FINAL RESULTS: 2002 Internet Steel Tracked Roller Coaster Poll

As was the case in 2001, Holiday Park Germany's Expedition GeForce was voted the top steel
coaster outside of the United States and Six Flags New England's Superman - Ride of Steel
was voted the top steel coaster in the United States. However, this time enough people
had ridden both EGF and SRoS to make a valid comparison and Expedition GeForce was voted
the #1 steel coaster on the planet.

Those two were far and away the top two coasters in the 2002 poll. One example of how
wide their gap is on the other steel coasters in the top 10 is that they were both preferred
to the Favorite Wood Coaster category whereas every other ride in the top 10 lost that
comparison by vote ratios that ranged from nearly 2:1 all the way to almost 5:1.

Millennium Force and Nitro again finished third and fourth in the poll, the New York
and Maryland versions of Superman - Ride of Steel finished fifth and sixth, X debuted at #7,
Apollo's Chariot finished eighth, Nemesis fell a bit to ninth, and Kraken rounds out the
2002 top 10..

Unlike in 2001 when the top four rides were new to the poll, this year's top rookie,
X at Six Flags Magic Mountain, came in at #7. An argument could easily be made that X is
deserving of a higher rank, as it won the mutual rider comparisons with MF and Nitro, but
losses and ties to lesser ridden rides ranked below it caused it to slide down in the final
rankings.

It is interesting to note that while the large group of American enthusiasts that
travelled to Europe this past summer likely provided the ballots for Germany's EGF to claim
the top spot, they also are likely the reason that longtime favorite England's Nemesis, which
had finished fifth in the two preceding polls, slipped a bit to ninth this year.

Amongst the top seven rides, the mutual rider comparisons went as follows:
EGF was preferred to SRoS:NE 6-2, to MF 8-1, to Nitro 6-0, to SRoS:NY 7-0,
to SRoS:MD 7-0, and to X 2-1. SRoS:NE was preferred to MF 36-9-1, to Nitro 39-6, to
SRoS:NY 30-1, to SRoS:MD 32-1-1, and to X 11-1. MF was preferred to Nitro
28-25-3, to SRoS:NY 32-12, to SRoS:MD 26-17-1, but lost the comparison to X
8-10-2. Nitro was preferred to SRoS:NY 19-12-3, to SRoS:MD 20-17-4, but lost
the comparison to X 5-7. SRoS:NY won vs SRoS:MD 12-4-12, and vs X 5-3.
SRoS:MD won the comparison to X 7-6.

Other new rides that finished in the top 40 this year include Six Flags Holland's Goliath
at #16, Knott's Berry Farm's Xcelerator at #21, Six Flags over Georgia's Superman - Ultimate
Flight at #22, Thorpe Park's Colossus at #34, Alton Towers' Air at #36, and the few respondents
who had ridden Warner Bothers Movie World Spain's Superman la Atraccion rated it #23.

Other top rides that finished better than ever in the poll include Six Flags America's
Superman - Ride of Steel at #6, Sea World Florida's Kraken at #10, Kennywood's Phantom's Revenge
at #16, and Six Flags Magic Mountain's Goliath, which climbed 19 spots from 2001 to place 17th
this year.

With the debut of X at #7 and the rise of Goliath to #17, Six Flags Magic Mountain has
joined Cedar Point (#3 Millennium Force, #19 Magnum XL-200) and Islands of Adventure
(#12 Dueling Dragons-Fire, #15 Incredible Hulk) as parks vying for the top steel coaster duo.
Add in #26 Dueling Dragons-Ice and #25 Raptor and IoA & CP are also very close for the top trio.

France's Gouderix has dethroned two time defending (and never "beaten" in this poll)
"champion" Flashback for the title of least favoured steel coaster in the poll.

You may see the mutual rider comparisons between the 273 coasters (including
"Favorite Wood Coaster") that had riders take the poll this year by downloading the
spreadsheet from the website http://www.geocities.com/wcoasterpoll

The "Favorite Wood Coaster" would be placed third amongst the steel rides.
The comparisons of "Favorite Wood Coaster" to EGF and SRoS:NE were lost by 4-8-2 and
14-18-11 votes respectively.

The following results are presented in a tabular format showing 1999,
2001, and 2002 placements, giving a better feel for trends and consistencies
in the poll. When viewing this chart, one should expect a coaster's rank
to drop slightly from year to year due to additional coasters debuting in
the poll. Special attention should be paid to the RIDERS column as the
fewer the number of riders, the greater the margin of error.

The detailed 2002 results, the ride forces poll results, the rankings based only on
ride experiences that occurred in 2002, and the top coasters based on those voters who
specified each of the six ride forces as their favorite follow the three year chart below.

