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TS Coaster Poll 2022 - 2023 | Round 1 [Group F]

Round 1 [Group F]

  • Tornado

    Votes: 3 8.3%
  • Black Mamba

    Votes: 10 27.8%
  • Stealth

    Votes: 5 13.9%
  • Zadra

    Votes: 28 77.8%
  • Blue Fire

    Votes: 11 30.6%
  • Fonix

    Votes: 10 27.8%

  • Total voters
    36
  • Poll closed .

Danny

TS Contributor
Favourite Ride
Steel Vengeance
Please select TWO coasters from the following options. The top four will progress into the next stage.

Tornado - Bakken

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLtkX5PvXVQ


Black Mamba - Phantasialand

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DWa4MT7CQ


Stealth - Thorpe Park

From: https://youtu.be/p3KGBjqIbfc?t=7


Zadra - Energylandia

From: https://youtu.be/HnP0pAR2lc0?t=9


Blue Fire - Europa Park

From: https://youtu.be/LeNWbJlbbM4?t=39


Fonix - Farup Sommerland

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MsCq7_2vCs
 
Ridden 5/6 in this group and an easy call for me.

Zadra is my number 1 and is just absolutely insane.

Fønix is no lech but still packs a great punch, I really enjoy the stall loop and the double down

It's a tough little group this!
 
I've ridden all but Tornado.

Zadra clearly the best so that has a vote.

Whilst Tornado looks interesting, my second vote goes to Black Mamba. Love me a B&M invert
 
Zadra and Blue Fire.

Zadra is clearly the MVP. Fønix looks great.
But I love Blue Fire and voted a little tactically because it doesn't deserve to lose to Black Mamba. That ride really is Meh, yet stick it in a pit and surround it with great themeing and everyone seems to forget that.
 
I have ridden Stealth and Blue Fire from this group.

However, I am going to vote for neither. In my view, Zadra and Fonix look like this group's strongest rides.
 
Zadra and Fonix are the clear winners in this group but I hope Blue Fire and Stealth also make it through.

Non riders do not be fooled, Tornado is a truly vile contraption. The worst coaster I've ever ridden.
 
Ridden 3 of them. Blue Fire being the most disappointing, Back Mamba being my favourite of the 3. Better than I thought it would be actually.
 
Zadra is the clear winner here. Then for me it is between Blue Fire and Fonix. I love Blue Fire, but think Fonix looks a tad better, so it gets my vote.
 
I'll raise my hand and say I actually did vote for Tornado. It looks outrageous, whether that be good or bad. I intend to find out next year regardless.
 
Went for Zadra and Blue Fire even though I've never actually ridden either of them...

Zadra is a no-brainer as an RMC.

I can see that Black Mamba is doing well but tbh I wasn't as sold on it as I expected to be, it just didn't have the oomph that I would expect from a B&M invert. Came off it feeling a bit nonplussed.
 
Tough one, I've only done half of the rides here so it's tricky to come up with a fair assessment of all of them.

Of the ones I have done, I'm a big fan of Stealth (though not enough to join a queue as long as on that POV). I'm not entirely sure I can justify voting for it here though. I have a huge amount of respect for what Blue Fire has done both at EP and for Mack rides but in the grand scheme of things aside from the final roll it's not really THAT great. Black Mamba meanwhile has bounced all over my ratings. I think I once put it top on a Mitch Hawker ballot in about 2009, whilst 10 years on it sat towards the bottom of my list of inverts. I think slightly higher of it now but it's certainly not going to be getting a vote from me in this group

Of the ones I haven't done, I've done enough RMCs to know that this one is clearly one of Europe's top coasters (though I'm not sure how well it stacks up against other RMCs). Though I've not done Fønix yet, if it's anywhere near as good as Lech it'd be in contention for a vote. Tornado meanwhile is the real unknown quantity here. I missed a chance to ride back in 2014 and in the years since I've heard a lot of strongly negative reviews of it but also just enough that are strongly positive to keep my interest. I don't think I can justify a vote for it though, as there's a decent chance I'll end up hating it.

TL/DR: even though I've not done it, Zadra is clearly the best ride here. I suspect Fønix would be my 2nd favourite of the 6th if I were to ride all of them
 
Though I've not done Fønix yet, if it's anywhere near as good as Lech it'd be in contention for a vote.
It's pretty good but not quite the same class as Lech. Then again, not much is.
 
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