2007 Steel Coaster Poll results

[coastersue]

http://www.ushsho.com/detailedsteelrollercoasterpollresults2007.htm

#9 Nitro
#50 Medusa
#61 Kingda Ka
#116 Superman Ultimate Flight
#131 Batman Chiller
#142 Robin Chiller
#263 Great American Scream Machine
#264 Skull Mountain
#311 Runaway Train

Yay for Nitro!  However, I think it should've been even higher since it's WAY better than Goliath at SFOG which came in at #7.

[overlord]

Medusa is ranked higher then Ka? Odd in my opinion but then again, I guess others feel that opposite.

[PcMan]

I still don't see why Kingda Ka is hated by everyone  ?
I think it must be the wait inline breakdowns and over the shoulder restraints

I would ERT on Ka anyday over many other coasters voted higher.

[GADVwow]

I much prefer Kingda Ka to Top Thrill Dragster, but only in the front seats of the cars.  But, what do I know?  I have Maverick as my favorite steel coaster...but again, only in THE very front seat of that one...

[WadeJ]

Mainly enthusiast vote and most hate ka. Why? I think it has to do more with it being a direct jab at cedar point, the park it is located in, the break-downs and then the overall elements.  But honestly, I don't think the gp gives a crap about these polls so it isn't worth getting worked up over lol.

However, gadv fans must not have hit the polls the way they did for toro because batman chiller, nitro and medusa all deserved higher rankings.

I may say more once I can actually review things on my pc to see how many votes there were as well as how close each place came.

[PcMan]

OK Eagle's Fortress a suspended coster #3  ?


  1 Superman - Ride of St SF New England     MA   113  346 346   0  0  1.0000
  2 Expedition GeForce    Holiday Park       DE   100  346 345   1  0  0.9971

 *  Eagle's Fortress      Everland           KR     6  183 179   2  2  0.9836
  4 Millennium Force      Cedar Point        OH   267  349 342   6  1  0.9814
  5 Katun                 Mirabilandia       IT    30  310 303   6  1  0.9790
  6 Nemesis               Alton Towers       UK   189  351 344   6  1  0.9815
  7 Goliath               Six Flags Over Geo GA    78  337 328   7  2  0.9763
  8 Goliath               Walibi World       NL    79  335 325   9  1  0.9716 11
  9 Nitro                 Six Flags Great Ad NJ   172  349 339   9  1  0.9728 9
 10 Maverick              Cedar Point        OH   193  331 318   9  4  0.9668

 11 SheiKra               Busch Gardens Tamp FL   122  342 326  13  3  0.9576
 12 Apollo's Chariot      Busch Gardens Euro VA   161  343 328  15  0  0.9563
 13 Griffon               Busch Gardens Euro VA    70  305 291  13  1  0.9557
 14 Pyrenees              Parque EspaNa      JP    13  303 286  11  6  0.9538
 15 Montu                 Busch Gardens Tamp FL   169  350 331  14  5  0.9529
 16 Phantom's Revenge     Kennywood Park     PA   125  338 320  15  3  0.9512

 17 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags America  MD    99  333 312  15  6  0.9459

 18 Kumba                 Busch Gardens Tamp FL   177  349 326  20  3  0.9384
 19 Dueling Dragons-Fire  Islands of Adventu FL   212  353 327  20  6  0.9348

 20 Dragon Khan           Port Aventura      ES    78  335 309  21  5  0.9299
 21 Storm Runner          Hersheypark        PA   153  342 316  22  4  0.9298
 22 Kraken                SeaWorld Orlando   FL   143  352 323  22  7  0.9276
 23 Top Thrill Dragster   Cedar Point        OH   250  347 320  24  3  0.9265