Symbols: # - no riders or no riders numerically ranked this coaster that year. R#- < 5 rider/raters (greater margin for error). (R is the Rank) Rt- Coaster tied for rank R - - coaster was not yet built. n - coaster new or rebuilt this year. 115 persons took the poll in 1999, 98 in 2001, and 152 this year. The steel coaster poll was not conducted in 2000. Total Number of Ballots = 152 Average Number of Steel Categories/Coasters Ridden = 64.6 +------------------------------------------------------- 2002 Rank | +-------------------------------------------------- 2001 Rank | | +--------------------------------------------- 1999 Rank | | | '02 POLL V V V COASTER PARK LOC RIDERS 1 2# - Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 15 2 1 - Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 54 3 3 - Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 108 4 4 - Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 64 5 7 1 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 49 6 8 - Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 50 7 - - X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 28 8 6 4 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 54 9 5 5 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 35 10 12 - Kraken Sea World FL 55 11 10 9 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 79 12 17 6 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 64 13 18 52* Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 58 * - 1999 = Steel Phantom 14 11 3 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 79 15 26# 8 Mindbender Galaxyland Amuseme AB 6 16 - - Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 12 17 36 - Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 63 18 9 2 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 72 19 13 11 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 117 20 20 - Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 14 21 - - XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 22 22 - - Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 22 23# - - Superman la Atracción Warner Bros. Movie ES 3 24 29 16 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 65 25 14 20 Raptor Cedar Point OH 116 26 25 18 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 79 27 21 7 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 73 28# # # Katun Mirabilandia IT 3 29 28 10 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 72 30 23 19 Volcano: The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 49 31 15 15 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 25 32 19 17 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 67 33 33 12 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 25 34 - - Colossus Thorpe Park UK 19 35 27 - Talon Dorney Park PA 63 36 - - Air Alton Towers UK 26 37 # 13 Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 5 38 22 - HyperSonic XLC Paramount's Kings VA 37 39 30 21 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks ** 113 40 37 38 Top Gun Paramount's Great CA 32 41 38 - Medusa SF Marine World CA 27 42 34 - California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA 46 43 16# 14 Olympia Looping Traveling DE 8 44 48 31 Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 63 45 24 - Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX 18 46 42 27 Great Bear Hersheypark PA 67 47 35 - Batman Knight Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 89 48 43 23 Mindbender Six Flags Over Geo GA 45 49 31# # Turbine (aka sirocco) Six Flags Belgium BE 12 50 41 - Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Am IL 41 51 32 54 Superman Ultimate Esc SF Worlds of Adven OH 86 52 45 24 Rock `n' Roller Coast Disney MGM Studios FL 61 53 54 # Euro-Mir Europa-Park DE 15 54# 81 39 Colossal Fire Dragon Lagoon UT 4 55 44 22 Shockwave Six Flags Over Tex TX 42 56# # # Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 3 57 - - Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH 60 58 57 34 Desperado Buffalo Bill's Res NV 45 59 109 69 Mr. Freeze Six Flags Over Tex TX 33 60 47 - Wildfire Silver Dollar City MO 9 61 89 44 Dragon Mountain Marineland Theme P ON 15 62 53 30 Georgia Scorcher Six Flags Over Geo GA 39 63 73 - Deja Vu Six Flags Great Am IL 29 64 93 64 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 17 65 87# - V2: Vertical Velocity SF Marine World CA 11 66 51 - Speed Sahara NV 31 67 50 156 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings VA 55 68# 59# 36 EuroStar Traveling DE 4 69 46 33 Wild Thing Valleyfair! MN 20 70 62 143 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings OH 76 71# - - Winjas Phantasialand DE 3 72 52 - Deja Vu Six Flags Magic Mo CA 39 73 63 35 Big Bad Wolf Busch Gardens Will VA 70 74 - - Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 8 75 86 46 Gemini Cedar Point OH 117 76 66 41 Montezooma's Revenge Knott's Berry Farm CA 59 77 80 95 The Chiller-Batman Six Flags Great Ad NJ 57 78 71 - X-Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 68 79 90 # Euro-Sat Europa-Park DE 15 80 # # Mach 3 Flamingoland UK 14 81 - - Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA 33 82 49 43 Oblivion Alton Towers UK 34 83 40 73 Alpinabahn (HimlyaBn) Traveling DE 7 84 64 - Stealth Paramount's Great CA 25 85 77 49 Space Mountain Disneyland CA 64 86 - - Silver Star Europa-Park DE 13 87# 69# # Colorado Adventure Phantasialand DE 4 88 143 57 Big One Blackpool P.B. UK 25 89 68 37 Avalanche Blackpool P.B. UK 26 90 91 115 The Chiller-Robin Six Flags Great Ad NJ 41 91 - - Hi-Miler Traveling US 9 92 55 32 Steel Eel Sea World Of Texas TX 18 93 78 45 Scandia Screamer Scandia Family Fun CA 26 94 72 36 Texas Tornado (SBNO) AstroWorld:SF TX 15 95 58 - Batwing Six Flags America MD 39 96 39# 25 Bullet Flamingoland UK 15 97 104 # Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park DE 13 98 84 50 Greezed Lightnin' AstroWorld:SF TX 27 99 - - Matterhorn Blitz Europa-Park DE 15 100 83 40 Exterminator Kennywood Park PA 73 101 60 51 Thunderation Silver Dollar City MO 11 102 70 47 Chang Six Flags Kentucky KY 57 103 103 67 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 91 104 149 # Schweizer Bobbahn Europa-Park DE 15 105 113 98 Excalibur Valleyfair! MN 21 106 65 58 Vortex Paramount's Canada ON 31 107 75 54 Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA 64 108 97 61 Steeplechase Blackpool P.B. UK 25 109 61 28 Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 17 110 99 133 Mr. Freeze Six Flags St. Loui MO 37 111 56# - Deja Vu Six Flags Over Geo GA 14 112 95 48 Ninja Six Flags Magic Mo CA 64 113 119 81 Big Thunder Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 95 114 79 66 Top Gun Paramount's Kings OH 86 115 111 71 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland CA 65 116 74 29 Mantis Cedar Point OH 114 117 67 42 Tennessee Tornado Dollywood TN 12 118 85# - Spinning Coaster 2000 Traveling DE 5 119 110 75 Matterhorn Disneyland CA 64 120 82 59 Viper Six Flags Over Geo GA 33 121 92 63 Loch Ness Monster Busch Gardens Will VA 74 122 100 53 Laser Dorney Park PA 74 123 - - Doppel Looping Traveling US 9 124 118 55 Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 48 125 94 - Star World Traveling DE 6 126 135# # Calamity Mine Six Flags Belgium BE 13 127 96 56 Roadrunner Express Fiesta Texas:SF TX 24 128# 108# - Nessie Hansa-Park DE 3 129 150# - Quicksilver Express Bonfante Gardens CA 14 130 120 87 Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 108 131t 133 90 Vampire Chessington UK 13 131#t # # Revolution Bobbejaanland BE 3 133 123 91 Whizzer Six Flags Great Am IL 65 134 101 80 Viper Six Flags Magic Mo CA 69 135 - - Star Jet Casino Pier NJ 9 136 139 78 Fav Loop. Star/S.Arr. Any Park Anywhere ** 60 137 122 89 Avalanche Paramount's Kings VA 60 138 # # Trace Du Hourra Parc Asterix FR 16 139 107# - Superman The Ride Six Flags Holland NL 15 140 - - Roller Soaker Hersheypark PA 23 141 106# # Vogel Rok Efteling NL 11 142 105 68 Canyon Blaster Grand Slam Canyon NV 41 143 134 137 Joker's Jinx Six Flags America MD 46 144 124 74 Bobsled Seabreeze NY 22 145 127 79 Greased Lightnin' Paramount's Great CA 36 146 159 88 Runaway Mountain Six Flags Over Tex TX 36 147 130 83 Adventure Express Paramount's Kings OH 85 148 76 - Fly. Super Saturator Paramount's Carowi NC 18 149 137 138 Poltergeist Fiesta Texas:SF TX 23 150 112 77 Vortex Paramount's Kings OH 90 151 98 60 Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere ** 83 152 - - Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island UK 6 153 136 86 Sooperdooperlooper Hersheypark PA 72 154 115 82 Vortex Paramount's Great CA 37 155 114 70 Shockwave Drayton Manor UK 22 156 116 62 Vortex Paramount's Carowi NC 29 157 161 85 High Speed Thrill Coa Knoebels PA 56 158# 121# - Titan Selva Magica MX 3 159 # # Millennium Fantasy Island UK 7 160 132 76 Fav Jet Star II Any Park Anywhere ** 11 161 141 93 Ultimate Lightwater Valley UK 16 162 - - Big Bad John Magic Springs AR 6 163# # # G'sengte Sau Tripsdrill DE 3 164 148 111 Anaconda Paramount's Kings VA 66 165 170# 97 Desert Storm Castles N' Coaster AZ 8 166 131# # Lethal Weapon Pursuit WB Movie World DE 6 167# # # Montana Rusa Parque Nacional CO 3 168 151 112 Fav Jet Star Any Park Anywhere ** 55 169 144 118 Demon Six Flags Great Am IL 69 170 138 107 Fav JS III/Jumbo Jet Any Park Anywhere ** 43 171 155 136 Dragon Fire Paramount's Canada ON 31 172 147 104 Viper Six Flags Darien L NY 49 173 168 127 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere ** 101 174 117 65 Iron Wolf Six Flags Great Am IL 67 175 129 121 Orient Express Worlds of Fun MO 26 176 152 114 Skull Mountain Six Flags Great Ad NJ 68 177 153 119 Fav Wildcat Any Park Anywhere ** 97 178 157 96 Run-A-Way Mine Train Six Flags Over Tex TX 37 179# 146# - Temple of Nighthawk Phantasialand DE 4 180 142 84 Space Invader Blackpool P.B. UK 24 181 163 103 Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC Any Park Anywhere ** 103 182 177 # Big Loop Heide Park DE 14 183 160 99 Fav City Jet/Jumbo V Any Park Anywhere ** 14 184 125 108 Shockwave Six Flags Great Am IL 59 185 126 92 Ultra Twister AstroWorld:SF TX 27 186 166 126 Demon Paramount's Great CA 39 187 140 102 King Cobra Paramount's Kings OH 74 188 128 105 SkyRider Paramount's Canada ON 29 189 162 116 Le Cobra La Ronde Parc Amus QC 9 190 154 106 Great American Scream Six Flags Great Ad NJ 67 191 167 145 Revolution Six Flags Magic Mo CA 71 192 186 148 Gold Rusher Six Flags Magic Mo CA 65 193 164 117 Carolina Cyclone Paramount's Carowi NC 29 194 171 120 Excalibur-N AstroWorld:SF TX 14 195 179 151 Iron Dragon Cedar Point OH 114 196# 102# 72 El Cascabel La Feria Chapultep MX 3 197 145 101 Fav Windstorm Any Park Anywhere ** 53 198# # # Mega Blitz Prater AT 3 199t 193# - Python Efteling NL 11 199t 172# 131 Red Devil Ghost Town in the NC 9 201 169 128 Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere ** 91 202 158 113 Shockwave Paramount's Kings VA 62 203# # # Thunderbolt Dreamworld AU 3 204 174 132 Goldrusher Paramount's Carowi NC 30 205 188 144 Cedar Creek Mine Ride Cedar Point OH 115 206 212# # Grottenblitz Heide Park DE 9 207 196 161 Fav Arrow Shuttle Any Park Anywhere ** 54 208# # # Airrace Bobbejaanland BE 3 209 176 110 Manhattan Express New York, New York NV 45 210 165 135 Ninja Six Flags Over Geo GA 45 211 185 142 Runaway Train Six Flags Great Ad NJ 65 212 197 147 River King Mine Train Six Flags St. Loui MO 42 # - - Flying Coaster SF Elitch Gardens CO 2 214 195 139 Dahlonega Mine Train Six Flags Over Geo GA 43 215 183 149 Mayan Mindbender AstroWorld:SF TX 26 216 191 162 XLR-8 AstroWorld:SF TX 31 217 207 166 High Roller Stratosphere Tower NV 29 218 180 - Flying Unicorn Islands of Adventu FL 58 219 192 146 Fav Galaxi Any Park Anywhere ** 63 220 190 157 Batman The Escape AstroWorld:SF TX 27 221 208 153 Fav Powered `Coaster' Any Park Anywhere ** 51 222 199 - Fav Tivoli Any Park Anywhere ** 81 223 156 130 Indiana Jones et le t Disneyland Paris FR 16 224 189 134 Fav Vekoma Boomerang Any Park Anywhere ** 109 225 173# 124 Le Vol D' Icare Parc Asterix FR 15 226 194 125 Fav Zyklon Any Park Anywhere ** 39 227 187 129 Double Loop SF Worlds of Adven OH 82 228 175 154 Fav Flitzer Any Park Anywhere ** 19 229 # 100 El Diablo Port Aventura ES 5 230 204 163 Fav Arrow Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 87 231 200 123 Joker's Revenge Fiesta Texas:SF TX 22 232 210 164 Trailblazer Hersheypark PA 72 233 205 160 Fav Vekoma Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 72 234 184 122 Dragon Adventureland IA 17 235 211 167 Santa Monica West Coa Pacific Park CA 31 236 209 152 Fav Zyklon Loop Any Park Anywhere ** 33 237 182 155 Ninja Six Flags St. Loui MO 43 238 # # X:\No Way Out Thorpe Park UK 19 239 201 159 Quantum Loop Seabreeze NY 18 240# 202 - Ravine Flyer 3 Waldameer PA 4 241 203 158 Steamin' Demon Great Escape Fun P NY 33 242 198 165 Viper Six Flags Great Ad NJ 48 # 206# - Rasender Roland Hansa-Park DE 2 244 213 169 Flashback Six Flags Magic Mo CA 45 245# # # Hydra Fighter II Wet n' Wild Em Pt NC 3 246 178 150 Gouderix Parc Asterix FR 16 The following coasters did not have enough riders take the poll to be ranked: # # # Super 8 Bahn Prater AT 2 # # # Tower of Terror Dreamworld AU 2 # # # Cyclone Dreamworld AU 2 # # # Slangen Tivoli DK 2 # # # Tornado Parque de Atraccio ES 2 # # # Magic Mountain Gardaland IT 2 # # # Jetline Tivoli Gr"na Lund SE 2 # # # Crazy Loop Pleasure Island UK 2 # # # Anaconda Gold Reef City ZA 2 # - - Blue Flash Vincennes IN 1 # # # Shuttle Loop Nagashima Spa Land JP 1 # # # Steel Dragon 2000 Nagashima Spa Land JP 1 # # # Ultra Twister Nagashima Spa Land JP 1 # - - Scooby-Doo Spooky Coa Warner Bros. Movie AU 1 # - - MegaBlitz Coney Beach UK 1 # # # LinearGale Kourakuen JP 1 # - - Diamond Devil Run Ratanga Junction ZA 1 # # # Bandit Yomiuri Land JP 1 # # # Looping (TL 59) Tivoli Friheden DK 1 # # # Surf Coaster Hakkeijima Sea Par JP 1 # # # Titan Space World JP 1 # # # Venus Space World JP 1 # # # Hayabusa Summerland JP 1 # # # Fujiyama Fujikyu HighLand JP 1 # # # Tornado Sarkanniemi FI 1 # # # Monte Makaya Terra Encantada BR 1 # # # Jet Coaster Nagashima Spa Land JP 0 # # # Big Thunder Mountain Tokyo Disneyland JP 0 # # # Daidarasaurus Osaka Expoland JP 0 # # # Fujin Raijin II Osaka Expoland JP 0 # # # Orochi Osaka Expoland JP 0 # # # Pyrenees Parque Espania JP 0 # # # Mad Cobra Suzuka Circuit JP 0 # # # Sky Rider Skyline Park DE 0 # # # Mega-Looping Spreepark DE 0 # # # Minetrain Ulven Bakken DK 0 # # # El Diablo Port Aventura ES 0 # # # Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 0 # # # Birdmen (SBNO) Fujikyu HighLand JP 0 # # # Space Mountain Tokyo Disneyland JP 0 # # # Big Boom Nasu Highland JP 0 # # # Eagle's Fortress Everland KR 0 # # # Dodonpa Fujikyu HighLands JP 0 # # # G5 Janfusan RC 0 # - - Viper Loudoun UK 0 # # # Spatiale Experience Nigloland FR 0 # - - Gravity Max Discovery World TW 0 # - - Cobra Admiral Vrungel RU 0 # - - Rioolrat Avprk Hellendoorn NL 0 # - - Avalancha Xetulul GT 0 # - - Bat Coaster Nigloland FR 0 # # # Katapul Hopi Hari BR 0 # - - Stunt Fall Warner Bros. Movie ES 0 # - - X-treme Racers Legoland Billund DK 0 # - - Thor's Hammer Djurs Sommerland DK 0 # - - Feuerdrache Legoland Deutschla DE 0 # # # Vertigorama Parque de Ciudad AR 0 # - - Shenlin Happy Valley CN 0 # # # Aconcagua Parque de Ciudad AR 0 # # # Tornado M & D's UK 0 # - - Jing Kuan Happy Valley CN 0 # # # Shaft of Terror Gold Reef City ZA 0 The following coasters have been removed: 88 94 Drachen Fire (SBNO) Busch Gardens Will VA 29 181 140 Klondike Old Mine Drayton Manor UK 8 Below, the 2002 results are listed in more detail. The columns listed are: RANK, COASTER NAME, PARK, LOC (two letter abbreviation of state, province, or country), RIDERS (number of polltakers who indicated they rode each coaster), W (head to head wins versus other coasters), L (losses), T (ties), WinPct (winning percentage), and TiBk (tiebreaker..head to head preferences between those coasters tied). Special attention should again be paid to the RIDERS column when viewing the results. In general, the rankings of those coasters with more riders will be more likely to truly reflect the popular sentiment about a coaster. There is a * in place of a rank for coasters with < 5 riders. A blank line has been inserted where > (2/#coasters) WinPct gaps exist. The program was run twice. Once excluding "Favorite Wood Coaster" to get the results for the wooden coasters so that they would not be affected by it, and once including "Favorite Wood Coaster" so it could be placed amongst the steel coasters. The program was run twice. Once excluding "My Favorite Steel" to get the results for the wooden coasters so that they would not be affected by it, and once including "My Favorite Steel" so it could be placed amongst the wooden coasters. Total Number of Ballots = 152 Average Number of Wood Coasters Ridden = 64.6 