Right then; it's 1st September, and the results of this poll are in! And they're extremely intriguing; the top 10 certainly contained a few surprises, for sure!
If you need a recap on how I calculate these rankings; basically, I take the mean ranking of each ride and divide it by the number of people who included it in order to work out a final score, similar to what the site team does for the overall poll each year.
Overall,
21 CoasterForce members ranked
28 different roller coasters, and the results determine that the site's top 10 Dutch rollercoasters are as follows:
- Untamed at Walibi Holland (RMC, 2019, Final Score 0.08673469388)
- Joris en de Draak at Efteling (GCI, 2010, Final Score 0.2191358025)
- Troy at Toverland (GCI, 2007, Final Score 0.248 recurring)
- Goliath at Walibi Holland (Intamin, 2002, Final Score 0.25)
- Baron 1898 at Efteling (B&M, 2015, Final Score 0.259 recurring)
- Lost Gravity at Walibi Holland (Mack, 2016, Final Score 0.362244898)
- De Vliegende Hollander at Efteling (KumbaK, 2007, Final Score 0.3928571429)
- Fenix at Toverland (B&M, 2018, Final Score 0.42361 recurring)
- Xpress Platform 13 at Walibi Holland (Vekoma, 2000, Final Score 0.734375)
- Vogel Rok at Efteling (Vekoma, 1998, Final Score 0.74)
So that's CF's top 10 Dutch coasters, by my reckoning! An interesting list, don't you think? Let's dive a bit deeper into the results!
Firstly, in contrast with any other region I've polled so far, we can ascertain that some of the Netherlands' most revered coasters are made of wood or have some element of wood involved with them; in a first for these polls, the entirety of the Netherlands' top 3 comprises of wooden and hybrid coasters!
Secondly, the Netherlands' top 10 coasters are newer than those of the other regions I've done so far, with a mean opening year of
2009.2, or
2009 to the nearest year! By comparison, this figure was 2006 for the UK, 2008 for Germany, 2005 for Florida, 2008 for California, and 1997 for Pennsylvania! And to be honest, it's only Vogel Rok's 1998 keeping this figure out of the 2010s; had Dwervelwind, the very close #11 (missed the top 10 by a mere 0.01!), been in the top 10, the mean opening year would have shot up to 2011! So I think it's safe to say that the Netherlands' current heavyweights are all fairly new in comparison to those of other regions!
Also, there's a very wide range of manufacturers; no manufacturer has more than 2 coasters in the list, with there being 2 GCIs, 2 B&Ms, 2 Vekomas, 1 RMC, 1 Mack, 1 KumbaK and 1 Intamin!
So that's CF's Favourite Dutch Rollercoasters! I hope you enjoyed the poll! Here's the spreadsheet, if you're interested in how I did all of this:
docs.google.com
In terms of this month's poll, be on the lookout for
CoasterForce's Favourite Japanese Rollercoasters; the topic for that one will appear shortly!