by days ahead of last year's pace for ballots which ended with 141
received. Hopefully, we can easily top that number.
Remember, if you voted last year, you can easily update that
ballot (I will send you your last year's ballot upon request).
Ballot: 1999 (7th Annual) Internet Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster Poll
The following ballot contains wooden tracked rollercoasters
that operated worldwide in 1999. I have also included a few
coasters that are 'Standing But Not Operating' or in storage in the
hopes that the poll may help some of these great SBNO coasters
become better known and possibly help them find a new home.
The coasters are listed alphabetically
by state, with non-U.S. coasters listed at the end.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Put your email address on line 1 of the ballot
Step 2: Mark The Coasters That You Have Ridden
Please change the first 'n' at the end of a line to a 'y' for each
of the coasters you have ridden. Change the second 'n' to a 'y' for
each coaster you rode in 1999. It is important that you mark ALL
coasters you have ridden.
Please delete all lines from the ballot except those that contain
coasters you have ridden (don't delete the last line of ---'s).
(My tabulation program uses the ---'s as a delimiter between ballots,
t*** the ballots will save me time in downloading the ballots and
running the tabulation program).
Please try to keep each line 'as is' except for the aforementioned
changes. You may change the order of the lines. A ">" in column 1
as often happens in a reply is OK.
Step 3: Rank The Coasters You Have Ridden Using Method A or B.
Treat the line "My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere ** n n 0"
as if it were your favorite steel coaster and rank it accordingly.
DO NOT change the line except for the n's and the 0. DO NOT,
Repeat: DO NOT change it to the real name of the steel coaster.
If you can't place your favorite steel coaster in relation to
wooden coasters, don't sweat it and just delete that line.
The idea is just to see where the average poll respondent would
rank their favorite steel coaster in relation to the woodies.
Method A: Individual Ranking
Replace the '0' in the last column with a numeral representing its'
rank, '1'=best through '155'(or however many you have ridden)=worst
e.g.
Cannonball Waterville USA AL y y 1
Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR y n 4
Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA y n 3
The Grizzly Great America CA y y 2
Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA y n 5
Method B: Group Ranking
If you cannot decide between two coasters or a group of coasters,
give them the same rank. You may choose to group as many or as few
as you want.
e.g.
Cannonball Waterville USA AL y y 1
Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR y n 1
Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA y n 2
The Grizzly Great America CA y y 1
Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA y n 2
You may combine the two methods.
e.g.
Cannonball Waterville USA AL y y 1
Arkansas Twister Magic Springs AR y n 2
Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA y n 3
The Grizzly Great America CA y y 4
Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA y n 4
Method A is preferable if you can do it, as more of your individual
coaster vs. coaster preferences can be gleaned from it.
In any case, PLEASE RANK AS MANY AS YOU CAN.
Step 4: E-Mail Your Ballot To Me
NOTE: when using reply you must remove "no_spam." from my address.
As well as posting the results to r.r-c, I will e-mail a copy of the
results (using bcc: for privacy) to all those who took the poll unless
they indicate on their ballot that they do not wish to receive the
results
via e-mail.
A LITTLE ABOUT HOW THE BALLOTS WILL BE TABULATED
Coasters will be ranked by best head to head record against all
others. Ties will be broken by head to head preference between those
tied.
This method avoids the arbitrary point assignments AND the bias
towards
more ridden coasters that is inherent in total point ranking schemes and
to a lesser extent, in average point ranking schemes.
DEADLINE:
I will accept ballots until the end of November...results will be posted
very soon thereafter. I look forward to receiving your ballot.
Results from previous years and much more about this annual
poll can be viewed at http://SportToday.org/
Thanks....Mitch Hawker
NOTES: (S) or (SBNO) indicates coasters that did not operate in 1999,
either standing but not operating or in storage.
If you are updating your ballot from a previous year please be aware of
the following changes in the ballot: Vancouver Coaster's name,
SF America park name, country abbreviations for Austria (AT),
Australia (AU), Spain (ES), Germany (DE), Denmark (DK), Japan (JP),
and Holland/Netherlands (NL).
