Wood Poll - This Year's Ride Experiences 2006
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 11.5 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 2006 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 2006 = 11.5
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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3 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 167 136 1 1 0.9891
4 Balder Liseberg ,SE 38 86 1 2 0.9775
5 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 69 123 2 2 0.9764
6 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 98 126 3 6 0.9556
7 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 60 112 3 5 0.9542
8 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 155 130 5 3 0.9529
9 Raven Holiday World ,IN 161 129 8 1 0.9384
10 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 49 100 7 2 0.9266
11 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 19 66 5 1 0.9236
12 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 45 103 7 9 0.9034
13 Comet Great Escape ,NY 29 82 8 5 0.8895
* Roller Coaster Western Wash. Fair ,WA 4 7 0 2 0.8889
15 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 89 119 15 4 0.8768
16 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 12 56 8 0 0.8750
17 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 159 117 18 2 0.8613
18 Cornball Express Indiana Beach ,IN 48 103 16 3 0.8566
19 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. ,NY 21 79 14 3 0.8385
20 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 10 25 4 5 0.8088
21 Viper SFGAm ,IL 53 88 19 7 0.8026
22 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm ,CA 57 96 20 12 0.7969
23 J2 Clementon Lake ,NJ 36 77 19 7 0.7816
24 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix ,FR 18 29 7 4 0.7750
25 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark ,PA 83 81 21 9 0.7703
26 Wild Mouse Blackpool ,UK 48 71 17 12 0.7700
27 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark ,PA 81 80 22 7 0.7661
28 Twister Knoebel's ,PA 98 99 29 7 0.7593
29 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 29 25 6 6 0.7568
30 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd ,NO 32 64 20 3 0.7529
31 Thunderbird PowerPark ,FI 7 29 8 6 0.7442
32 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park ,PA 26 72 23 7 0.7402
33 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach ,FL 24 55 16 13 0.7321
34 Grand National Blackpool ,UK 43 64 20 13 0.7268
35 Rampage Visionland ,AL 14 44 15 6 0.7231
36 Robin Hood Walibi World ,NL 24 17 5 5 0.7222
37 Megafobia Oakwood ,UK 39 62 22 8 0.7174
38 Jack Rabbit Kennywood ,PA 62 85 32 9 0.7103
39 Cyclops Mount Olympus ,WI 56 75 29 8 0.7054
40 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens ,DK 5 18 7 2 0.7037
41 The Beast Kings Island ,OH 71 82 33 7 0.7008
* Coaster Playland ,BC 3 8 1 9 0.6944
43 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium ,BE 14 10 4 3 0.6765
44 Cyclone Astroland ,NY 36 67 27 20 0.6754
45 Tomahawk Port Aventura ,ES 7 2 1 0 0.6667
46 Thunderbolt Kennywood ,PA 59 80 39 5 0.6653
47 Timber Terror Silverwood ,ID 10 18 7 9 0.6618
48 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park ,NH 30 62 31 5 0.6582
49 Zeus Mount Olympus ,WI 60 71 39 10 0.6333
50 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk ,CA 16 30 16 8 0.6296
51 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach ,IN 47 72 42 7 0.6240
52 Wild One SF America ,MD 43 62 37 7 0.6179
53 The Boss Six Flags St Louis ,MO 20 45 26 16 0.6092
54 The Legend Arnolds Park ,IA 13 36 22 7 0.6077
55 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis ,MO 22 50 31 9 0.6056
56 The Grizzly Kings Dominion ,VA 43 59 40 10 0.5872
57 Excalibur Funtown USA ,ME 15 41 26 20 0.5862
58 Racer Kennywood ,PA 64 71 51 8 0.5769
59 Georgia Cyclone SFoG ,GA 76 64 46 19 0.5698
60 Wildcat Hersheypark ,PA 81 52 38 19 0.5642
