Wood Poll - This Year's Ride Experiences 2011
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 8.8 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 2011 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:
"Wood Coaster" had a loss among 2011 mutual riders (it had several ties but no losses
when the year ridden was not considered). The two people who rode it and "Boulder Dash"
this year and listed a preference both preferred "Boulder Dash".
Those who rode both "El Toro" and "Boulder Dash" this year chose "El Toro" 33 to 22.
Strangely, those who reported riding both "The Voyage" and "Boulder Dash" this year chose
"The Voyage" 9 to 2. However, those who rode both "The Voyage" and "El Toro" this year
did choose "El Toro" 12 to 4.
Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden This Year = 8.8
RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk
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* Coaster Playland BC 4 7 0 0 1.0000
2 El Toro SFGAd NJ 150 137 0 6 0.9790
3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 83 124 3 1 0.9727
4 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA 54 114 3 5 0.9549
5 The Voyage Holiday World IN 73 108 5 1 0.9518
6 Troy Toverland NL 67 61 2 3 0.9470
7 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 90 129 5 6 0.9429
8 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 56 110 6 6 0.9262
* Wood Coaster Knight Valley CN 8 19 1 4 0.8750
10 Colossos Heide Park DE 66 74 9 6 0.8652
11 Balder Liseberg SE 36 78 10 8 0.8542
12 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 22 65 8 8 0.8519
13 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 16 53 6 10 0.8406 1
14 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO 26 69 9 10 0.8409 0
15 American Thunder Six Flags St Louis MO 25 77 12 8 0.8351
16 Hades Mount Olympus WI 18 70 13 4 0.8276
17 Wooden Warrior Quassy CT 72 102 20 7 0.8178
18 Raven Holiday World IN 64 93 19 6 0.8136
* T Express Everland KR 5 24 4 5 0.8030
20 Comet Great Escape NY 43 92 20 9 0.7975
21 Renegade Valleyfair! MN 13 47 10 7 0.7891 0
22 HellCat Timber Falls WI 15 46 8 12 0.7879 1
23 Kentucky Rumbler Beech Bend KY 10 35 5 12 0.7885 0
24 Boardwalk Bullet Kemah Boardwalk TX 27 79 17 14 0.7818
25 Joris en de Draak W de Efteling NL 85 78 17 15 0.7773
26 Cornball Express Indiana Beach IN 22 56 14 9 0.7658
27 Megafobia Oakwood UK 24 31 7 8 0.7609
28 Twister Grona Lund SE 41 71 21 6 0.7551
29 Apocalypse S. F. Magic Mountain CA 84 90 26 10 0.7540
30 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 87 86 27 10 0.7398
31 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 87 88 29 7 0.7379 1
32 Grand National Blackpool UK 41 41 12 8 0.7377 0
33 The Beast Kings Island OH 107 94 29 20 0.7273
* Zippin Pippin Bay Beach WI 9 43 14 8 0.7231 0
35 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 42 41 13 9 0.7222 0
36 The Legend Holiday World IN 67 82 30 7 0.7185
37 Tremors Silverwood ID 14 39 11 15 0.7154
38 Rampage Alabama Adventure AL 11 26 9 8 0.6977
39 Viper SFGAm IL 39 58 24 10 0.6848
40 Joris en de Draak V de Efteling NL 82 63 24 20 0.6822 1
41 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 14 39 15 12 0.6818 1
42 El Toro Freizeitpark Plohn DE 24 30 11 13 0.6759
43 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 31 44 19 9 0.6736
44 Cyclops Mount Olympus WI 19 52 23 12 0.6667
* Regina Tobu Zoo JP 8 26 13 4 0.6512
46 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 72 80 40 14 0.6493
* New Mexico Rattler Cliff's NM 7 21 10 7 0.6447 1
48 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 73 79 40 16 0.6444 1
49 Twister Knoebel's PA 87 83 45 12 0.6357
* Coaster Thrill Ride Puyallup Fair WA 4 15 8 4 0.6296
51 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 10 24 13 13 0.6100
52 Lost Coaster of SM Indiana Beach IN 20 40 24 11 0.6067 1
53 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 44 45 27 12 0.6071 0
54 Thundercoaster Tusenfryd NO 19 29 18 11 0.5948
55 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 10 22 14 8 0.5909
56 Thunderbird PowerPark FI 12 23 14 15 0.5865 0
57 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 76 67 46 9 0.5861 0
58 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 19 43 30 15 0.5739
59 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 129 76 56 9 0.5709
