Wood Poll - This Year's Ride Experiences 2009
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 8.7 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 2009 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:
T Express ranked only #28 among the 12 people who rode it this year.
Among the top 3 among 2009 mutual riders, El Toro was preferred to The Voyage 16 to 15 and preferred to
Boulder Dash 25 to 18. The Voyage was preferred 13 to 10 to Boulder Dash but had five ties (most of the 1 to 1
variety) with less ridden coasters.
Average Number of Wooden Roller Coasters Ridden in 2009 = 8.7
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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1 El Toro SFGAd NJ 141 133 1 0 0.9925
2 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 66 110 2 2 0.9737
3 The Voyage Holiday World IN 98 114 1 5 0.9708
4 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA 63 100 4 0 0.9615
5 Balder Liseberg SE 35 68 3 3 0.9392
6 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO 59 108 7 2 0.9316
* Tremors Silverwood ID 6 25 1 2 0.9286
8 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 82 117 7 5 0.9264
9 Colossos Heide Park DE 35 58 4 2 0.9219
10 Rampage Alabama Adventure AL 18 68 6 3 0.9026 3
11 Evel Knievel Six Flags St Louis MO 73 104 10 3 0.9017 2
12 Hades Mount Olympus WI 22 77 7 4 0.8977
* Fireball Happy Valley Song CN 10 45 5 1 0.8922
14 Troy Toverland NL 49 78 9 2 0.8876
15 El Toro Freizeitpark Plohn DE 17 57 7 3 0.8731
16 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 57 107 14 5 0.8690
* Coaster Playland BC 7 20 2 4 0.8462
18 Megafobia Oakwood UK 22 14 1 4 0.8421
19 Renegade Valleyfair! MN 34 77 13 4 0.8404
20 Terminator Salvatio S. F. Magic Mountain CA 83 100 19 4 0.8293
21 The Beast Kings Island OH 174 109 22 5 0.8199
22 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 109 97 19 7 0.8171
23 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 108 98 21 4 0.8130
24 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend KY 26 78 15 9 0.8088 11
25 Raven Holiday World IN 97 93 19 8 0.8083 9
26 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 57 89 21 7 0.7906
27 Comet Great Escape NY 39 74 15 14 0.7864
* T Express Everland KR 12 28 7 2 0.7838
* Thunderbird PowerPark FI 12 37 10 1 0.7813
30 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 22 62 17 4 0.7711
31 Avalanche Timber Falls WI 23 62 17 7 0.7616
32 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 27 58 18 7 0.7410 1
* Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake OH 3 19 5 5 0.7414 0
34 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 32 57 19 10 0.7209
35 The Legend Holiday World IN 98 85 32 5 0.7172
36 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 19 43 17 3 0.7063
37 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 62 70 27 12 0.6972
38 Twister Knoebel's PA 83 81 34 11 0.6865
39 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 75 77 35 5 0.6795
40 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 16 45 21 5 0.6690
41 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 16 30 15 6 0.6471
* Timber Terror Silverwood ID 6 16 8 4 0.6429
43 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 24 23 10 13 0.6413
* Regina Tobu Zoo JP 10 14 7 5 0.6346
45 Grand National Blackpool UK 51 22 11 9 0.6310
46 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 61 63 35 11 0.6284
47 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 35 52 29 13 0.6223
48 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 23 39 21 15 0.6200 2
49 Cyclone Astroland NY 38 59 34 11 0.6202 1
50 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 69 67 44 6 0.5983
* New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 4 11 7 3 0.5952
52 Mammut Tripsdrill DE 43 31 20 10 0.5902 1
53 Viper SFGAm IL 70 69 47 5 0.5909 0
54 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 52 18 12 8 0.5789
55 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 128 66 47 11 0.5766
56 American Eagle SFGAm IL 67 64 47 9 0.5708
57 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 29 39 30 3 0.5625
58 Robin Hood Walibi World NL 42 22 17 6 0.5556
59 Outlaw Adventureland IA 13 34 26 14 0.5541
60 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 22 42 34 14 0.5444
61 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 19 43 36 17 0.5365
62 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 105 61 53 9 0.5325
* Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 9 18 16 5 0.5256
64 Racer Kennywood PA 61 53 49 7 0.5183
65 Zeus Mount Olympus WI 22 40 37 11 0.5170
66 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX 31 41 39 8 0.5114 6
67 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 77 56 53 19 0.5117 2
68 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 48 49 47 19 0.5087
* Triple Hurricane(S) Cypress Gardens FL 3 1 1 1 0.5000 0
70 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 58 54 54 9 0.5000 0
* Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney AU 3 2 2 1 0.5000 0
* Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 8 1 1 0 0.5000 0
* Jupiter Kijima Korakuen JP 4 2 2 0 0.5000 0
* Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 11 20 21 8 0.4898
* Hell Cat Clementon Lake NJ 5 11 12 13 0.4861
76 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 32 36 39 11 0.4826
77 Roar SF America MD 52 47 52 9 0.4769
78 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 66 50 56 7 0.4735
* Kingdom Coaster Dutch Wonderland PA 9 24 28 14 0.4697 1
80 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 14 24 28 14 0.4697 2
81 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 27 37 42 6 0.4706 10
82 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 15 28 32 4 0.4688 0
83 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 22 36 43 12 0.4615
84 Comet Hersheypark PA 98 50 61 14 0.4560
* Wildcat Frontier City OK 10 22 27 2 0.4510 0
* Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE 8 3 4 3 0.4500 0
87 Tornado Adventureland IA 14 28 36 10 0.4459 2
88 Texas Giant SFoT TX 39 39 50 13 0.4461 1
89 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA 42 37 50 11 0.4337
90 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 24 33 45 9 0.4310 1