61 Rutschebanen Bakken ,DK 5 11 8 6 0.5600
62 Roar SF America ,MD 48 55 44 8 0.5514
63 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 67 60 51 9 0.5375
64 Great White Wild Wheels Pier ,NJ 42 48 41 5 0.5372
65 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 54 50 43 13 0.5330
66 Roar Marine World ,CA 16 29 25 22 0.5263
67 Big Dipper Blackpool ,UK 48 43 38 16 0.5258
68 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom ,SC 44 59 53 10 0.5246
69 Blue Streak Cedar Point ,OH 94 57 52 10 0.5210
70 Skyliner Lakemont ,PA 21 37 34 14 0.5176
71 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah ,GA 26 52 51 5 0.5046
* Roller Coaster Lagoon ,UT 2 0 0 3 0.5000 0
73 Outlaw Adventureland ,IA 14 34 34 8 0.5000 0
* Tree Topper Upper Clements Park ,NS 2 4 4 0 0.5000 0
75 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 64 53 55 11 0.4916
76 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland ,UK 36 34 41 7 0.4573
77 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach ,IN 44 51 62 5 0.4534
78 Roller Coaster Blackpool ,UK 47 37 48 13 0.4439
79 Rollo Coaster Idlewild ,PA 21 32 43 14 0.4382
80 Giant Dipper Belmont Park ,CA 18 28 38 14 0.4375
81 Racer Kings Island ,OH 64 46 63 6 0.4261
82 Big Dipper Geauga Lake ,OH 43 41 58 8 0.4206
83 Thunderbolt SF New England ,MA 74 41 59 9 0.4174
84 Texas Giant SFoT ,TX 23 23 35 10 0.4118
85 Comet Hersheypark ,PA 69 39 58 9 0.4104
86 American Eagle SFGAm ,IL 48 38 57 10 0.4095
87 Le Monstre La Ronde ,QU 10 15 25 13 0.4057
88 Anaconda Walygator Parc ,FR 7 6 9 0 0.4000
89 Tornado Adventureland ,IA 13 24 40 13 0.3961
90 Riverside Cyclone SF New England ,MA 79 38 61 6 0.3905
91 Hochschaubahn Prater Park ,AT 5 11 20 4 0.3714
92 Raging Wolf Bobs Geauga Lake ,OH 45 36 64 8 0.3704
93 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park ,FI 5 8 15 2 0.3600
94 Thunderhawk Dorney Park ,PA 76 38 72 11 0.3595
95 Wildcat Lake Compounce ,CT 57 35 68 14 0.3590
96 Tornado Stricker's Grove ,OH 15 19 39 11 0.3551
97 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion ,VA 44 38 71 3 0.3527
98 Scenic Railway (S) Dreamland ,UK 6 4 8 1 0.3462
99 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs ,AR 11 12 26 6 0.3409
100 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG ,GA 76 39 80 8 0.3386
101 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze ,NY 12 14 34 13 0.3361
102 Hurler Kings Dominion ,VA 33 30 63 3 0.3281
103 Judge Roy Scream SFoT ,TX 22 17 39 6 0.3226
104 Dragon Coaster Playland ,NY 23 27 64 11 0.3186
105 Cyclone Lakeside ,CO 8 12 31 8 0.3137
106 Big Dipper Camden Park ,WV 11 14 39 12 0.3077
107 Hurler Carowinds ,NC 37 22 60 12 0.2979
108 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ,ON 21 24 67 12 0.2913
109 Thunder Road Carowinds ,NC 39 24 66 10 0.2900
110 Leap the Dips Lakemont ,PA 21 14 49 18 0.2840
111 Sierra Tonante Mirabilandia Park ,IT 11 3 19 14 0.2778
112 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth ,UK 19 12 41 12 0.2769
113 High Roller Valleyfair! ,MN 22 20 61 8 0.2697
114 Twisted Twins-Lola Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 49 22 70 9 0.2624
* Wildcat Frontier City ,OK 3 0 1 1 0.2500
116 Little Dipper Kiddieland ,IL 7 8 33 7 0.2396
117 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure ,MI 19 13 49 7 0.2391
118 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain ,CA 56 21 85 15 0.2355
119 Cyclone Pleasureland ,UK 36 14 57 10 0.2346
120 Twisted Twins-StellaKentucky Kingdom ,KY 47 18 71 9 0.2296
121 Triple Hurricane Cypress Gardens ,FL 31 20 82 10 0.2232
122 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun ,MO 16 12 56 11 0.2215
* Hullamvasut Vidam ,HU 3 5 21 2 0.2143
124 Comet Waldameer ,PA 18 15 70 5 0.1944
125 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove ,OH 15 8 49 7 0.1797
126 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure ,MI 16 9 53 5 0.1716
127 Zipper Dipper Blackpool ,UK 43 12 76 8 0.1667 4
