Wednesday, May 23, 2007
FRIGHTENING FOUR RESULTS
Voting is now closed in the Frightening Four of Wood Coaster Madness. For each match-up, the "non-qualified" votes were thrown out and the percentages calculated based on the total number of votes that both coasters received. Winning rides are in bold. Here's how the voting went:
MIDWEST / SOUTH 1. The Voyage, Holiday World, IN (85%)
WEST 2. Hades, Mount Olympus, WI (15%)
INTERNATIONAL 1. Balder, Liseberg, Sweden (19%)
NORTHEAST 3. Phoenix, Knoebel's, PA (81%)
In case you're as surprised by the fall of Balder to Phoenix (especially by this huge a margin) as I am, I've included a screen shot of the results as they are displayed to me by the survey program above. So then, this is the...
FINAL MATCH-UP
MIDWEST / SOUTH 1. The Voyage, Holiday World, IN (Gravity Group)
NORTHEAST 3. Phoenix, Knoebel's, PA (PTC/Schmeck)
The ballot for this match-up will be posted shortly.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
To get to this point, one win away from being crowned champion, The Voyage and Phoenix had to defeat six tough (?) opponents in previous match-ups. Let's look back upon the path these two monsters of the midway took to get here.
The Voyage defeated (Round, Bracket, Seed #, Name, Location, Opponent % of Vote):
ROUND 1 MIDWEST/SOUTH 32. Twisted Twins, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, KY (0%)
ROUND 2 MIDWEST/SOUTH 17. Blue Streak, Cedar Point, OH (5%)
ROUND 3 MIDWEST/SOUTH 5. Rampage, Visionland, AL (13%)
SWEET 16 MIDWEST/SOUTH 4. Raven, Holiday World, IN (19%)
EXCITING 8 MIDWEST/SOUTH 3. Thunderhead, Dollywood, TN (33%)
FRIGHTENING 4 WEST 2. Hades, Mount Olympus, WI (15%)
Phoenix defeated (Round, Bracket, Seed, Name, Park, Opponent % of Vote):
ROUND 1 NORTHEAST 30. Big Dipper, Camden Park, WV (0%)
ROUND 2 NORTHEAST 8. Wild One, Six Flags America, MD (11%)
ROUND 3 NORTHEAST 19. Racer, Kennywood, PA (9%)
SWEET 16 NORTHEAST 7. Cyclone, Astroland, NY (34%)
EXCITING 8 NORTHEAST 1. Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce, CT (38%)
FRIGHTENING 4 INTERNATIONAL 1. Balder, Liseberg, Sweden (19%)
Can Phoenix rise to the occasion of stopping the heavily favored Voyage from becoming the first-ever champion of Wood Coaster Madness? Your votes will decide!
Voting is now closed in the Frightening Four of Wood Coaster Madness. For each match-up, the "non-qualified" votes were thrown out and the percentages calculated based on the total number of votes that both coasters received. Winning rides are in bold. Here's how the voting went:
MIDWEST / SOUTH 1. The Voyage, Holiday World, IN (85%)
WEST 2. Hades, Mount Olympus, WI (15%)
INTERNATIONAL 1. Balder, Liseberg, Sweden (19%)
NORTHEAST 3. Phoenix, Knoebel's, PA (81%)
In case you're as surprised by the fall of Balder to Phoenix (especially by this huge a margin) as I am, I've included a screen shot of the results as they are displayed to me by the survey program above. So then, this is the...
FINAL MATCH-UP
MIDWEST / SOUTH 1. The Voyage, Holiday World, IN (Gravity Group)
NORTHEAST 3. Phoenix, Knoebel's, PA (PTC/Schmeck)
The ballot for this match-up will be posted shortly.
HOW THEY GOT HERE
To get to this point, one win away from being crowned champion, The Voyage and Phoenix had to defeat six tough (?) opponents in previous match-ups. Let's look back upon the path these two monsters of the midway took to get here.
The Voyage defeated (Round, Bracket, Seed #, Name, Location, Opponent % of Vote):
ROUND 1 MIDWEST/SOUTH 32. Twisted Twins, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, KY (0%)
ROUND 2 MIDWEST/SOUTH 17. Blue Streak, Cedar Point, OH (5%)
ROUND 3 MIDWEST/SOUTH 5. Rampage, Visionland, AL (13%)
SWEET 16 MIDWEST/SOUTH 4. Raven, Holiday World, IN (19%)
EXCITING 8 MIDWEST/SOUTH 3. Thunderhead, Dollywood, TN (33%)
FRIGHTENING 4 WEST 2. Hades, Mount Olympus, WI (15%)
Phoenix defeated (Round, Bracket, Seed, Name, Park, Opponent % of Vote):
ROUND 1 NORTHEAST 30. Big Dipper, Camden Park, WV (0%)
ROUND 2 NORTHEAST 8. Wild One, Six Flags America, MD (11%)
ROUND 3 NORTHEAST 19. Racer, Kennywood, PA (9%)
SWEET 16 NORTHEAST 7. Cyclone, Astroland, NY (34%)
EXCITING 8 NORTHEAST 1. Boulder Dash, Lake Compounce, CT (38%)
FRIGHTENING 4 INTERNATIONAL 1. Balder, Liseberg, Sweden (19%)
Can Phoenix rise to the occasion of stopping the heavily favored Voyage from becoming the first-ever champion of Wood Coaster Madness? Your votes will decide!
# posted by Jason @ 6:07 PM 