 24 Superman la Atraccion Parque Warner Madr ES    43  328 297  21 10  0.9207
 25 Superman - Ride of St Darien Lake        NY    60  315 287  22  6  0.9206
 26 Dueling Dragons-Ice   Islands of Adventu FL   212  352 321  28  3  0.9162
 27 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Carowinds          NC    68  326 295  26  5  0.9126
 *  Atlantis Adventure    Lotte World        KR     6  183 163  13  7  0.9098
 29 Goliath               La Ronde Parc Amus QC    12  248 220  17 11  0.9093
 30 Black Mamba           Phantasialand      DE    97  341 307  30  4  0.9062

 31 XCelerator            Knott's Berry Farm CA   114  345 309  34  2  0.8986

 32 Incredible Hulk       Islands of Adventu FL   221  351 311  36  4  0.8917
 33 Tornado               Sarkanniemi        FI    14  330 289  31 10  0.8909
 34 Raging Bull           Six Flags Great Am IL   122  339 297  34  8  0.8879

 35 Superman Escape       Warner Bros. Movie AU    14   87  75   9  3  0.8793
 36 Tatsu                 Six Flags Magic Mo CA    80  331 287  37  7  0.8776
 37 Speed Monster         Tusenfryd          NO    32  336 288  37 11  0.8735
 38 Dragons Fury          Chessington        UK    81  336 288  38 10  0.8720
 39 Powder Keg            Silver Dollar City MO    25  288 247  33  8  0.8715
 40 Raptor                Cedar Point        OH   262  343 297  43  3  0.8703
 41 Lisebergbanan         Liseberg           SE    46  342 293  40  9  0.8699

 42 Superman:Krypton Cstr Fiesta Texas:SF    TX    34  303 259  38  6  0.8647
 43 Mindbender            Six Flags Over Geo GA    97  336 285  40 11  0.8646
 44 Winjas                Phantasialand      DE    97  338 289  43  6  0.8639

 45 Orochi                Osaka Expoland     JP    12  315 266  46  3  0.8492
 46 Magnum XL-200         Cedar Point        OH   269  348 293  51  4  0.8477

 47 HeiBe Fahrt           Freizeitp Klotten  DE    32  322 266  46 10  0.8416
 48 Patriot               Worlds of Fun      MO    22  192 160  29  3  0.8411

 49 Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks   **   245  356 296  57  3  0.8357
 50 Medusa                Six Flags Great Ad NJ   171  349 288  55  6  0.8338
 51 Silver Star           Europa-Park        DE    93  342 282  55  5  0.8319
 52 Revenge of the Mummy  Universal Studios  FL   156  349 287  56  6  0.8309
 53 Olympia Looping       Traveling          DE    47  310 253  48  9  0.8306
 54 Goliath               Six Flags Magic Mo CA   140  350 288  57  5  0.8300
 55 Speed: No Limits      Oakwood            UK    46  323 265  52  6  0.8297
 56 Furious Baco          Port Aventura      ES    40  310 249  45 16  0.8290
 57 X                     Six Flags Magic Mo CA   108  342 275  50 17  0.8289
 58 Alpengeist            Busch Gardens Euro VA   167  336 274  54  8  0.8274
 59 Volcano: The Blast Co Kings Dominion     VA   123  336 273  55  8  0.8244

 60 Nemesis Inferno       Thorpe Park        UK   129  343 275  57 11  0.8178
 61 Kingda Ka             Six Flags Great Ad NJ   144  346 279  60  7  0.8165

[GADVwow]

If there weren't the usual enthusiast bias against the nation's largest and best seasonal park (hint, it ain't on Lake Erie), then I sincerely doubt The Voyage would be the top rated wood, either....I still don't understand those who think it is such a superior coaster to El Toro...

Then again, I much, much prefer Maverick to Millennium Force or Superman: Ride Of Steel at SFNE...

It's all a matter of tastes, I suppose.

Call me quirky!

[coastersue]

I'm guilty of voting in the wood poll, but not the steel poll.  It would just be too time consuming to rank all the steel coaster.

My reason for not liking KK is the restraints which is why I also think Maverick and Storm Runner were voted much higher than they should be.  If the restraints were changed, I'd have a much higher opinion of all of them.