128 Pegasus de Efteling ,NL 19 3 17 1 0.1667 3
129 Beastie Kings Island ,OH 38 12 74 6 0.1630
130 Mean Streak Cedar Point ,OH 90 16 95 6 0.1624
131 The Grizzly Great America ,CA 11 4 42 10 0.1607
132 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion ,VA 33 11 77 9 0.1598
133 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake ,OH 17 10 75 9 0.1543
134 Timberhawk Enchanted Village ,WA 5 1 10 2 0.1538
135 Son of Beast Kings Island ,OH 38 7 75 16 0.1531
136 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland ,PA 15 8 54 4 0.1515
137 The Bandit Movie Park ,DE 28 5 42 4 0.1373
138 Pegasus Mount Olympus ,WI 55 11 95 9 0.1348
139 Rattler Fiesta Texas ,TX 13 2 35 8 0.1333
140 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion ,SC 47 10 99 12 0.1322
141 The Villain Geauga Lake ,OH 45 9 87 9 0.1286
142 Rolling Thunder SFGAd ,NJ 110 11 107 8 0.1190
143 Twister II Elitch Gardens ,CO 10 3 50 8 0.1148
144 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 21 6 86 11 0.1117 11
145 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 21 8 88 7 0.1117 9
146 Lil' Dipper Camden Park ,WV 9 2 44 8 0.1111
147 Antelope Gulliver's World ,UK 8 1 13 1 0.1000
148 Scooby Doo Carowinds ,NC 25 3 76 9 0.0852
149 Underground Adventureland ,IA 14 3 72 8 0.0843
150 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain ,CA 39 5 94 7 0.0802
151 Predator Darien Lake ,NY 12 1 64 4 0.0435
* Serpiente de Fuego La Feria ,MX 4 0 18 1 0.0263 2
* Medusa Six Flags Mexico ,MX 4 0 18 1 0.0263 2
154 Cheetah Wild Adventures ,GA 8 0 19 1 0.0250
155 Coaster-Express Warner Bros. Movie W ,ES 13 0 35 0 0.0000
The following coasters had too few 2006 riders take the poll:
* Zingo Bell's ,OK 2 2 0 0 1.0000 0
2 Stampida Port Aventura ,ES 7 3 0 0 1.0000 0
* Roller Coaster (S) Joyland ,KS 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cannonball Waterville USA ,AL 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ,ES 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Falken Farup Sommerland ,DK 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Montezum Hopi Hari ,BR 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney ,AU 2 0 0 0 0.0000
* Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Clementon Lake ,NJ 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* White Canyon Yomiuriland ,JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Williams Grove ,PA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne ,AU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Kiddie Coaster Playland ,NY 2 0 5 0 0.0000
* White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland ,JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Aska Nara Dreamland ,JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Jupiter Kijima Korakuen , J 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Regina Tobu Zoo ,JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Elf Hirakata Park ,JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Nicco Park ,IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Little Dipper Esselworld ,IN 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
* Zippin' Pippin Libertyland ,TN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill ,PA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake ,OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* New Mexico Rattler Cliff's ,NM 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Flyer Comet (SBNO) Whalom Park , M 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park ,MA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Mega Zeph SF New Orleans ,LA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Starliner Miracle Strip ,FL 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere , * 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Runaway Coaster (S) Rotunda ,UK 0 0 0 0 0.0000
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com