Your Year in Review: 2019 edition on page 5

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• Coaster count at start of 2019: 784
• Coaster count at end of 2019: 906
• New coasters ridden in 2019: 122
• Number of times inverted in 2019: 700
• New parks visited in 2019: 18 (Kentucky Kingdom, Strickers Grove, Kings Island, Waldameer, Kennywood, Idlewild, Hersheypark, Knoebels, Dorney Park, Morey's Piers, Playland's Castaway Cove, Casino Pier, Six Flags Great Adventure, Attractiepark Slagharen, Duinrell, Drievliet, Bobbejaanland, Liverpool Ice Festival)
• Park visits in 2019: All above plus Holiday World, Cedar Point, Phantasialand, Movie Park Germany, Efteling, Toverland, Walibi Holland, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park, Southport Pleasureland, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
• Favourite new coaster of 2019: Steel Vengeance
• Best Individual Coaster Lap: Steel Vengeance back row at night!
• Worst New To You Coaster: Gale Force at Playlands Castaway Cove
• Best New To You Non-Coaster: Symbolica at Efteling
• Favourite new park of 2019: Knoebels
• Highlights of 2019: Marathoning Voyage as it was soooo quiet. Finally riding Phoenix at Knoebels. Finally riding Flying Turns at Knoebels.
• Biggest surprise of 2019: Lightning run at Kentucky Kingdom!
• Best Park Visit: Toverland
• Most Exciting Announcement For 2020: Abyssus

 

[Coaster Cinema]

Best New To You Coaster: Voyage
Best Park Visit: Holiday World
Best Individual Coaster Lap: Voyage in the evening
Best New For 2019 Ride: Kentucky Flyer
Best New To You Non-Coaster: The IT Chapter 2 Experience & SFMM Fright Fest
Proudest Accomplishment As An Enthusiast: Hitting 300 coasters
Best Non-Park Travel Moment: Hawaii
Most Surprising Coaster: Draw between Wildfire SDC and Raven
Funniest Moment At A Park: Running into El Toro Ryan
Funniest Moment On A Coaster Trip Not At A Park: Watching Putz12 videos
Best New Person You Met: A group from Illinois at CoasterCon
Worst New To You Coaster: Howler
Most Exciting Announcement For 2020: Iron Gwazi