@@ocho33Voyage is amazing, but don’t sleep on Legend. I think I had more fun on Legend than Voyage (except trimless Voyage 👑). And while I’m at it…don’t sleep on Raven either. That park easily has the best woodie collection in the world. Their worst woodie could easily be a #1 woodie at most parks. Unreal.
Oh I'm so glad Prowler made this list! I'm also very glad you got a night ride. Truly one of a kind. This coaster is top notch at night during Halloween though. There's a haunted house next door so the fog machines fill the valley this coaster sits in, making it a truly ethereal experience.
I'm close to riding all of America's wood coasters & towards that goal did an extensive trip in 2022 & was blown away by several coasters on this great video. Voyage, at night, now takes the honor of second most intense & insane coaster I've ridden. First is Texas Cyclone b4 it was tamed. Rode Legend years ago with Gerstlauers & didn't like it, but now it's incredible! Gold Striker has become a favorite & Ghostrider absolutely kicks ass. Fell in love with Apocalypse, too. Thunderhead became another favorite & at night it hints at the intensity of Voyage. Mystic Timbers blew me away! I was completely shocked & caught off guard by 3 little Gravity Group coasters whose power, airtime & laterals are just insane for their size, Wooden Warrior, Roar O Saurus, and Kentucky Flyer! Incredible, all 3! If anyone is passing these because they're small, _think twice_ and ride them! Oscar's Wacky Taxi is great, too! I'm a Texan & Boardwalk Bullet is my current #3 or #4, it's a top-tier ride! Rampage has been a top 10 since it opened. Have you ridden the incredible Vancouver Coaster? Your wood coaster taste looks similar to mine & Coaster is one of my favorites. LOVE Coney Cyclone, too!
I got to ride Mine Blower as my first big wooden coaster in February. It's really unfortunate that it's somehow so brutal but god DAMN the layout is awesome. So much powerful airtime, the timberliners are amazingly comfortable, and the zero g roll is also one of Florida's best inversions. Thankfully, John Arie Jr (CEO of Fun Spot America) said during a tour of ArieForce One before it opened that he's aware of how rough Mine Blower is, and a retrack will most likely happen in the late summer/early fall. About damn time.
Out of my nearly 170 coaster credits to date, only 30 happen to be wooden credits so far. Here's my list thus far and at the end some bucket list woodies I want to get this year. 1. The Beast Kings Island 2. Pheonix Knoebles 3. The Boss 6FlagsStLouis 4. Screamin Eagle 6FlagsStLouis 5. Twister Knoebles 6. The Racer Kings Island 7. Thunderbolt Kennywood 8. Thunderhead Dollywood 9. Lightning Racer Hersheypark 10. Mean Streak Cedar Point 11. American Eagle 6FlagsGreatAmerica 12. American Thunder 6FlagsStLouis 13. Great American Scream Machine 6FlagsOverGA 14. Thunder Run KYKingdom 15. Viper 6FlagsGreatAmerica 16. InvadR Busch Gardens Williamsburg 17. Mystic Timbers Kings Island 18. El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure 19. Blue Streak Cedar Point 20. Skyliner Lakemont Park 21. Tornado Stickers Grove 22. Jack Rabbit Kennywood 23. Racer Kennywood 24. Comet Hersheypark 25. Woodstock Express Kings Island 26. Big Dipper Camden Park 27 Kentucky Flyer KYKingdom 28. Teddy Bear Stickers Grove 29. Leap the Dips Lakemont Park 30. Little Dipper Camden Park Bucket List 1. The Voyage Holiday World 2. The Legend Holiday World 3. Boulder Dash Lake Compounce 4. Grizzly Kings Dominion 5. Mighty Canadian Minebuster Canada's Wonderland (I would love the Silverwood credits as well however it's over 25hr drive from where I live in Ohio so probably isn't happening anytime soon)
Oh man, StoryLand?!? I grew up with that park! Many weekend trips with my family to StoryLand, Six Gun City, or Canobie Lake Park. I still call Canobie Lake Park my home park even though I haven't been in years.
Shivering timbers is definitely top ten and so would hades 360 at mount olympus if it wasn't so rough, top 10 tallest goes upside down, tunnel, massive drop over 4000 ft of track.
For me 1. El Toro 2. Phoenix 3. Renegade 4. Outlaw Run 5. Voyage (need to re ride this, was super busy when I went so didn’t get many rides) 6. Goliath 7. Legend 8. Boss 9. Prowler 10. Screamin Eagle 11. Thunderhead 12. American Thunder 13. Mystic Timbers 14. Cornball Express 15. Raven I think this list would be pretty different if my brother and I didn’t visit Holiday World on the busiest day of the year in 2021 😂
...Other notable wooden coasters I've ridden: - Mr. Twister at the original Elitch Gardens was the first *big* coaster I ever rode. At the time, it was a little too much for me, but I rode it years later and was able to appreciate it. It was an amazing ride, a lateral-packed twister layout with nothing but a buzzbar restraint. Twister at Knoebels is an attempt at evoking it; I have not ridden that so don't know how it compares. - The Yankee Cannonball at my home park, Canobie Lake Park, is a classic 1930s out-and-back that seems to be a polarizing ride now: a lot of enthusiasts think the retracking it got several years back robbed it of power. I just appreciate how smooth it made the ride, honestly. It's a very popular ride in any event and always seems to have a half-hour-plus line.
