Brandon Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 The New York Daily News is having a poll to name the top 10 roller coasters of all time. Kings Island has 2 contestants in Beast and Son of Beast. Also note that they still list Kings Island as Paramounts Kings Island http://www.nydailynews.com/money/business_travel/toplists/top_/top_.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast79 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Already voted Millie. Voyage wasn't on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAHill Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Also note that they still list Kings Island as Paramounts Kings Island I noticed that too. It bugged me greatly. Their Kingda Ka article also reads: "Kiingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure: Jackson, NJ". Where's Terpy? I bet he's got something to say about this... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveTheSmurfRide Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Wow, how is SOB in the discussion for best of all time? Aren't Kingda Ka and Top Thrill basically the same thing? Top Thrill or SOB should be replaced with Magnum. I'll go MF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick2007 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Wow this is a really badly informed writer. Not only did they make KI into Paramount's Kings Island and spell KK as Kiingda Ka but they also forget to mention that S:ROS is no longer the name for Bizarro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beast1979 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Let's see: 1. One of the options is Kennywood's Steel Phantom. Today it is Phantom's Revenge. Unless you want to count them as 2 different coasters. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'm starting to confuse myself..... 2. Describes our beloved Kings Island as Paramount's Kings Island. Thank god they are wrong on that one. 3. Says that "Wooden Rails" on El Toro can match Steel. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, El Toro's rails are steel. 4. Says that "Kiingda Ka" breaks every record, you name it, it breaks it. That couldn't be farther from the truth. It only breaks tallest and fastest. 5. It labels Kings Island as being in "Kings Island, Ohio" I didn't know we had our own city! 6. They say The Beast is the "Longest Coaster" Don't you mean the longest wooden coaster? Ahh, the GP. I voted for The Beast. Although I do not think The Beast is the best roller coaster ever (especially with all those magnetic....things....they have on it), but in my opinion, of the coasters they have listed, The Beast had the most effect and influence on the history of roller coasters. It redefined what a roller coaster could do, and is still the world's longest wooden roller coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 "or enjoyed before a hot dog from the ironically-named local fast food chain Coney Island." Do they mean Skyline? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterboy22101 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Am I missing something? I don't see SoB on that list.. EDIT: Never mind, I found it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dvo Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 In response to the topic title... No. And yeah, this article is horribly written... On the El Toro page: It was built in homage to Spain’s bull-taming matadors and boasts the steepest drop of any wooden coaster in the country – a face-breaking 76 degrees or 18 stories. I didn't realize we were measuring angles with stories now... On the S:ROS page: Passengers hop on the nine-car coaster trains and immediately climb a 208-foot tall hill before the ride goes airborne and throws riders in a 221-foot freefall at an alarming 70-degree angle. So wait... the ride jumps out of the ground? Takes off? It really is superman?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 I voted for The Beast. As much as I love Millie and TTD, I have to vote for my hometown favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Let's see: 1. One of the options is Kennywood's Steel Phantom. Today it is Phantom's Revenge. Unless you want to count them as 2 different coasters. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'm starting to confuse myself..... 2. Describes our beloved Kings Island as Paramount's Kings Island. Thank god they are wrong on that one. 3. Says that "Wooden Rails" on El Toro can match Steel. Actually, if I'm not mistaken, El Toro's rails are steel. 4. Says that "Kiingda Ka" breaks every record, you name it, it breaks it. That couldn't be farther from the truth. It only breaks tallest and fastest. 5. It labels Kings Island as being in "Kings Island, Ohio" I didn't know we had our own city! 6. They say The Beast is the "Longest Coaster" Don't you mean the longest wooden coaster? Ahh, the GP. I voted for The Beast. Although I do not think The Beast is the best roller coaster ever (especially with all those magnetic....things....they have on it), but in my opinion, of the coasters they have listed, The Beast had the most effect and influence on the history of roller coasters. It redefined what a roller coaster could do, and is still the world's longest wooden roller coaster. I noticed most of those mistakes too. Sadly. And El Toro is most definitely a wooden coaster. It is not a hybrid like Gemini, it's rails are wood. They're just designed differently than most wood coaster rails, which makes them much smoother. A prefabricated wooden track feels like a steel track but is still most definitely wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gad198 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 ^ I think I saw you in the Diamondback line yesterday. You were with someone in a TTD shirt. Riding El Toro the first time is definitely an experience. You keep waiting for regular wooden coaster vibrations/roughness but you never get it. It's amazingly smooth, and if it weren't for the Voyage it might be the be wooden coaster out there, for me anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarPointer Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Can I vote for SoB as the best SBNO coaster ever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback FOF Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 MF is leading with 52%. TTD is in second with 9% of the votess. The Beast is in third with 7%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastersNSich Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 2. Describes our beloved Kings Island as Paramount's Kings Island. Thank god they are wrong on that one. At least they didn't say "Diamondback at Paramount's Kings Island" There would be a serious paradox... 5. It labels Kings Island as being in "Kings Island, Ohio" I didn't know we had our own city! All mail and correspondence has come through the park for years as "Kings Island, Ohio." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violakat03 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 ^ I think I saw you in the Diamondback line yesterday. You were with someone in a TTD shirt. Riding El Toro the first time is definitely an experience. You keep waiting for regular wooden coaster vibrations/roughness but you never get it. It's amazingly smooth, and if it weren't for the Voyage it might be the be wooden coaster out there, for me anyway. Yep, that was me! I was wearing a shirt from Epcot DiveQuest. The guy in the TTD shirt was pkiboy. I totally agree with you on everything you said about El Toro. Including that Voyage is the only thing that keeps it from being the best wooden coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skywriter Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wow I'm def not going to participate come on Paramounts Kings Island thats the dark ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveStroem Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 It is probably a recycled article from a few years ago or at least the research is. All of the Coasters are at least a few years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopThrill Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 I voted for the one, the only, Millennium Force! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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