Cedar Point, Holiday World again dominate Golden Ticket Awards

Why don't they ever include Gwazi? That is my favorite wooden rollercoaster ever (at least untill I ride Lightning Racer). Why is the Texas Giant on there that is the most heavily braked ride I have ever riden in my life. They say how it is so cool that it seems to get faster the whole ride at the end, well that is because it is the only part not braked excluding the first drop. I'm sorry it doesn't deserve to be any where near the top 25.

I dont see why Cedar Point keeps winning top capacity! Although I have never been there, compare these: http://www.rcdb.com/quicksearch.htm?quicksearch=Cedar+Point , http://www.rcdb.com/quicksearch.htm?quicksearch=Europa+Park

Eurosat, that 2900 foot indoor coaster runs 7-16 passenger trains! Euro Mir, the spinning coaster ride runs 9-16 passenger trains! Even Disney or IOA would be a better contender. Only 1 Millie train can be on the circut at once!

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I love Deja Valley. And Stunt Stall too!

Iloveerica13 - "they" [meaning Amusement Today] have no control on what coasters or parks get mentioned. The readers vote, and if Gwazi wasn't mentioned its because it did not received enough votes to make the Top 20.

Simple as that.

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"I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T!" - Homer Simpson

To explain SFDL vs. SFA.... the rides themselves are mirroredclones, SFDL's came out a year earlier, first drop is located over water (as well as other parts of the ride), the first turn is also shrowded with mist/water [as long as it is turned on, and working...] (I am not sure if SFA's does, but I am pretty sure it doesn't) ... those are the only differences I know of.

Yay Cedar Point! Yay Cedar Point!

WOW! What a surpirse!!!

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X not in the top 10??

What's up!!!!???

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Glad to see Phantom's Revenge in the top 10 as well as Nitro. I recently had a chance to ride both of them and they both blew me away!

I beleive the close proximity to water is the only difference between the S:ROS at SFDL and SFA. I personally rank SFDL's better too because I thought the water visually added to the ride. *** This post was edited by Catherine on 8/27/2002. ***

The wooden coaster list that shows up for me still has last year's rankings, with Phoenix at #4 and Legend at #5 and so on...

I can understand Goliath being rated higher than Titan, but 9 spots? Hmm...

X also seems like it deserves higher, and Steel Force lower.

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In the day, I too would have to give the edge to SFDL. But there are few rides (mostly in Indiana) as insane as the SFA version in the dark. I wished I could have gotten a DL night ride...
lata,
jeremy
--who agrees that Montu is the best steel looping coaster!

SROS at SFNE has two tunnels; not one.

SROS at SFDL is over a lake and much prettier whereas SROS at SFA is over a deserted lot that doesn't look nice at all.

I noticed that there are 15 steels in the top 25 that are hypers. I guess people are steering away from inversions which kinda defeats the purpose of the steel coaster; doesn't it?

Surprise, Surprise, MF is number 1 once again. In fact darienlakefan, SROS @ SFNE has two tunnels not 1. IMO I think SROS @ SFNE should be number 1.

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SFNE's Superman's the best!

Does anyone know the 26-50 for wood and steel? I know it's stretching it, but they get published somewhere (at least they did last year).

Mindbender has definitely stood the test of time, it can still give any new steel coaster a run for its money.

Please remember, this is a poll. It is an average ranking based on all opinions. Please do not cry if your coaster is underrated...for there is one person who dislikes it as much as you like it. Hence, a poll. (I do sense a slight bias in this poll, however, towards older coasters and coasters at large parks...a coaster with a large ridership has a much better chance. We won't be seeing Katun, which appears just as good as Montu, Raptor, or Alpengeist, in here anytime soon. ;) )

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My two favorite coasters are both named Superman.
Nitro, Gemini, Laser, Ice, Thunder...The American Gladiators!

Can anyone explain Rampage? I thought VisionLand was closed this year.

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There's no bias here! We all know that Cedar Point and Millennium Force are the Best and there's no question about it! I'm so mad Mean Streak didn't get Best Wood Coaster! The trim brakes are supposed to be fun just like... Superman Ultimate Escape! **Yesss, good idea!** The brakes are there for that extra enjoyment for the guest! It's not there to slow you down! Just ride it and like it! Every park out there better watch out for Cedar Point if they decide to put the Best Theming award back in! With that theming on Disaster Transport (It's dark!) and Blue Streak (It's blue!), this park is unstoppable!

Um...IMO MF and CP are not the best places. Again, this goes back to astrosgp's post in that this was an opinion of people....so it really doesn't prove anything as fact. Basically if you were to find facts on the most visited theme park in the country, it would probably be the Magic Kingdom, but that didn't show up there right?

Wow, S:ROS@SFNE and MF were only73 points off. The other steel coasters were a long ways away. Keep up the good work Superman!!! Also, Boulder Dash Rocks!!! Hang in there Comet.

To answer an early question, yes these are important awards. The voting is limited to knowledgeable people and is arranged such that ballot stuffing is difficult. The only other polls that I pay as much attention to are the internet wooden and steel coaster polls.

There were a couple of things that surprised me.

1) Fiesta Texas for best shows. I haven't been there, can anyone tell me what their shows are like? Certainly unusual for SF to have great shows. I was also surprised to not see any Orlando parks at the top in this category.

2) Lightning Racers didn't make the top 3 for coaster stations. I can only presume that it finished 4th.

Wow! Both Superman ROS and Boulderdash placed in the top 3! (both are at my homeparks :) )

I look foreward to seeing hos SFMM's X does next year.

Well anyways...

Congrats to the winning parks :)

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I guess people are steering away from inversions which kinda defeats the purpose of the steel coaster; doesn't it?

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-CsTrFrK

Although steel track allow the possibility of inversions, that is not the purpose of steel coasters. Steel just enables an engineer to build a coaster higher and stronger than we can imagine.