It makes me so happy to see Gold Striker getting the love it deserves. It has some of the best pacing of any coaster and personally ranks at my number four out of 100 credits.
I was surprised to see Tremors on here, I thought it was a good ride from the one ride I got on it (it takes forever to get through the line) but I wasn't expecting it to be on here based on all the coasters you've been on. Tremors also places 10th out of 30 on my list of coasters.
Only 186 out of over 5,500 coasters on earth are wooden? That's very low. BTW you forgot Coaster at Playland which was good until October 31st 2020 My other favourites I've ridden in chronological order are Ghostrider, El Toro and The Cyclone at Coney Island at Luna Beach Brooklyn NYC NY followed by Goliath at SFGA ILL. My 3 biggest bucket list coasters are Velocicoaster, The Voyage and Fury 325, and I'll be visiting Carowinds for my 1st time next week. Thanks for posting!
We have the same name, and the same #1 pick! Voyage also won in a landslide for me. It's my favorite coaster of all time. Granted my coaster count is only 288 but the only coaster that comes even remotely close to it is X2. I went to Holiwood Nights in 2021, 2022 and 2023. I'll miss Voyage in 2024!!
I live in Northern California and am happy to see the venerable Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz make your list. It's my favorite roller coaster, but I am a chicken so taller and more extreme rides don't appeal to me. I haven't been to Great America in Santa Clara in decades, and having taken a recent interest in roller coasters, I now feel the need to try to get there to ride Gold Striker. I'm a little afraid it will be too extreme for me, but knowing the park is slated to close, I feel compelled to try to ride it.
Excellent video. As an enthusiast I must admit Wooden Coasters are my favorite. There's nothing like the "out of control" feeling they can have. Although I do disagree with your placement of Ghost Rider I still respect it. I was also happy to see Prowler and Renegade listed where they are on your list. I absolutely love both of them and think they don't get as much love as they deserve.
Ah, a fellow Renegade enjoyer I see. Thanks for using my footage for Renegade! I’ll be riding 10 of the coasters on this list for the first time in 2023, so I’m super excited!
I feel like maybe Joris en de Draak at Efteling deserves a spot, even if at the bottom of this list. That pre drop has some good laterals and speed and if you sit in the back, there's some decent airtime in the first drop. The lay-out is really good, the only complaint I have is at the very end, just before the finish it lets off a bit. Also, it's very loud. But the dueling element is also cool.
Nice list been on all of them less Cyclone and the ones in Europe. I've also been on Rampage, Cornball Express, Hades 360, and Goliath (SfGAM), and plan on getting on Shivering Timbers later this year. You aren't the only one that puts Renegade over Mystic Timbers. I also have it one spot ahead. Both are very good rides although I also agree with you that GoldStriker is the best GCI. But I would take GhostRider over GoldStriker. Again nice list!
Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce is my favorite wooden roller coaster. Some of my other favorites include Hades 360 at Mt. Olympus, Timberhawk at Wild Waves, Outlaw at Adventureland, Apocalypse and the former Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain, The Beast at Kings Island (haven't ridden Mystic Timbers yet), Goliath and American Eagle at Six Flags Great America (haven't ridden Viper yet), Renegade at Valleyfair and The Wild One at Six Flags America. I'll be visiting Michigan's Adventure, Dollywood, Holiday World and Indiana Beach this summer so it will be cool to check their wooden coasters next.
Glad to see legend so high on the list, one of the most underrated woodies imo. Its the king of laterals and has great airtime aswell. My second favorite CCI behind cornball express.
I'm excited for my first year at HWN this year too. I've ridden Voyage with trims and it was amazing, but I currently still rank Gold Striker just barely above it. But after this June, Voyage will probably pull back ahead into my top 5. Especially since the retrack will have fixed my only small issues with the ride.
Wow 😮 Holiday World is on your list three times!!! My Children have been before when they were younger! I want to really go for real for real after watching You on RUclips yay 😂❤🎉
El Toro is a ride I’ve grown to hate, haven’t ridden Coastasaurs since it’s first year as a LEGOLAND coaster. I think Wodan might be my only GCI and it’s my #1 over Blue Fire and Steel Vengeance. I haven’t ridden the Holiday World woodies since 2016 and I have family out there so I have no excuse not to go to Holiday World-no club membership necessary. I prefer Wacky Taxi to Timber simply because the latter always left me stapled out of the gate. I did get to ride Wildcat in 2017 so I didn’t have any reason to go back for it and I find Lightning Racer enjoyable-but I need to get back on Comet. I’d still put Phoenix over Twister, but it’s close. Coaster Express is either rough af or forceless, but I did find HellCat’s second half to more than make up for its first half which is bad as people say it is. I need to ride more GCI’s and I’ve always classed Lightning Rod as it’s own thing. It’s like the Norristown High Speed Line, it defies categorization
I'm so fortunate to have Holiday World as my home park! It's instilled such a love of wooden coasters in me! Normally I'd rank Legend a lot lower due to how rough it's been, but the last couple years it's been significantly smoother, allowing the coaster to really show off it's strengths!
