FINAL RESULTS: 2000 Internet Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster Poll Tonnerre de Zeus, Shivering Timbers, and Megafobia are 1-2-3 for the second year in a row, GhostRider and Boulder Dash finished very close together at #4 and #5, while Rampage and Tremors finish out this year's closely contested top seven. Ten new for 2000 rides placed in the top 45. Surprising? - former #1 Comet finished 9th, four spots below previous low. Among the top five head-to-head: TdZ was preferred 7-3-1 over ST, 8-1-2 over Megafobia, 10-3-1 over GR, and 7-3-1 over BD among those riders who had ridden both. ST was preferred 8-5-1 over Megafobia, 26-17-2 over GR, and 22-17-3 over BD. Megafobia was preferred 7-6-1 over GR and 6-4-1 over BD. GR was preferred to BD 19-17-3. You may see all the head-to-head comparison numbers by downloading the spreadsheet from the website http://www.hitchhikers.net/users/wcoaster It is obvious how greatly personal preferences vary (or maybe how much wood coasters can vary from day to day) when it is noted that all but one coaster in the top thirty had at least one rider prefer it to Shivering Timbers. Our polltakers' favorite steel roller coaster came out 8th in the poll. One way that could be interpreted is that the majority of riders of those seven woodies that placed ahead of it would rather ride that woodie than any steel coaster they have ever ridden. It is actually a little more complex than that, but (e.g.) Tonnerre de Zeus won its' matchup with "My Favorite Steel" 11-0-1. I think that is remarkable considering the relative cost to the parks of the steel rides (up to 8 times the cost of a woodie) and the fact that some woodies still in the top 25 were designed in the 1950's, 1940's, and even 1920's and are undoubtedly being compared to $20 million steel rides that have been built in the last year or two. The following results are presented in a tabular format showing 1994 through 2000 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. Symbols: # - no riders or no riders numerically ranked this coaster that year. R#- < 3 rider/raters (greater margin for error). (R is the Rank) Rt- Coaster tied for rank R S - coaster SBNO or in storage, not included in the poll that year. x - not included on the ballot that year due to error on my part. - - coaster was not yet built. n - coaster new or rebuilt this year. f - years that Wild Mouse was at Southport. The 1993 results are not included in this chart due to the low number of ballots received and other differences in the poll that year. 72 persons took the poll in 1994 & 1995, 104 in 1996, 130 in 1997, 141 in 1998, 150 in 1999 and 223 this year. Total Number of Ballots = 223 Average Number of Woodies Ridden = 37.6 +--------------------------------------------- 2000 Rank | +---------------------------------------- 1999 Rank | | +----------------------------------- 1998 Rank | | | +------------------------------ 1997 Rank | | | | +------------------------- 1996 Rank | | | | | +-------------------- 1995 Rank | | | | | | +--------------- 1994 Rank | | | | | | | '00POLL V V V V V V V COASTER PARK LOC RIDERS 1 1 2 2 - - - Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 15 2 2 1 - - - - Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 92 3 3 3 1 1 - - Megafobia Oakwood UK 20 4 5t 7 - - - - GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 86 5n - - - - - - Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 68 6 8 4 - - - - Rampage Visionland AL 57 7 4 - - - - - Tremors Silverwood ID 27 8 7 6 4 3 2 - Raven Holiday World IN 107 9 5t 5 3 2 1 1 Comet Great Escape NY 62 10 10 13 13 7 9 6 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 73 11 9 12 9 9t 6 4 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 122 12 12 11 5 4 3 3 Coaster Playland BC 34 13 11 9 16 S S S Wildcat (SBNO) Idora Park OH 8 14 18 26 11 8 - - Timber Terror Silverwood ID 31 15n - - - - - - The Legend Holiday World IN 94 16n - - - - - - Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 15 17n - - - - - - The Villain Six Flags Ohio OH 110 18 47 23 8 - - - Stampida Port Aventura ES 3 19n - - - - - - Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 72 20 14 10 6 9t 8 2 Texas Giant SFoT TX 78 21n - - - - - - Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 70 22# 16# - - - - - Aska Nara Dreamland JP 2 23 15 14 12 9t 15 8 Cyclone Astroland NY 70 24 13 - - - - - Twister Knoebel's PA 101 25 17 16 22 18 19 9 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 71 26 22 25 30 21 18 44 Screechin' Eagle(S) Americana OH 56 27 21 - - - - - Roar Marine World CA 47 28 24 17 15 15 10 7 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 14 29 19 15 21 