Comments on: Golden Ticket Awards – My Take on the Top Wooden Coasters

By: Cpguy

Cpguy — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:39:34 +0000

Hades- A roller coaster with a fun track but most painful coaster EVER I was very dispapointed from a wooden coaster from 2005. My Sister rode the Legend a coaster from 1927! And it was smoother I think mt Olympus should be VERY dispapointed and also the gravity Group. 2 thumbs down

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 06:07:30 +0000

Ha ha! That's pretty good.

By: @mattmcirvin

@mattmcirvin — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 04:08:19 +0000

I think you just coined a term: phantom LIM syndrome?

By: CoasterCritic

CoasterCritic — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 19:40:16 +0000

You're right. It definitely feels like the boosters kick in after that turn around and Boulder Dash is still moving pretty fast towards the end. It's like the ride has some phantom LIMs or something.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:58:31 +0000

Just rode Boulder Dash, the only one on this list that I've experienced. It's pretty remarkable, actually close to the top end of my personal coastering comfort zone.

I think my favorite moment in Boulder Dash is actually one of the bunny hills in the back half. You expect the ride to calm down after the turnaround, but it doesn't; it loses more height and feels like it speeds up significantly. Then there's this one hill right behind the Anchor Bay tube slide that has sort of an initial shelf before the peak, so it gives you a double pop of positive and negative g's. It's like nothing you'd expect in the second half of a woodie.

My wife, who is not a big coaster fan, went on it with me and I feel kind of guilty for not warning her off; it was way too much for her. Before she rode it, she'd been eyeballing the exposed bunny hills and said something like "It looks like, after the initial drop, it's relatively gentle", which I was pretty sure was not the case.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:05:18 +0000

Of course, we can only speak of the coasters we have been on. I have ridden the Voyage, the Beast, Shivering Timbers and the Raven (11th). As far as the ride itself, disregarding other factors such as view, theme, wait in line, etc., no comparison. ST is easily the best. Second would be the Voyage. The others are distant finishers behind.
It seems the Voyage tried to be all things to all people – a mix of out and back and twister, tunnels…part ST, part Thunderbolt (at Kennywood), part Beast. As such, it was a little too intense for my tastes. It somewhat overwhelms you. It isn’t violent or too jerky (Mean Streak), but it just a bit much. ST is pure fun. Voyage officially has more air time, but percentage-wise, I bet ST beats it, as ST is shorter. It certainly seems ST has more airtime, as that is the main draw of ST. It is all about the feeling of speed and of air time. It has those themes and does them better than any coaster I have been on, wood or steel.
Have heard boulderdash is just like ST, but on the side of a mountain. Would love to go on it someday.

By: jjhobo

jjhobo — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:15:16 +0000

yeh it would be near impossible but surely the people voting should have ridden the ride within the past 2 or 3 years. They should just get the people to give the rides they have ridden recently a score out of 10 and then average it out and the 10 best scores are the 10 best of that year, i think that would be the fairest.

By: dc

dc — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:24:17 +0000

Coaster Critic, I agree. Thses lists always provide fodder for lively debates every year. So, at least they serve some purpose. They'll give us something to talk about now that we're heading for the down season, coaster riding wise. and we do have some interesting new attractions to discuss and contemplate for next summer. HersheyPark, Great America and Dollywood will be prime for posts as soon as a few readers haul tail and ride them. Like I said, new designs and nearly insane concepts are giving us fresh sorces for our adrenaline rushes and endorphin fixes each year.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:11:34 +0000

How do you vote?

By: Quil

Quil — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:52:23 +0000

Darn. I enjoy bashing the GTA's.