12-12-12 -- Best Coasters You Rode in 2012?

OK, I'll bite.

1.El Toro
2.Intimidator 305
3.Dominator
4.Twister (Knoebels)
5.Nitro
6.Millennium Force
7.Magnum XL-200
8.Lightning Racer
9.Batman(GAdv)
10.Bizarro(GAdv)
11. Phantom's Revenge
12.Talon

I won't bother with Honorable Mentions, but suffice it to say that Kennywood is under-represented here.

Of course, none of these were new to me, but A, that wasn't the poll, and B, I didn't cover much ground this season...KD was the furthest I travelled.

Mike

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We didn't do much in 2012. Only park we visited (other then "work" at KI) was BGT and even at that we did not ride CH. So other than Beast/DB at our home park, I suppose Montu and Sheikra would be the best.

Honorable mention to Flight Deck, also last coaster ride of 2012. Not sure how much longer it will be around, now that SOB is gone I suspect the last of the decent Arrow suspendeds won't be far behind.

It's quite possible that I did not even ride twelve coasters this year.

I'll play along too. I went on way more coasters than I thought this year. I will rank mine as well. New to me rides are marked with an *

1. Ravine Flyer 2 (Waldameer)
2. Leviathan (Canada's Wonderland) *
3. Millennium Force (Cedar Point)
4. Diamondback (Kings Island)
5. Behemoth (Canada's Wonderland) *
6. Phantom's Revenge (Kennywood)
7. Maverick (Cedar Point)
8. SkyRocket (Kennywood)
9. Whirlwind (Seabreeze)
10. Silver Comet (Martin's Fantasy Island)
11. Flight Of Fear (Kings Island)
12. Colossus The Fire Dragon (Lagoon) *

Interesting that 3 B&M hypers ended up in my Top 5 of the year.

1) I305 (Kings Dominion)
2) Skyrush (Hershey)*
3) Voyage (Holiday World)
4) Prowler (Worlds of Fun)*
5) Superman ROS (SF America)
6) Apollos Chariot (BGVA)
7) Storm Runner (Hershey)
8) Griffon (BGVA)*
9) American Thunder (SF St. Louis)*
10) Renegade (Valleyfair)*
11) Raging Bull (SF Great America)
12) Lightning Racer (Hershey)

Honorable mention:
Legend and Raven (Holiday World)
Phantoms Revenge and Jack Rabbit (Kennywood)
X Flight* and Viper (SF Great America)
Screamin Eagle (SF St.Louis)
Wild One (SF America)
Verbolten* and Alpengeist (BGVA)
Volcano and Grizzly (Kings Dominion)

We had a great 2012. Hopefully 2013 will be just as good.

Since I have strictly stuck to BGW I have no room to really say much other than I have enjoyed the park :)
Stredain

Well, I just got done doing this while waiting in the few lines that I encountered in Orlando last month.

1 (tie) Nitro/I-305
3 SkyRush
4 El Toro
5 Steel Force
6 Apollo
7 Hulk
8 Montu
9 Kumba
10 Bizarro (Sfgradv)
11 Alpengeist
12 Talon

Paul

There were many new rides for me this year, so there are many of those on this (*). I can't think of any other time that I have blended steel and wooden in a list on a post.

1. Leviathan (*)
2. Ride of Steel (*)
3. Thunderhead
4. Phoenix (*)
5. Behemoth (*)
6. Wild Eagle (*)
7. Bizarro
8. Green Lantern
9. Lightning Racer
10. Ravine Flyer II (*)
11. Sky Rocket (*)
12. Fahrenheit (*)

I'll catch up on this one. 2012 has been such a great year for me, something I doubt to ever have a chance to replicate. All of these twelve coasters are "2012 new to me's" in no particular order.

Manta
Tatsu
X2
Apocalypse
Intimidator
Voyage
Legend
Xcelerator
Superman Krypton Coaster
Dare Devil Dive
Ridder's Revenge
Renegade

Honorees..

Steel Hawg
Montezooma's Revenge
Sponge Bob's Rock Bottom Plunge

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A bit late to the party but my list in no particular order:

1. Raging Bull
2. X-Flight
3. Viper
4. Verbolten
5. Griffon
6. Volcano
7. I-305
8. Maverick
9. Beast
10. Diamondback

G-Dog

1 I305
2 Dominator
3 Montu
4 Kumba
5 Manta
6 Sheikra
7 Kraken
8 Volcano
9 Flight of fear
10 Gwazi (obligatory wood coaster)

Super late to the party but why not join in? This past year was the first time I rode any of these! They were ALL NEW to me and it was awesome to finally travel a bit! I'll rank them in order of how much I liked them.