12 12 14 Grand National Blackpool UK 30 30 20 34 40 24 37 - Viper SFGAm IL 91 31 25 29 27 35 29 31 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 82 32n - - - - - - Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 20 33 30 - - - - - Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 66 34n - - - - - - Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 8 35n - - - - - - Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 6 36 23 27 26 27 20 21 Cyclone Lakeside CO 49 37 29 22 - - - - Excalibur Funtown USA ME 42 38 36 21 24 14 4 12 Wild One SF America MD 67 39 27 18 14 5 - - Wildcat Hersheypark PA 119 40 34 24 17 17 7 10 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 144 41 28 20 19 16 13 - Cyclops Big Chief WI 49 42 32 - - - - - Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 68 43 26 19 10 6 5 13 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 65 44 35 30 18 S S S Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 8 45n - - - - - - The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 47 46 70 70 58 32 34 33 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 28 47 45 42 31 19 17 29 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 57 48 39t 28 - - - - Roar SF America MD 60 49 33 33 28 - - - Zeus Big Chief WI 50 50 44 38 25 S S 18 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 59 51 31 - - - - - Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 44 52 42 39 41 25 26 28 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 143 53 50 54 47 41 56 30 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 100 54 49 36 20 13 - - Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 56 55 41 31 43 30 31 20 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 71 56 46 32 23 20 21 15 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 106 57 63 69 73 67 58 116# Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 28 58 55 56 52 39 54 35 Zingo Bell's OK 26 59 58 46 29 23 16 26 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 96 60 38 49 32 22 23 16 Big Dipper Six Flags Ohio OH 117 61 39t 43 38 28 22 19 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 37 62 51 51 42 29 11 11 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 163 63 37 40 33 26 24 24 Hurler Carowinds NC 46 64 71 68 56 49 49 45 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 74 65 54 41 - - - - Twist Sist - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 78 66 53 37 - - - - Twist Sist - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 78 67 52 45 39 40 28 23 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 26 68 68 52 45 44 27 17 The Beast Kings Island OH 146 69 132 55 78 S S S Thunderbolt (SBNO) Coney Island NY 7 70 43 35 35 45 36 52 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 27 71 48 44 44 35 38 25 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 22 72 66 47 36 31 40 34 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 99 73 59 53 53 46 50 36 Racer Kennywood PA 143 74 62 64 50 52 59 47 Skyliner Lakemont PA 76 75 56 61 69 60 72 49 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 78 76 65 75 49 42 45 53 Outlaw Adventureland IA 40 77 57 71 74 71 75 112# Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 3 78 89 79 91 86 79 68 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 79 79 61 57 57 50 48 39 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 41 80 73 72 48 53 51 93 Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 21 81 60 48 55 48 32 118# Cyclone Pleasureland UK 17 82# 69# # # # # # White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 2 83 86 77 65 59 47 48 Roller Coaster Joyland KS 24 84 74 60 46 43 41 32 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 61 85 64 103 79 S S S Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 7 86 72 73 34 37 25 22 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 3 87 75 85 66 54 54 43 Racer Kings Island OH 147 88 67 59 67 68 55 76 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 20 89 94 94 61 S S S Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Idora Park OH 10 90t 81 86 71 69 61 71 Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 22 90t 91 88 82 73 87 64 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 48 92 79 65 62 61 53 92 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 25 93 83 63 54 62 43 96 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 5 94 85 90 68 58 57 59 Comet Hersheypark PA 125 95# 76# # # # # # White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 2 96# 77# # # # # # Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP 2 97 80 62 60 38 42 41 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 107 98 84 67 77 66 65 65 