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 15 232 0 1 0.9979 2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 54 232 1 1 0.9936 3 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 108 230 3 0 0.9871 4 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 64 223 4 0 0.9824 5 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 49 213 4 1 0.9794 6 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 50 222 5 0 0.9780 7 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 28 202 7 5 0.9556 8 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 54 212 11 0 0.9507 9 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 35 226 12 0 0.9496 10 Kraken Sea World FL 55 217 12 1 0.9457 11 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 79 221 13 1 0.9426 12 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 64 212 11 5 0.9408 13 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 58 206 12 3 0.9389 14 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 79 218 16 1 0.9298 15 Mindbender Galaxyland Amuseme AB 6 166 8 12 0.9247 16 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 12 199 13 10 0.9189 17 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 63 214 17 5 0.9174 18 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 72 213 18 3 0.9167 19 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 117 212 18 4 0.9145 20 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 14 171 14 9 0.9046 21 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 22 187 19 4 0.9000 22 Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 22 161 17 5 0.8934 * Superman la Atracción Warner Bros. Movie ES 3 82 6 9 0.8918 24 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 65 201 24 1 0.8916 25 Raptor Cedar Point OH 116 202 25 4 0.8831 26 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 79 205 27 3 0.8787 27 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 73 204 27 3 0.8782 * Katun Mirabilandia IT 3 29 3 3 0.8714 29 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 72 193 26 6 0.8711 30 Volcano: The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 49 193 27 4 0.8705 31 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 25 189 27 4 0.8682 32 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 67 191 32 3 0.8518 33 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 25 184 30 5 0.8516 34 Colossus Thorpe Park UK 19 182 31 10 0.8386 35 Talon Dorney Park PA 63 184 34 5 0.8363 36 Air Alton Towers UK 26 184 33 10 0.8326 37 Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 5 90 11 18 0.8319 38 HyperSonic XLC Paramount's Kings VA 37 181 36 4 0.8281 39 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks ** 113 192 38 7 0.8249 40 Top Gun Paramount's Great CA 32 179 36 6 0.8235 41 Medusa SF Marine World CA 27 177 36 10 0.8161 42 California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA 46 183 39 7 0.8144 43 Olympia Looping Traveling DE 8 120 23 12 0.8129 44 Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 63 186 42 6 0.8077 45 Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX 18 152 32 14 0.8030 46 Great Bear Hersheypark PA 67 173 46 7 0.7810 47 Batman Knight Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 89 173 47 8 0.7763 48 Mindbender Six Flags Over Geo GA 45 174 49 7 0.7717 49 Turbine (aka sirocco) Six Flags Belgium BE 12 160 41 21 0.7680 50 Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Am IL 41 156 46 5 0.7657 51 Superman Ultimate Esc SF Worlds of Adven OH 86 169 50 5 0.7656 52 Rock `n' Roller Coast Disney MGM Studios FL 61 171 50 9 0.7630 53 Euro-Mir Europa-Park DE 15 170 47 17 0.7628 * Colossal Fire Dragon Lagoon UT 4 140 37 20 0.7614 55 Shockwave Six Flags Over Tex TX 42 171 54 6 0.7532 * Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 3 13 2 7 0.7500 57 Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH 60 145 47 13 0.7390 58 Desperado Buffalo Bill's Res NV 45 164 58 9 0.7294 59 Mr. Freeze Six Flags Over Tex TX 33 156 57 10 0.7220 60 Wildfire Silver Dollar City MO 9 143 52 11 0.7209 61 Dragon Mountain Marineland Theme P ON 15 136 53 17 0.7015 62 Georgia Scorcher Six Flags Over Geo GA 39 148 61 11 0.6977 63 Deja Vu Six Flags Great Am IL 29 124 49 18 0.6963 64 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 17 143 58 20 0.6923 65 V2: Vertical Velocity SF Marine World CA 11 101 42 14 0.6879 66 Speed Sahara NV 31 148 63 18 0.6856 67 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings VA 55 149 67 8 0.6830 * EuroStar Traveling DE 4 22 6 16 0.6818 69 Wild Thing Valleyfair! MN 20 135 61 12 0.6779 70 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings OH 76 145 65 16 0.6770 * Winjas Phantasialand DE 3 11 3 9 0.6739 72 Deja Vu Six Flags Magic Mo CA 39 142 68 10 0.6682 73 Big Bad Wolf Busch Gardens Will VA 70 150 73 6 0.6681 74 Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 8 108 49 25 0.6621 75 Gemini Cedar Point OH 117 147 72 13 0.6616 76 Montezooma's Revenge Knott's Berry Farm CA 59 149 73 14 0.6610 77 The Chiller-Batman Six Flags Great Ad NJ 57 141 71 9 0.6584 78 X-Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 68 136 70 8 0.6542 79 Euro-Sat Europa-Park DE 15 142 70 23 0.6532 80 Mach 3 Flamingoland UK 14 132 65 24 0.6516 81 Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA 33 125 64 16 0.6488 82 Oblivion Alton Towers UK 34 143 74 20 0.6456 83 Alpinabahn (HimlyaBn) Traveling DE 7 65 28 35 0.6445 84 Stealth Paramount's Great CA 25 132 74 11 0.6336 85 Space Mountain Disneyland CA 64 142 82 8 0.6293 86 Silver Star Europa-Park DE 13 127 70 24 0.6290 * Colorado Adventure Phantasialand DE 4 31 14 21 0.6288 88 Big One Blackpool P.B. UK 25 137 79 16 0.6250 14 89 Avalanche Blackpool P.B. UK 26 143 84 9 0.6250 11 90 The Chiller-Robin Six Flags Great Ad NJ 41 131 76 14 0.6244 91 Hi-Miler Traveling US 9 105 58 27 0.6237 92 Steel Eel Sea World Of Texas TX 18 127 75 13 0.6209 93 Scandia Screamer Scandia Family Fun CA 26 129 76 20 0.6178 94 Texas Tornado (SBNO) AstroWorld:SF TX 15 120 70 23 0.6174 95 Batwing Six Flags America MD 39 128 78 13 0.6142 96 Bullet Flamingoland UK 15 126 76 19 0.6131 97 Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park DE 13 126 79 16 0.6063 98 Greezed Lightnin' AstroWorld:SF TX 27 122 77 17 0.6042 99 Matterhorn Blitz Europa-Park DE 15 123 79 23 0.5978 100 Exterminator Kennywood Park PA 73 128 84 17 0.5961 101 Thunderation Silver Dollar City MO 11 115 79 20 0.5841 102 Chang Six Flags Kentucky KY 57 127 90 9 0.5819 103 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 91 128 92 13 0.5773 104 Schweizer Bobbahn Europa-Park DE 15 125 90 14 0.5764 105 Excalibur Valleyfair! MN 21 113 81 17 0.5758 106 Vortex Paramount's Canada ON 31 117 88 7 0.5684 107 Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA 64 128 96 10 0.5684 108 Steeplechase Blackpool P.B. UK 25 123 94 12 0.5633 109 Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 17 116 88 18 0.5631 110 Mr. Freeze Six Flags St. Loui MO 37 119 92 9 0.5614 111 Deja Vu Six Flags Over Geo GA 14 85 65 29 0.5559 112 Ninja Six Flags Magic Mo CA 64 125 100 11 0.5530 113 Big Thunder Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 95 121 98 17 0.5487 114 Top Gun Paramount's Kings OH 86 122 100 9 0.5476 115 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland CA 65 121 104 7 0.5366 116 Mantis Cedar Point OH 114 120 104 8 0.5345 117 Tennessee Tornado Dollywood TN 12 97 87 21 0.5244 118 Spinning Coaster 2000 Traveling DE 5 26 23 22 0.5211 119 Matterhorn Disneyland CA 64 117 110 6 0.5150 120 Viper Six Flags Over Geo GA 33 105 99 17 0.5136 121 Loch Ness Monster Busch Gardens Will VA 74 109 105 11 0.5089 122 Laser Dorney Park PA 74 112 109 9 0.5065 123 Doppel Looping Traveling US 9 65 63 29 0.5064 124 Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 48 113 112 9 0.5021 125 Star World Traveling DE 6 33 33 27 0.5000 2 126 Calamity Mine Six Flags Belgium BE 13 104 104 14 0.5000 0 127 Roadrunner Express Fiesta Texas:SF TX 24 99 103 18 0.4909 * Nessie Hansa-Park DE 3 12 14 15 0.4756 129 Quicksilver Express Bonfante Gardens CA 14 87 97 15 0.4749 130 Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 108 107 121 8 0.4703 * tRevolution Bobbejaanland BE 3 46 59 51 0.4583 1 131tVampire Chessington UK 13 95 113 8 0.4583 1 133 Whizzer Six Flags Great Am IL 65 98 118 9 0.4556 134 Viper Six Flags Magic Mo CA 69 98 119 17 0.4551 135 Star Jet Casino Pier NJ 9 75 93 18 0.4516 136 Fav Loop. Star/S.Arr. Any Park Anywhere ** 60 97 126 11 