
10 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 24 158 7 4 0.9467
11 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 39 153 9 1 0.9417
12 Raven Holiday World ,IN 70 156 11 1 0.9315
13 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 36 149 12 1 0.9228
14 Rampage Visionland ,AL 21 145 12 2 0.9182
15 Timber Terror Silverwood ,ID 19 142 12 3 0.9140
16 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 47 147 11 7 0.9121
17 Megafobia Oakwood ,UK 30 153 15 3 0.9035
18 Comet Great Escape ,NY 34 146 17 2 0.8909
19 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 31 146 20 0 0.8795
20 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark ,PA 64 148 21 1 0.8735
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 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 42 164 1 0 0.9939
2 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 31 161 2 0 0.9877
3 Balder Liseberg ,SE 15 150 3 1 0.9773
4 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 9 142 3 2 0.9728
5 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 29 148 3 3 0.9708
6 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 34 153 6 0 0.9623
7 Raven Holiday World ,IN 48 159 6 1 0.9608
8 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 39 153 9 2 0.9390
9 Rampage Visionland ,AL 16 134 8 6 0.9257
10 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix ,FR 15 137 9 6 0.9211
11 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 26 139 10 5 0.9188
12 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 20 140 15 0 0.9032
13 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 12 128 12 4 0.9028
14 Timber Terror Silverwood ,ID 9 130 12 5 0.9014
15 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 16 134 13 5 0.8980
16 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 47 142 15 4 0.8944
17 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 32 134 15 5 0.8864
* Thunderbird PowerPark ,FI 3 42 2 9 0.8774
19 Coaster Playland ,BC 13 126 15 9 0.8700
20 Cornball Express Indiana Beach ,IN 39 134 19 7 0.8594
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.
Too few people ranked positive g's/loops as a favorite to do a ranking.
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 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 16 109 0 3 0.9866
2 Balder Liseberg ,SE 6 60 0 3 0.9762
3 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 11 106 4 1 0.9595
4 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 6 70 2 3 0.9533
5 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 10 94 3 4 0.9505
6 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 14 76 3 3 0.9451
7 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 10 107 4 5 0.9440
8 Raven Holiday World ,IN 21 122 7 9 0.9167
9 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 17 104 5 11 0.9125
* J2 Clementon Lake ,NJ 4 70 6 2 0.9103
* Rampage Visionland ,AL 4 80 6 5 0.9066
* Tremors Silverwood ,ID 4 46 1 9 0.9018
* Thundercoaster Tusenfryd ,NO 4 44 3 5 0.8942
14 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 21 115 9 12 0.8897
15 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 6 64 8 3 0.8733
16 Megafobia Oakwood ,UK 10 85 8 11 0.8702
17 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark ,PA 22 109 15 5 0.8643
18 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm ,CA 20 104 13 9 0.8611
19 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 9 80 11 5 0.8594
20 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark ,PA 22 108 16 5 0.8566
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com