Tornado Adventureland IA 40 99 78 80 76 72 68 40 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 77 100 90 78 80 63 67 63 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 76 101 99 91 102 87 97 69 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 57 102 95 66 64 34 30 - Cannonball Waterville USA AL 19 103 97 81 90 76 60 82 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 30 104 93 84 70 64 88 66 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 50 105 96 89 84 80 70 61 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 53 106 100 93 81 51 62 38 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 34 107 98 92 83 77 84 94 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 11 108 87 76 75 65 74 70 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 48 109 88 58 51 46 14# - Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 38 110 104 87 101 73 73 51 Flyer Comet Whalom Park MA 52 111# 113 120 63 - - - Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 2 112 106 96 89 89 80 62 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 53 113t 116 117 98 S S S Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 64 113t 107 105 105 99 89 67 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 56 115 105f 108f 97f 95f 44f 54f Wild Mouse Southport UK 12 116 109 109 94 84 78 56 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 43 117# # 102# # S S S Devil's Coach (S) J's Amusements CA 2 118 115 97 104 82 77 57 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 41 119 103 99 85# 91 91 x Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 4 120 110 111 110 92 108 75 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 88 121 119 121 108 97 90 83 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 43 122# 111# 98# 114 94 82 99 Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 2 123 114 74 59 33 33 27 Predator Darien Lake NY 71 124 120t 113 92 78 69 55 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 35 125 108 104 109# 90# 53# 102# Hullamvasut Varosliget HU 3 126 117 110 100 83 101 73 Wildcat Frontier City OK 26 127 112 107 96 88 118# 119# Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 14 128 118 106 99 85 86 78 American Eagle SFGAm IL 103 129 101 - - - - - Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 6 130 120t 95 107 98# 103# 100# Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR 7 131 125 119 117 100 85 91 Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 29 132 123 122 116 101 83 102 Pegasus de Efteling NL 5 133 122 101 95 81 71 60 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 113 134n - - - - - - Thunder Eagle Race World TN 11 135 137 112 86 79 81 46 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 90 136n - - - - - - Son of Beast Kings Island OH 92 137 124 83 87 55 35 50 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 47 138 131 128 122 114 95 111 Beastie Australia's Wonderl. AU 4 139 102 100 93 57 76 74 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 100 140 126 114 113 109 - - Pegasus Big Chief WI 50 141 136 132 120 108 96 85 Comet Waldameer PA 40 142 127 118 115 106# # # Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 3 143 130 130 125 S S S Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 7 144 141 129 118 111 100 86 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 83 145 144 124 124 104 93 81 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 50 146 133 123 106 105 # - Antelope Gulliver's World UK 7 147 128 126 121 103 98 79 Beastie Kings Island OH 116 148 92 135 129# 107# 111# 110# Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 149 138 136 123 113 107 87 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 24 150 143 134 126 115 102 89 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 42 151 140 131 127 119 99 114 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 84 152 139 140 131 110 105 77 Little Dipper Hillcrest IL 10 153 135 115 103 73 66 42 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 162 154 146 141 133 117 - - Underground Adventureland IA 32 155 142 133 128 102 104 84 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 29 156 134 127 112 56# - - Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 24 157 129 116 111 96 92 72 Raging Wolf Bobs Six Flags Ohio OH 119 158 148# 125 88 # 39# # Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT 3 159 145 139 134 116 106 113 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 11 160 150 142 132 118 110 88 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 33 161 149 138 130 112 109 80 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 20 162 147 137 119 93 63 58 Hercules Dorney Park PA 98 163 151 143 135 120 