Top 5 Lists

[Paul Drabek]

Hey everyone;

With the end of the season it normally slows down a bit here so I figured I would start a little conversation here.

What are your top 5 wooden coasters?

What are your top 5 steel coasters?

What are your top 5 parks?

What are your 5 Park foods?

What are the top 5 coasters you want to ride?

What are the top 5 parks you want to visit?

[Paul Drabek]

Here's mine:

Wooden Coasters:

1. Outlaw Run
2. Voyage
3. Boulder Dash
4. Raven
5. Phoenix

Top 5 Steel

1. Goliath at SFOG
2. Mindbender at SFOG
3. Whizzer
4. Shock Wave at SFOT
5. Millennium Force

Top 5 Parks

1. Silver Dollar City
2. Knoebels
3. Busch Gardens Tampa
4. Dollywood
5. Canada's Wonderland

Top 5 Park Foods

1. Sausage Medley Skillet at SDC (looking forward to eating a few of these in a couple of weeks)
2. Philly Cheese Steak at Dollywood
3. Chicken Fries at Knoebels
4. Tacos at Indiana Beach
5. Frito Pie at Holiday World

Top 5 Coasters I Want to Ride

1. Lisebergbahn at Lieseberg
2. Olympia Looping Bahn at the Munich Octoberfest
3. T-Express at Everland
4. Flying Turns at Knoebels
5. Roller Coaster at Lagoon (I want to score all the John Millers)

Top 5 parks to visit?

1. Europapark
2. Lieseberg
3. Munich's Octoberfest (technically not a park but it would be a blast with a bunch of you)
4. Fuji-Q Highland
5. Gronalund

So how about you?

[Galvan316]

Wooden Coasters:

1. El Toro SFGAdv.
2. Viper SFGAm
3. American Thunder SFSTL
4. Thunderhead DW
5. American Eagle SFGAm

Steel Coasters:

1. Goliath SFOG
2. X-Flight SFGAm
3. Nitro SFGAdv
4. Montu BGT
5. X2 SFMM

Top 5 Parks:

1. Six Flags Great America
2. Busch Gardens Tampa
3. Six Flags Over Georgia
4. Six Flags Over Texas
5. Hershey Park

Top 5 Parks I want to Visit:

1. Six Flags Magic Mountain (I haven't been since 2005)
2. Hershey Park (Haven't been since 2007)
3. Busch Gardens Williamsburg
4. Six Flags New England
5. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Top 5 Coasters I want to Ride:

1. Bizarro SFNE
2. Apollo's Chariot BGW
3. Leviathan CW
4. Tatsu SFMM
5. Sky Rush HP

[bartmantwo]

Top 5 Woodies
1 El Toro
2 The Voyage
3 Rampage
4 Boulder Dash
5 Thunderhead

Top 5 Steel
1 Millennium Force
2 SRoS SFNE
3 Goliath SFoG
4 Gemini
5 X (tie) Xcelerator

Top 5 Parks
1 Cedar Point
2 Holiday World
3 SFoT
4 SFoG
5 Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Top 5 parks I want to visit
1 SFoT
2 Silverwood
3 Alton Towers
4 SFGAm
5 Holiday Park

Top 5 Coasters I want to ride for the first time
1 Expedition GeForce
2 The New Texas Giant
3 Outlaw Run
4 Tremors
5 Collossos (Heide Park Resort)

Top 5 family coasters
1 Gemini
2 Lightning Racers
3 Matterhorn
4 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (Disney World)
5 Verbolten

Top 5 Park Food
1 Boysenberry punch (KBF)
2 Baby back ribs at the Smokehouse BGT
3 The sampler platter at Trappers Smokehouse BGW
4 Mint fudge Holiday World
5 Fries with gravy from the Potato Patch Kennywood

[CptBeeble]

Wood:
1. Voyage
2. Outlaw Run
3. Boulder Dash
4. El Toro
5. Prowler

Steel:
1. Expedition GeForce
2. Anaconda (Gold Reef City, South Africa)
3. New Texas Giant
4. The Ultimate
5. Iron Rattler

