Golden Ticket Awards 2010

Probably the worst order of rides I've ever seen.
Yes they are normally wrong but I've never seen the poll as wrong as this year. What a JOKE!


1 Millennium Force Cedar Point
Sandusky, United States 2000
2 Bizarro Six Flags New England
Agawam, United States 2000
3 Nitro Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, United States 2001
4 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Europe
Williamsburg, United States 1999
5 Goliath Six Flags Over Georgia
Austell, United States 2006
6 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park
Hassloch, Germany 2001
7 Diamondback Kings Island
Kings Mill, United States 2009
8 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point
Sandusky, United States 1989
9 Phantom's Revenge Kennywood
West Mifflin, United States 2001
10 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point
Sandusky, United States 2003


Maverick is at 21 lmfao. What a joke. How SAD. And Magnum? Huh? TTD? Apollos ahead of Goliath? hahah?


Wooden too..
1 Voyage Holiday World
Santa Claus, United States 2006
2 El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure
Jackson, United States 2006
3 Phoenix Knoebels
Elysburg, United States 1985
4 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce
Bristol, United States 2000
5 Thunderhead Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, United States 2004
6 Ravine Flyer II Waldameer Park
Erie, United States 2008
7 Beast Kings Island
Kings Mill, United States 1979
8 Hades Mt. Olympus Theme Park
Wisconsin Dells, United States 2005
9 Raven Holiday World
Santa Claus, United States 1995
10 Lightning Racer Hersheypark
Hershey, United States 2000

The fact that this is the most respected poll is sad and embarassing. very very sad.

If you wanna see the full list and see more BS, All the results can be seen at this link >> http://www.goldenticketawards.com/

Yay only one ride from Europe?Hmm,I would really wonder if this has not a racist reason or was decided by a dumb person...

[Oscar]

fail poll, if people here participated in polling, we would make our own. But we'd probably get like 10 people max participating with their votes instead of 1,000

[hyyyper]

We must all wait for the end of the year untill Mitch Hawker shows up with his poll.

Wow...BDash at #4? And until I rode Bizarro a few weeks ago MF was my #1 but Bizarro is better. And Mav is certainly much better than #21. I have Mav as my #3 behind Bizarro and MF.

Which Poll is that?

[GavG]

Originally posted by Oscar

fail poll, if people here participated in polling, we would make our own. But we'd probably get like 10 people max participating with their votes instead of 1,000

Should make it so that as someone logs in while running the poll they have to cast there votes. [;)]

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by Live on earths ass

Which Poll is that?

www.bestrollercoaster.com

Its a poll that doesn't uses a simple point system like the golden tickets, but the guy wrote an algorithm that works much better.
I can't really explain it, but you can read about it here:
http://www.ushsho.com/howitwrk.htm

Thanks!

[gouldy]

was looking through it at length yesterday and laughing quite a lot. I really don't know how the polling works to be honest, but I know I wasn't asked, I don't know about any of you!

Maverick should be #1 IMO, idk how these voting "coaster enthusiasts" come up with the numbers. Are they just old people that don't even ride the rides?! Because it's just SAD how wrong it is every single year

MF fanboys... The cancer never dies. Seriously, that ride is more overrated than Modern Warfare 2. Sure it's a fun ride, but a ton of slow transitions, overbanks, and a little floater air make the world's best/2nd best coaster for almost 10 love years in a row? The MF ride experience is not much different than cruising along a fast highway with the roof and windshield down.

I305 without the trims ought to take the cake. Maverick belongs close up the list too, but only for its back seat. I'm not sure where Magnum ought to go since I never ridden Bizzaro. (Which seems to be the most similar top-notch ride to compare to it.)

MF was my favorite with Mav as a close second until I rode Bizarro. Bizarro is better...better forces and air. MF has better speed, but Bizarro is a better ride IMO. I305 without trims would probably be up there too...but it has trims...so we can't go off of what it COULD be.

Where the hell is the European Goliath? Its running far better than Expedition now, and it should get on there above Apollo's.

I305 almost looks like a high-scale version of Maverick without the launch. Focus on intense air and forces and almost the same height as MF. Even with the trims, it would be about as good as MF. (You do get a real drop on MF whereas I305's is probably a joke w/ the trims, but MF is seriously lacking those banking transitions and high-force turns that are present on I305.)

I do hope they find better wheels for I305. I haven't actually ridden many rides and I hope to be able to try out I305 without the trims someday.

Either way, Intamin has made some huge improvements to their designing over the years; from transitions to supporting and conservation of materials. The fact that MF remains number 1 says a lot on how people regard these innovations.

[hyyyper]

^That won't happen soon. I heard the trims were put on because guests were complaining about blackouts.

..Weaklings...

Post a warning saying "This ride produces G-forces higher than levels experienced on other roller coasters, and should therefore not be ridden by anyone with a low G tolerance. If you do choose to ride, there is a possibility that you will black out, and the park cannot be held responsible for any injuries that may result."

Problem solved. Well, legally, anyway.

That's funny because Mantis' trims were turned off this season and it now produces pretty intense vert's with the extra speed. Of course, having never ridden I305 I wouldn't know how far it goes but it does have some fairly long turns. For the most part I assumed the trims were put in because of wear and tear on the wheels. The same thing happened with Maverick's heartline roll.

On second thought, I probably shouldn't be too surprised. Intamin has been doing their best to bust down boundaries on ride intensity. Inevitably, things like that will happen when the real ride works a little different than how it works on their computers.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Wow Lightning Racer? That ride was horrid.

Why don't we have the Coaster Crazy ticket awards? lol

[Oscar]

because not enough people would vote. simple as that.

Lightning Racer is okay...but not worthy of top 10 ranking.

[Mikey]

The Golden Ticket awards are arguably the best way to see who puts up the most cash for sponsorship awards.

Obviously, if you see that Millie magically took first place over Bizarro this year.