112 90 The Grizzly Great America CA 65 The following three coasters had no riders take the poll this year. #n - - - - - - Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 0 #n - - - - - - Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 0 #n - - - - - - Regina Tobu Zoo JP 0 # # - - - - - Montezum Hopi Hari BR 0 # # # x x x x Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 The following coasters are gone but not forgotten: - - 8 7 S S 5 Twister Elitch Gardens CO - - 50 37 S S 37 Wildcat Elitch Gardens CO - 82 82 72 70 64 115# Texas Tornado Frontierland UK 69 132 55 78 S S S Thunderbolt Coney Island NY Below, I have listed the 2000 results 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 general sentiment about a coaster. There is a * in place of a rank for coasters with < 3 riders. A blank line has been inserted where > (2/#coasters) WinPct gaps exist. The program was run twice. Once excluding "My Favorite Steel" to get the results for the woodies so that they would not be affected by it, and once including it so it could be placed amongst the woodies. Total Number of Ballots = 223 Average Number of Woodies Ridden = 37.6 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 15 161 0 1 0.9969 2 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 92 160 1 1 0.9907 3 Megafobia Oakwood UK 20 157 2 2 0.9814 4 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 86 158 4 0 0.9753 19 5 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 68 158 4 0 0.9753 17 6 Rampage Visionland AL 57 157 5 0 0.9691 7 Tremors Silverwood ID 27 153 5 1 0.9654 * My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere ** 171 156 6 1 0.9601 8 Raven Holiday World IN 107 153 7 0 0.9563 9 Comet Great Escape NY 62 152 9 1 0.9414 22 10 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 73 152 9 1 0.9414 15 11 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 122 151 9 2 0.9383 12 Coaster Playland BC 34 148 10 2 0.9313 13 Wildcat (SBNO) Idora Park OH 8 142 11 5 0.9146 14 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 31 145 13 2 0.9125 15 The Legend Holiday World IN 94 143 14 3 0.9031 16 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 15 143 15 2 0.9000 17 The Villain Six Flags Ohio OH 110 142 16 2 0.8938 18 Stampida Port Aventura ES 3 78 8 3 0.8933 19 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 72 140 19 3 0.8735 20 Texas Giant SFoT TX 78 139 20 2 0.8696 21 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 70 139 20 3 0.8673 * Aska Nara Dreamland JP 2 124 16 12 0.8553 23 Cyclone Astroland NY 70 138 23 1 0.8549 24 Twister Knoebel's PA 101 137 23 2 0.8519 20 25 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 71 136 22 4 0.8519 19 26 Screechin' Eagle(S) Americana OH 56 133 25 4 0.8333 27 Roar Marine World CA 47 129 25 6 0.8250 28 Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 14 130 27 3 0.8219 29 Grand National Blackpool UK 30 128 27 6 0.8137 30 Viper SFGAm IL 91 128 31 3 0.7994 24 31 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 82 128 31 3 0.7994 18 32 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 20 125 32 2 0.7925 33 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 66 126 32 4 0.7901 34 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 8 94 23 8 0.7840 35 Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 6 115 29 8 0.7829 36 Cyclone Lakeside CO 49 124 34 4 0.7778 14 37 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 42 125 35 2 0.7778 5 38 Wild One SF America MD 67 122 35 5 0.7685 39 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 119 122 36 4 0.7654 51 40 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 144 123 37 2 0.7654 43 41 Cyclops Big Chief WI 49 120 36 6 0.7593 42 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 68 121 38 3 0.7562 43 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 65 121 39 1 0.7547 44 Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 8 115 39 6 0.7375 45 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 47 114 40 6 0.7313 46 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 28 115 41 6 0.7284 47 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 57 112 47 3 0.7006 48 Roar SF America MD 60 111 47 4 0.6975 49 Zeus Big Chief WI 50 111 48 3 0.6944 50 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 59 108 51 1 0.6781 51 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 44 109 52 1 0.6759 52 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 143 108 52 2 0.6728 53 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 100 106 52 3 0.6677 54 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 56 106 54 2 0.6605 55 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 