1. Thunderhead
2. Montu
3. Sheikra
4. Kumba
5. Beast
6. Diamondback
7. Wild Eagle
8. Racer 1 & 2
9. Goliath
10. Great American Scream Machine

Honorable mentions:

Cheetah Hunt, Mystery Mine, Tennessee Tornado, the Georgia Scorcher, and Scorpion.

Have yet to post my TR about my first time trip too SFOG, Dollywood, BGT, and Kings Island. Maybe I will do that soon! (it's not done...) It's probably surprising to see the hypers (my favoriteee type of coaster) so low on this list, but they just didn't stack up. Thunderhead really impressed me, and BGT just has a HELL of a lineup! I enjoyed every coaster there, except Gwazi as it wasn't operating that day.

^^^Hey Mugen, did you get to ride Dare Devil Dive?

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My Favorite 2012 Roller Coasters
El Freakin’ Toro, 6 Flags Great Adventure
The Beast (after dark!), King's Island
Millenium Force (blue train), Cedar Point
Thunderhead, Dollywood (most rides in 2012)
Lightning Racer, HersheyPark (best trip with new and old friends)
Leviathan, Canada’s Wonderland (best new-to-me coaster)
Nitro, 6 Flags Great Adventure
Afterburn, Carowinds
Hydra, Dorney Park
Diamondback, King’s Island
Talon, Dorney Park
Eagle’s Flight, Dollywood (best-themed new-to-me coaster)

Honerable mention for most consecutive rides at the Coasting for Kids Marathon, Steel Force

WORST new-to-me coaster ... SkyRush at HersheyPark ... OUCH!!

#1 !!

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^^^Hey Judy, I think that you meant to say 'Wild Eagle' although 'Eagles Flight' would've been a pretty cool name. :)

FWIW, My 2012 new to me worst was Hoosier Hurricane, Super ouch!!...and a honorable ouch to Green Lantern(SFMM)

OOPS!! Wild Eagle it is! Not sure where I got "Eagle's Flight." No, wait, I did that on purpose just to see who really reads these lists ... yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

Overbanked said:
'Eagles Flight' would've been a pretty cool name. :)

Holiday World agrees with you, Chris! :)

I only went to two parks this year, so will be a short list. :)

1. Phoenix - Knoebels
2. Racer - Kennywood
3. Black Diamond - Knoebels
4. Twister - Knoebels
5. Jack Rabbit - Kennywood
6. Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
7. Sky Rocket - Kennywood
8. Exterminator - Kennywood
9. Thunderbolt - Kennywood

- Jeff

Coaster316 said:

I only went to two parks this year, so will be a short list. :)

1. Phoenix - Knoebels
2. Racer - Kennywood
3. Black Diamond - Knoebels
4. Twister - Knoebels
5. Jack Rabbit - Kennywood
6. Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
7. Sky Rocket - Kennywood
8. Exterminator - Kennywood
9. Thunderbolt - Kennywood

- Jeff

If I only got to Kennywood and Knoebel's, I would still consider it a great year.

drachen said:

If I only got to Kennywood and Knoebel's, I would still consider it a great year.

lol...yeah, good point!!

drachen said:

Coaster316 said:

I only went to two parks this year, so will be a short list. :)

1. Phoenix - Knoebels
2. Racer - Kennywood
3. Black Diamond - Knoebels
4. Twister - Knoebels
5. Jack Rabbit - Kennywood
6. Phantom's Revenge - Kennywood
7. Sky Rocket - Kennywood
8. Exterminator - Kennywood
9. Thunderbolt - Kennywood

- Jeff

If I only got to Kennywood and Knoebel's, I would still consider it a great year.

Agreed!

beastmaster said:

Holiday World agrees with you, Chris! :)

Oh yeah, the name of the scooters. I didn't ride any flats at HW, it was all about those awesome woodies for me, and oh yeah to a lesser extent Gobblers Getaway, and the ride FKA Pilgrims Plunge. :)

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Overbanked said:

^^^Hey Mugen, did you get to ride Dare Devil Dive?

I did, but it wasn't as fun as the 10 I listed. A cool coaster no doubt, but it needs more speed. I liked their loading system for it.