Rode the cyclon in march for the 1st time and it blew me away when i seen it was no seatbelts & dividers i knew it would blow my expectations & on my 2nd ride i rode next to a young boy and we were getting tossed around real bad😂😂
Makes me so happy you finally got to ride the wooden coasters at holiday world. It really is the wooden coaster Mecca. Can’t wait to hopefully meet you at holiwood nights this year. Voyage has been my #1 for almost a whole year now. It’s unrealZ
The fact that kings island built the beast themselves is unbelievable considering the result. Sin of beast was also incredible, and I'm grateful I got that credit as a kid. Hoping for an rmc sin if beast in the future.
Boardwalk Bullet is my #1, but your Top 4 are all still on my bucket list. Outlaw Run’s restraint’s absolutely crushed me but night rides were incredible regardless
It's a good list. I'd put Texas Stingray in there somewhere. Also makes me realize perhaps Leviathan is a top 5 woodie. GoldStriker is my favorite GCI and i'd rank them very close together based on my experiences.
All roller coasters in the intro respectively : Fury 325 Kondaa Intimidator 305 Zadra Velocicoaster Untamed ( Walibi Holland ) Stormrunner Mystic X2 Flight Deck ( Californias Great America ) An RMC Ibox ( probably Medusa steel coaster but I could be wrong ) Expedition GeForce Lost Gravity Skyrush Kraken Fonix SpongeBob SquarePants : Rock Bottom Plunge Emperor Felix Goliath ( Walibi Holland ) Batman : The Dark Knight Iron Gwazi Adrenaline Peak Xcelerator Full Throttle Flug Der Daemonen The other Flight Deck Piraten Silver Star Lech Coaster Lightning Rod Taron Top Thrill Dragster The Ride To Happiness Also, Great video! I personally wouldn’t consider rides like Voyage or Mine Blower to be wooden coasters because of their Steel supports, so my favorite wooden coaster as of now is Mystic Timbers. Also, interesting how now a section of White Lightning is 100% steel after the Titan track.
Here in Australia, apart from the worlds oldest continuously operated wood coaster “Scenic Railway” at Luna Park Melbourne, we only have one woody - Leviathan at SeaWorld, Gold Coast, designed by the Gravity Group. I attempted to marathon Leviathan last week but only managed 6 rides before it started giving me a headache. It has some pretty awful rough moments which I hope they can fix on its first annual maintenance.
@@bigpoetothegibdo5987 i've been on that one too!! apparently the original version was "elvis' favorite coaster". it's been a while, but if i remember correctly, it has some great airtime
@@calebo56 it was constructed in the east end park in Tennessee in the mid 1910's by john a miller called the pippin however after it was hit by a tornado it had to rebuilt so in 1923 it opened in liberty land called zippin pippin and was labelled to be higher and longer until the park closed and a lot of parts were left to rot but thankfully gravity group came in and used the exact same blueprint as the original and rebuilt it in bay beach Wisconsin (and yes this was in fact elvis's favorite coaster)
What if they build the dive coaster to like Ovblivion, but have the whole layout under ground with part of it above ground it’ll be a first of its kind
I haven't done Troy in 2022 but i did like it better then Wodan before. Love to do the ones in the states well there are some on the list in the tripp i'm doing in may.
While I don't think it would stand up to the modern wooden coaster, one wooden coast I really liked back in the day (1970's) was the original Mr. Twister at the original Elitch Gardens park. It was an amazing ride that usually made the top-10 lists of coasters in the US. Sadly, the current Twister II at the current Elitch's location is brutal; the ride is rough, the laterals are brutal, and they removed most of the best elements of the original (only the original hill and drop remain). To try the classics, I would love to ride the Big Dipper and the Coney Island Cyclone -- however, no idea when...
The boss used to be absolutely amazing. When it had the helix at the end they didn’t have the break run almost stop the train. Sadly it seems it’s just not well kept and very rough now
This guy knows coasters! “The Voyage” at Holiday World is THEE best wooden coaster operating. The now defunct “Son Of Beast” might’ve been the only thing better. The thing was over 7,000 feet long with a 218 foot drop, making it a wooden hyper-coaster, and it reached 78 mph. I never got to ride the thing, damnit. So I’ll never know just how great it was. The Voyage, though, is the best thing going now….
Totally respect your opinion but I was hoping Ghostrider would be in the top five. And I think it’s interesting that Drews top 101 roller coasters put ghost rider ahead of Gold Striker but that was a fan based rating. Thanks for the video.
