TombRaiderFTW Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Hey everyone! It's that time of the year again: the Mitch Hawker wood coaster poll is open. Here's a link! (I highly recommend Jordan Hatch's drag-and-drop ballot generator; it's way easier than editing the ballot text directly.) If you're not familiar, Mitch Hawker's poll is a yearly poll of the coaster enthusiast community to see how rides around the world rank. It's fairly popular and usually has well over 500 entries (last year's had 635 ballots for the wood poll.) When the results are tallied, you can see overall results as well as specific categories for the results (how well each ride ranked vs. another, etc.) There are folks that dislike the way users of a certain other site tend to skew the results in favor of certain international coasters. Whether that's an issue that concerns you or not, the nice thing about Mitch's poll is that you can see how many people who voted rode each ride. So if you don't like how high T Express at Lotte World, for instance, ranked, you can see that a whole 6 people rode it and disregard it. Or maybe you like those six people and value their opinion! Whatever floats your goat. Mitch's poll makes that kind of information easy to read and judge for yourself. It's a great poll if you're a numbers person. For the heck of it, here's how my rankings ended up this year. Son of Beast, having been torn down, is no longer eligible for ranking in the polls. It's really weird not having a shoe-in for last place: 1. Boss, Six Flags St. Louis 2. Voyage, Holiday World 3. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure 4. Favorite Steel (It's Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion.) 5. Georgia Cyclone, Six Flags over Georgia 6. Ravine Flyer II, Waldameer 7. Cyclone, Luna Park (i.e. Coney Island New York) 8. Thunderbolt, Kennywood 9. Legend, Holiday World 10. Raven, Holiday World 11. American Thunder, Six Flags St. Louis 12. Racer, Kennywood 13. Blue Streak, Cedar Point 14. Thunderhead, Dollywood 15. Comet, Hersheypark 16. Hurler, Kings Dominion 17. Grizzly, Kings Dominion 18. American Eagle, Six Flags Great America 19. Beast, Kings Island 20. Viper, Six Flags Great America 21. Lightning Racer - Lightning, Hersheypark 22. Lightning Racer - Thunder, Hersheypark 23. Rebel Yell, Kings Dominion 24. Big Dipper, Camden Park 25. Racer, Kings Island 26. Mean Streak, Cedar Point 27. Screamin' Eagle, Six Flags St. Louis 28. Great American Scream Machine, Six Flags over Georgia 29. Jack Rabbit, Kennywood 30. Tornado, Stricker's Grove 31. Blue Streak, Conneaut Lake Park 32. Lost Coaster of Superstition Mountain, Indiana Beach 33. Wolverine Wildcat, Michigan's Adventure 34. Cornball Express, Indiana Beach 35. Sea Dragon, Jungle Jack's Landing 36. Comet, Waldameer 37. Teddy Bear, Stricker's Grove 38. Woodstock Express, Kings Island 39. Ghoster Coaster, Kings Dominion 40. Lil' Dipper, Camden Park 41. Shivering Timbers, Michigan's Adventure 42. Hoosier Hurricane, Indiana Beach 43. Zach's Zoomer, Michigan's Adventure 44. Rolling Thunder, Six Flags Great Adventure 45. Wildcat, Hersheypark 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Well, mine is in, granted I have not been on too many woodies (or steel coasters for that matter)...alas, these rides will be affected: 1. The Beast Kings Island OH,y,n,12. The Legend Holiday World IN,y,y,23. The Voyage Holiday World IN,y,y,34. My Favorite Steel (Diamondback @ Kings Island) Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,45. Raven Holiday World IN,y,y,56. Racer Kings Island OH,y,n,67. Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN,y,n,78. Woodstock Express Kings Island OH,y,n,8 2013 was not my best year for roller coasters peroid, BTW...one trip to Holiday World was all I got. Granted, that one trip was super fun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Got my ballot in! This is the highlight of the off-season for me! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondback96 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 My votes: Favorite Steel (Maverick) Blue Streak (Cedar Point) The Voyage The Beast The Racer (Kings Island) The Raven Mean Streak The Legend Woodstock Express (Kings Island) Maybe I caught Mean Streak on a good day. :\ Woodstock Express is at the bottom of the list because I haven't ridden it in years. Whenever I'm at KI I avoid Planet Snoopy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gad198 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I might actually do the poll this year, so thanks for the heads up on this. I'll list my top 15 and then the bottom 5: Top 15: Boulder Dash Voyage Favorite Steel (Bizarro - SFNE) El Toro Shivering Timbers Prowler Thunderhead Phoenix Ravine Flyer II Hellcat Renegade American Thunder Hades Raven Apocalypse Cornball Express Bottom 5: Son of Beast Wildcat - Lake Compounce Mean Streak Wolverine Wildcat Wilde Beast - Canada's Wonderland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Might as well post my ballot: 1) Favorite Steel (Maverick) 2) Voyage 3) Thunderhead 4) Cornball Express 5) Shivering Timbers 6) The Beast 7) Raven 8) Blue Streak (CP) 9) Legend (HW) 10) Racer (KI) 11) Wolverine Wildcat 12) Hoosier Hurricane 13) Zach's Zoomer 14) Woodstock Express (KI) 15) Mean Streak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kblanken Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 I put my ballot in. Zippin Pippin and Phoenix are my top two. Racer has my highest rank in KI. I wonder if any others will have Boulder Dash as third favorite within Connecticut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Just a reminder that this Friday is the last day to submit your ballots for the wooden poll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekidd33 Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Looks like the results are in! Top Ten Overall (out of 175 ranked coasters): 1) El Toro - Six Flags Great Adventure 2) T Express - Everland (South Korea) 3) Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City 4) Boulder Dash - Lake Compounce 5) Pheonix - Knoebel's 6) Ravine Flyer II - Waldameer 7) The Voyage - Holiday World 8) Balder - Liseburg 9) Dauling Dragon (Right Side) - Happy Valley 10) Dauling Dragon (Left Side) - Happy Valley Kings Island's Wooden Coasters: The Beast was 48th The Racer was 96th Cedar Point's Wooden Coasters: Blue Streak was 67th Mean Streak was 151st There were 581 total ballots cast this year. On a personal note, I have an unhealthy fascination/obsession with this poll so thank you to everyone who took the time to vote! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSalsa Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 4 years in a row for El Toro (first to ever do this- and it did it with a broken cable!), though it looks like Outlaw Run and RMC may one day have something to say about "The streak". And Voyage's slow-but-sure drop from that #1 overall spot continues as now it sits at #7...and RCCA coasters now sit at the bottom of the list with Coaster-Express and The Bandit. And Hades 360 stinks that much versus Original Hades!?!? A very interesting poll, to say the least...and all 5 new-for-2013 wooden coasters did well. To which I say...VIVA LA WOOD!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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