0.4380 137 Avalanche Paramount's Kings VA 60 95 124 13 0.4375 138 Trace Du Hourra Parc Asterix FR 16 93 126 14 0.4292 139 Superman The Ride Six Flags Holland NL 15 86 118 21 0.4289 140 Roller Soaker Hersheypark PA 23 73 100 16 0.4286 141 Vogel Rok Efteling NL 11 82 113 12 0.4251 142 Canyon Blaster Grand Slam Canyon NV 41 91 130 11 0.4159 143 Joker's Jinx Six Flags America MD 46 85 123 15 0.4148 144 Bobsled Seabreeze NY 22 79 117 22 0.4128 145 Greased Lightnin' Paramount's Great CA 36 84 126 17 0.4075 146 Runaway Mountain Six Flags Over Tex TX 36 81 127 9 0.3940 147 Adventure Express Paramount's Kings OH 85 82 132 15 0.3908 148 Fly. Super Saturator Paramount's Carowi NC 18 73 120 20 0.3897 149 Poltergeist Fiesta Texas:SF TX 23 78 126 12 0.3889 150 Vortex Paramount's Kings OH 90 82 136 13 0.3831 151 Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere ** 83 82 138 15 0.3809 152 Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island UK 6 11 45 76 0.3712 153 Sooperdooperlooper Hersheypark PA 72 78 136 11 0.3711 154 Vortex Paramount's Great CA 37 76 135 13 0.3683 155 Shockwave Drayton Manor UK 22 77 137 13 0.3678 156 Vortex Paramount's Carowi NC 29 75 134 14 0.3677 157 High Speed Thrill Coa Knoebels PA 56 75 140 9 0.3549 * Titan Selva Magica MX 3 9 34 43 0.3547 159 Millennium Fantasy Island UK 7 55 109 20 0.3533 160 Fav Jet Star II Any Park Anywhere ** 11 60 123 28 0.3507 161 Ultimate Lightwater Valley UK 16 70 138 15 0.3475 162 Big Bad John Magic Springs AR 6 23 61 37 0.3430 * G'sengte Sau Tripsdrill DE 3 11 24 5 0.3375 164 Anaconda Paramount's Kings VA 66 74 148 4 0.3363 165 Desert Storm Castles N' Coaster AZ 8 46 98 14 0.3354 166 Lethal Weapon Pursuit WB Movie World DE 6 50 110 21 0.3343 * Montana Rusa Parque Nacional CO 3 8 35 38 0.3333 168 Fav Jet Star Any Park Anywhere ** 55 70 148 10 0.3289 169 Demon Six Flags Great Am IL 69 69 148 9 0.3252 170 Fav JS III/Jumbo Jet Any Park Anywhere ** 43 66 152 15 0.3155 171 Dragon Fire Paramount's Canada ON 31 61 142 10 0.3099 172 Viper Six Flags Darien L NY 49 63 147 8 0.3073 173 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere ** 101 68 160 5 0.3026 174 Iron Wolf Six Flags Great Am IL 67 62 153 11 0.2987 175 Orient Express Worlds of Fun MO 26 57 149 17 0.2937 176 Skull Mountain Six Flags Great Ad NJ 68 61 155 9 0.2911 177 Fav Wildcat Any Park Anywhere ** 97 65 162 5 0.2909 178 Run-A-Way Mine Train Six Flags Over Tex TX 37 57 152 13 0.2860 * Temple of Nighthawk Phantasialand DE 4 8 35 19 0.2823 180 Space Invader Blackpool P.B. UK 24 59 164 10 0.2747 181 Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC Any Park Anywhere ** 103 60 168 11 0.2741 182 Big Loop Heide Park DE 14 54 157 12 0.2691 183 Fav City Jet/Jumbo V Any Park Anywhere ** 14 52 154 13 0.2671 184 Shockwave Six Flags Great Am IL 59 54 161 12 0.2643 185 Ultra Twister AstroWorld:SF TX 27 53 159 11 0.2623 186 Demon Paramount's Great CA 39 53 163 12 0.2588 187 King Cobra Paramount's Kings OH 74 50 163 15 0.2522 188 SkyRider Paramount's Canada ON 29 47 153 11 0.2488 189 Le Cobra La Ronde Parc Amus QC 9 34 132 22 0.2394 190 Great American Scream Six Flags Great Ad NJ 67 50 168 8 0.2389 191 Revolution Six Flags Magic Mo CA 71 51 173 9 0.2382 192 Gold Rusher Six Flags Magic Mo CA 65 50 173 9 0.2349 193 Carolina Cyclone Paramount's Carowi NC 29 45 167 11 0.2265 194 Excalibur-N AstroWorld:SF TX 14 33 141 20 0.2216 195 Iron Dragon Cedar Point OH 114 46 177 10 0.2189 * El Cascabel La Feria Chapultep MX 3 3 31 15 0.2143 197 Fav Windstorm Any Park Anywhere ** 53 45 176 8 0.2140 * Mega Blitz Prater AT 3 10 53 9 0.2014 199tPython Efteling NL 11 33 156 16 0.2000 1 199tRed Devil Ghost Town in the NC 9 26 140 24 0.2000 1 201 Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere ** 91 38 183 11 0.1875 202 Shockwave Paramount's Kings VA 62 40 182 4 0.1858 * Thunderbolt Dreamworld AU 3 3 31 10 0.1818 204 Goldrusher Paramount's Carowi NC 30 35 178 11 0.1808 205 Cedar Creek Mine Ride Cedar Point OH 115 37 185 8 0.1783 206 Grottenblitz Heide Park DE 9 16 140 36 0.1771 207 Fav Arrow Shuttle Any Park Anywhere ** 54 36 184 8 0.1754 * Airrace Bobbejaanland BE 3 18 122 16 0.1667 209 Manhattan Express New York, New York NV 45 30 185 15 0.1630 210 Ninja Six Flags Over Geo GA 45 32 185 7 0.1585 211 Runaway Train Six Flags Great Ad NJ 65 33 188 5 0.1571 212 River King Mine Train Six Flags St. Loui MO 42 30 185 8 0.1525 * Flying Coaster SF Elitch Gardens CO 2 0 7 3 0.1500 214 Dahlonega Mine Train Six Flags Over Geo GA 43 29 187 9 0.1489 215 Mayan Mindbender AstroWorld:SF TX 26 28 184 10 0.1486 216 XLR-8 AstroWorld:SF TX 31 27 185 11 0.1457 217 High Roller Stratosphere Tower NV 29 25 185 15 0.1444 218 Flying Unicorn Islands of Adventu FL 58 30 188 4 0.1441 219 Fav Galaxi Any Park Anywhere ** 63 28 191 10 0.1441 220 Batman The Escape AstroWorld:SF TX 27 26 186 11 0.1413 221 Fav Powered `Coaster' Any Park Anywhere ** 51 24 200 11 0.1255 222 Fav Tivoli Any Park Anywhere ** 81 24 200 9 0.1223 223 Indiana Jones et le t Disneyland Paris FR 16 16 181 19 0.1181 224 Fav Vekoma Boomerang Any Park Anywhere ** 109 23 203 7 0.1137 225 Le Vol D' Icare Parc Asterix FR 15 21 193 6 0.1091 226 Fav Zyklon Any Park Anywhere ** 39 19 198 7 0.1004 227 Double Loop SF Worlds of Adven OH 82 20 204 3 0.0947 228 Fav Flitzer Any Park Anywhere ** 19 15 191 9 0.0907 229 El Diablo Port Aventura ES 5 2 103 18 0.0894 230 Fav Arrow Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 87 14 208 8 0.0783 231 Joker's Revenge Fiesta Texas:SF TX 22 13 198 8 0.0776 232 Trailblazer Hersheypark PA 72 15 210 3 0.0724 233 Fav Vekoma Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 72 15 215 3 0.0708 234 Dragon Adventureland IA 17 12 195 6 0.0704 235 Santa Monica West Coa Pacific Park CA 31 9 206 7 0.0563 236 Fav Zyklon Loop Any Park Anywhere ** 33 8 212 9 0.0546 237 Ninja Six Flags St. Loui MO 43 8 212 7 0.0507 238 X:\No Way Out Thorpe Park UK 19 9 211 4 0.0491 239 Quantum Loop Seabreeze NY 18 8 199 3 0.0452 * Ravine Flyer 3 Waldameer PA 4 5 157 4 0.0422 241 Steamin' Demon Great Escape Fun P NY 33 7 213 3 0.0381 242 Viper Six Flags Great Ad NJ 48 6 207 4 0.0369 * Rasender Roland Hansa-Park DE 2 0 19 1 0.0250 244 Flashback Six Flags Magic Mo CA 45 4 222 3 0.0240 * Hydra Fighter II Wet n' Wild Em Pt NC 3 0 60 3 0.0238 246 Gouderix Parc Asterix FR 16 0 225 2 0.0044 Here is how the coasters with only two riders would have rated. 26* Tornado Parque de Atraccio ES 2 7 1 0 0.8750 47* Anaconda Gold Reef City ZA 2 51 3 25 0.8038 86* Jetline Tivoli Gr"na Lund SE 2 4 2 1 0.6429 178* Tower of Terror Dreamworld AU 2 0 11 16 0.2963 201* Slangen Tivoli DK 2 1 5 1 0.2143 219* Flying Coaster SF Elitch Gardens CO 2 0 7 3 0.1500 241* Super 8 Bahn Prater AT 2 1 38 4 0.0698 242* Crazy Loop Pleasure Island UK 2 0 14 2 0.0625 243* Magic Mountain Gardaland IT 2 0 15 2 0.0588 250* Cyclone Dreamworld AU 2 0 11 1 0.0417 253* Rasender Roland Hansa-Park DE 2 0 20 1 0.0238 1 The ride forces 'poll within a poll' was a runaway endorsement of airtime. The results are similar to those for the wood poll , except that the less forceful "floating" airtime was preferred here and lateral forces were much less welcome and positive G's/loops more so than for those who took the wood poll. Also, "Sensation of Speed" was preferred in the steel poll over "Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes" whereas it was the other way around in the wood poll. The top coasters among those who favored each of the six sensations are listed at the end of this file. 1 Floating Airtime___________________________ 148 5 0 0 1.0000 2 Abrupt Airtime_____________________________ 148 4 1 0 0.8000 3 Sensation of Speed_________________________ 148 3 2 0 0.6000 4 Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_ 148 2 3 0 0.4000 5 Positive G's/Loops_________________________ 148 1 4 0 0.2000 6 Lateral Forces_____________________________ 148 0 5 0 0.0000 Floating A Abrupt Air Sensation Out of Con Positive G Lateral Fo 1 Floating A X 80 62 6 99 43 6 109 35 4 117 26 5 134 11 3 2 Abrupt Air 62 80 6 X 84 57 7 102 42 4 106 37 5 127 18 3 3 Sensation 43 99 6 57 84 7 X 85 59 4 109 35 4 127 18 3 4 Out of Con 35 109 4 42 102 4 59 85 4 X 94 50 4 121 22 5 5 Positive G 26 117 5 37 106 5 35 109 4 50 94 4 X 96 47 5 6 Lateral Fo 11 134 3 18 127 3 18 127 3 22 121 5 47 96 5 X I also ran the program using only this year's riding experiences. These results are not as meaningful as there are MANY pairings of coasters