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Luce
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Luce wrote:Updated list :)

1. Helix - Liseberg/ Taron - Phantasialand
2. Colossos - Heide Park/ Superman Escape - Warner Bros Australia
3. Montu - Busch Gardens
4. Manta - SeaWorld
5. Expedition GeForce - Holiday Park
6. Troy - Toverland
7. Dragon Khan - PortAventura
8. Balder - Liseberg
9. Wodan - Europa Park
10. Karacho - Tripsdrill 
Although on relfection, I'd probably insert Olympia Looping in the middle somewhere as it's pretty awesome :)
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I’ve just realised I haven’t updated my list since I started this topic in 2014 :lol

1) Wicker Man - Alton Towers
2) Nemesis - Alton Towers
3) The Smiler - Alton Towers
4) Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa
5) Stealth - Thorpe Park
6) The Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
7) The Swarm - Thorpe Park
8 ) Oblivion - Alton Towers
9) Shiekra - Busch Gardens Tampa
10) Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
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Updated list:

1) Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
2) Nemesis - Alton Towers
3) Montu - Busch Gardens
4) Mine Blower - Fun Spot Kissimmee
5) Manta - SeaWorld Orlando
6) Chinese Fireball (RIP) - Islands of Adventure
7) Mako - SeaWorld Orlando
8 ) Wicker Man - Alton Towers
9) Olympia Looping - Wherever it is
10) Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
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1. Nemesis
2. Galactica
3. Oblivion 
4. The Smiler
5. Rita
6. Th13teen
7. Millennium (Fantasy Island)
8. Rock n’ Rollercoaster (Disneyland Paris)
9. Spinball Whizzer
10. Odyssey (Fantasy Island)
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1. Shambhala
2. Stampida
3. Furius Baco
4. Red Force
5. Rita
6. The Ultimate
7. The Swarm
8. Wicker Man
9. Grand National
10. Sheikra
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1. Wodan - Europa Park
2. Taron - Phantasialand
3. Helix - Liseberg
4. Expedition Everest - Animal Kingdom 
5. Balder - Liseberg
6. Blue Fire - Europa Park
7. Revenge of the Mummy - Universal Studios Orlando
8. Wicker Man - Alton Towers
9. Nemesis - Alton Towers
10. Goliath - Six Flags Great America 
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1.  Intimidator 305 - Kings Dominion
2.  Maverick - Cedar Point
3.  Iron Rattler - SF Fiesta Texas
4.  Millennium Force - Cedar Point
5.  Fury 325 - Carowinds
6.  The Beast - Kings Island
7.  El-Toro - SF Great Adventure
8.  Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa
9.  Griffon - Busch Gardens Willaimsburg
10.California Screemin (soon to be Incredicoaster) - Disney's California Adventure. 
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Currently...

1. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure
2. Millennium Force, Cedar Point
3. Shambhala, Port Aventura
4. Behemoth, Canada's Wonderland / Nitro, Six Flags Great Adventure (too similar to separate!)
5. Maverick, Cedar Point
6. Blue Fire, Europa Park
7. Nemesis, Alton Towers
8. ShieKra, Busch Gardens Africa
9. Incredible Hulk, Islands of Adventure
10. Gatekeeper, Cedar Point
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Guess i’ll put my top 10 here aswell then!

1. The Smiler - Alton Towers
2. Nemesis - Alton Towers
3. Manta - SeaWorld Orlando
4. Wicker Man - Alton Towers
5. Stealth - Thorpe Park
6. SheiKra - Busch Gardens Tampa
7. Hollywood RIP Ride Rocket - Universal Orlando
8. The Mummy - Universal Orlando
9. The Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
10. Stampida - PortAventura

This list will change over time!
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1.      Taron
2.      Wodan Timbur Coaster
3.      Olympia Looping
4.      Blue Fire
5.      Nemesis
6.      Joris en de Draak- Water
7.      Troy
8.      Baron 1898
9.      Black Mamba
10.  Joris en de Draak- Vuur
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  1. El Toro, Six Flags Great Adventure
  2. Big Thunder Mountain, Disneyland Paris
  3. Blue Fire Megacoaster, Europa Park
  4. Colossos, Heide Park
  5. Nemesis, Alton Towers
  6. Nitro, Six Flags Great Adventure
  7. Black Mamba, Phantasialand
  8. Goliath, Walibi Holland
  9. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Walt Disney Studios Paris
  10. Oblivion, Alton Towers

