Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Results!

[JJLehto]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

First time voting in Mitch Hawker, shame I missed the wood ballot but I havn't ridden so many major ones anyway.
The top 5 and 10 were pretty easy, as were the bottom 5 but the middle got pretty difficult.

1. Millennium Force
2. I305
3. Skyrush
4. Nitro
5. Maverick

6. Storm Runner
7. Incredible Hulk
8. Kraken
9. Volcano
10. Batman the Ride clones

Bottom 5:
39. Skull Mountain
40. Dark Knight, SF:GA
41. Great American Scream Machine (was on the list?)
42. Viper, Darien Lake
43. Anaconda, Kings Dominion

 

[Jools]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

I really struggled... as usual, but I'm pretty happy with this;

1. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park
2. SheiKra Busch Gardens - Tampa Bay
3. Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
4. Kraken - SeaWorld Orlando
5. Expedition Everest - Disney Animal Kingdom
6. Saw - The Ride - Thorpe Park
7. Ultimate - Lightwater Valley
8. Nemesis - Alton Towers
9. Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere
10. Oblivion - Alton Towers
11. Furius Baco - Port Aventura
12. Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket - Universal Studios
13. Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
14. Hungarian Horntail - Islands of Adventure
15. Chinese Fireball - Islands of Adventure
16. Dragon Khan - Port Aventura
17. Manta - SeaWorld Orlando
18. Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
19. Rock n Roller Coaster - Disney's Hollywood Studios
20. Nemesis Inferno - Thorpe Park

 

[Jason Voorhees]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

Just submitted. My top 20

Favorite Wood Coaster - Any Park Anywhere, **
Shambhala - Port Aventura, ES
Skyrush - Hersheypark, PA
Leviathan - Canadas Wonderland, ON
Griffon - Busch Gardens Will, VA
Dragon Khan - Port Aventura, ES
Vortex - Canadas Wonderland, ON
Space Mountain - WDW Magic Kingdom, FL
SkyRider - Canadas Wonderland, ON
Alpengeist - Busch Gardens Will, VA
Verbolten - Busch Gardens Will, VA
Matterhorn Bobsleds - Disneyland, CA
Apollo's Chariot - Busch Gardens Will, VA
SheiKra - Busch Gardens Tamp, FL
Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood Park, PA
Great Bear - Hersheypark, PA
Bobsled - Seabreeze, NY
Fahrenheit - Hersheypark, PA
Expedition Everest - Disney Animal King, FL
Green Lantern - Six Flags Great Ad, NJ

Wait a minute, You went to Wonderland, YOU DIDN'T LIKE BEHEMOTH! :O I've never ridden but most enthusiast like it SO much! Not trying to be against your opinion, I'm just surprised.

 

[Youngster Joey]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

^I might have had a bad ride but it was for me, totally outclassed by Shambhala and Leviathan. Didn't have any real forces when I rode it.

 

[Mike]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

Just a reminder that you've only got 6 days left to vote if you haven't already!

 

[Brookes]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

Anyone notice that it's gone back to having Dragons Fury and Spinball as separate entries. Finally! Yay!

Very happy about this! But a lot of other stuff seems to have been lost with quite a lot of new grouping this year. It took me a bit of time to realise what some of the coasters were classed as.

Just finished my ballot using the drag and drop. It did lag a bit but only when I was searching, it was fine for the most part and is great for these polls. Certainly helped having the last steel ballot I did for sorting out those coasters near the middle/bottom of the list.

Not much has really changed in my ballot compared to a couple of years ago as I haven't ridden that many new coasters. The most notable change is Shambhala in no. 1 spot, followed by The Swarm which I have at around 17. Colossus, Saw and Shockwave have fallen quite a bit as I didn't enjoy my last rides that much on them in 2011/12, and I've also placed Knightmare fairly high. There were a few other changes in the middle as well as they're quite hard to order.