Parks:
1. Europa Park
2. IOA
3. Alton Towers
4. Blackpool
5. SDC

Food:
1. Five-cheese pizza, Disneyland hotel
2. Bobotie, Gold Reef City
3. Mixed sausage skillet, SDC
4. Turkey and dressing, Holiday World
5. "Tour of Germany", Epcot (ok, I know this is beer and not really food, but whatevs)

Coasters I want to ride:
1. Blue Flash
2. Maverick
3. Black Mamba
4. Dodonpa
5. Flying Turns

Parks I want to visit:
1. Phantasialand
2. Fuji-Q Highland
3. Everland
4. Tivoli
5. Grönalund

[Vonni]

Okie dokie folks

Wood
1. The Voyage
2. Texas Cyclone
3. The Legend
4. The Raven
5. Ozark Wildcat

Steel
1. Raging Bull
2. Millenium Force
3. Montu
4. Kumba
5. Tennessee Tornado

Parks
1. Holiday World
2. SDC
3. Dollywood
4. Cedar Point
5. SFGAm

Food
1. The Mine Buffet at SDC
2. The Mill Buffet at SDC
3. This one Buffet at DW (unfortunately I dont remember its name)
4. This one Buffet at CP (unfortunately, I dont remember its name either lol!)
5. The Diner at WOF

Coasters I want to ride
1. Outlaw Run
2. New Texas Giant
3. Gatekeeper
4. Apollos Chariot
5. Diamond Back

Parks I want to visit
1. BGW
2. SFNE
3. SFGAd
4. Knoebels
5. Carowinds


Also, I will add that this is the first time I have ever done rankings. I never really got the chance to think about it until now.

[Paul Drabek]

5. "Tour of Germany", Epcot (ok, I know this is beer and not really food, but whatevs)

And it goes to the judges.....and they approve it! Beer can be counted as food.

[violakat03]

Top 5 Wood:
1. The Voyage
2. Hades
3. El Toro
4. Zippin Pippin
5. Prowler

Top 5 Steel:
1. Millennium Force
2. X2
3. Manta
4. Mind Bender
5. Big Bad Wolf

Top 5 Parks:
1. Dollywood
2. Holiday World
3. Kings Island
4. SeaWorld Orlando
5. Six Flags Great America

Top 5 Park Food:
1. Aunt Granny's buffet, Dollywood
2. Plymouth Rock Cafe, Holiday World
3. Midway Market, Cedar Point
4. Cozy Cone, Disney's California Adventure
5. Molly's Mill buffet, Silver Dollar City

Top 5 coasters I want to ride:
1. Expedition Everest, Disney's Animal Kingdom
2. Giant Dipper, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
3. Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce
4. Flying Turns, Knoebels
5. Bizarro, SFNE

Top 5 parks I want to visit:
1. Lake Compounce
2. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
3. Six Flags New England
4. Canobie Lake Park
5. Blackpool Pleasure Beach

[CptBeeble]

I didn't know we were including defunct coasters in our lists... mine should then be amended to show MegaZeph in place of Prowler at #5

[Greg]

What are your top 5 wooden coasters?
Phoenix
Outlaw Run
El Toro
Raven
Screamin' Eagle


What are your top 5 steel coasters?
Goliath @ SFOF
Nitro
Montu
P-Keg
Mindbender

What are your top 5 parks?
Knoebels
BGA
SDC
SFOG
EPCOT

What are your 5 Park foods?
Free beer @ SFOG
Family Feud Succotash at SDC
Sausage Skillet @ SDC
All you can eat prime rib @ SDC
popcorn

What are the top 5 coasters you want to ride?
Boulderdash
T Express
Nemesis
Mindbender @ Galaxyland
Leviathan

What are the top 5 parks you want to visit?
Too many in Europe to count
BGE
Lake Compounce
Hershey Park
Silverwood