Wood Poll - This Year's Ride Experiences 2007
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 10.7 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 2007 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.
Of Note:
El Toro was preferred 36 to 30 over The Voyage among those who rode them both this year.
Vancouver's Coaster had only three 2007 Riders take the poll. All three ranked it #1.
Thunderbird was very popular among those who rode it this year:
- 3 to 2 mutual rider victory over El Toro, tied The Voyage 4 to 4
Kentucky Rumbler received more love from those who rode it this year than from past riders.
Average Number of Wooden Roller Coasters Ridden in 2007 = 10.7
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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* Coaster Playland ,BC 3 7 0 0 1.0000
2 El Toro SFGAd ,NJ 227 137 1 0 0.9928
3 Thunderbird PowerPark ,FI 19 75 1 2 0.9744
4 The Voyage Holiday World ,IN 203 140 4 5 0.9564
5 Thunderhead Dollywood ,TN 107 130 5 3 0.9529
6 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce ,CT 81 118 6 2 0.9444
7 Hades Mount Olympus ,WI 67 109 6 4 0.9328
8 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend ,KY 89 130 8 3 0.9326
9 Phoenix Knoebel's ,PA 116 125 9 1 0.9296
10 Troy Toverland ,NL 95 101 6 4 0.9279
11 Balder Liseberg ,SE 34 88 7 4 0.9091
12 Timber Terror Silverwood ,ID 6 17 0 4 0.9048
13 Renegade Valleyfair! ,MN 44 116 11 5 0.8977
14 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach ,FL 27 86 10 2 0.8878
15 Raven Holiday World ,IN 197 131 16 2 0.8859
16 Avalanche Timber Falls ,WI 56 99 12 3 0.8816
17 Comet Great Escape ,NY 38 91 11 5 0.8738
18 Ozark Wildcat Celebration City ,MO 21 62 8 10 0.8375
19 Viper SFGAm ,IL 85 101 18 4 0.8374
20 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure ,MI 35 80 12 10 0.8333
21 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark ,PA 119 96 17 9 0.8238
22 Cornball Express Indiana Beach ,IN 84 104 21 4 0.8217
23 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark ,PA 120 96 18 8 0.8197
24 Megafobia Oakwood ,UK 25 31 6 3 0.8125
25 Colossos Heide Park ,DE 66 36 7 4 0.8085
26 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk ,TX 19 70 15 5 0.8056
27 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd ,NO 33 72 16 5 0.8011
28 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix ,FR 26 41 9 4 0.7963
29 Cyclops Mount Olympus ,WI 57 90 21 6 0.7949
30 Tremors Silverwood ,ID 6 16 5 0 0.7619
31 Rampage Visionland ,AL 11 46 11 10 0.7612
32 Thunderbolt Kennywood ,PA 99 96 31 6 0.7444
33 Cyclone Astroland ,NY 62 92 30 7 0.7403
34 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk ,CA 32 70 22 9 0.7376
35 Grand National Blackpool ,UK 42 67 21 9 0.7371
36 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. ,NY 21 67 22 7 0.7344
37 The Legend Holiday World ,IN 196 106 37 6 0.7315
38 Jack Rabbit Kennywood ,PA 104 94 34 5 0.7256
39 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium ,BE 37 30 12 0 0.7143
40 Wild One SF America ,MD 69 78 30 6 0.7105
41 The Beast Kings Island ,OH 182 95 43 4 0.6831
42 Excalibur Funtown USA ,ME 19 46 18 14 0.6795
* Regina Tobu Zoo ,JP 4 9 3 5 0.6765
44 Robin Hood Walibi World ,NL 42 25 11 6 0.6667 0
* Cyclone Lakeside ,CO 3 1 0 2 0.6667 0
46 Twister Knoebel's ,PA 113 85 41 9 0.6630
47 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park ,NH 36 58 26 15 0.6616
48 Wildcat Hersheypark ,PA 119 74 36 10 0.6583
49 The Legend Arnolds Park ,IA 8 39 19 7 0.6538
50 Roar Marine World ,CA 37 60 33 9 0.6324
51 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis ,MO 43 52 29 7 0.6307
52 Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake ,OH 103 79 46 10 0.6222
53 Racer Kennywood ,PA 98 79 48 5 0.6174
54 Blue Streak Cedar Point ,OH 230 87 54 3 0.6146
55 Wild Mouse Blackpool ,UK 40 54 32 11 0.6134
56 Big Dipper Blackpool ,UK 43 51 30 14 0.6105
57 Rutschebanen Bakken ,DK 21 38 27 6 0.5775
