Mitch Hawker 2011 Wood Coaster Poll!

[Ccron10I prefer to mate with donkeys over humans!]

The ballot generator was a cool and helpful feature, but the only problem I found with it is that the list you drag to only goes down about half the list of coasters (took me a minute to figure out some of my coasters wern't being added). Other than that, it's great!
My Favorite Steel
El Toro
Phoenix
Thunderhawk DP
Lightning Racer - T
Lightning Racer - L
Thunderbolt KW
Comet HP
Kingdom Coaster DW
Racer KW
Rolling Thunder NJ
Jack Rabbit KW
Twister Knoebels
Wildcat HP
Cyclone NY

[cal1br3ttoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

Love this time of year (whenever it happens to be)!

I'm almost surprised to find this is my third year taking the polls...somehow I feel like I've taken either more or less.

Now to tease out my rankings...thankfully I keep them in CoasterCounter, but there are always some that take me a while to finalize before I'm happy with them.

[shivtimI teach at the school of donkey!]

Interesting that the Texas Giant is still on there... I wonder if it's supposed to be ranked as the old (wooden) Texas Giant?

[talonecI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

I have the same question: Old Texas Giant or New Texas Giant? I don't want to submit until I know.

[xVicesAndVirtuesThe best thing about TPR is the donkeys.]

Just doing mine...funny how you can be on a bunch of coasters (154 for me), and yet have so few be wooden! It was hard to rank some of the in-betweens, and I usually use grouping for steel, but my top ten and bottom five feel pretty solid.

Abrupt Airtime_____________________________,y,y,1
Floating Airtime___________________________,y,y,5
Lateral Forces_____________________________,y,y,4
Out of Control Feeling/Directional Changes_,y,y,2
Positive G's/Loops_________________________,y,y,6
Sensation of Speed_________________________,y,y,3


El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,y,1
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,y,2
Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA,y,n,3
Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT,y,n,4
Comet Great Escape NY,y,y,5
Wild One SF America MD,y,n,6
Comet Hersheypark PA,y,n,7
Wildcat Hersheypark PA,y,n,8
Roar SF Discovery Kingdom CA,y,n,9
Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA,y,n,10
Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA,y,n,10
Grt Am Scrm Mach SFoG GA,y,y,11
Hurler Kings Dominion VA,y,y,12
Gwazi-Tiger Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,y,13
Gwazi-Lion Busch Gardens-Tampa FL,y,y,13
Roar SF America MD,y,n,14
Cyclone SF New England MA,y,y,15
The Grizzly Kings Dominion VA,y,y,16
Blue Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,17
Rebel Yell Kings Dominion VA,y,y,18
Thunder Road Carowinds NC,y,y,19
Hurler Carowinds NC,y,y,20
Thunderhawk Dorney Park PA,y,n,21
Wildcat Lake Compounce CT,y,n,22
Georgia Cyclone SFoG GA,y,y,23
Thunderbolt SF New England MA,y,y,24
Comet Waldameer PA,y,n,25
Predator Darien Lake NY,y,n,26
Mean Streak Cedar Point OH,y,n,27
The Grizzly Great America CA,y,n,28
Le Monstre La Ronde QU,y,n,29
Rolling Thunder SFGAd NJ,y,n,30

[scooterdougI wrote the book about donkeys!]

Done! This is my first time participating in a the Mitch Hawker poll. That fool-proof drag-n'-drop n00bie ballot creator is a genius creation. Now that I know that exists, I will participate in this poll from now on.

[talonecI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

I'm guessing that since no one has included the Texas Giant in their top 10...it must refer to the old Texas Giant.

[ParkTripsBubbles!]

Your favorite coaster sucks. //first

[HighRollerHoly crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

Texas Giant is on his typos and needed corrections page, and it notes that it will be deleted as it is now steel tracked.

As per the instructions page, concerning typos:

TYPOS/CORRECTIONS: If you find a mistake that is not in the known list
of typos (http://www.ushsho.com/knownwoodballotproblems2011.txt), by all
means let me know at wcoasterpoll@yahoo.com, so that it can be fixed in the final results,
but DO NOT fix it yourself in your ballot as anychanges will prevent a line (coaster)
from being recognized on your ballot by the vote counting program.

[talonecI think Intamin should make a donkey!]

My top 10
El Toro SFGAd NJ,y,y,1
My Favorite Steel Anypark Anywhere **,y,n,2
Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT,y,y,3
Apocalypse S. F. Magic Mountain CA,y,y,4
Phoenix Knoebel's PA,y,y,5
Thunderhead Dollywood TN,y,y,6
Lightning Racer - T Hersheypark PA,y,y,7
Lightning Racer - L Hersheypark PA,y,y,8
Wooden Warrior Quassy CT,y,y,9
The Beast Kings Island OH,y,y,10

Note: I've never been to Holiday World.