Ok... so when I road Voyage in 2015... it was rough... I have been back now in October of 2023 and road it 9 times. I've processed this.... In its current condition.... it is the best wooden rollercoaster by far... though Ravine Flyer 2(plan to ride next season)looks very similar it is only half as long. I will be at Holiwood Nights and I am really excited to experience Voyage at night trimless.
I love to see my home park's gci, Goldstriker, at number 4. im going there this thursday and I can't wait to ride it. it's really unfortuinate that Cedar fair is planning to close the park and I hope that the city steps in and keeps the park
While I think that goldstriker has amazing pacing and good laterals I rode it about 10 times last year when I went to CGA and was not overly amazed with the hype it continually gets. I might’ve just caught it on a bad day but I got almost no airtime. However Ghostrider constantly gives ridiculous airtime anytime I ride it and probably one of the best night rides. I think ghost should’ve been a bit higher but I can see where you’re coming from with goldstriker. Everyone has their preferences with woodies and I love seeing how everyone puts them at different spots.
I think cú Chulainn at Emerald park Ireland could have been on this list but mabye not top 25 mabye hounrable mentions but it is a top tear wooden coaster in my opinion
I must be in the minority but I’ve never gotten the appeal of thunderhead. Maybe my times I’ve ridden it was running poorly but I never found it particularly intense or to give any noteworthy forces. Maybe I’m spoiled by Renegade at my home park (only thing valleyfair spoils you with) and my work trips to china for wooden coasters (which are my favorite) but thunderhead is far outside my top 25 wood coasters
Some wooden coasters that probably are better than El toro: T express (i rode it and couldn't even believe the ejector airtime) Lightning rod before hybrid conversion (you know the reason)
So happy to see that Goldstriker and Prowler made the list. If they were located at a more high profile park or area, they’d be way more popular.
Both terrific rides!
I grew up near Holiday World with season passes my whole childhood, so I’m super spoiled with woodies, but they’ll also always be my favorite.
I am so glad someone else ranks The Voyage #1. I love El Toro but the Voyage knocked me out. It’s the best I have ever been on.
Seems that’s the consensus. Literally the only reason I’ll ever visit Indiana
@@ocho33Voyage is amazing, but don’t sleep on Legend. I think I had more fun on Legend than Voyage (except trimless Voyage 👑).
And while I’m at it…don’t sleep on Raven either. That park easily has the best woodie collection in the world. Their worst woodie could easily be a #1 woodie at most parks. Unreal.
Shivering Timbers not being on here is a terrible sin.
He didn’t ride it
Same with Steel Vengeance.. yes, blah, blah, blah...
The Beast, The Voyage, Phoenix, Ghostrider, Gold Striker, Raven, Legend and El Toro are on my bucket list
All amazing rides!
El toro is ridiculous!
Oh I'm so glad Prowler made this list! I'm also very glad you got a night ride. Truly one of a kind. This coaster is top notch at night during Halloween though. There's a haunted house next door so the fog machines fill the valley this coaster sits in, making it a truly ethereal experience.
I love that you included Excalibur. Funtown is my homepark and Excalibur is still one of my favourite woodies
Fantastic video! Holiday World is such a special park, with legendary roller coasters
I'm close to riding all of America's wood coasters & towards that goal did an extensive trip in 2022 & was blown away by several coasters on this great video. Voyage, at night, now takes the honor of second most intense & insane coaster I've ridden. First is Texas Cyclone b4 it was tamed. Rode Legend years ago with Gerstlauers & didn't like it, but now it's incredible! Gold Striker has become a favorite & Ghostrider absolutely kicks ass. Fell in love with Apocalypse, too. Thunderhead became another favorite & at night it hints at the intensity of Voyage. Mystic Timbers blew me away! I was completely shocked & caught off guard by 3 little Gravity Group coasters whose power, airtime & laterals are just insane for their size, Wooden Warrior, Roar O Saurus, and Kentucky Flyer! Incredible, all 3! If anyone is passing these because they're small, _think twice_ and ride them! Oscar's Wacky Taxi is great, too! I'm a Texan & Boardwalk Bullet is my current #3 or #4, it's a top-tier ride! Rampage has been a top 10 since it opened. Have you ridden the incredible Vancouver Coaster? Your wood coaster taste looks similar to mine & Coaster is one of my favorites. LOVE Coney Cyclone, too!
leviathan was insane. Those laterals and turns are epic and i literally screamed so loud for the first time on a rollercoadter
I got to ride Mine Blower as my first big wooden coaster in February. It's really unfortunate that it's somehow so brutal but god DAMN the layout is awesome. So much powerful airtime, the timberliners are amazingly comfortable, and the zero g roll is also one of Florida's best inversions. Thankfully, John Arie Jr (CEO of Fun Spot America) said during a tour of ArieForce One before it opened that he's aware of how rough Mine Blower is, and a retrack will most likely happen in the late summer/early fall. About damn time.
That’s great news! Thanks for letting me know.
I hope they get Gravity Group to do a complete retracting with the precut track. That stuff is glossy smooth.