58 Roar SF America ,MD 69 59 46 7 0.5580
59 Outlaw Adventureland ,IA 11 34 26 18 0.5513
60 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens ,DK 24 34 27 15 0.5461
61 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach ,IN 82 66 55 7 0.5430
62 Zeus Mount Olympus ,WI 59 56 47 14 0.5385
63 Comet Hersheypark ,PA 114 61 53 7 0.5331
64 The Grizzly Kings Dominion ,VA 79 60 54 7 0.5248
65 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm ,CA 75 61 56 14 0.5191
66 Giant Dipper Belmont Park ,CA 21 43 40 2 0.5176
67 American Eagle SFGAm ,IL 76 57 53 8 0.5169
68 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach ,IN 72 60 56 10 0.5159
69 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah ,GA 18 39 37 7 0.5120
70 Starliner Cypress Gardens ,FL 20 44 42 12 0.5102
71 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs ,AR 14 32 32 8 0.5000 0
* Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Clementon Lake ,NJ 2 0 0 2 0.5000 0
* Roller Coaster Western Wash. Fair ,WA 2 1 1 0 0.5000 0
74 Cyclone SF New England ,MA 83 53 53 9 0.5000 0
75 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 68 50 53 11 0.4868
76 The Boss Six Flags St Louis ,MO 42 36 39 14 0.4831
77 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG ,GA 60 45 51 13 0.4725
78 Great White Wild Wheels Pier ,NJ 36 38 43 2 0.4699
* Blue Streak (SBNO) Conneaut Lake Park ,PA 3 4 5 3 0.4583
80 Georgia Cyclone SFoG ,GA 54 46 56 9 0.4550
81 Tornado Adventureland ,IA 12 30 38 11 0.4494
82 Sierra Tonante Mirabilandia Park ,IT 15 23 29 0 0.4423
83 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park ,FI 18 23 30 7 0.4417
84 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa ,FL 68 46 61 12 0.4370
85 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom ,SC 10 16 22 9 0.4362
86 Falken Farup Sommerland ,DK 17 27 37 11 0.4333 0
87 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland ,JP 18 23 31 6 0.4333 0
88 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 77 50 71 11 0.4205 12
89 Tornado Stricker's Grove ,OH 69 50 71 11 0.4205 5
90 Roller Coaster Blackpool ,UK 40 35 50 9 0.4202
91 Thunderbolt SF New England ,MA 75 43 62 13 0.4195
92 Thunderhawk Dorney Park ,PA 94 44 65 7 0.4095
93 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun ,MO 18 22 36 17 0.4067
94 King Solomons Mines Pleasureland (S) ,UK 5 4 6 0 0.4000
95 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion ,VA 82 46 71 4 0.3967
96 Thunder Road Carowinds ,NC 33 31 50 10 0.3956
97 Racer Kings Island ,OH 168 54 84 3 0.3936
98 Hurler Kings Dominion ,VA 75 41 70 6 0.3761
99 Stampida Port Aventura ,ES 53 36 65 8 0.3670
100 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain ,CA 82 38 74 20 0.3636
101 Le Monstre La Ronde ,QU 19 25 50 16 0.3626
102 Skyliner Lakemont ,PA 22 31 62 11 0.3510
103 Dragon Coaster Playland ,NY 25 29 55 3 0.3506
104 High Roller Valleyfair! ,MN 40 36 75 14 0.3440
105 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure ,MI 35 30 65 10 0.3333
106 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth ,UK 14 18 43 6 0.3134
107 Leap the Dips Lakemont ,PA 22 30 69 5 0.3125
108 J2 Clementon Lake ,NJ 13 14 40 14 0.3088
109 Meteor Little Amerricka ,WI 22 22 56 6 0.2976
110 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze ,NY 11 17 49 12 0.2949
111 Hurler Carowinds ,NC 35 20 56 10 0.2907
112 Roller Coaster Lagoon ,UT 6 3 9 2 0.2857
113 Comet Waldameer ,PA 20 20 66 9 0.2579
114 Judge Roy Scream SFoT ,TX 31 20 67 10 0.2577
115 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 27 16 57 11 0.2560
116 Hochschaubahn Prater Park ,AT 9 2 13 7 0.2500
117 Zipper Dipper Blackpool ,UK 29 16 62 12 0.2444
118 Rollo Coaster Idlewild ,PA 18 18 67 9 0.2394
119 Twisted Twins-Lola Kentucky Kingdom ,KY 88 27 100 7 0.2276
120 Wildcat Lake Compounce ,CT 74 23 90 9 0.2254
121 Triple Hurricane Cypress Gardens ,FL 35 19 84 14 0.2222
122 Rolling Thunder SFGAd ,NJ 183 27 105 8 0.2214
123 Tomahawk Port Aventura ,ES 48 18 79 8 0.2095
