As most people have been to a park once or twice this year and some further than others thought I would ask what everyone would consider their favourite coasters for the past year. It is entirely up to you if you rank them from 1 - 10.

In no particular order my 10 favourites for this year are

Twisted Colossus
Superman Ultimate Flight (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)
Tatsu
Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)
Matterhorn Bobsleds (Disneyland)
Gold Striker (California's Great America)
Superman Escape
Joker (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)
Flight Deck (California's Great America)
X2

1. Twisted Colosusses (SFMM)

2. Goliath (SFMM)

3. Full Throttle (SFMM)

4. X2 (SFMM)

5. Tatsu (SFMM)

6. Scream (SFMM)

7. Superman Escape (MW)

8. El Loco (Adventure Dome)

9. Desperado (Buffalo Bills)

10. Arkham Asylum (MW)

1. Abyss

2. Abyss

3. Abyss

4. Abyss

5. Abyss

......

(haven't been out of Perth this year) ?

Wild Mouse at LPS.

I haven't done much this year.

Great topic idea @pin142

Here's mine in a rough order:

1. Mako (SeaWorld Orlando)
2. Cheetah Hunt (Busch Gardens Tampa)
3. Shakira (Busch Gardens Tampa)
4. White Lightning (Fun Spot Orlando)
5. Duelling Dragons (either side) (Islands of Adventure)
6. Ghost Rider (Knotts Berry Farm)
7. The Mummy (Universal Studios Florida)
8. Superman Escape (Movie World)
9. Excelerator (Knotts Berry Farm)
10. Manta (Sea World Orlando)

Edited December 25, 20169 yr by ash.1111

Careful Ash, it's SheiKra. Saying shakira may summon POP.

1 - Lightning Rod

2 - Twisted Collossus

3 - Outlaw Run

4 - Fury 325

5 - Iron Rattler

6 - Superman Krypton Coaster

7 - Goliath

8 - Afterburn

9 - Wild Eagle

10 - X Flight

 

 

 

I didn't do much this year either:

- Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster

- Storm Coaster

- Jet Rescue

I didn't get to the parks without kids in tow.

 

3 hours ago, Gazza said:

1 - Lightning Rod

 

 

 

 

Lucky you. It seems that coaster is hard to catch at the best of times!

I don't remember much of the early stages of this year, so just whatever 10 coasters come to mind from DW/MW/SW I guess. 

Didn't do anything different this year, and the only parks I got to were DW/MW/WWW, but here are my top 5 just for good sake (if I go any further we get into rides that don't deserve to be on any 'top 10' list)

1. Superman
2. ToT
3. Arkham
4. Buzzsaw
5. Scooby

I didn't go on any coasters this year. But i did on a watersides so. 

Blackhole and Constrictor were fun.

My top "new to me" coasters this year were:

Expedition GeForce

Wildfire

Karnan 

Lost Gravity

Troy

Wodan 

Blue Fire

Black Mamba

Pulsar

Krake

1. Smiler (Alton towers)

2. Space mountain (DLP)

3. Galactica (AT)

4. Nemesis (AT)

5. Abyss (AW)

6. Crush Coaster (DLP)

7. Oblivion (AT)

8. Rita (AT)

9. Rock n roller coaster (DLP)

10. 13. (AT).

11 hours ago, ash.1111 said:

Great topic idea @pin142

Here's mine in a rough order:

1. Mako (SeaWorld Orlando)
2. Cheetah Hunt (Busch Gardens Tampa)
3. Shakira (Busch Gardens Tampa)
4. White Lightning (Fun Spot Orlando)
5. Duelling Dragons (either side) (Islands of Adventure)
6. Ghost Rider (Knotts Berry Farm)
7. The Mummy (Universal Studios Florida)
8. Superman Escape (Movie World)
9. Excelerator (Knotts Berry Farm)
10. Manta (Sea World Orlando)

I've been on Manta in 2014 but not on Mako.  Tell us what was good about Mako.

51 minutes ago, Adam C said:

I've been on Manta in 2014 but not on Mako.  Tell us what was good about Mako.

I really enjoyed Mako. I was lucky enough to re-ride plenty. I think I rode it about 25 times on my last trip.

My favourite type of coasters are ones filled with airtime, and Mako was pretty great in that department. A bit meh after the MCBR, and the trims hit pretty hard. The seats are amazing, and you can really keep your lap-bar loose to enjoy that great floater airtime! The fly into the MCBR was weird, as I was still in the air and would almost hit the lap-bar midair.

