Rickyswmn said: "I am just curious,for those with large track records,say 100 coasters or more,if you keep a top ten or top five personal list; How many times have you had to change your list and,were there any big suprises? "
I started riding coasters "fanatically" in 1998, and began ranking them in 1999. For a long time, Apollo's Chariot reigned as my #1 steel hyper,
Raven reigned as my #1 wood, Kumba reigned
as my #1 steel sit-down looper, Montu reigned as
my #1 inverted, and Volcano: The Blast Coaster
reigned as my #1 lauched.
So I never really kept a "top ten" or "top five" until late in 1999, because up until that point, I hadn't ridden that many rides that I considered remarkable.
But now I have a pretty solid top ten wood and a
top ten steel; it looks something like this:
STEEL:
1. S:RoS- SFNE 2. S:RoS- SFA 3. SUE-SFWoA 4. S:RoS- SFDL 5. Nitro- SFGAd 6. Apollo's Chariot- BGW 7. Kumba- BGT 8. Montu- BGT 9. Volcano: The Blast Coaster 10. Viper- SFoG
WOOD:
1. The Legend- Holiday World 2. Raven- Holiday World 3. Rampage- Visionland 4. Villian- SFWoA
5. Boulder Dash- Lake Compounce 6. Coney Cyclone- Astroland 7. The Boss- SFStL
8. Comet- The Great Escape 9. Phoenix- Knoebels. 10. Excalibur- Funtown
I have alot of rides like Rock N Rollercoaster, Yankee Canonnball, Skyliner, Wild One, Great White, Ice Dragon, or Georgia Scorcher; which are
"good, but not quite top ten quality."
So yes, I keep a top ten. This year, Nitro, SFOG's Viper, Excalibur, and Rampage blasted a few old timers out of my top ten. 'Doesn't mean any worse,
just means that more has come along that's better than it! :P
I also have a bunch of subdivisions like top 5 wood out n backs, top 5 wood twisters, top 5 steel loopers, top 5 steel hypers, top 5 steel inverteds, and top 5 steel launched. So, they not be my #1 overall, but they could be #1 in category _____.
Big suprises? Viper at SFoG.
Doesn't *anyone* else rank? :)