that no rider had ridden both of this year. As you can see, our poll respondents had ridden an average of 30.9 steel coasters this year. That sounds good until it is realized that when there are fewer than 1/2 as many ride experiences it causes there to be an average of fewer than 1/4 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 2002 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. It is interesting to note that two of the three prople that had ridden both of the top two coasters this year preferred Superman, whereas all five of the people who had ridden both but not one or the other this year preferred Expedition GeForce. Phantom's Revenge also impressed those that rode it this year. Average Number of Steel Coasters/Categories Ridden This Year = 30.9 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 33 181 0 0 1.0000 2 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 14 127 1 3 0.9809 3 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 71 190 4 1 0.9769 4 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 37 179 4 3 0.9704 5 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 30 158 3 4 0.9697 6 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 24 156 5 2 0.9632 7 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 37 164 8 4 0.9432 8 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 23 150 9 2 0.9379 9 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 28 158 9 5 0.9331 * Katun Mirabilandia IT 2 11 0 2 0.9231 11 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 38 134 9 5 0.9223 12 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 25 142 10 8 0.9125 13 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 12 91 5 9 0.9095 14 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 20 152 14 3 0.9083 15 Kraken Sea World FL 26 150 15 4 0.8994 16 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 12 116 10 11 0.8869 17 Wildfire Silver Dollar City MO 5 33 2 6 0.8780 18 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 70 165 17 14 0.8776 19 Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 21 122 13 10 0.8759 20 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 35 149 19 6 0.8736 21 Top Gun Paramount's Great CA 12 111 15 3 0.8721 22 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 14 110 7 24 0.8652 23 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 30 132 20 5 0.8567 24 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 45 162 24 9 0.8538 25 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 5 39 3 9 0.8529 26 Raptor Cedar Point OH 68 160 27 3 0.8500 27 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 29 145 25 3 0.8468 28 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 33 141 24 7 0.8401 29 Volcano: The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 13 102 19 3 0.8347 30 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 13 86 13 12 0.8288 31 Colossus Thorpe Park UK 19 127 23 9 0.8270 32 California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA 30 146 28 9 0.8224 33 Air Alton Towers UK 25 128 26 6 0.8187 34 Medusa SF Marine World CA 13 91 17 9 0.8162 35 Talon Dorney Park PA 32 123 28 5 0.8045 36 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 35 143 32 11 0.7984 37 Olympia Looping Traveling DE 5 22 3 7 0.7969 38 V2: Vertical Velocity SF Marine World CA 7 54 12 6 0.7917 39 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks ** 90 168 42 7 0.7903 40 Mr. Freeze Six Flags Over Tex TX 13 75 19 3 0.7887 41 Batman Knight Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 44 134 34 8 0.7841 42 Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 42 143 40 10 0.7668 43 Mr. Freeze Six Flags St. Loui MO 20 84 24 11 0.7521 * Doppel Looping Traveling US 3 3 1 0 0.7500 0 * Superman la Atracción Warner Bros. Movie ES 3 10 1 7 0.7500 0 46 Great Bear Hersheypark PA 30 112 33 14 0.7484 47 Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris FR 6 54 15 10 0.7468 48 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 11 67 20 10 0.7423 49 Rock `n' Roller Coast Disney MGM Studios FL 26 117 36 17 0.7382 50 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 14 91 25 23 0.7374 51 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings OH 38 107 34 15 0.7340 52 Poltergeist Fiesta Texas:SF TX 5 34 11 6 0.7255 53 Superman Ultimate Esc SF Worlds of Adven OH 39 119 44 4 0.7246 * Steel Eel Sea World Of Texas TX 3 17 4 9 0.7167 55 Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH 58 122 46 9 0.7147 56 Mindbender Six Flags Over Geo GA 19 100 38 17 0.7000 2 57 Outer Limits: Flight Paramount's Kings VA 15 88 32 20 0.7000 1 58 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 10 68 28 9 0.6905 59 The Chiller-Batman Six Flags Great Ad NJ 30 107 46 10 0.6871 * Colorado Adventure Phantasialand DE 3 11 4 4 0.6842 61 Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Am IL 32 89 38 12 0.6835 62 Deja Vu Six Flags Great Am IL 26 73 34 8 0.6696 63 Gemini Cedar Point OH 68 122 58 9 0.6693 64 Turbine (aka sirocco) Six Flags Belgium BE 9 69 30 18 0.6667 65 The Chiller-Robin Six Flags Great Ad NJ 28 101 49 8 0.6646 66 Euro-Mir Europa-Park DE 13 72 34 13 0.6597 67 X-Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 41 102 55 9 0.6416 68 HyperSonic XLC Paramount's Kings VA 9 42 18 25 0.6412 * Winjas Phantasialand DE 3 8 3 8 0.6316 70 Batman - Dark Knight SF New England MA 32 96 54 11 0.6304 71 Montezooma's Revenge Knott's Berry Farm CA 37 112 63 14 0.6296 72 Joker's Jinx Six Flags America MD 15 70 42 12 0.6129 73 Speed Sahara NV 8 39 21 22 0.6098 74 Scandia Screamer Scandia Family Fun CA 12 77 47 16 0.6071 75 Greezed Lightnin' AstroWorld:SF TX 6 28 17 9 0.6019 76 Silver Star Europa-Park DE 13 63 40 17 0.5958 77 Bullet Flamingoland UK 11 81 53 13 0.5952 78 Deja Vu Six Flags Magic Mo CA 32 96 65 17 0.5871 79 Big One Blackpool P.B. UK 20 86 58 19 0.5859 80 Oblivion Alton Towers UK 23 88 62 11 0.5807 81 Avalanche Blackpool P.B. UK 20 86 60 18 0.5793 82 Mach 3 Flamingoland UK 11 78 55 15 0.5777 83 Wild Thing Valleyfair! MN 8 43 31 5 0.5759 84 Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA 43 105 76 14 0.5744 85 Georgia Scorcher Six Flags Over Geo GA 20 73 52 18 0.5734 86 Space Mountain Disneyland Paris FR 10 53 38 14 0.5714 87 Exterminator Kennywood Park PA 27 86 65 12 0.5644 88 Space Mountain Disneyland CA 21 72 56 14 0.5563 89 Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX 13 48 37 13 0.5561 90 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 22 69 54 16 0.5540 91 Big Thunder Mountain Disneyland CA 24 83 67 16 0.5482 92 Ninja Six Flags Magic Mo CA 36 95 77 16 0.5479 93 Chang Six Flags Kentucky KY 24 65 55 13 0.5376 94 Matterhorn Blitz Europa-Park DE 12 52 44 16 0.5357 95 Vortex Paramount's Canada ON 8 30 25 19 0.5338 96 Big Bad Wolf Busch Gardens Will VA 13 47 41 18 0.5283 * Tennessee Tornado Dollywood TN 2 6 5 7 0.5278 0 * Revolution Bobbejaanland BE 2 5 4 9 0.5278 0 99 Deja Vu Six Flags Over Geo GA 14 56 51 26 0.5188 100 Big Thunder Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 21 65 61 14 0.5143 101 Schweizer Bobbahn Heide Park DE 10 47 44 16 0.5140 102 Top Gun Paramount's Kings OH 41 69 67 13 0.5067 103 Stealth Paramount's Great CA 13 53 52 21 0.5040 104 Fav Spinning Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 27 83 83 16 0.5000 2 * Hi-Miler Traveling US 4 20 20 3 0.5000 1 106 Euro-Sat Europa-Park DE 13 49 50 19 0.4958 107 Viper Six Flags Magic Mo CA 39 85 87 21 0.4948 108 Matterhorn Disneyland CA 23 71 74 21 0.4910 109 Viper Six Flags Over Geo GA 6 15 16 21 0.4904 * G'sengte Sau Tripsdrill DE 2 3 4 10 0.4706 111 Batwing Six Flags America MD 21 60 69 18 0.4694 * Thunderation Silver Dollar City MO 4 13 15 4 0.4688 * EuroStar Traveling DE 3 2 3 8 0.4615 114 Fav Wild Mouse Any Park Anywhere ** 83 94 111 8 0.4601 115 Vampire Chessington UK 7 52 62 11 0.4600 116 Star Jet Casino Pier NJ 5 34 41 12 0.4598 117 Steeplechase Blackpool P.B. UK 19 64 80 18 0.4506 118 Excalibur Valleyfair! MN 8 29 38 15 0.4451 119 Shockwave Six Flags Over Tex TX 13 40 51 7 0.4439 120 Greased Lightnin' Paramount's Great CA 12 43 57 24 0.4435 121 Mantis Cedar Point OH 61 73 95 16 0.4402 122 Calamity Mine Six Flags Belgium BE 10 48 64 21 0.4398 123 Runaway Mountain Six Flags Over Tex TX 13 39 52 7 0.4337 124 Whizzer Six Flags Great Am IL 33 47 66 15 0.4258 125 Avalanche Paramount's Kings VA 11 40 57 13 0.4227 126 Fav Loop. Star/S.Arr. Any Park Anywhere ** 21 70 100 21 0.4215 127 Vortex