60 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 33 45 32 19 0.5677 18
61 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 60 62 45 17 0.5685 10
* Outlaw Adventureland IA 9 8 6 4 0.5556
63 Wild One SF America MD 27 42 33 10 0.5529
64 American Eagle SFGAm IL 45 49 40 7 0.5469 4
65 Cyclone Astroland NY 54 45 36 17 0.5459 2
* Wild Mouse Luna Park-Sydney AU 7 16 13 7 0.5417
67 Mammut Tripsdrill DE 30 25 21 10 0.5357
68 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 65 61 53 9 0.5325
69 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 28 35 35 17 0.5000 0
70 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 86 54 54 19 0.5000 1
71 Comet Hersheypark PA 79 52 52 20 0.5000 1
* Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 4 0 0 1 0.5000 0
* Fireball Happy Valley Song CN 6 2 2 6 0.5000 0
74 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 99 60 60 13 0.5000 1
75 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 103 59 61 15 0.4926 2
76 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 13 31 32 15 0.4936 0
77 Racer Kennywood PA 71 56 60 18 0.4851
78 Nickelodeon Streak Blackpool UK 35 20 22 16 0.4828
* Cannonball Waterville USA AL 5 10 11 4 0.4800
80 Racer Kings Island OH 94 55 62 16 0.4737
81 Loup Garou Walibi Belgium BE 23 22 26 11 0.4661
82 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 27 33 39 11 0.4639
83 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 25 36 45 13 0.4521 2
84 Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA 34 26 34 24 0.4524 1
85 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 71 48 60 9 0.4487
* Cyclone Lakeside CO 8 11 15 5 0.4355
87 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 17 20 28 11 0.4322 1
88 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 26 28 38 8 0.4324 0
89 Roar SF America MD 32 30 43 12 0.4235 0
90 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 11 9 13 4 0.4231 0
91 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 33 31 45 12 0.4205
92 Cyclone SF New England MA 82 45 66 12 0.4146
93 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 14 11 19 15 0.4111
94 Cheetah Wild Adventures GA 15 17 31 17 0.3923
95 Robin Hood Walibi Holland NL 44 21 38 19 0.3910
* Tornado Adventureland IA 9 6 10 2 0.3889 1
97 Skyliner Lakemont PA 16 21 36 10 0.3881 0
* Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 7 9 17 6 0.3750
99 White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 11 13 25 7 0.3667 0
100 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 60 30 58 16 0.3654 1
* Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 8 12 23 6 0.3659 0
102 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 77 35 69 6 0.3455
103 Stampida Port Aventura ES 28 16 32 3 0.3431
104 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 59 34 72 13 0.3403
105 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 14 13 31 12 0.3393
106 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 17 15 39 16 0.3286
107 Falken Farup Sommerland DK 22 16 41 15 0.3264
* Jupiter Kijima Korakuen JP 8 7 21 10 0.3158
109 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 21 16 47 20 0.3133
110 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 75 33 79 9 0.3099
111 Timberhawk Enchanted Village WA 10 10 28 7 0.3000 3
112 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 86 30 79 13 0.2992 1
* Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 3 2 9 6 0.2941
114 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 26 20 54 8 0.2927
* Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 8 8 24 6 0.2895
116 Zeus Mount Olympus WI 17 18 55 14 0.2874
117 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 59 33 91 11 0.2852
118 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 20 15 47 11 0.2808 1
119 Blue Flyer Blackpool UK 33 12 40 12 0.2813 0
* Wildcat Frontier City OK 6 7 24 7 0.2763
* Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 7 2 11 7 0.2750
122 Predator Darien Lake NY 14 13 46 13 0.2708
* Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 9 6 21 5 0.2656
124 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 16 12 45 9 0.2500 1
125 Timber Wolf Worlds of Fun MO 18 11 42 9 0.2500 0
126 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 36 22 85 16 0.2439
127 Wild Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 24 16 58 7 0.2407