If I had voted, I'd put the GA coasters in this order:

Nitro
Batman Chiller
Robin Chiller
Skull Mountain
Batman: The Ride
Great American Scream Machine
Runaway Train
Kingda Ka
Medusa
Superman Ultimate Flight

[Bubba Z]

Eagle's Fortress looked pretty insane for a suspended coaster. Rob posted a video or search you tube.

I feel good,  I've ridden at least 12 of the top 20.  Busch Gardens should also be happy with 5 coasters.  I still don't get Apollo's ? Maybe I'm not riding with the right people?   No..I can't go in March,  so don't post.

[Robert T Ackerman]

You wanna come with me when I go on the 24th?

[ChuckR]

I wish I could of voted for this poll. That's awesome that Nitro is that high up there!

[Ogolo]

Didn't Superman - Ride of St SF New England not run for much of last season??  That isn't worth 1st. (But it is a great ride)

[overlord]

SROS was ok when I rode it. Maybe I didn't ride it enough or in the right seat but it just seemed on par with Nitro.

[Robert T Ackerman]

SROS was ok when I rode it. Maybe I didn't ride it enough or in the right seat but it just seemed on par with Nitro.

Clint... we're going to have to go up there this summer together.

I've always wanted to ride it with someone that thinks it's just "meh" so I can slap them in the face

[overlord]

When we going? I am game.

[PcMan]

you need to ERT it
our last visit we got around 20 + rides and gets better and better. also get the GOLD bot

the first time Chuck and I rode The Voyage we looked at each other and said that's it, but then we rode it again and again and now its my #1

[Bubba Z]

Clint, don't worry,  that's how I feel about Apollo's Chariot.

[GADVwow]

Me, too.  Coasters that many, many others adore that I just don't get:

Apollo's Chariot
Voyage
Twister at Knoebel's
Hades

and

most of all

Shivering Timbers

From day one, I never understood why everyone was so excited by that thing...

Coasters I adore that others don't seem to revere so highly:

Rolling Thunder (Hi, Rich and Sue!)
The Georgia Cyclone
Psyclone at Six Flags Magic Mountain (now gone, sigh)

Coasters that I agree with just about everyone else are greatly overrated by all too many people:

Ninja at Six Flags Over Georgia
Son of Beast
Raging Bull

[Millennium Force 44]

I've never been to SFNE before, but I am going to try and make it up there this summer. Do they have season pass holders days like Great Adventure does because I heard the lines are ridiculously long and the park is always packed? I'd like to go on a day that won't be too bad. Any ideas?

[AV Matt]

Shivering Timbers was my number 1 for years. I rode it when it was about a week old and the airtime was amazing. It always wowed me for years until my last visit in 2006 when I caught it on an "off" day and understood how others could possibly think it's not all that.

El Toro is way too smooth and inconsistent with exciting moments. Yes it's fast, tall, has some killer airtime moments, but has just as many disappointing moments. Voyage is non-stop aggression--that's my (and seemingly most others') idea of a great woodie.

Millennium Force at number 4? Not surprised, but WAY WAY WAY too high for the world's tallest and fastest kiddie coaster IMO. It *might* make my top 50, but there are so many better steel coasters in the US alone and even at Cedar Point! Even with its terrible OTSR's, Maverick blows it away. Even Dragster is better.

Eagle's Fortress looks absolutely amazing! I wanted to go to Korea to ride it before the poll; now I can't stop thinking about it.

Last summer, I totally *got* Apollo's Chariot. Definitely better than Nitro (which I love). But last weekend on Passholder Preview Day, it was slow and had virtually no airtime. What a range it has. I would put Millennium Force above last Sunday's performance. Big Bad Wold rocked my world as usual though (once it finally opened). When running well, I think Nitro, Apollo and Goliath Over Georgia are all about on par with each other.

Haven't ridden SROS SFNE since 2001, but it was the first steel coaster I thought was better than my then number 1, Shivering Timbers. Hoping it (SROS) still kicks ass the way I remember it.