91 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 44 42 57 9 0.4306 1
* Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 5 3 7 16 0.4231
* Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 2 0 1 5 0.4167
94 Racer Kings Island OH 157 51 75 10 0.4118
95 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 42 9 14 4 0.4074
96 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 22 28 46 13 0.3966
97 Wild One SF America MD 53 36 59 13 0.3935
98 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 35 33 56 11 0.3850 0
* Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 9 3 6 4 0.3846 0
* Coaster Thrill Ride Puyallup Fair WA 5 1 2 1 0.3750
101 Skyliner Lakemont PA 22 25 44 5 0.3716
102 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 76 34 68 16 0.3559
103 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 16 18 37 10 0.3538
* The Legend Arnolds Park IA 3 5 11 3 0.3421
* Big Dipper Camden Park WV 6 8 19 7 0.3382
* Elf Hirakata Park JP 2 1 2 0 0.3333 0
107 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 90 36 76 8 0.3333 0
108 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 21 20 46 8 0.3243
* Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 11 16 40 11 0.3209
* Meteor Little Amerricka WI 8 14 35 8 0.3158 0
111 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 33 28 65 7 0.3150 0
112 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 65 29 72 14 0.3130
113 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 57 29 75 15 0.3067 7
114 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 40 29 69 6 0.3077 2
115 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 38 9 24 5 0.3026 1
116 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 36 25 65 11 0.3020 0
117 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 33 23 60 9 0.2989 3
118 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 59 29 77 13 0.2983 2
* Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 6 4 18 12 0.2941
120 Hurler Carowinds NC 44 25 72 10 0.2804
121 Predator Darien Lake NY 26 19 58 10 0.2759 0
* Timberhawk Enchanted Village WA 7 6 19 4 0.2759 0
123 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 24 17 61 16 0.2660
124 Cyclone SF New England MA 92 28 85 7 0.2625 1
125 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 35 6 24 8 0.2632 0
126 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO 58 24 79 12 0.2609
127 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 99 25 90 20 0.2593 5
128 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 59 21 75 16 0.2589 3
129 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 74 24 87 12 0.2439
130 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 81 26 88 5 0.2395
* Anaconda Walygator Parc FR 7 0 8 7 0.2333
132 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 21 13 50 6 0.2319
* Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 11 4 24 7 0.2143
134 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 60 21 89 6 0.2069
* Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES 5 1 7 2 0.2000
136 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 22 12 62 9 0.1988
137 Stampida Port Aventura ES 29 9 63 11 0.1747
* Starliner (SBNO) Cypress Gardens FL 4 0 4 2 0.1667 0
* Antelope Gulliver's World UK 3 0 4 2 0.1667 0
* Sea Dragon Jungle Jacks Landing OH 4 6 43 6 0.1636
141 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 27 8 63 10 0.1605 0
142 Comet Waldameer PA 58 14 84 5 0.1602 0
* Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 12 9 56 4 0.1594 0
144 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 27 11 79 9 0.1566 0
* Cannonball Waterville USA AL 3 1 12 3 0.1563 0
146 Son of Beast (SBNO) Kings Island OH 85 13 97 9 0.1471
147 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 26 7 63 9 0.1456
148 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 116 13 102 10 0.1440
* White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 6 1 6 0 0.1429
* Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 11 6 54 7 0.1418
151 Fairly Odd Coaster Carowinds NC 34 11 89 6 0.1321
152 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 122 10 101 8 0.1176
153 Fairly Odd Coaster Kings Island OH 96 11 112 7 0.1115
* Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 12 1 43 7 0.0882
155 Pegasus de Efteling NL 19 1 11 0 0.0833
156 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 49 6 99 6 0.0811
157 The Bandit Movie Park DE 20 1 12 0 0.0769
158 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI 21 2 78 8 0.0682 3
159 Underground Adventureland IA 13 4 68 2 0.0676 3
160 The Grizzly Great America CA 34 1 89 7 0.0464
The following coasters had too few 2009 riders take the poll:
* Twisted Twins-L (S) Kentucky Kingdom KY 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Lakeside CO 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone (SBNO) Williams Grove PA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Aska (S) Nara Dreamland JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Hullamvasut Vidam HU 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 5 0 8 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Nicco Park IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zipper Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Montezum Hopi Hari BR 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Wild Mouse Aussie World AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Auto BergBahn Prater Park AT 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Montana Rusa La Feria MX 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zippin' Pippin (S) Libertyland TN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Blue Streak (SBNO) Conneaut Lake Park PA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Zingo (S) Bell's OK 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Ozark Wildcat(SBNO) Celebration City MO 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Mega Zeph (SBNO) SF New Orleans LA 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Twisted Twins-S (S) Kentucky Kingdom KY 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Roller Coaster (S) Joyland KS 0 0 0 0 0.0000
For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this
poll, visit the website BestRollerCoasterPoll.com