2009 Golden Ticket Awards

[Jp]

Here's the link:

http://www.amusementtoday.com/corndog/2009gtaParkAndRide.html.

[Austin]

Thanks. ill post the whole thing on the homepage in a moment.

[palmer]

Lets see. Prowler won Best new ride of '09. What? Diamondback clearly beat it in every caterory. Best Waterpark new ride of '09 was a clear win. Cedar Point won best park (not a suprise, but Knoebels better than Disneyland and IOA?) Dudley Do Right's Ripshaw Falls was a no-brainer. that water ride is just amazingly amzing. Spiderman won favorite dark ride. Good, but where's DarKastle @ BGE? HHN won best Halloween event, of course. ROTM won Best indoor, ok but i think Rock n' Rollercoaster is better (yet ROTM has amazing themeing and rapid loading). Now, Voyager won best Wooden coaster. Never rode it, but looks great, and the reveiws sound greater. Now, Boulder Dash 2. Um...this might be a bit of rooting for the home team but El Toro is much better. I never rode Boulder Dash, but many many many people seem to love El Toro better. Bizarro (SFNE) won the best Steel coaster. Millennium Force is 2nd and my baby, Nitro was third. Now, Apollo's Chariot, Top Thrill Dragster, and Magnum XL-200 are up in the top ten. First, TTD isn't that good. If that's up there, so is Kingda Ka (that's not rooting, Kingda Ka is better and it's a fact.) Second, TTD is better than Apollo's Chariat, and TTD is 10th, AC is 5th. Third, Magnum isn't that great, but it seems to be better than TTD on the standings. Funny thing with the Top 10 Steel. All coasters are either B&M, Intamin, or Arrow.

[nitrofan]

Well at least SFKK was ranked!

^How can you think Rock n' Roller Coaster is better than ROTM? You can't beat ROTM for best indoor coaster.

[palmer]

RNR has inversions, goes faster and has music. ROTM lacks that. But i think it's close

[nitrofan]

^ROTM does have on-board audio, you just don't notice it because it is background music to keep the atmosphere. It is exactly how it was intended.

Rockin' Roller Coaster is just a launched, headbanging Vekoma with some fancy scenery in my mind. You could go to Six Flags and get almost the same thing. ROTM is a unique experience that you can't find anywhere else. It may not go fast the whole time, but it keeps you on the edge of your seat the whole time, and your patience is rewarded at the end with the launched section.

[Austin]

were was sfkk ranked on it?

[elvisboogens]

Deluge was tied for 3rd with Dragon's Revenge at Schlitterbahn for best waterpark ride. They both had 9%.

[Jp]

I can't belive that SFFT didn't get #1 for best shows for 10 years straight.

[say hi]

I can't belive that SFFT didn't get #1 for best shows for 10 years straight.

It is kind of sad they didn't...but Dollywood totally raised the bar on theme park entertainment with "Sha-Kon-O-Hey". It is by far the best show I've ever seen in a theme park setting and...kind of one of the only non Disney ones I'd immediately go see again.

[nitrofan]

I can't belive that SFFT didn't get #1 for best shows for 10 years straight.

From what I've heard, SFFT's shows have really declined in recent years thanks to Shapiro Lonny Tuning them. I haven't been to SFFT in a few years though, so I could be wrong. It is a bummer that they didn't get such a large streak though.

Does SFFT still have Xcelleration?