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1- Taron    
2- Helix
3- Wickerman
4- Nemesis
5- Olympia Looping
6- Baron 1898 
7- The Smiler
8- Stealth
9- The Swarm
10- Oblivion

Quite a few changes since 2016! 
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1. The Swarm
2. Nemesis
3. Saw - The Ride
4. The Smiler
5. Stealth
6. Nemesis Inferno
7. Oblivion
8. Colossus
9. Rita
10. Thirteen
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Updated top ten:

1) Wicker Man - Alton Towers
2) Icon - Blackpool Pleasure Beach
3) The Smiler - Alton Towers
4) Nemesis - Alton Towers
5) Stealth - Thorpe Park
6) Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa
7) The Incredible Hulk - Islands of Adventure
8 ) Oblivion - Alton Towers
9) The Swarm - Thorpe Park
10) Kumba - Busch Gardens Tampa
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Updated:

1) Shambhala
2) Icon
3) Stampida
4) Wicker Man
5) Rita
6) Furius Baco
7) The Swarm
8: Red Force
9) The Smiler
10) The Ultimate
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My current top 10 is:

1. Hulk
2. Nemesis
3. Expedition Everest
4. Icon
5. Wickerman
6. Duelling Dragons Fire back when it duelled
7. Big Thunder Mountain at DLP
8. Flying Aces
9. X2
10. Black Mamba
 
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1. Wildfire
2. Helix
3. Icon
4. Nemesis
5. The Smiler
6. Balder
7. The Swarm
8. Stealth
9. Kanonen
10. Lisebergbanan

Sure they aren't all the "best coasters" I've ridden some better (Saw, Revolution, Oblivion, Twister (Grona Lund) Jetline and Wickerman could all have easily got that 10th spot. I've ridden "better than them" too but in terms of my top 10 they're were they are because I found them fun, and enjoyed them the most. They're also my most reridable. I put the top 8 in a different league, Kanonen was massively underrated and theres a gap between that and 10th, but 10th place could be anything. Lisebergbanan is a classic, smooth, high capacity, thrilling, quite intense and the station and landscape is beautiful. I'm sure when it was first built they only had to chop down something tiny like 3 trees.

Also Sweden is probably the best country for the ratio of top coasters per rollercoaster and Valkyria will probably make the list.
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I'm pretty embarrassed about my list...
1. Wicker Man- Alton Towers

2- Grand National- Blackpool Pleasure Beach

3- Megafobia- Oakwood (Wales)

4- Avalanche- Blackpool Pleasure Beach

5- Vampire- Chessington WOA

6- TH13TEEN- Alton Towers

7- The Dragon- Legoland Windsor

8- Rattlesnake- Chessington WOA

9- Steeplechase- Blackpool Pleasure Beach

10- Big Dipper- Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Honourable mentions- Scorpion Express at Chessington WOA and Nickelodeon Streak at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

This is theming and coaster layout combined. Megafobia and Grand National are very close.

The coasters are all in England unless otherwise stated.

And finally- yes, my favourite type of rollercoaster is a woodie.
I can see why the beornen worship Wicker Man
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Have always said to myself I don't particularly do lists, but thought I'd give it a go.

1: Steel Vengeance
2: El Toro
2: Fury 325
3: Superman (SFNE)
4: Nitro
5: Montu
6: Expedition GeForce
7: Alpengeist
8: Helix
9: Bizarro
10: Iron Rattler
10a: Nemesis

I didn't think anything would ever top El Toro, but the sheer amount of elements SV throws at you is nuts. The length, and the fact that every part of the coaster is a feature in itself, makes it hard to beat.

#praywegetoneatthorpe

Nemesis should not compare to many of the rides in the list, but it will always be such an iconic coaster to me. It absolutely blew my socks off the first time I saw it. Not many rides have ever done that.
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Nemesis.

End of list!
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