FYI: A steel coaster poll is in the works for December.
Those of you with websites can help 'get out the vote' by posting a
link to the ballot http://SportToday.org/
your site. The results become more meaningful with each additional
person's ballot that goes into them.
I have been told that my hitchhikers domain does not accept e-mail
from 'throw-away' e-mail domains such as Yahoo, etc. If you must submit
--replace this text with your email address------
COASTER NAME PARK LOC
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere ** n n 0
Rampage Visionland AL n n 0
Cannonball Waterville USA AL n n 0
Arkansas Twister(S) Magic Springs AR n n 0
Giant Dipper Belmont Park CA n n 0
The Grizzly Great America CA n n 0
Roar Marine World CA n n 0
Giant Dipper Santa Cruz Bch Bdwk CA n n 0
Devil's Coach (S) J's Amu***ts CA n n 0
GhostRider Knott's Berry Farm CA n n 0
Colossus S.F. Magic Mountain CA n n 0
Psyclone S.F. Magic Mountain CA n n 0
Twister II Elitch Gardens CO n n 0
Cyclone Lakeside CO n n 0
Wildcat Lake Compounce CT n n 0
Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL n n 0
Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL n n 0
Starliner Miracle Strip FL n n 0
Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA n n 0
Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA n n 0
Cannonball Lake Winnepesaukah GA n n 0
The Legend Arnolds Park IA n n 0
Tornado Adventureland IA n n 0
Outlaw Adventureland IA n n 0
Underground Adventureland IA n n 0
Timber Terror Silverwood ID n n 0
Tremors Silverwood ID n n 0
American Eagle SFGAm IL n n 0
Viper SFGAm IL n n 0
Little Dipper Hillcrest IL n n 0
Little Dipper Kiddieland IL n n 0
Raven Holiday World IN n n 0
Hoosier Hurricane Indiana Beach IN n n 0
Roller Coaster Joyland KS n n 0
Thunder Run Kentucky Kingdom KY n n 0
Twist Sist - Lola Kentucky Kingdom KY n n 0
Twist Sist - Stella Kentucky Kingdom KY n n 0
Comet (SBNO) Lincoln Park MA n n 0
Thunderbolt Riverside MA n n 0
Riverside Cyclone Riverside MA n n 0
Flyer Comet Whalom Park MA n n 0
Roar SF America MD n n 0
Wild One SF America MD n n 0
Excalibur Funtown USA ME n n 0
Shivering Timbers Michigan's Adventure MI n n 0
Wolverine Wildcat Michigan's Adventure MI n n 0
Zach's Zoomer Michigan's Adventure MI n n 0
High Roller Valleyfair! MN n n 0
Screamin' Eagle SFMA MO n n 0
Timberwolf Worlds of Fun MO n n 0
Hurler Carowinds NC n n 0
Scooby Doo Carowinds NC n n 0
Thunder Road Carowinds NC n n 0
Yankee Cannonball Canobie Lake Park NH n n 0
Jack Rabbit Clementon Lake NJ n n 0
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ n n 0
Great White Wild Wheels Pier NJ n n 0
Cyclone Astroland NY n n 0
Thunderbolt (SBNO) Coney Island NY n n 0
Predator Darien Lake NY n n 0
Comet Great Escape NY n n 0
Jack Rabbit Seabreeze NY n n 0
Silver Comet Martin's Fantasy Is. NY n n 0
Dragon Coaster Playland NY n n 0
Kiddie Coaster Playland NY n n 0
Big Dipper Geauga Lake OH n n 0
Raging Wolf Bobs Geauga Lake OH n n 0
Jack Rabbit (SBNO) Idora Park OH n n 0
Wildcat (SBNO) Idora Park OH n n 0