Paramount's Great CA 14 51 74 18 0.4196 128 Iron Wolf Six Flags Great Am IL 31 47 67 9 0.4187 129 Schweizer Bobbahn Europa-Park DE 13 38 59 19 0.4095 130 Laser Dorney Park PA 30 57 86 11 0.4058 131 Loch Ness Monster Busch Gardens Will VA 14 44 70 20 0.4030 132 Ultra Twister AstroWorld:SF TX 6 13 24 17 0.3981 133 Dragon Fire Paramount's Canada ON 8 18 33 22 0.3973 * Dragon Mountain Marineland Theme P ON 3 0 6 22 0.3929 135 Vogel Rok Efteling NL 7 36 61 18 0.3913 136 Skull Mountain Six Flags Great Ad NJ 33 61 102 21 0.3886 * Desert Storm Castles N' Coaster AZ 3 21 34 0 0.3818 138 Superman The Ride Six Flags Holland NL 13 44 79 22 0.3793 139 Star World Traveling DE 5 8 14 2 0.3750 140 Sooperdooperlooper Hersheypark PA 29 53 92 8 0.3725 141 Canyon Blaster Grand Slam Canyon NV 8 21 41 16 0.3718 142 Quicksilver Express Bonfante Gardens CA 8 23 45 17 0.3706 143 Trace Du Hourra Parc Asterix FR 12 45 84 16 0.3655 144 High Speed Thrill Coa Knoebels PA 31 52 101 29 0.3654 145 Vortex Paramount's Kings OH 39 52 97 13 0.3611 146 Jubilee Odyssey Fantasy Island UK 6 11 27 19 0.3596 147 Roller Soaker Hersheypark PA 22 43 83 14 0.3571 0 148 Desperado Buffalo Bill's Res NV 7 18 40 19 0.3571 0 149 Demon Six Flags Great Am IL 34 45 92 14 0.3444 150 Viper Six Flags Darien L NY 8 22 46 7 0.3400 151 Fav Powered `Coaster' Any Park Anywhere ** 16 40 91 26 0.3376 * Spinning Coaster 2000 Traveling DE 4 5 12 4 0.3333 1 153 Vortex Paramount's Carowi NC 13 28 65 18 0.3333 0 * Lethal Weapon Pursuit WB Movie World DE 3 4 12 8 0.3333 0 155 Fav Vekoma Invertigo Any Park Anywhere ** 44 55 115 9 0.3324 156 SkyRider Paramount's Canada ON 6 5 24 25 0.3241 1 157 Batman The Escape AstroWorld:SF TX 6 10 29 15 0.3241 0 158 Shockwave Drayton Manor UK 17 43 98 13 0.3214 159 Fav Wildcat Any Park Anywhere ** 55 55 126 15 0.3189 160 Fav Jet Star Any Park Anywhere ** 27 39 95 19 0.3170 161 Adventure Express Paramount's Kings OH 42 46 113 18 0.3107 162 Le Cobra La Ronde Parc Amus QC 5 15 40 11 0.3106 163 Revolution Six Flags Magic Mo CA 41 53 127 13 0.3083 164 Carolina Cyclone Paramount's Carowi NC 12 25 67 16 0.3056 165 Fav Intamin Bobsled Any Park Anywhere ** 55 49 125 18 0.3021 166 Ninja Six Flags Over Geo GA 19 34 88 14 0.3015 167 Fav Vek Susp Loop SLC Any Park Anywhere ** 65 56 142 14 0.2972 168 Fav JS III/Jumbo Jet Any Park Anywhere ** 17 38 107 17 0.2870 169 Roadrunner Express Fiesta Texas:SF TX 5 12 34 5 0.2843 170 Fly. Super Saturator Paramount's Carowi NC 13 23 71 17 0.2838 171 Anaconda Paramount's Kings VA 12 22 68 12 0.2745 172 Millennium Fantasy Island UK 7 17 54 10 0.2716 173 Shockwave Six Flags Great Am IL 21 27 88 16 0.2672 174 King Cobra Paramount's Kings OH 9 14 66 24 0.2500 175 Fav Arrow Shuttle Any Park Anywhere ** 21 34 124 18 0.2443 176 Iron Dragon Cedar Point OH 57 37 131 15 0.2432 177 Big Loop Heide Park DE 10 21 79 8 0.2315 178 Run-A-Way Mine Train Six Flags Over Tex TX 13 19 72 7 0.2296 179 Python Efteling NL 7 17 80 18 0.2261 180 Demon Paramount's Great CA 12 19 87 18 0.2258 181 High Roller Stratosphere Tower NV 7 11 55 14 0.2250 182 Fav Windstorm Any Park Anywhere ** 23 29 122 18 0.2249 * Alpinabahn (HimlyaBn) Traveling DE 2 1 6 2 0.2222 184 Grottenblitz Heide Park DE 6 7 46 16 0.2174 185 Runaway Train Six Flags Great Ad NJ 32 29 135 21 0.2135 * Bobsled Seabreeze NY 2 3 18 5 0.2115 187 River King Mine Train Six Flags St. Loui MO 20 20 91 9 0.2042 188 Space Invader Blackpool P.B. UK 18 25 123 15 0.1994 189 Ultimate Lightwater Valley UK 14 20 117 19 0.1891 190 Great American Scream Six Flags Great Ad NJ 30 23 139 24 0.1882 191 Cedar Creek Mine Ride Cedar Point OH 58 30 147 7 0.1821 192 Gold Rusher Six Flags Magic Mo CA 38 27 148 15 0.1816 193 Shockwave Paramount's Kings VA 13 13 96 20 0.1783 194 Fav Loop-Screw Any Park Anywhere ** 52 28 155 12 0.1744 195 Flashback Six Flags Magic Mo CA 10 11 82 16 0.1743 196 Orient Express Worlds of Fun MO 10 7 62 14 0.1687 197 Goldrusher Paramount's Carowi NC 12 8 82 18 0.1574 198 Fav Tivoli Any Park Anywhere ** 57 29 170 5 0.1544 199 Steamin' Demon Great Escape Fun P NY 8 10 87 13 0.1500 200 Fav Zyklon Any Park Anywhere ** 19 11 123 23 0.1433 201 Fav Jet Star II Any Park Anywhere ** 5 3 31 5 0.1410 202 Fav Vekoma Boomerang Any Park Anywhere ** 73 27 178 5 0.1405 * Airrace Bobbejaanland BE 2 0 13 5 0.1389 1 * Fav City Jet/Jumbo V Any Park Anywhere ** 3 0 26 10 0.1389 0 205 Fav Galaxi Any Park Anywhere ** 35 17 144 14 0.1371 * Quantum Loop Seabreeze NY 2 2 21 3 0.1346 207 Fav Zyklon Loop Any Park Anywhere ** 14 14 120 11 0.1345 208 Double Loop SF Worlds of Adven OH 22 14 111 6 0.1298 209 Le Vol D' Icare Parc Asterix FR 10 13 113 9 0.1296 210 Flying Unicorn Islands of Adventu FL 28 17 146 11 0.1293 211 Fav Flitzer Any Park Anywhere ** 5 4 56 10 0.1286 * Colossal Fire Dragon Lagoon UT 2 0 3 1 0.1250 213 XLR-8 AstroWorld:SF TX 6 2 43 9 0.1204 214 Ninja Six Flags St. Loui MO 18 8 100 10 0.1102 215 Dahlonega Mine Train Six Flags Over Geo GA 17 9 119 12 0.1071 216 Indiana Jones et le t Disneyland Paris FR 10 4 87 14 0.1048 217 Manhattan Express New York, New York NV 8 4 67 8 0.1013 218 Fav Arrow Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 37 10 152 11 0.0896 * Temple of Nighthawk Phantasialand DE 3 1 15 1 0.0882 220 Fav Vekoma Corkscrew Any Park Anywhere ** 43 13 172 5 0.0816 221 Gouderix Parc Asterix FR 11 3 126 16 0.0759 222 Mayan Mindbender AstroWorld:SF TX 6 1 47 6 0.0741 223 Santa Monica West Coa Pacific Park CA 17 3 134 14 0.0662 224 X:\No Way Out Thorpe Park UK 18 6 148 7 0.0590 225 Trailblazer Hersheypark PA 30 5 140 7 0.0559 226 Viper Six Flags Great Ad NJ 31 3 168 10 0.0442 * Ravine Flyer 3 Waldameer PA 2 0 13 1 0.0357 228 Dragon Adventureland IA 5 0 48 1 0.0102 * Hydra Fighter II Wet n' Wild Em Pt NC 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Flying Coaster SF Elitch Gardens CO 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Big Bad John Magic Springs AR 2 0 0 0 0.0000 * El Diablo Port Aventura ES 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Mega Blitz Prater AT 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Tornado Sarkanniemi FI 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Fujiyama Fujikyu HighLand JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * LinearGale Kourakuen JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Steel Dragon 2000 Nagashima Spa Land JP 1 0 0 0 0.0000 * Lisebergbanan Liseberg SE 1 0 0 0 0.0000 The top 30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 18 210 0 1 0.9976 2 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 6 187 0 2 0.9947 3 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 13 205 3 1 0.9833 4 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 15 200 3 1 0.9828 5 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 19 184 4 1 0.9762 6 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 22 202 6 2 0.9667 7 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 30 202 6 3 0.9645 8 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 5 172 5 8 0.9514 9 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 21 195 10 0 0.9512 10 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 12 156 6 10 0.9360 11 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 9 184 10 7 0.9328 12 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 7 170 11 5 0.9274 13 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 15 185 10 12 0.9227 14 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 22 187 13 6 0.9223 15 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 21 187 15 3 0.9195 * Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 2 21 1 2 0.9167 0 * Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 2 5 0 1 0.9167 0 18 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 21 185 16 3 0.9142 19 Kraken Sea World FL 17 183 15 6 0.9118 20 Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 10 154 13 7 0.9052 21 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 31 185 14 13 0.9033 * Superman la Atracción Warner Bros. Movie ES 3 82 6 9 0.8918 23 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 22 181 20 5 0.8908 24 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 10 174 18 9 0.8881 25 California Screamin' Disney CA Adventur CA 15 168 23 7 0.8662 26 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 21 173 21 16 0.8619 27 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 24 179 27 5 0.8602 28 Raptor Cedar Point OH 31 175 24 11 0.8595 29 