 

[gavin]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

I thought I'd give this one a go since I didn't bother with the wooden one. I started with the "easy" drag and drop method, but now have 240 to reorder.

Bollocks to it.

 

[Hyde]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

^ Between the large quantity and the web app getting a bit buggy with reordering, I tapped out and switched to the old plain text version.

Two days until the polls close. Looking forward to the results, especially after two years of absence.

 

[Hyde]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

LAST DAY FOR SUBMISSION!

 

[Hyde]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting!

Any early predictions?

I'm confident Bizarro will hold onto the lead. It will be interesting to see if Skyrush can break the top 5.

 

[Intricks]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

Im going to say Skyrush will be in the top 10 most definitely, with it possibly being in the top 3. Bizarro will most likely be number 1, Leviathan will be top 10 and the rest I dont really care about :lol:

 

[TilenB]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

I am also pretty sure that New Texas Giant could be high...
I only submitted my ballot yesterday, since the online helper didn't work properly before (the European coasters were mixed up, so it was saying that I've ridden Dizz, Senzafiato, Monster...)
Oh, and my top 20:
X2                    Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,n,1
Katun                 Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,2
iSpeed                Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,3
Tatsu                 Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,n,4
Blue Fire Megacoaster Europa Park        DE,y,n,5
Kumba                 Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,6
Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere  **,y,n,7
Goliath               Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,n,8
Raptor                Gardaland          IT,y,n,9
Divertical            Mirabilandia       IT,y,y,10
Poseidon              Europa-Park        DE,y,n,11
Silver Star           Europa-Park        DE,y,n,12
SheiKra               Busch Gardens Tamp FL,y,n,13
Rock n Roller Coaster Walt Disney Paris  FR,y,n,14
Viper                 Six Flags Magic Mo CA,y,n,15
Space Mountain        Disneyland Paris   FR,y,n,16
Matterhorn Blitz      Europa-Park        DE,y,n,17
Euro-Mir              Europa-Park        DE,y,n,18
Schweizer Bobbahn     Europa-Park        DE,y,n,19
Batman The Ride/Clone SF & Other Parks   **,y,n,20

 

[Mike]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

I reckon the top 5 will include Bizarro, Skyrush, Shambhala, Expedition GeForce and possibly New Texas Giant.

I'll update the first post when the results come out.

 

[tomahawk]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

NTG, Skyrush, Leviathan will all be top 10.

 

[andrus]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

What about OzIris? I've heard nothing but rave reviews of that ride! And Shambhala seems like a crowd pleaser as well

Personally I would like to see Skyrush on top! But I doubt it. If I remeber correctly the reviewers in First Drop Magazine (ECC) were very skeptical to the ride. While most people on CF likes it I've seen a lot of mixed opinions elsewhere. It's that kind of ride that everybody agrees to is great, but for some the restraints ruin it while the rest (like me) don't care cause it's such an awesome ride anyway!!

 

[Youngster Joey]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

I personally would like to see Leviathan and Shambhala hit top 10, though I suspect at least one will. I'd also expect Skyrush to be a serious contender for the reasons Andrus posted above

More importanly, I'd like to see Milf out of the top 10. Too many fanobys >.<

 

[marc]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

Oz was only rated by a few people I don't expect it to make the top 20.

 

[bmac]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

More importanly, I'd like to see Milf out of the top 10. Too many fanobys >.<

+1

 

[madhjsp]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

It'll be interesting to see where I305 ends up after debuting at #3 two years ago. Given the number of quality new rides since then, and its somewhat polarizing nature combined with increased rider exposure since the last poll, it's hard to imagine it holding onto a top-5 spot. I'd be surprised to see it fall out of the top 20, though, and I still think a top-10 spot is possible.

 

[bmac]

Re: Mitch Hawker Steel Coaster Poll 2012 - Voting Closed

It certainly will place higher than Millennium Farce, by how much I don't know.