71 104 53 3 0.6594 56 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 106 104 53 5 0.6574 57 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 28 94 52 15 0.6304 58 Zingo Bell's OK 26 98 58 5 0.6242 59 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 96 100 60 2 0.6235 60 Big Dipper Six Flags Ohio OH 117 98 59 5 0.6204 61 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 37 98 60 2 0.6188 62 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 163 99 61 2 0.6173 63 Hurler Carowinds NC 46 98 61 3 0.6142 64 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 74 97 61 2 0.6125 65 Twist Sist - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 78 95 60 5 0.6094 66 Twist Sist - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 78 95 61 4 0.6063 67 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 26 93 61 6 0.6000 68 The Beast Kings Island OH 146 91 60 11 0.5957 69 Thunderbolt (SBNO) Coney Island NY 7 84 55 20 0.5912 70 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 27 87 67 7 0.5621 71 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 22 87 68 5 0.5594 72 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 99 88 69 5 0.5586 73 Racer Kennywood PA 143 89 71 2 0.5556 74 Skyliner Lakemont PA 76 88 71 1 0.5531 75 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 78 88 73 1 0.5463 76 Outlaw Adventureland IA 40 81 70 11 0.5340 77 Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 3 73 64 21 0.5285 78 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 79 84 75 3 0.5278 79 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 41 83 75 4 0.5247 80 Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 21 77 74 9 0.5094 81 Cyclone Pleasureland UK 17 80 79 1 0.5031 * White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 2 70 71 11 0.4967 83 Roller Coaster Joyland KS 24 71 82 7 0.4656 11 84 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 61 73 84 3 0.4656 7 85 Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 7 65 76 18 0.4654 86 Rutschebanen Bakken DK 3 67 79 6 0.4605 87 Racer Kings Island OH 147 70 85 7 0.4537 88 Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 20 68 84 8 0.4500 89 Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Idora Park OH 10 65 81 13 0.4497 90tZippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 22 65 85 10 0.4375 5 5 90tWilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 48 60 79 13 0.4375 5 5 92 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 25 66 86 8 0.4375 4 2 93 Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 5 61 81 13 0.4355 94 Comet Hersheypark PA 125 68 90 4 0.4321 * White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 2 59 81 12 0.4276 * Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP 2 58 82 12 0.4211 97 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 107 66 92 4 0.4198 98 Tornado Adventureland IA 40 63 90 9 0.4167 99 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 77 63 92 7 0.4105 100 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 76 62 93 6 0.4037 101 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 57 54 87 7 0.3885 102 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 19 56 96 8 0.3750 103 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 30 58 99 4 0.3727 104 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 50 48 90 14 0.3618 105 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 53 55 102 5 0.3549 106 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 34 55 102 3 0.3531 107 Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 11 52 104 4 0.3375 108 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 48 47 96 6 0.3356 109 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 38 51 107 3 0.3261 110 Flyer Comet Whalom Park MA 52 49 108 5 0.3179 * Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 2 23 53 6 0.3171 112 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 53 47 113 0 0.2938 113tLeap the Dips Lakemont PA 64 45 112 3 0.2906 14 113tRollo Coaster Idlewild PA 56 44 111 5 0.2906 14 115 Wild Mouse Southport UK 12 42 111 7 0.2844 116 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 43 40 111 9 0.2781 * Devil's Coach (S) J's Amusements CA 2 2 62 69 0.2744 118 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 41 41 114 5 0.2719 119 Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 4 35 109 14 0.2658 120 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 88 41 117 4 0.2654 121 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 43 39 118 3 0.2531 * Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 2 34 110 8 0.2500 123 Predator Darien Lake NY 71 38 120 4 0.2469 124 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 