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 9 131 19 6 0.8590 30 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 21 171 27 7 0.8512 The top 30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 6 202 0 0 1.0000 2 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 23 215 1 0 0.9954 3 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 43 220 3 1 0.9844 4 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 23 204 4 0 0.9808 5 X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 11 173 4 3 0.9694 6 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 22 205 7 2 0.9626 7 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 19 202 7 2 0.9621 8 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 17 212 9 0 0.9593 9 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 30 212 7 5 0.9576 10 Kraken Sea World FL 20 207 10 2 0.9498 11 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 21 192 9 3 0.9485 12 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 22 197 11 4 0.9387 13 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 22 209 14 1 0.9353 * Deja Vu Six Flags Over Geo GA 4 41 3 1 0.9222 15 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 26 185 10 13 0.9207 16 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 30 202 17 6 0.9111 17 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 30 199 18 7 0.9040 18 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 23 194 20 3 0.9009 19 Goliath Six Flags Holland NL 5 162 14 9 0.9000 20 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF TX 9 164 14 12 0.8947 21 Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 6 52 5 3 0.8917 * Olympia Looping Traveling DE 4 76 5 10 0.8901 23 Volcano: The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 20 187 23 2 0.8868 24 XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 8 160 18 6 0.8859 25 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 26 196 25 2 0.8834 26 Colossus Thorpe Park UK 9 176 23 12 0.8626 27 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 45 189 29 6 0.8571 28 Top Gun Paramount's Great CA 11 168 25 8 0.8557 29 Air Alton Towers UK 14 178 28 6 0.8538 30 Talon Dorney Park PA 22 170 28 9 0.8430 The top 30 based only upon those ballots that listed Lateral Forces as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. Nobody had lateral forces as favorite. The top 30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 3 25 0 0 1.0000 0 * Superman - Ultimate F Six Flags Over Geo GA 2 8 0 0 1.0000 0 * Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 4 113 0 2 0.9913 * Texas Tornado (SBNO) AstroWorld:SF TX 2 64 0 2 0.9848 5 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 10 137 1 3 0.9823 6 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 6 119 3 1 0.9715 7 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 5 91 1 4 0.9688 8 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 6 128 3 3 0.9664 9 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 6 124 4 2 0.9615 10 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 7 119 7 2 0.9375 11 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 10 129 7 5 0.9326 12 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 10 129 8 4 0.9291 13 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 9 127 10 6 0.9091 14 Raptor Cedar Point OH 12 129 12 3 0.9063 15 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 10 122 14 4 0.8857 * Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 4 77 6 11 0.8777 17 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 6 113 12 9 0.8769 18 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 13 124 16 5 0.8724 19 Kraken Sea World FL 9 118 15 6 0.8705 * Mindbender Galaxyland Amuseme AB 3 89 9 12 0.8636 0 * Medusa SF Marine World CA 2 8 0 3 0.8636 0 * Nemesis Alton Towers UK 2 25 2 5 0.8594 23 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks ** 12 118 17 9 0.8507 24 Volcano: The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 6 97 14 9 0.8458 25 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 9 114 19 6 0.8417 26 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 9 114 18 11 0.8357 27 Talon Dorney Park PA 6 109 20 4 0.8346 28 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 7 110 22 3 0.8259 29 Batman Knight Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 11 105 23 13 0.7908 30 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 9 110 27 6 0.7902 The top 30 based only upon those ballots that listed Positive G's/Loops as the favorite (or co-favorite) riding sensation are listed below. RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Nemesis Alton Towers UK 2 15 0 0 1.0000 1 * Kraken Sea World FL 3 29 0 0 1.0000 0 * Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 4 36 1 4 0.9268 4 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 6 47 4 4 0.8909 * Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 2 15 1 2 0.8889 * Poltergeist Fiesta Texas:SF TX 2 6 0 2 0.8750 * Shockwave Six Flags Great Am IL 2 9 0 4 0.8462 8 Raptor Cedar Point OH 5 33 4 6 0.8372 9 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 6 43 6 7 0.8304 * Batman Knight Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 3 26 3 6 0.8286 11 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 5 29 0 17 0.8152 1 * Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 4 34 5 7 0.8152 1 13 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks ** 6 40 6 9 0.8091 14 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 6 40 7 9 0.7946 * Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 4 32 5 9 0.7935 * Steel Eel Sea World Of Texas TX 2 5 1 3 0.7222 0 * Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 2 9 1 8 0.7222 0 * Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 2 10 0 21 0.6613 * Air Alton Towers UK 2 9 4 3 0.6563 * Manhattan Express New York, New York NV 2 11 5 5 0.6429 1 * Big Bad Wolf Busch Gardens Will VA 2 11 5 5 0.6429 1 * Superman Ultimate Esc SF Worlds of Adven OH 3 21 11 4 0.6389 * Wicked Twister Cedar Point OH 2 17 9 5 0.6290 * Rock `n' Roller Coast Disney MGM Studios FL 4 21 12 9 0.6071 * Superman The Escape Six Flags Magic Mo CA 2 7 4 8 0.5789 * Loch Ness Monster Busch Gardens Will VA 2 9 6 6 0.5714 * Fav Loop. Star/S.Arr. Any Park Anywhere ** 4 17 12 7 0.5694 * X-Flight SF Worlds of Adven OH 3 15 11 6 0.5625 * Vertical Velocity Six Flags Great Am IL 2 11 8 7 0.5577 30 Space Mountain WDW Magic Kingdom FL 6 18 18 13 0.5000 1 The top 30 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England MA 7 114 0 0 1.0000 2 Millennium Force Cedar Point OH 18 156 1 1 0.9905 3 Nitro Six Flags Great Ad NJ 9 115 2 1 0.9788 4 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 9 139 2 6 0.9660 * Expedition GeForce Holiday Park DE 2 54 0 4 0.9655 * Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 4 75 3 5 0.9337 * Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 3 70 2 7 0.9304 8 Goliath Six Flags Magic Mo CA 10 135 8 8 0.9205 9 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 8 121 10 4 0.9111 10 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 7 108 8 6 0.9098 11 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood Park PA 7 112 10 3 0.9080 * Mindbender Six Flags Over Geo GA 3 28 2 2 0.9063 13 Kraken Sea World FL 6 93 7 7 0.9019 14 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America MD 6 104 7 10 0.9008 15 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 20 146 10 14 0.9000 * Titan Six Flags Over Tex TX 3 49 1 11 0.8934 * Nemesis Alton Towers UK 4 96 8 8 0.8929 1 18 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 9 97 9 6 0.8929 0 19 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 7 105 10 7 0.8893 20 Raptor Cedar Point OH 21 144 14 11 0.8846 21 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 7 104 11 7 0.8811 * X Six Flags Magic Mo CA 2 23 2 3 0.8750 23 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 11 124 14 9 0.8741 24 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 9 124 17 4 0.8690 25 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 13 119 16 7 0.8627 26 Riddler's Revenge Six Flags Magic Mo CA 11 128 18 8 0.8571 27 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 11 120 20 3 0.8497 * XCelerator Knott's Berry Farm CA 2 27 2 8 0.8378 * Medusa SF Marine World CA 2 66 10 7 0.8373 30 Desperado Buffalo Bill's Res NV 9 123 20 13 0.8301 For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this poll, visit the website http://www.geocities.com/wcoasterpoll