124 Underground Adventureland ,IA 12 14 60 5 0.2089
125 Jupiter Kijima Korakuen ,JP 13 10 45 5 0.2083 0
126 The Bandit Movie Park ,DE 58 8 36 4 0.2083 0
127 Twisted Twins-StellaKentucky Kingdom ,KY 73 24 103 4 0.1985
128 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ,ON 25 14 65 5 0.1964
129 Cheetah Wild Adventures ,GA 7 7 42 6 0.1818
130 Son of Beast Kings Island ,OH 110 20 105 7 0.1780
131 Raging Wolf Bobs(S) Geauga Lake ,OH 39 15 87 9 0.1757
132 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure ,MI 32 14 82 4 0.1600
133 Big Dipper Camden Park ,WV 11 8 62 8 0.1538
134 Pegasus Mount Olympus ,WI 54 15 88 2 0.1524
135 New Mexico Rattler Cliff's ,NM 6 1 8 1 0.1500
136 The Villain (SBNO) Geauga Lake ,OH 106 18 113 4 0.1481
137 Beastie Kings Island ,OH 114 18 118 4 0.1429
138 Antelope Gulliver's World ,UK 10 3 31 5 0.1410
139 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion ,VA 54 15 103 3 0.1364
140 Kingdom Coaster Dutch Wonderland ,PA 17 8 71 7 0.1337
141 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove ,OH 66 16 111 2 0.1318
142 Coaster-Express Warner Bros. Movie W ,ES 39 8 82 9 0.1263
* Timberhawk Enchanted Village ,WA 2 1 7 0 0.1250 0
144 Scooby Doo Carowinds ,NC 28 9 72 3 0.1250 0
145 Anaconda Walygator Parc ,FR 13 2 14 0 0.1250 0
146 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ,ON 20 9 75 3 0.1207
147 Texas Giant SFoT ,TX 31 7 80 7 0.1117
148 Little Dipper Kiddieland ,IL 6 2 20 1 0.1087
149 Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ,ES 21 7 80 4 0.0989
150 Twister II Elitch Gardens ,CO 7 1 18 2 0.0952
151 Mean Streak Cedar Point ,OH 214 10 129 6 0.0897
* Cannonball Waterville USA ,AL 3 0 5 1 0.0833 0
* Wildcat Frontier City ,OK 3 0 5 1 0.0833 0
154 Predator Darien Lake ,NY 20 4 60 3 0.0821
155 Lil' Dipper Camden Park ,WV 9 3 58 4 0.0769
156 Rattler Fiesta Texas ,TX 19 3 87 4 0.0532
157 White Canyon Yomiuriland ,JP 15 1 61 2 0.0312
158 The Grizzly Great America ,CA 32 0 86 5 0.0275
159 Pegasus de Efteling ,NL 37 0 40 2 0.0238
The following coasters had too few 2007 riders take the poll:
* Tree Topper Upper Clements Park ,NS 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Williams Grove ,PA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Medusa Six Flags Mexico ,MX 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Elf Hirakata Park ,JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne ,AU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney ,AU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Hullamvasut Vidam ,HU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Scenic Railway Dreamland ,UK 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Kiddie Coaster Playland ,NY 2 0 2 0 0.0000
* Aska (S) Nara Dreamland ,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
* *Montezum Hopi Hari , B 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Bush Beast (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl., A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Beastie (SBNO) Australia's Wonderl., A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Wild Mouse Aussie World , A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Serpiente de Fuego La Feria ,MX 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zippin' Pippin (S) Libertyland ,TN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion , S 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill ,PA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zingo (S) Bell's ,OK 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake ,OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake ,OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Mega Zeph (SBNO) SF New Orleans ,LA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Roller Coaster (S) Joyland ,KS 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain , C 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
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