35 35 118 7 0.2406 125 Hullamvasut Varosliget HU 3 34 116 6 0.2372 126 Wildcat Frontier City OK 26 32 118 11 0.2329 127 Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 14 33 118 8 0.2327 128 American Eagle SFGAm IL 103 36 123 3 0.2315 129 Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 6 29 111 12 0.2303 130 Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR 7 27 114 17 0.2247 131 Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 29 31 127 2 0.2000 132 Pegasus de Efteling NL 5 25 117 10 0.1974 133 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 113 29 128 5 0.1944 134 Thunder Eagle Race World TN 11 28 126 5 0.1918 135 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 90 27 129 6 0.1852 136 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 92 27 132 3 0.1759 137 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 47 25 130 5 0.1719 138 Beastie Australia's Wonderl. AU 4 19 123 16 0.1709 139 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 100 22 131 9 0.1636 140 Pegasus Big Chief WI 50 21 136 5 0.1451 141 Comet Waldameer PA 40 21 135 4 0.1438 142 Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 3 19 132 5 0.1378 143 Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 7 18 133 7 0.1361 144 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 83 19 139 4 0.1296 145 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 50 17 139 6 0.1235 146 Antelope Gulliver's World UK 7 12 118 10 0.1214 147 Beastie Kings Island OH 116 18 141 3 0.1204 148 Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU 3 9 134 15 0.1044 149 Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 24 12 141 8 0.0994 150 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 42 11 135 6 0.0921 151 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 84 12 146 4 0.0864 152 Little Dipper Hillcrest IL 10 8 139 11 0.0854 153 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 162 10 148 4 0.0741 154 Underground Adventureland IA 32 7 146 9 0.0710 155 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 29 9 147 4 0.0688 156 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 24 9 148 3 0.0656 157 Raging Wolf Bobs Six Flags Ohio OH 119 8 151 3 0.0586 158 Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT 3 5 141 6 0.0526 159 Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 11 5 148 5 0.0475 160 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 33 3 154 3 0.0281 161 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 20 2 154 3 0.0220 162 Hercules Dorney Park PA 98 1 156 5 0.0216 163 The Grizzly Great America CA 65 0 161 1 0.0031 The five coasters below had no riders take the poll this year. * Regina Tobu Zoo JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Montezum Hopi Hari BR 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 0 0 0 0 0.0000 I also ran the program using only this year's riding experiences. These results are not very 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 18.5 woodies this year. That sounds good until it is realized that when there are only about 1/2 as many ride experiences it causes there to be an average of less than 1/4 as many people who had ridden each pair of coasters (this year vs. ever). As an example of how this can affect the results, see that GhostRider has moved ahead of Shivering Timbers. A person might assume that means that riders preferred GR to ST this year...that is not the case as ST still won the direct comparison. However, ST had fewer riders this year and was compared to fewer coasters resulting in a lower WinPct and two 0-1 losses. Therefore, I want to be very clear that the following results based on only 2000 ride experiences have a much greater margin of error and are only included here because they may be of some limited additional interest. It is fair to say from these results that Rampage must have run very well this year and the west coast Grizzly did not. It is also fair to say that the people who indicated they had ridden Screechin' Eagle and Devil's Coach this year could not have actually done so. Total Number of Ballots = 223 Average Number of Woodies Ridden = 18.5 RANK COASTER NAME PARK LOC RIDERS W L T WinPct TiBk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Rampage Visionland AL 18 109 0 4 0.9823 2 GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA 70 122 2 1 0.9800 3 Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI 46 117 2 1 0.9792 4 Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR 4 69 2 1 0.9653 5 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 67 119 5 0 0.9597 * Stampida Port Aventura ES 1 17 1 0 0.9444 7 Tremors Silverwood ID 17 106 5 3 0.9430 8 Raven