GAcoaster 375 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Mitch Hawker's annual Wooden Coaster Poll results are in and here are the top 12 results: 1 El Toro SFGAd NJ 307 164 0 0 1.0000 2 T Express Everland KR 24 161 1 2 0.9878 11 3 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce CT 193 162 2 0 0.9878 7 4 The Voyage Holiday World IN 235 160 3 1 0.9787 84 5 Phoenix Knoebel's PA 228 160 3 1 0.9787 67 6 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer PA 152 159 5 0 0.9695 7 El Toro Freizeitpark Plohn DE 51 155 7 1 0.9540 19 8 Balder Liseberg SE 116 156 7 1 0.9543 14 9 Troy Toverland NL 142 154 8 2 0.9451 10 Colossos Heide Park DE 143 154 10 0 0.9390 11 Prowler Worlds of Fun MO 97 153 10 1 0.9360 37 12 Thunderhead Dollywood TN 190 153 10 1 0.9360 32 To view all the results click HERE! Finally, El Toro made it to the #1 position, and it is WELL DESERVED! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CoasterPete 0 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 Good to see El Toro on top. It's been a couple seasons since I've been to the park....feeling the itch to get back. I'm surprise and not so surprised to see Boulder Dash up so high. It's a great ride and I'm glad to see it still getting some recognition. Pete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
batmanrobinchiller 2 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 I think El Toro is the number one wooden coaster on everybody's list! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GAcoaster 375 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 There's still a large contingency of ACErs who don't consider El Toro a "real" wooden coaster because it was a prefab, but somehow they justify that Voyage and other with steel structures are. Finally enough people have been on El Toro and the park has done enough to rebuild their image that ET is getting a fair shake and the recognition it deserves! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RideOfSteel 3 Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Go El Toro! Seriously though, that coaster is amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Master 151 Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 I am surprised Hershey's Lighting Racers aren't on that list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrceagle 1 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 My argument of El Toro as a wood coaster is partially the prefab but more that it is laminate wood. The results were very interesting to watch this year since there were more wood coasters on my list. The New Wooden Warrior primarily watching made the top 20 which is not bad I guess for a family wood coaster. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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