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Steven
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My Mich. Adventure baby got #1!!! Yay!
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| 12/6/2004 8:47 PM |
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Chip
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I love this poll. It's easily the most accurate poll among polls. It uses a good system and doesn't discriminate. I like it.
Now I've just got to ride more of these woodies!
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| 12/6/2004 9:16 PM |
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bk2004
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Wow, surpringing comback.
I'm surprised Thunderhead was #5 so fast. That's great!
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| 12/6/2004 9:33 PM |
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EastCoastn07
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I'm not surprised Shivering Timbers got #1...And for once a small park gets some recognition. :D
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| 12/6/2004 11:36 PM |
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Bruns
Joined: May 2004
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Yes!! Good choice!
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| 12/7/2004 12:50 AM |
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CPdude05
Joined: Jun 2004
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Shivering Timbers and number 1 in a sentence is always ok with me!
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| 12/7/2004 6:31 AM |
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bgwfreak
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W00t for Thunderhead making #5 :D
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| 12/7/2004 11:41 AM |
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ThunderDan
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How can an opinion poll be accurate?
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| 12/7/2004 12:34 PM |
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Bruns
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Becuase it accurately tells us what the most popular coaster is.
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| 12/7/2004 12:38 PM |
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ThunderDan
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Well that may be true, but it doesn't tell us which coasters are accurately better than others.
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| 12/7/2004 12:43 PM |
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Bruns
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Nor does it claim to be able. There really is no way to determine which coaster is better than another because everybody has likes and dislikes. This is a poll that determines what the most popular coasters are. And to find that out, you have to go by opinions, there isn't any other way.
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| 12/7/2004 1:59 PM |
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BryanWood
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Another thing that impresses me is that #20 is Avalanche at Timber Falls Adventure Golf in WI. Everyone seems to really like it, and as more people ride it, it could go higher.
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| 12/7/2004 5:08 PM |
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coasterlove
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Nice to see Viper at SFGAm did well, coming in at #27. Although American Eagle didn't fare very good, placing #135. American Eagle is a classic, kinda sad that people don't appreciate it more. I think it should at least crack the top #100.
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| 12/8/2004 1:32 AM |
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ThunderDan
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Some Six Flags woodies still did fairly well and some scored too low including the racers. If one looks at the number of votes for the top ranking coasters, one would see that there are less votes than many of the coasters that scored lower. Not to say that if more people went on the top ranking coasters, they would score lower. It just seems that the coasters at the most-visited parks have more people voting than many of the high-scored coasters.
Although I find this poll helpfull to determine which parks to visit, I don't like the thought of 10 or 20 people making a coaster #11 or #13, and 178 people making a coaster #135.
271 enthusiasts have ridden and voted on Mean Streak and 151 have been on Rolling Thunder. I guess there IS a bias in the coaster community that doesn't reflect what is really going on in the real world (i.e. population and attendance.)
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| 12/8/2004 8:51 AM |
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sfft_2108
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I couldn't find the Rattler on there. Maybe I gotta look again.
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| 12/24/2004 12:07 PM |
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RaptorXLC
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I can't believe that the Beast only made #47. I would think it would at least be in the top 15.
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| 12/31/2004 4:01 PM |
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Timbersman
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Shivering Timbers is the best coaster of all time!
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| 5/5/2007 8:57 PM |
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