This group, as stated by the majority, is a very difficult one to judge. The top three and bottom two jumped out at me immediately, but those coasters which remained are all so insanely different, and have different types of appeal, that it was difficult to make the comparison. Quite honestly, if I were asked to rank the rides again tomorrow, by answer could vary considerably, but I'm satisfied enough with it.
10. Poseidon - I stand by the statement that both Blaze and I made in the first round of voting... this can't exactly be considered a coaster. The difference being this time around that, even pretending that it is, it's easily the weakest attraction in the group. Granted, the theming is rather impressive, but the ride offers so little in terms of thrills that it's essentially just a glorified log flume.
9. Colorado Adventure - My low ranking of this particular coaster in the first group was criticised somewhat, but I find it impossible to consider it being placed any higher here. Having ridden neither, other than through POV footage, I continue to see this as a poor man's Big Thunder Mountain, so to speak. Though I appreciate that some people would speak out against that. Still, it has excellent theming.
8. Anubis: The Ride - I remain unimpressed by the looks of this coaster, to be brutally honest. The theming is pretty much pathetic, and I maintain that it doesn't quite make the distinction between fmaily-thrill and full on thrill coaster. For the most part, it's a family-thrill layout, but there's certainly a very strange and out of place inversion, in my view, at least. Eh, it doesn't appeal.
7. Kanonen - It looks like a very average Intamin launch coaster. Better than Rita and Stealth, certainly... but still not entirely my cup of tea. Ignoring the fact that it looks like a bit of a head-banger, and that the theming is a tad on the 'meh' side, to say the least, it could be considered a decent coaster.
6. Goliath - It a big air-time machine with nothing much else going on. In some groups this would be worthy of qualification, in this one it's most certainly not, in my view. Granted, I'd be a fair bit of fun, first time round. But the characterless nature of the coaster, the feeling that it is just a metal structure is all too prominent. Every other coaster in this group has character, I feel.
5. The Ultimate* - It's certainly not every coaster that I've ever dreamed of in one.
Dubbed the 'Marmite coaster' on here, I find myself in the minority in finding it to be fairly middle of the range. Granted, it's very different from other coasters, but that doesn't necessarily make it any better nor worse than is average. It's packed full of air-time, I like that. It's rough, I find that to be both a positive and a negative. It drags in places... that's not something which should be said about any coaster.
4. Katun - A fantastic looking B&M inverted coaster, and my favourite of them in this particular poll, certainly ahead of Inferno and Montu. Granted, it's a little bit by-the-numbers, but the various elements do look individually superb, and it's certainly a coaster which I would like to see in the next round. That being said, I wouldn't object to it's departure in favour of The Ultimate, entirely.
3. Tonerre de Zeus - It's a wooden coaster, granted, and thus it was always likely the recieve a high placing from me. But unlike with Troy, I'm struggling to see where the hype is coming from. It does look really fun, I'll admit, but it's layout is a bit bland, no? Still... I'm not going to turn my nose up at an air-time packed wooden coaster. :P
2. Troy - In my view, the second best wooden coaster in the poll (marginally edging out Megafobia, and falling short of Balder), this is a coaster which I have an overwhelming desire to ride. I'm not sure what there is to say about it which isn't obvious; twists and turns, air-time, significant drops... it has it all!
1. Raptor - I've now made the decision that I consider this to be the best coaster in the entire competition. It's one of very, very few which looks to provide a thrilling and fun layout, in terms of track and train, along with an utterly superb level of theming. This is an absolute gem of a coaster, and we can only hope that The Swarm is of a similar standard.
I think that 'ultimate'ly, the most interesting thing to see from this particular round will be where The Ultimate ends up in the rankings, and whether the new voting system will finally claim the over-achiever of last year's competition. Then again, I'm not entirely sure (personally) as to whether it actually DOES deserve to go out in this round, I found it to be rather difficult to decide which coaster to place in 4th.
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. Definatly taking my 10 points in this round ^.^ 