Out of my nearly 170 coaster credits to date, only 30 happen to be wooden credits so far. Here's my list thus far and at the end some bucket list woodies I want to get this year.
1. The Beast Kings Island
2. Pheonix Knoebles
3. The Boss 6FlagsStLouis
4. Screamin Eagle 6FlagsStLouis
5. Twister Knoebles
6. The Racer Kings Island
7. Thunderbolt Kennywood
8. Thunderhead Dollywood
9. Lightning Racer Hersheypark
10. Mean Streak Cedar Point
11. American Eagle 6FlagsGreatAmerica
12. American Thunder 6FlagsStLouis
13. Great American Scream Machine 6FlagsOverGA
14. Thunder Run KYKingdom
15. Viper 6FlagsGreatAmerica
16. InvadR Busch Gardens Williamsburg
17. Mystic Timbers Kings Island
18. El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure
19. Blue Streak Cedar Point
20. Skyliner Lakemont Park
21. Tornado Stickers Grove
22. Jack Rabbit Kennywood
23. Racer Kennywood
24. Comet Hersheypark
25. Woodstock Express Kings Island
26. Big Dipper Camden Park
27 Kentucky Flyer KYKingdom
28. Teddy Bear Stickers Grove
29. Leap the Dips Lakemont Park
30. Little Dipper Camden Park
Bucket List
1. The Voyage Holiday World
2. The Legend Holiday World
3. Boulder Dash Lake Compounce
4. Grizzly Kings Dominion
5. Mighty Canadian Minebuster Canada's Wonderland
(I would love the Silverwood credits as well however it's over 25hr drive from where I live in Ohio so probably isn't happening anytime soon)
Oh man, StoryLand?!? I grew up with that park! Many weekend trips with my family to StoryLand, Six Gun City, or Canobie Lake Park. I still call Canobie Lake Park my home park even though I haven't been in years.
The Voyage looks like the Bobemian Rhapsody of roller coasters (I have no idea what I mean by that)
Thats very true! They are both grand journeys!
love to have boardwalk bullet at my home park!
So incredibly stoked for Holiwood Nights for night rides on the Raven and the Legend, and of course, trimless Voyage!
I would love to go night riding some time hope I have not missed them all
Shivering timbers is definitely top ten and so would hades 360 at mount olympus if it wasn't so rough, top 10 tallest goes upside down, tunnel, massive drop over 4000 ft of track.
For me
1. El Toro
2. Phoenix
3. Renegade
4. Outlaw Run
5. Voyage (need to re ride this, was super busy when I went so didn’t get many rides)
6. Goliath
7. Legend
8. Boss
9. Prowler
10. Screamin Eagle
11. Thunderhead
12. American Thunder
13. Mystic Timbers
14. Cornball Express
15. Raven
I think this list would be pretty different if my brother and I didn’t visit Holiday World on the busiest day of the year in 2021 😂
My son and I just rode Giant Dipper yesterday in the Rain ! It was awesome 👌
...Other notable wooden coasters I've ridden:
- Mr. Twister at the original Elitch Gardens was the first *big* coaster I ever rode. At the time, it was a little too much for me, but I rode it years later and was able to appreciate it. It was an amazing ride, a lateral-packed twister layout with nothing but a buzzbar restraint. Twister at Knoebels is an attempt at evoking it; I have not ridden that so don't know how it compares.
- The Yankee Cannonball at my home park, Canobie Lake Park, is a classic 1930s out-and-back that seems to be a polarizing ride now: a lot of enthusiasts think the retracking it got several years back robbed it of power. I just appreciate how smooth it made the ride, honestly. It's a very popular ride in any event and always seems to have a half-hour-plus line.
I know it’s technically a hybrid, but I’m kind of surprised Steel Vengeance didn’t make the list.
Great video! I liked seeing Mystic Timbers, The Beast, and the 3 wooden Holiday World coasters that high.
El Toro is seriously so good! Wow I definitely have to ride the Voyage, this makes me want to ride it even more now too
It makes me so happy to see Gold Striker getting the love it deserves. It has some of the best pacing of any coaster and personally ranks at my number four out of 100 credits.
I still can't get over that intro 🥹
I was surprised to see Tremors on here, I thought it was a good ride from the one ride I got on it (it takes forever to get through the line) but I wasn't expecting it to be on here based on all the coasters you've been on. Tremors also places 10th out of 30 on my list of coasters.
I'm truly surprised that Tonnerre 2 Zeus at Parc Astérix didn't make your "honorable mention" section. I'm not sure if you had chance to ride it yet.
Only 186 out of over 5,500 coasters on earth are wooden? That's very low. BTW you forgot Coaster at Playland which was good until October 31st 2020 My other favourites I've ridden in chronological order are Ghostrider, El Toro and The Cyclone at Coney Island at Luna Beach Brooklyn NYC NY followed by Goliath at SFGA ILL. My 3 biggest bucket list coasters are Velocicoaster, The Voyage and Fury 325, and I'll be visiting Carowinds for my 1st time next week. Thanks for posting!
