Steel Coaster Poll results

[FParker185]

http://www.ushsho.com/detailedsteelroll ... ts2009.htm

As for SFGAm we come in with

Raging Bull #51
Favorite Batman at any park anywhere is #61
SUF at #148
V2 at #161
Whizzer at #193
Dark Knight at #269
Demon at #285
and Bringing up the rear is IW at #331 out of a possible 368.

Sprocket Rocket appears to not be ranked.

Our Former Deja Vu is ranked at #214 at Silverwood, Former Tidal Wave at #212, and Rolling Thunder at 226, and Chang as a standup at SFKK is #145.

[vprlvr456]

Iron wolf is sad

[tillenterprises]

Too bad Demon didn't come in higher- It's still one of the best if not the best of those 70's Arrow corkscrew coasters.

[monsterfan99]

The last place US coaster (that was not in the favorite category) was The Dragon at Adventureland in Iowa. It deserved that rank as it blows...Hard.

[FParker185]

Dragon isnt that bad, at least after you make it to the lifthill. Also should probably overlook the trains.

I think I agree with most of the rankings. While I think it's right I'm a little surprised RB isn't a little higher. I guess it's starting to fall out of favor with the enthusiast community at large now.

And for Demon Fav Arrow Corkscrew is at #342, so it did do significantly better than all the rest of the Arrow Corkscrews bunched together.

[Cole]

I think I agree with most of the rankings. While I think it's right I'm a little surprised RB isn't a little higher. I guess it's starting to fall out of favor with the enthusiast community at large now.

Yes.. I really thought it would be at least top 30.
And probally because there are bigger and better Hyper Twisters as in Nitro, Titon, ext.
Id be interested to know what Nitro and Bizarro (SFGAD) took?

[tp41190]

I'm not surprised Raging Bull ranked that low, I feel it deserves it. If it weren't for the trims it might actually be a good ride. But the overall ride kind of blows. It's a hyper yet only has 2 (real) bunny hills. And the rest of the turns of the ride are too graceful to really provide a thrill over the airtime on the ride.

Is it a bad ride? No. However compared to other coasters it's not all that great.

And as for Demon, while it's ok the layout is kind of similar too all the other Arrow and Vekoma corkscrews out there.

[FParker185]

You can use the link I posted to view the results for yourself, but SFGAdv Bizarro was #72 and Nitro was 19.

[Cole]

You can use the link I posted to view the results for yourself, but SFGAdv Bizarro was #72 and Nitro was 19.

Ohh... sorry, didnt take notice to that, and thank you!

[vprlvr456]

So this Dragon you speak of, what the heck is it? A rcdb page anywhere?

[Cole]

Adventure Land, in Iowa. Place seems pretty lame.
http://www.adventureland-usa.com/

[monsterfan99]

^I actually liked the park, but that has more to do with atmosphere and the fact Disney helped them design the place. The rides are ok as I enjoyed the two big wooden coasters but hated the other two coasters. Plus the ride ops are great old people and you must take all loose item on the rides. It's worth a stop if you are in the area.

^^ With the The Dragon, the train's headrest are hard as a rock. Add to that, the amount of side to side head movement on them and you leave with a huge headache. Plus the layout sucks outside of the little wacky worm style beginning.

[FParker185]

Agreed, I like Adventureland a lot, it's a pretty cool park. I used to have a Season Pass there. Woodies are good as Monsterfan said, Steel, not so great. Dragon is a OD Hopkins Looper, it's a mess. I personally don't mind it after the lifthill, but it's not the kind of ride you ride more than once a visit. If you like flats though, they have a mind blowing selection. I never leave that park without feeling sick

[Coaster Justin]

I Noticed that our Superman was ranked lower than Superman at SFGAdv. I thought they were the same ride. How is theirs better than ours?

[david]

If I'm not mistaken, they have sculpted land around low areas, just as Georgia's does.

[BP317]

/\ No actually SFGAdv's SUF is on flat land like GAms. The list is probably calculated based on equations and not just how many people vote for each ride which is the only way I think Eagles Fortress could get #2.

[vprlvr456]

About Dragon, thats does look prett-ty bad

[Cole]

My Grandma lives in Iowa, i may have to go down to Des Moine next time we visit

[bobbinbop20]

I Noticed that our Superman was ranked lower than Superman at SFGAdv. I thought they were the same ride. How is theirs better than ours?

Psh, Great Adventures Superman is probably worse then ours... Actually it is, I've been on both

[FParker185]

I've been on both. I think both are equally bad. I didn't notice any big differences between the 2. Probably has to do with SFGAdv has a bigger voting fanbase than SFGAm.

As for Eagles Fortress, that's an issue with the voting software. It's been ridden by a small number of people(like 10 or so I think without looking) with large track records and they all rank it very highly. If it were to be ridden by like more than 40-50 people, I bet it would drop quite a bit and be at a more accurate spot. Same thing has happened with a lot of foreign coasters. Tonnere De Zeus comes to mind as one that had the same issue before the ACE trip in 02.

[monsterfan99]

^It's more of the TPR people rank it as a top 5 coaster and no other coaster stands a chance with the small polling group.

[tp41190]

Which is why this year Mitch fixed it a little bit so the results are completely skewed by TPR. You know a certain someone ranked Voyage in the #70's to try to skew it.

[monsterfan99]

^Some of the rankings are hilarious and amazing at the same time. People who take the time to try to skew these results with fake names should try to make human contact with non-coaster people.

[Jcoaster95]

Dragon always has the longest line when I go there

The Outlaw and the Tornado are pretty good, but Iowa really needs a new coaster. Maybe a Gravity Group

[FParker185]

They are building a whole new waterpark this year. A new coaster is probably going to be a ways off. They do need one desperately though.