Golden Ticket has announced its new top 10 woodie and top 10 steel coasters for 2005 (all of us Cedar Point fans can breathe another sigh of relief, our precious park and its heart-stopping steel coaster are both still number one!!!)
Top 10 Woodies
1 Thunderhead Dollywood Pigeon Forge, Tenn. 2004
2 Boulder Dash Lake Compounce Bristol, Conn. 2000
3 Shivering Timbers Michigan’s Adventure Muskegon, Mich. 1998
4 Phoenix Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg, Pa. 1985
5 Raven Holiday World Santa Claus, Ind. 1995
6 Hades Mt. Olympus Theme Park Wisconsin Dells, Wis. 2005
7 The Legend Holiday World Santa Claus, Ind. 2000
8 Beast Paramount’s Kings Island Kings Mills, Ohio 1979
9 Lightning Racer Hersheypark Hershey, Pa. 2000
10 GhostRider Knott’s Berry Farm Buena Park, Calif. 1998
(7 of 10 I've ridden)
Top 10 Steel
1 Millennium Force Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2000
2 Superman Ride of Steel Six Flags New England Agawam, Mass. 2000
3 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 1989
4 Apollo’s Chariot Busch Gardens Williamsburg Williamsburg, Va. 1999
5 Nitro Six Flags Great Adventure Jackson, N.J. 2001
6 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park Hassloch, Germany 2001
7 Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point Sandusky, Ohio 2003
8 Phantom’s Revenge Kennywood West Mifflin, Pa. 2001/1991
9 Raging Bull Six Flags Great America Gurnee, Ill. 1999
10 Montu Busch Gardens Tampa Tampa, Fla.
(6 of 10 I've ridden)
Read the rest for yourself. http://www.amusementtoday.com
Lucky for us there is a strong Cedar Point bias to this poll (Magnum still #3, go figure that.)