Holiday World IN 95 119 9 0 0.9297 9 Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA 30 107 8 1 0.9267 * My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere ** 136 119 7 7 0.9211 10 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 81 113 10 0 0.9187 11 Comet Great Escape NY 26 94 8 1 0.9175 12 Coaster Playland BC 6 87 8 1 0.9115 13 Timber Terror Silverwood ID 17 100 11 3 0.8904 14 Megafobia Oakwood UK 5 21 2 2 0.8800 15 The Legend Arnolds Park IA 9 84 11 3 0.8724 16 The Villain Six Flags Ohio OH 109 110 17 2 0.8605 17 The Legend Holiday World IN 94 108 16 4 0.8594 18 Viper SFGAm IL 41 87 13 8 0.8426 19 Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA 71 98 20 2 0.8250 20 Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA 69 97 21 2 0.8167 21 Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 48 93 22 6 0.7934 22 Mega Zeph Jazzland LA 15 84 21 6 0.7838 23 Excalibur Funtown USA ME 21 85 21 7 0.7832 24 Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL 51 91 26 4 0.7686 25 Cyclone Astroland NY 22 72 21 5 0.7602 26 Twister Knoebel's PA 80 90 26 7 0.7602 27 Hurricane Myrtle Bch Pavilion SC 20 79 24 3 0.7594 28 Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA 26 77 23 6 0.7547 29 Riverside Cyclone SF New England MA 62 88 28 6 0.7459 30 Big Dipper Blackpool UK 3 21 7 2 0.7333 31 Wild One SF America MD 38 84 31 2 0.7265 32 Grand National Blackpool UK 5 27 8 7 0.7262 33 Thunderbolt Kennywood PA 75 86 31 5 0.7254 34 Dania Bch Hurricane Dania Beach FL 8 62 21 15 0.7092 35 Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH 28 79 31 6 0.7069 36 Robin Hood Six Flags Holland NL 5 43 18 2 0.6984 37 Wild Mouse Blackpool UK 5 27 11 4 0.6905 38 Texas Giant SFoT TX 23 67 30 16 0.6637 39 Roar Marine World CA 31 70 33 11 0.6623 40 The Boss Six Flags St Louis MO 47 75 38 7 0.6542 41 Wildcat Hersheypark PA 67 75 40 4 0.6471 42 Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY 13 51 27 5 0.6446 43 Hurler Carowinds NC 17 64 34 6 0.6442 44 Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ 15 52 28 4 0.6429 45 Zeus Big Chief WI 20 59 32 4 0.6421 46 Cyclone Lakeside CO 4 48 25 8 0.6420 47 Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY 64 76 41 8 0.6400 48 Roar SF America MD 38 72 42 3 0.6282 49 Cyclops Big Chief WI 20 57 33 5 0.6263 50 Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA 24 65 37 9 0.6261 * Zingo Bell's OK 1 5 3 0 0.6250 * Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX 1 23 15 0 0.6053 53 Outlaw Adventureland IA 16 58 37 8 0.6019 54 The Beast Kings Island OH 94 71 50 5 0.5833 55 Skyliner Lakemont PA 34 60 42 9 0.5811 56 Hurler Kings Dominion VA 33 56 43 8 0.5607 57 Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA 73 64 50 9 0.5569 58 Blue Streak Cedar Point OH 110 67 56 5 0.5430 59 Screamin' Eagle Six Flags St Louis MO 42 61 52 6 0.5378 60 Twist Sist - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY 54 63 55 7 0.5320 61 Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO 16 47 41 14 0.5294 62 Big Dipper Six Flags Ohio OH 84 65 58 5 0.5273 63 Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA 39 55 49 9 0.5265 64 Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA 14 57 51 8 0.5259 65 Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON 10 37 36 6 0.5063 66 Twist Sist - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY 57 59 59 6 0.5000 4 67 Starliner Miracle Strip FL 5 43 43 6 0.5000 0 68 Racer Kennywood PA 74 58 61 4 0.4878 69 Thunderbolt SF New England MA 55 57 60 5 0.4877 70 Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA 29 53 59 3 0.4739 71 Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC 16 47 55 4 0.4623 72 The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA 33 42 55 12 0.4404 73 Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA 31 43 58 8 0.4312 74 Racer Kings Island OH 97 51 72 5 0.4180 75 Le Monstre La Ronde QU 4 31 49 14 0.4043 76 M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON 11 27 44 9 0.3938 * Tomahawk Port Aventura ES 1 4 8 6 0.3889 78 Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX 18 36 64 13 0.3761 * Roller Coaster Joyland KS 1 14 24 0 0.3684 80 Wildcat Lake Compounce CT 62 43 77 4 0.3629 81 Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA 32 35 65 7 0.3598 *t Wild Mouse Southport UK 1 0 2 5 0.3571 0 *t Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT 1 2 4 1 0.3571 0 84 American Eagle SFGAm IL 40 32 64 9 0.3476 85 Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN 20 31 65 12 0.3426 86 Screechin' Eagle(S) Americana OH 3 23 46 3 0.3403 87 Tornado Adventureland IA 16 32 66 5 0.3350 88 Tornado Stricker's Grove OH 14 32 67 4 0.3301 89 Cannonball Waterville