We have the same name, and the same #1 pick! Voyage also won in a landslide for me. It's my favorite coaster of all time. Granted my coaster count is only 288 but the only coaster that comes even remotely close to it is X2.
I went to Holiwood Nights in 2021, 2022 and 2023. I'll miss Voyage in 2024!!
I live in Northern California and am happy to see the venerable Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz make your list. It's my favorite roller coaster, but I am a chicken so taller and more extreme rides don't appeal to me. I haven't been to Great America in Santa Clara in decades, and having taken a recent interest in roller coasters, I now feel the need to try to get there to ride Gold Striker. I'm a little afraid it will be too extreme for me, but knowing the park is slated to close, I feel compelled to try to ride it.
Excellent video. As an enthusiast I must admit Wooden Coasters are my favorite. There's nothing like the "out of control" feeling they can have. Although I do disagree with your placement of Ghost Rider I still respect it. I was also happy to see Prowler and Renegade listed where they are on your list. I absolutely love both of them and think they don't get as much love as they deserve.
Intamin also has T-Express in South Korea
Ah, a fellow Renegade enjoyer I see. Thanks for using my footage for Renegade! I’ll be riding 10 of the coasters on this list for the first time in 2023, so I’m super excited!
WHATTTAAAHELLLL
I feel like maybe Joris en de Draak at Efteling deserves a spot, even if at the bottom of this list. That pre drop has some good laterals and speed and if you sit in the back, there's some decent airtime in the first drop. The lay-out is really good, the only complaint I have is at the very end, just before the finish it lets off a bit. Also, it's very loud. But the dueling element is also cool.
Nice list been on all of them less Cyclone and the ones in Europe. I've also been on Rampage, Cornball Express, Hades 360, and Goliath (SfGAM), and plan on getting on Shivering Timbers later this year. You aren't the only one that puts Renegade over Mystic Timbers. I also have it one spot ahead. Both are very good rides although I also agree with you that GoldStriker is the best GCI. But I would take GhostRider over GoldStriker. Again nice list!
I LOVE THE BEAST
Swamp Fox from Family Kingdom might be the most underrated wooden coaster in America
The comet ? I feel it deserves an honourable mention as it is very similar to the cyclone
What about GASM at SFOG,
didn’t make the cut. wasn’t all too close either. the best worst coaster ever.
@@CoasterDash yeah, it’s a good bad coaster, totally fair to not put it anywhere near the rest of this list
Thunderhead is running really good since the re-track.
Thanks for putting Beast in your Top 25. I’m looking forward to a ride with the re-track.
RIP Mean Streak. You'll always be my favorite Woodie.
Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce is my favorite wooden roller coaster. Some of my other favorites include Hades 360 at Mt. Olympus, Timberhawk at Wild Waves, Outlaw at Adventureland, Apocalypse and the former Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain, The Beast at Kings Island (haven't ridden Mystic Timbers yet), Goliath and American Eagle at Six Flags Great America (haven't ridden Viper yet), Renegade at Valleyfair and The Wild One at Six Flags America. I'll be visiting Michigan's Adventure, Dollywood, Holiday World and Indiana Beach this summer so it will be cool to check their wooden coasters next.
Glad to see legend so high on the list, one of the most underrated woodies imo. Its the king of laterals and has great airtime aswell. My second favorite CCI behind cornball express.
Wicker Man at Alton Towers.
Bro you really put the boss that high, I can see from the POV it’s going dude to side
I'm excited for my first year at HWN this year too. I've ridden Voyage with trims and it was amazing, but I currently still rank Gold Striker just barely above it. But after this June, Voyage will probably pull back ahead into my top 5. Especially since the retrack will have fixed my only small issues with the ride.
For me, I’ve got:
1. El Toro
2. Outlaw Run
3. Beast
4. Voyage
5. Legend
6. Hades 360
7. Shivering Timbers
Thunderhead is my favorite GCI btw
Ahhh buddy I am so glad you included Renegade 😎 I was able to ride it in 2008 when it was still quite new, it was so smooth and so much fun!
Super Mario Sunshine music as background music is the real #1 here
Wow 😮 Holiday World is on your list three times!!! My Children have been before when they were younger! I want to really go for real for real after watching You on RUclips yay 😂❤🎉
El Toro is a ride I’ve grown to hate, haven’t ridden Coastasaurs since it’s first year as a LEGOLAND coaster. I think Wodan might be my only GCI and it’s my #1 over Blue Fire and Steel Vengeance. I haven’t ridden the Holiday World woodies since 2016 and I have family out there so I have no excuse not to go to Holiday World-no club membership necessary. I prefer Wacky Taxi to Timber simply because the latter always left me stapled out of the gate. I did get to ride Wildcat in 2017 so I didn’t have any reason to go back for it and I find Lightning Racer enjoyable-but I need to get back on Comet. I’d still put Phoenix over Twister, but it’s close. Coaster Express is either rough af or forceless, but I did find HellCat’s second half to more than make up for its first half which is bad as people say it is. I need to ride more GCI’s and I’ve always classed Lightning Rod as it’s own thing. It’s like the Norristown High Speed Line, it defies categorization
I rode El Toro last summer and I just couldn't enjoy it. Too fast to where you can't really enjoy the elements
I'm so fortunate to have Holiday World as my home park! It's instilled such a love of wooden coasters in me!
