Recent content by Jim in Canada

I respectfully disagree. I did a trip with ECC in 2018 and most of the European/UK folks had already been on it, some of them on multiple trips. I'll admit to being surprised by that, but apparently Kolmarden was a popular destination even before Wildfire went in. Apparently, the zoo and other...

Head over to the site and download your ballots NOW. Work on them all year (be careful not to delete the lines of parks you plan to visit this year). That gives you 9.5 months to work on it before voting goes live again. November 1st, the updated ballots will drop and all you'll have to do is...

It's not remote at all for folks in Scandinavia, where 12 of the voters live. Also, I know lots of folks from the UK pop over there when there's an airline sale. Not that remote for them, either and there were 23 voters from the UK this year.

I was really bummed that Zadra didn't make the minimum rider cutoff. Junker is awesome. I wasn't expecting anything out of it, but it's a freaking blast. Wildfire apparently got slowed down in the last couple years - maybe voters are re-riding it now and knocking it down a few pegs. Lightning...

This article pretty much sums it up: http://www.ellocoaster.com/coasteratplayland Due to Vancouver's often-crappy weather, Coaster can occasionally have sluggish days. That's a shame, because for many folks it's REALLY out of the way to visit. I know one prominent ACEr who went there after the...

Of course I have!

8: Zadra, Energylandia 4: Lightning Rod, Dollywood 7: Wildfire, Kolmården 11: Voyage, Holiday World

Yes, we considered that and will probably filter those out next year. Leaving them in this year was more or less to see what people think of them, since every park on earth is apparently planning to install one of these if they haven't already.

I was really anxious about the possibility that the steel poll wouldn't receive enough ballots to make the rankings significant. I mean, it's pretty daunting to download that ballot and see 2505 coasters (and that's after omitting the wacky worms, powered coasters, butterflies, kiddie coasters...

Here's how a few voters with really long lists handled that problem: [1] rank your top 10 (or 20 or however many you think really matter) [2] divide the rest of your list into categories like "good", "not too bad", "forgettable", "awful" (or whatever you like) [3] give each group the same...

For those with long lists (or a lot of mediocre coasters) who don't want to struggle over individual rankings, I got a ballot the other day from someone with a very long list of credits who did this: Individually ranked his top five or so, then grouped the rest of his list into the following...

There's a Facebook page and a (lesser-used) Twitter - plus awesome sites such as this one that discuss it and spread the word. I'm very cognizant about NOT spamming people, so I don't send out emails to anyone who hasn't specifically asked to be included on the mailing list - and even those...

Found some pics of ToT in the original format. This was just a few days after it opened. I was going to upload them here, but it's easier to just see the RCDB listing. My pics are #16-#23 there.

Firstly, Anaconda at Gold Reef City is everything people have said. It's easily my fave inverted. Can you imagine how the KI fanboys would've peed themselves if they'd built something this amazing instead of that "loops and not much else" Banshee? http://www.ellocoaster.com/anaconda/ Then ToT...

Parks like Blackpool can survive for ages without a new signature attraction because they've been around long enough to become a tradition. Blackpool (the city) is already a tourist destination like Vegas or New Orleans and BPB is just one of those things that you're expected to do when you...