Racer Kings Island OH n n 0
Beastie Kings Island OH n n 0
The Beast Kings Island OH n n 0
Screechin' Eagle Americana OH n n 0
Sea Dragon Wyandot Lake OH n n 0
Teddy Bear Stricker's Grove OH n n 0
Tornado Stricker's Grove OH n n 0
Blue Streak Cedar Point OH n n 0
Mean Streak Cedar Point OH n n 0
Wildcat Frontier City OK n n 0
Zingo Bell's OK n n 0
Blue Streak Conneaut Lake Park PA n n 0
Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA n n 0
Hercules Dorney Park PA n n 0
Sky Princess Dutch Wonderland PA n n 0
Comet Hersheypark PA n n 0
Wildcat Hersheypark PA n n 0
Rollo Coaster Idlewild PA n n 0
Jack Rabbit Kennywood PA n n 0
Thunderbolt Kennywood PA n n 0
Racer Kennywood PA n n 0
Phoenix Knoebel's PA n n 0
Twister Knoebel's PA n n 0
Leap the Dips Lakemont PA n n 0
Skyliner Lakemont PA n n 0
Comet Waldameer PA n n 0
Cyclone Williams Grove PA n n 0
Red Streaker (S) Willow Mill PA n n 0
Swamp Fox Family Kingdom SC n n 0
Zippin' Pippin Libertyland TN n n 0
Judge Roy Scream SFoT TX n n 0
Texas Giant SFoT TX n n 0
Texas Cyclone SF Astroworld TX n n 0
Rattler Fiesta Texas TX n n 0
Roller Coaster Lagoon UT n n 0
Hurler Kings Dominion VA n n 0
Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA n n 0
Scooby Doo Kings Dominion VA n n 0
The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA n n 0
Roller Coaster Puyallup Fair WA n n 0
Big Dipper Camden Park WV n n 0
Lil' Dipper Camden Park WV n n 0
Cyclops Big Chief WI n n 0
Pegasus Big Chief WI n n 0
Zeus Big Chief WI n n 0
Coaster Playland BC n n 0
Tree Topper Upper Clements Park NS n n 0
Wilde Beast Canada's Wonderland ON n n 0
Ghoster Coaster Canada's Wonderland ON n n 0
M.Can.Mine Buster Canada's Wonderland ON n n 0
Le Monstre La Ronde QU n n 0
Serpiente de Fuego La Feria MX n n 0
Hochschaubahn Prater Park AT n n 0
Beastie Australia's Wonderl. AU n n 0
Bush Beast Australia's Wonderl. AU n n 0
Scenic Railway Luna Park-Melbourne AU n n 0
King Kobra Great Adventure BR n n 0
Wild Wild West Warner Bros. Movie W DE n n 0
Rutschebanen Bakken DK n n 0
Rutschebanen Tivoli Gardens DK n n 0
Stampida Port Aventura ES n n 0
Tomahawk Port Aventura ES n n 0
Vuoristorata Linnamaki Park FI n n 0
Tonnerre de Zeus Parc Asterix FR n n 0
Anaconda Walibi-Schtroumpf FR n n 0
Hullamvasut Varosliget HU n n 0
Little Dipper Esselworld IN n n 0
Sierra Thunder Mirabilandia Park IT n n 0
White Cyclone Nagashima Spaland JP n n 0
Aska Nara Dreamland JP n n 0
Jupiter Nishi-Nihon Korakuen JP n n 0
White Canyon Yomiuriland JP n n 0
Pegasus de Efeling NL n n 0
Big Dipper Blackpool UK n n 0
Roller Coaster Blackpool UK n n 0
Grand National Blackpool UK n n 0
Wild Mouse Blackpool UK n n 0
Zipper Dipper Blackpool UK n n 0
Scenic Railway Dreamland UK n n 0
Texas Tornado Frontierland UK n n 0
Wild Mouse Frontierland UK n n 0
Roller Coaster Great Yarmouth UK n n 0
Antelope Gulliver's World UK n n 0
Megafobia Oakwood UK n n 0
Cyclone Pleasureland UK n n 0
Runaway Coaster Rotunda UK n n 0
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