Normally I'd rank Legend a lot lower due to how rough it's been, but the last couple years it's been significantly smoother, allowing the coaster to really show off it's strengths!
I just rode gold striker and wow it was amazing! (I went to CGA today)
Rode the cyclon in march for the 1st time and it blew me away when i seen it was no seatbelts & dividers i knew it would blow my expectations & on my 2nd ride i rode next to a young boy and we were getting tossed around real bad😂😂
You need to get on Wildfire (Kolmarden)… it’s insane!
Absolutely Loved Every Minute.
Makes me so happy you finally got to ride the wooden coasters at holiday world. It really is the wooden coaster Mecca. Can’t wait to hopefully meet you at holiwood nights this year. Voyage has been my #1 for almost a whole year now. It’s unrealZ
I bet Bandit at Movie Park Germany was this close to making the cut🤌🏼
The fact that kings island built the beast themselves is unbelievable considering the result. Sin of beast was also incredible, and I'm grateful I got that credit as a kid. Hoping for an rmc sin if beast in the future.
You have got come to Texas and ride Switchback at ZDTs. It’s such an out of control fast paced ride . And a shuttle !
I got to ride Switchback in 2020! It’s a great little ride.
Boardwalk Bullet is my #1, but your Top 4 are all still on my bucket list. Outlaw Run’s restraint’s absolutely crushed me but night rides were incredible regardless
You gotta ride Goliath at SFGA, it may be short, but holy crap it’s awesome.
Don't forget CuChulaiin in Emerald Park, Ireland
It's a good list. I'd put Texas Stingray in there somewhere. Also makes me realize perhaps Leviathan is a top 5 woodie. GoldStriker is my favorite GCI and i'd rank them very close together based on my experiences.
All roller coasters in the intro respectively :
Fury 325
Kondaa
Intimidator 305
Zadra
Velocicoaster
Untamed ( Walibi Holland )
Stormrunner
Mystic
X2
Flight Deck ( Californias Great America )
An RMC Ibox ( probably Medusa steel coaster but I could be wrong )
Expedition GeForce
Lost Gravity
Skyrush
Kraken
Fonix
SpongeBob SquarePants : Rock Bottom Plunge
Emperor
Felix
Goliath ( Walibi Holland )
Batman : The Dark Knight
Iron Gwazi
Adrenaline Peak
Xcelerator
Full Throttle
Flug Der Daemonen
The other Flight Deck
Piraten
Silver Star
Lech Coaster
Lightning Rod
Taron
Top Thrill Dragster
The Ride To Happiness
Also, Great video! I personally wouldn’t consider rides like Voyage or Mine Blower to be wooden coasters because of their Steel supports, so my favorite wooden coaster as of now is Mystic Timbers. Also, interesting how now a section of White Lightning is 100% steel after the Titan track.
You know outlaw runs going to be high when it’s on the freaking thumbnail
@coaster dash you should visit portaventura in spain
Here in Australia, apart from the worlds oldest continuously operated wood coaster “Scenic Railway” at Luna Park Melbourne, we only have one woody - Leviathan at SeaWorld, Gold Coast, designed by the Gravity Group.
I attempted to marathon Leviathan last week but only managed 6 rides before it started giving me a headache.
It has some pretty awful rough moments which I hope they can fix on its first annual maintenance.
goliath and hades 360 are sooooo good... definitely would have been high on the list if you had been on them before
can’t wait to update this list in the future!
There is also zippin pippin at bay beach which has a lot of history and I’ve heard it’s the best roller coaster in Wisconsin
@@bigpoetothegibdo5987 i've been on that one too!! apparently the original version was "elvis' favorite coaster". it's been a while, but if i remember correctly, it has some great airtime
@@calebo56 it was constructed in the east end park in Tennessee in the mid 1910's by john a miller called the pippin however after it was hit by a tornado it had to rebuilt so in 1923 it opened in liberty land called zippin pippin and was labelled to be higher and longer until the park closed and a lot of parts were left to rot but thankfully gravity group came in and used the exact same blueprint as the original and rebuilt it in bay beach Wisconsin (and yes this was in fact elvis's favorite coaster)
@@bigpoetothegibdo5987 quite a historical coaster!!
What if they build the dive coaster to like Ovblivion, but have the whole layout under ground with part of it above ground it’ll be a first of its kind
I plan to ride Gold Striker this summer, and I am eager to see how it ranks among other GCIs.
the best of the best 💪🏻
@@CoasterDash Yes it is the best GCI!!!
I haven't done Troy in 2022 but i did like it better then Wodan before. Love to do the ones in the states well there are some on the list in the tripp i'm doing in may.