I met up with a few friends who live in the States and have about 350 credits. Mako for them ranks in the top 10 for similar coasters (I believe), but not "amazing". I've done a lot of coasters on a TPR trip in 2010, including the two Intimidators. From memory Mako is far from the best, but a solid coaster for airtime and my favourite one from this year. I plan on doing a big coaster trip next year, so will be interesting to compare with Mako.

Edited December 25, 20169 yr by ash.1111

9 hours ago, aaronm said:

My top "new to me" coasters this year were:

Expedition GeForce

Wildfire

Karnan 

Lost Gravity

Troy

Wodan 

Blue Fire

Black Mamba

Pulsar

Krake

How fae along was Taron when you visited?

8 minutes ago, Gazza said:

How fae along was Taron when you visited?

It opened 6 days later ?. From what I've heard it's worth heading back for, though Phantasialand is a great park anyway.

For this year, I'd list, in no particular order

- Fury 325/Carowinds
- Wildfire/Kolmarden
- Wicked Cyclone/Six Flags New England (awful operations but great coaster)
- Twisted Colossus/Six Flags Magic Mountain
- Storm Chaser/Kentucky Kingdom
- Taron/Phantasialand
- Valravn/Cedar Point
- Screaming Condor/Leofoo Village
- Lost Gravity/Walibi Holland
- Flying Aces/Ferrari World

Not quite sure what 2017 is going to bring in terms of coasters right now. We'll see.

Fairly concentrated list, ignoring the locals -

• Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars
• Battlestar Galactica: Cylon
• Battlestar Galactica: Human
• Space Mountain
• Revenge of the Mummy
• The Dragon
• Hair Raiser (rough as guts for a B&M...)
• RC Racer
• Mine Train
• Arctic Blast

2 hours ago, westical said:

 

• The Dragon
• Hair Raiser (rough as guts for a B&M...)

You found Hair Raiser rough? I didn't find it that rough, however that might be because that's the only B&M I've ridden. The track rattled a little bit though!

Was that 10 the only coasters you rode overseas, because I'm surprised to see Dragon make the list. I had a giant bruise on my face after the side of my face hit the OTSR during the helix. For those who haven't done Dragon, think Cyclone with the old trains but heaps worse.

Edited December 26, 20169 yr by XxMrYoshixX

Was rough compared to the ones in the States that I've been on (eg. Manta). And that's pretty much every coaster in HK/SG...

This thread would be great if this country had more then 10 decent coasters, so with that in mind..

1) Roller-Coaster, Rainbow's End
2) Sidewinder, Dreamworld
3) Refurbished Scooby Doo, Movie World (i like it in the dark)
4) Escape from Madagascar, Dreamworld
5) Tower of Terror, Dreamworld
6) Crazy Mouse, Ekka
7) Wild Mouse, Aussie World (RIP)
8) Eureka Mine Ride, Dreamworld
9) Storm, Sea World
10) Road Runner, Movie World

I didn't get to do a whole lot this year. The only real parks I went to Sydney Easter Show, Magic Mountain in Merimbula (which has a small Pinfari Zyklon) and finally LPS.

1. Wild Mouse (LPS)

2. Crazy Spinning Mouse (Easter show)

3. Diamond Python (Magic Mountain)

4. Taipan (Easter show)

 

A pretty depressing list, hopefully I can check out the new coaster at Movie World next year.

I didn't ride too many coasters this year, and barely enough new to me ones to fill out a decent top ten:

Not in qualitative order, best new ones:

1. Abyss (Adv World)  2. Gold striker (Cali Great Am)   3. Flight Deck (Cali Great Am)  4. Superman (Discovery Kingdom)  5. Joker (new, Disc. King.)   6. Medusa (Disc. King.)  7. Big Dipper (Santa Cruz)  8.  Vertical Velocity (Disc. King.)   9. Ghostrider (refurb'ed version new to me), 10.  Flight of the Hippogriff (Uni Hollywood)

 

Luckily I was able to get to the USA and Canada this year:

1. Millennium Force (Cedar Point)

2. Maverick (Cedar Point)

3. Vortex (Canada's Wonderland)

4. Mighty Canadian Mountain Buster (Canada's Wonderland)

5. Top Thrill Dragster (Cedar Point)

6. Jet Rescue (SeaWorld)

7. Le Vampire (La Ronde)

8. Le Monstre (La Ronde)

9. Raptor (Cedar Point)

10. BuzzSaw (Dreamworld)

^Did you get a ride on Vortex at night when it's absolutely insane?

I had amazing nights rides on that one back in 2008.