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  • 2009 Golden Ticket Awards | Best Roller Coasters

    Written by The Coaster Critic 3 Comments
    Last Updated: September 19, 2009
    2009 Golden Ticket Awards | Best Roller Coasters
    2009 Golden Ticket Awards: Best Roller Coasters of 2009 Once again, Amusement Today has announced the winners of their annual Golden Ticket Awards. Here are the lists of the top wooden and steel coasters based on the votes received by the industry publication. Golden Ticket Awards – Top Wooden Coasters of 2009 There’s not usually a whole lot of movement in the annual top ten. But, this...
    • 2008 Golden Ticket Awards Announced

      Written by The Coaster Critic 1 Comment
      Last Updated: September 5, 2008
      2008 Golden Ticket Awards Announced
      Golden Ticket Awards – The Oscars of the Amusement IndustryAmusement Today’s annual Golden Ticket Awards were recently announced. Holiday World’s The Voyage & Six Flags New England’s Superman Ride of Steel both retained their Golden Ticket Award titles for another year. This is Superman Ride of Steel’s 3rd consecutive year and The Voyage’s second year in a r...
      • Top Steel Roller Coasters of 2007

        Written by The Coaster Critic 2 Comments
        Last Updated: September 17, 2007
        Top Steel Roller Coasters of 2007
        Superman: Ride of Steel Retains Title as Top Steel CoasterThis year’s steel coaster Amusement Today Golden Ticket Awards weren’t half as interesting as the Top Wooden Coasters. There were no new entries from the Class of 2007 just a re-shifting of last year’s list. With Cedar Point coasters always ranking so high, I was surprised that Maverick didn’t make the list. I’...
        • Top Wooden Roller Coasters of 2007

          Written by The Coaster Critic 3 Comments
          Last Updated: September 7, 2007
          Top Wooden Roller Coasters of 2007
          Voyage Takes Top Wooden Coaster at 2007 Golden Ticket Awards At the 2007 Golden Ticket Awards, Holiday World’s Voyage has over taken Dollywood’s Thunderhead in its second year in existence. This isn’t too surprising and is well deserved. Check out my full review of the insane and intense marathon that is The Voyage including an onride video. While I have my own Top 10 Wooden Coas...
          • Top Steel Coasters of 2006

            Written by The Coaster Critic 2 Comments
            Last Updated: September 11, 2006
            Top Steel Coasters of 2006
            Superman: Ride of Steel Reclaims Titleas Top Steel Coaster in the WorldI have to admit that I was glad to see Superman: Ride of Steel take the top spot at this year’s Golden Ticket Awards. Out of the 130 or so roller coasters that I’ve ridden it’s the best! Don’t confuse this Superman coaster with the two clones by the same name at Six Flags Darien Lake and Six Flags Americ...
            • Top Wooden Coasters of 2006

              Written by The Coaster Critic 3 Comments
              Last Updated: September 8, 2006
              Top Wooden Coasters of 2006
              Thunderhead Edges Out The Voyage for Second Straight GTA TitleThunderhead won top honors at Amusement Today’s Golden Ticket Awards for the second year in a row. But the real surprise, to me at least, is that The Voyage shot all the way to the second spot nearly taking first in its very first year in existence. That’s impressive, and it must mean that a lot of those well-traveled enthus...
              • Smaller Parks Popular Among Enthusiasts

                Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                Last Updated: September 2, 2006
                Smaller Parks Popular Among Enthusiasts
                Smaller Parks Getting PropsAs I looked at the Golden Ticket Awards, I was surprised to see the smaller parks scoring so well. I was especially surprised to see Knoebels ranking third overall. Of course Knoebels will never surpass Cedar Point, but it is getting more votes every year. The smaller parks like Knoebels and Holiday World also won other categories. I think this reiterates that the survey...
                • 2006 Golden Ticket Awards Announced

                  Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                  Last Updated: September 1, 2006
                  2006 Golden Ticket Awards Announced
                  The 2006 Golden Ticket Awards were held August 27th at Holiday World. Hosted by Amusement Today, it’s basically the Academy Awards of the amusement industry. With all of the great new coasters opening this year and last year I was curious to see what changes might have taken place. The winners are based on surveys sent to well-traveled enthusiasts around the world. The interesting thing abou...
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