128 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 42 15 61 10 0.2326
129 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 31 15 69 14 0.2245
130 Comet Waldameer PA 44 20 81 9 0.2227 2
* Kingdom Coaster Dutch Wonderland PA 8 4 24 8 0.2222 0
* Big Dipper Camden Park WV 9 11 54 12 0.2208
133 Hell Cat Clementon Lake NJ 16 9 41 7 0.2193 0
134 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 15 10 51 12 0.2192 0
135 Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 24 7 36 7 0.2100
136 Hurler Carowinds NC 36 13 65 9 0.2011
137 Sea Dragon Jungle Jacks Landing OH 14 11 55 4 0.1857
138 Coastersaurus Legoland Florida FL 17 8 42 3 0.1792
139 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 15 3 23 5 0.1774 0
* Tyrolean Tubtwist Joyland UK 6 1 12 4 0.1765 0
141 Woodstock Express Carowinds NC 24 8 57 9 0.1689
142 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 21 9 62 7 0.1603
143 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 74 14 96 10 0.1583
144 Ghoster Coaster Kings Dominion VA 39 8 77 15 0.1550
* Meteor Little Amerricka WI 7 2 18 3 0.1522
146 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 20 7 65 11 0.1506
147 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 116 13 103 12 0.1484
148 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 123 14 110 11 0.1444
149 Little Dipper SFGAm IL 33 11 79 5 0.1421
150 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 67 13 100 7 0.1375
* White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 6 1 32 9 0.1310
152 Woodstock Express Kings Island OH 51 10 106 11 0.1220
153 Pegasus Mount Olympus WI 17 8 72 4 0.1190
* Antelope Gulliver's World UK 6 0 13 4 0.1176
* Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 8 2 34 5 0.1098
156 The Bandit Movie Park DE 51 3 73 6 0.0732
* Underground Adventureland IA 9 0 30 4 0.0588
158 Anaconda Walygator Parc FR 26 1 60 5 0.0530
* Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 7 1 63 5 0.0507
160 Coaster-Express Parque Warner Madrid ES 21 1 58 3 0.0403
161 The Grizzly Great America CA 26 1 59 1 0.0246
The following coasters had too few 2011 riders take the poll:
* Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* The Legend Arnolds Park IA 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Elf Hirakata Park JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000
* Hullamvasut Vidam HU 2 0 2 0 0.0000
* *Zipper Dipper Esselworld I 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* Cyclone Nicco Park IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Montezum Hopi Hari B 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Wild Mouse Aussie World A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Aska (S) Nara Dreamland J 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Auto BergBahn Prater Park A 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Medusa Six Flags Mexico M 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Montana Rusa La Feria M 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Tree Topper Upper Clements Park N 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Texas Giant SFoT T 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Cyclone (SBNO) Williams Grove P 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Zingo (S) Bell's O 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Screechin' Eagle(S) LeSourdsville Lake O 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Son of Beast (SBNO) Kings Island O 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Big Dipper (SBNO) Geauga Lake O 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Ozark Wildcat(SBNO) Celebration City M 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Mega Zeph (SBNO) SF New Orleans L 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Twisted Twins-S (S) Kentucky Kingdom K 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Twisted Twins-L (S) Kentucky Kingdom K 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom K 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Roller Coaster (S) Joyland K 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Scenic Railway Dreamland U 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach F 0 0 0 0 0.0000
* *Starliner (SBNO) Cypress Gardens F 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