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  • Best Wooden Roller Coasters of 2009

    Written by The Coaster Critic 21 Comments
    Last Updated: January 19, 2010
    Best Wooden Roller Coasters of 2009
    The Voyage Reigns Supreme The Voyage (Holiday World, Indiana) reclaimed its spot as the favorite roller coaster in this year’s Internet Coaster Poll. Last year it was dethroned by then newcomer T Express (Everland, South Korea). T Express slipped to third with El Toro and The Voyage battling it out for the top spot. I love both El Toro and The Voyage for different reasons and I have no probl...
    • Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2009

      Written by The Coaster Critic 19 Comments
      Last Updated: January 12, 2010
      Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2009
      Mitch Hawker has released the results of his annual Internet Coaster Poll. I’ll cover the wooden roller coaster results in another post, for now here’s the top ten steel coasters along with their places in last year’s poll: 1 Bizarro at Six Flags New England Intamin Hyper Coaster (1st) 2 Eagles Fortress at Everland (South Korea) Arrow Suspended Coaster (3rd) 3 Expedition GeForce ...
      • Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2008

        Written by The Coaster Critic 5 Comments
        Last Updated: January 17, 2009
        Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2008
        Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags New England The top steel roller coasters in the world are increasingly not-American. In this year’s Internet Coaster Poll, Superman Ride of Steel retained it’s title for another year, but it was the only U.S. coaster in the top ten. Korea’s Eagle Fortress which had a controversial 3rd placing last year with only 6 riders moved up to 2nd, now ...
        • Best Wooden Roller Coasters in the World Announced

          Written by The Coaster Critic 2 Comments
          Last Updated: December 23, 2008
          Best Wooden Roller Coasters in the World Announced
          Everland’s T Express Takes Top Spot Intamin Dominates Top 10This year’s Internet Coaster Poll had a big shake up at the top of the wooden poll as two-time champ The Voyage (Holiday World, Indiana) was unseated by newcomer T Express (Everland, South Korea). Intamin Pre-fabs For the Win!Last winter, I covered the T Express construction. I had particular interest because it’s an Int...
          • Time to Vote in the Internet Coaster Poll

            Written by The Coaster Critic 1 Comment
            Last Updated: November 9, 2008
            Time to Vote in the Internet Coaster Poll
            A Non-biased Coaster Poll, Not for the Faint-Hearted Fan BoyTime to vote in Mitch Hawker’s renowned Internet Coaster Poll again. During the off-season every year, die hard coaster fans fill out Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Polls. The polls are lengthy and complicated enough that Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview.com created an Idiot’s Guide. Hopefully, the amount of time and effor...
            • Eagle Fortress at Everland

              Written by The Coaster Critic 1 Comment
              Last Updated: March 16, 2008
              Eagle Fortress at Everland
              Does Eagle Fortress Deserve Third Best in the World?The interesting part of this year’s Mitch Hawker Internet Poll is Eagle Fortress coming in at the third best roller coaster in the world. Eagle Fortress is an unlikely coaster to rank so high. It’s a sixteen year old suspended coaster built on a hillside at Everland in South Korea. It’s a controversial ranking as only six of the...
              • Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2007

                Written by The Coaster Critic 2 Comments
                Last Updated: March 9, 2008
                Best Steel Roller Coasters of 2007
                Superman Ride of Steel Continues Dominance, Top Coaster in Mitch’s PollNot a lot of surprises at the very top of Mitch Hawker’s 2007 Steel Roller Coaster Poll. For the seventh year in a row Superman at Six Flags New England and Expedition GeForce at topped the poll. The rest of the top coasters shifted around a bit, except for the controversial inclusion of Everland’s Eagle̵...
                • Mitch Hawker’s 2007 Steel Coaster Poll

                  Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                  Last Updated: February 13, 2008
                  Mitch Hawker’s 2007 Steel Coaster Poll
                  Mitch Hawker’s Coveted Internet Award Up for GrabsMitch Hawker has posted the ballot for his annual Steel Roller Coaster Poll for 2007. The Wooden Coaster Poll resulted in Holiday World’s Voyage at the top for the second straight year. Click here to see the rest of the results from wooden poll. Mitch’s coaster poll is lengthy and complicated enough that Robb Alvey from ThemeParkR...
                  • World’s Best Wooden Roller Coasters

                    Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                    Last Updated: December 8, 2007
                    World’s Best Wooden Roller Coasters
                    Mitch Hawker’s Wooden Coaster Poll ResultsThe best wooden roller coasters of 2007 look a lot like the best from 2006. Mitch Hawker’s Internet Coaster Poll is arguably the most accurate coaster poll around. The ballots take into account votes based on mutual rides. On the ballots riders must rank the coasters they have ridden and then their ballot is put up against someone else that has...
                    • Mitch Hawker’s Wooden Coaster Poll

                      Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                      Last Updated: November 4, 2007
                      Mitch Hawker’s Wooden Coaster Poll
                      A Non-biased Coaster Poll, Not for the Faint-Hearted Fan BoyIt’s the time of the year again for Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Polls. The polls are lengthy and complicated enough that Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview.com created an Idiot’s Guide. Hopefully, the amount of time and effort it takes will weed out the blind homers and fan boys that just want to vote for their home park&...
                      • World’s Worst Roller Coasters

                        Written by The Coaster Critic 4 Comments
                        Last Updated: February 13, 2007
                        World’s Worst Roller Coasters
                        Roller Coasters at the Bottom of Mitch’s PollIt looks like I’m not alone in my disdain and disappointment for the Mean Streak at Cedar Point and the Predator at Darien Lake. Out of the 179 wooden roller coasters on Mitch’s Poll, Mean Streak ranked 171st and Predator ranked 173rd. Psyclone, which was recently removed from Six Flags Magic Mountain, came in at 178th, just missing th...
                        • World’s Best Roller Coasters Announced

                          Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                          Last Updated: February 12, 2007
                          World’s Best Roller Coasters Announced
                          Mitch Hawker’s Internet Roller Coaster Poll ResultsThe results for Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Poll have been posted. Information about how Mitch’s poll works can be found here. Basically on the ballot you indicate all of the roller coasters that you’ve ridden and then you rank them. The results are based on which coasters were ranked higher than other coasters by riders ...
                          • Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Poll

                            Written by The Coaster Critic No Comments
                            Last Updated: November 26, 2006
                            Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Poll
                            A Non-biased Coaster Poll, Not for the Faint-Hearted Fan BoyDuring the off-season every year, die hard coaster fans fill out Mitch Hawker’s Roller Coaster Polls. The polls are lengthy and complicated enough that Robb Alvey from ThemeParkReview.com created an Idiot’s Guide. Hopefully, the amount of time and effort it takes will weed out the blind homers and fan boys that just want to vo...
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