I went and rode goldstiker last week and it is an amazing ride!
While I don't think it would stand up to the modern wooden coaster, one wooden coast I really liked back in the day (1970's) was the original Mr. Twister at the original Elitch Gardens park. It was an amazing ride that usually made the top-10 lists of coasters in the US. Sadly, the current Twister II at the current Elitch's location is brutal; the ride is rough, the laterals are brutal, and they removed most of the best elements of the original (only the original hill and drop remain). To try the classics, I would love to ride the Big Dipper and the Coney Island Cyclone -- however, no idea when...
The boss used to be absolutely amazing. When it had the helix at the end they didn’t have the break run almost stop the train. Sadly it seems it’s just not well kept and very rough now
The HWN night rides are pure insanity, every coaster there runs stupidly fast
can’t wait!
Troy is great, i also like Joris en de Draak in the Efteling in the Netherlands.
Joris en de Draak was soooo close to making the cut. fabulous coaster!
I've found Joris en de Draak a much better experience than Troy. It's a shame Troy is running so rough.
I don't get the comments about Troy being rough. I visited the park three times in 2022 and have no complaints.
Troy > Wodan
@@timdruyts5025 same
This guy knows coasters! “The Voyage” at Holiday World is THEE best wooden coaster operating. The now defunct “Son Of Beast” might’ve been the only thing better. The thing was over 7,000 feet long with a 218 foot drop, making it a wooden hyper-coaster, and it reached 78 mph. I never got to ride the thing, damnit. So I’ll never know just how great it was. The Voyage, though, is the best thing going now….
I think you did fine job..😊
Ghost rider>>>>>>>> gold striker
totally reasonable, but respectfully disagree. both are terrific rides.
Every GCI >>> not a GCI
@@Nick_J_ *voyage and phoenix have entered the chat*
to be fair phoenix is criminally overrated but it’s better than a lot of GCI
@@Nick_J_ El toro>>> all GCI
@@Nick_J_ GCI is so overrated it’s not even funny. Gravity group, rmc, intamin, and even sometimes PTC honestly wipe GCI most days.
Totally respect your opinion but I was hoping Ghostrider would be in the top five. And I think it’s interesting that Drews top 101 roller coasters put ghost rider ahead of Gold Striker but that was a fan based rating. Thanks for the video.
The two wooden coasters I want to try is Thunderhead at Dollywood and Ghost Rider at Knotts Berry Farm. Ghost Rider I believe I would enjoy more.
Ok... so when I road Voyage in 2015... it was rough... I have been back now in October of 2023 and road it 9 times. I've processed this.... In its current condition.... it is the best wooden rollercoaster by far... though Ravine Flyer 2(plan to ride next season)looks very similar it is only half as long. I will be at Holiwood Nights and I am really excited to experience Voyage at night trimless.
I love to see my home park's gci, Goldstriker, at number 4. im going there this thursday and I can't wait to ride it. it's really unfortuinate that Cedar fair is planning to close the park and I hope that the city steps in and keeps the park
While I think that goldstriker has amazing pacing and good laterals I rode it about 10 times last year when I went to CGA and was not overly amazed with the hype it continually gets. I might’ve just caught it on a bad day but I got almost no airtime. However Ghostrider constantly gives ridiculous airtime anytime I ride it and probably one of the best night rides. I think ghost should’ve been a bit higher but I can see where you’re coming from with goldstriker. Everyone has their preferences with woodies and I love seeing how everyone puts them at different spots.
It’s weird how inconsistent some coasters can be. Probably the main reason people’s opinions can differ drastically.
Ghostrider>>>>>> everything
Ummmm, Where's Leviathan at Seaworld Australia? That roller coaster is iconic with it's great theming.
my top 3
legend
mystic timbers
voyage
I wish I got tickets to Holliwood Nights. Sold out way too quick
I got very lucky getting two tickets after it had originally sold out
How is tremors not on here, tremor night right is second to few night rides
Um...bro, #16?
6:04 did you even watch the video? 😅
You forgot Blackpool as an honourable mention
OUTLAW RUN SLAPS AT NIGHT 🎇🎆
I think cú Chulainn at Emerald park Ireland could have been on this list but mabye not top 25 mabye hounrable mentions but it is a top tear wooden coaster in my opinion
Phoenix is number one on the golden ticket awards
The biggest joke in theme parks
I must be in the minority but I’ve never gotten the appeal of thunderhead. Maybe my times I’ve ridden it was running poorly but I never found it particularly intense or to give any noteworthy forces. Maybe I’m spoiled by Renegade at my home park (only thing valleyfair spoils you with) and my work trips to china for wooden coasters (which are my favorite) but thunderhead is far outside my top 25 wood coasters
10:22 bros calling out canobie coaster.
For the theming and as a family ride... Wickerman
Zambezi is probably gonna overthrow prowler and be the best ride in the park 💀💀💀
Some wooden coasters that probably are better than El toro:
T express (i rode it and couldn't even believe the ejector airtime)
Lightning rod before hybrid conversion (you know the reason)