USA AL 6 23 52 6 0.3210 90 Comet Hersheypark PA 66 34 77 7 0.3178 91 High Roller Valleyfair! MN 17 28 68 8 0.3077 92 Leap the Dips Lakemont PA 33 32 75 4 0.3063 93 Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX 14 25 66 14 0.3048 * Devil's Coach (S) J's Amusements CA 1 2 14 14 0.3000 95 Thunder Road Carowinds NC 14 27 68 7 0.2990 * Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN 1 11 26 0 0.2973 97 Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR 5 20 54 6 0.2875 98 Predator Darien Lake NY 28 26 73 11 0.2864 99 Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY 12 23 62 4 0.2809 100 Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA 9 24 71 10 0.2762 101 Flyer Comet Whalom Park MA 28 29 85 4 0.2627 102 Roller Coaster Blackpool UK 5 8 28 6 0.2619 103 Cyclone Williams Grove PA 16 25 78 5 0.2546 104 Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI 44 26 86 7 0.2479 105 Son of Beast Kings Island OH 91 26 96 6 0.2266 106 Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA 15 22 80 4 0.2264 107 Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA 65 26 95 5 0.2262 108 Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ 32 20 80 8 0.2222 109 Rattler Fiesta Texas TX 15 16 70 9 0.2158 110 Thunder Eagle Race World TN 10 15 72 10 0.2062 111 Comet Waldameer PA 13 18 83 8 0.2018 *t Roller Coaster Lagoon UT 2 8 32 0 0.2000 0 113tWild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE 3 11 44 0 0.2000 0 * Cyclone Pleasureland UK 2 3 20 5 0.1964 115 Underground Adventureland IA 16 17 81 5 0.1893 116 Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI 38 19 95 2 0.1724 117 Big Dipper Camden Park WV 8 14 79 6 0.1717 * Pegasus de Efteling NL 1 1 7 1 0.1667 119 Dragon Coaster Playland NY 8 10 63 6 0.1646 120 Beastie Kings Island OH 70 16 105 6 0.1496 121 Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA 22 10 89 7 0.1274 122 Pegasus Big Chief WI 18 7 66 6 0.1266 123 Mean Streak Cedar Point OH 108 14 107 2 0.1220 124 Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV 8 9 84 6 0.1212 125 Scooby Doo Carowinds NC 15 8 88 8 0.1154 126 Raging Wolf Bobs Six Flags Ohio OH 88 12 110 5 0.1142 * Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK 2 0 7 2 0.1111 * Wildcat Frontier City OK 2 4 42 2 0.1042 129 Twister II Elitch Gardens CO 5 5 71 6 0.0976 130 Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH 14 8 91 4 0.0971 * Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ 1 3 46 0 0.0612 132 Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA 52 5 108 4 0.0598 133 Hercules Dorney Park PA 36 3 108 2 0.0354 134 Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON 8 2 70 0 0.0278 135 Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH 4 1 57 1 0.0254 136 Little Dipper Kiddieland IL 3 0 49 1 0.0100 * Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK 1 0 1 0 0.0000 * Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR 1 0 2 0 0.0000 * Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU 1 0 4 0 0.0000 140 The Grizzly Great America CA 27 0 112 0 0.0000 The rest of the coasters had no polltakers ride them this year. * Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Rutschebanen Bakken DK 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Montezum Hopi Hari BR 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Magnus Colossus Terra Mitica ES 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Beastie Australia's Wonderl. AU 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Hullamvasut Varosliget HU 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Little Dipper Esselworld IN 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Medusa Six Flags Mexico MX 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Aska Nara Dreamland JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Regina Tobu Zoo JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * White Canyon Yomiuriland JP 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Wildcat (SBNO) Idora Park OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Idora Park OH 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Kiddie Coaster Playland NY 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Thunderbolt (SBNO) Coney Island NY 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Scenic Railway Dreamland UK 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Little Dipper Hillcrest IL 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Antelope Gulliver's World UK 0 0 0 0 0.0000 * Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK 0 0 0 0 0.0000 For an explanation of the tabulation algorithm and much more about this annual poll, visit the website http://www.hitchhikers.net/users/wcoaster