Mitchs best woodie poll

I hope Powder Keg continues its rise toward the top of the list this year...

I don't have 5 minutes to vote on a poll for an industry that I spend 20 to 40 hours a week ruminating over, crying about, gnashing my teeth about, rending my garments, and saving all winter for trips just to partake in-- this glorious sport of wood coaster riding.

Nope, don't have time.

Especially now that there is a java-based aplet allowing me to order the coasters by clicking and dragging, which negates my previous excuse for not participating "I don't know how to copy and paste into Notebook."

Nope. Anyway, gotta get back to my project--building a scale model of Gwazi out of Victorian hatpins.

lol

Be sure to post some photos of that when your done Bill. :)

I got an e-mail confirming my steel coaster ballot has been processed, but still haven't received a confirmation of my wood coaster ballot. Anyone get a wood ballot confirmation?

Weeks ago.

I never got a confirmation either.

Okay!

So we're now one day removed from the closure of the Wood Coaster Poll. So, when should we expect to see sparks flying all over this board?

....doesn't like theuse of the word "sparks" around wooden coasters... ;)

^With the exception of Mean Streak and SOB.

Looks like the final results will finally be up soon

The preliminary top ten is up atleast

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

WOW Millie dropped to #10. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Diamondback at #4. Really

So with year-to-year results to look at, does anything in this thread from last year ring true?

^^ Millie was even lower last year i think (sigh)

Yep, MF has actually risen two places this year.

I haven't ridden it, but is DB really that good? Or will it settle down a bit lower in the rankings over the next few years (like MF has)?

The first drop reminded me of MF. Come to think of it, each drop after that, all the way to the end, lifted riders out of their seat. At the bottom of each hill, there was some pretty intense positives Gs as well. I liked it a lot, and I believe that #4 is a fair spot to put it.

What puzzles me, is that bizzaro is in the #1 slot.

It's an...o-k... coaster, but it does not compare to a lot of other steel coasters out there.

crazy horse said:
What puzzles me, is that bizzaro is in the #1 slot.

It's an...o-k... coaster, but it does not compare to a lot of other steel coasters out there.

S:ROS has been a top ranked coaster since it was built. Turns out the "upgrades" didn't sour that opinion.

SFNE's S:ROS is the best steel coaster out of the 300+ I've ridden around the world. Although I have not ridden it post-makeover I fail to see how any of the additions could ruin a ride on which absolutely zero track changes were made.

Maybe Horse was thinking of Bizarro at Great Adventure? Methinks SROS/Bizarro is perhaps as perfect as they come.