Magnum

Question out there. What was the reason why the strobe lights were taken out of the tunnels, personally, I thought they were awesome and add lots of excitement when going into the tunnels. Its still awesome in the dark, but just want to know why they took them out?

They didn't take them out, they just don't run them all the time because they cost money.

Also, I was looking at the Final Poll Results for the Steel Coasters and the Magnum finished 11th. I think that is awesome, especially for a coaster that been around for 11years. Not alot of coasters can do that, I guess thats why the Magnum is special.

FireDragon - what poll ranked Magnum 11th? Just curious.

Do you have the link of the results? I'd love to see them... Thanks!

I thought Magnum polled best steel coaster in the world? I duno...I thought i saw that on the CP site...and on a few shows on TLC and Discovery channel.

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It all depends on which poll you are looking at. Many people have different opinions. I don't think there is an official poll for roller coasters. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Cedar Point and the Discovery Channel both use the rankings from Inside Track magazine and they say that Magnum is number one. *** This post was edited by BradwagsCP on 3/2/00. ***

Well considering that Inside Track magazine has been out of publication for a few years now, Amusement Today has what could be an "official" poll. The ranking in question is from 1999 Internet Steel Tracked Roller Coaster Poll. Here is a synopsis of the top 20:
*** Favorite Wood Coaster Any Park Anywhere ** 97 165 2 2 0.9822
1 Superman - Ride of St Six Flags Darien L NY 39 162 2 3 0.9790
2 Montu Busch Gardens Tamp FL 58 163 3 2 0.9762
3 Incredible Hulk Islands of Adventu FL 50 160 4 1 0.9727
4 Apollo's Chariot Busch Gardens Will VA 47 161 4 3 0.9673
5 Nemesis Alton Towers UK 15 160 4 4 0.9643
6 Raging Bull Six Flags Great Am IL 33 157 4 4 0.9636

7 Kumba Busch Gardens Tamp FL 59 158 8 2 0.9464
8 Mindbender Galaxyland Amuseme AB 9 151 5 9 0.9424 3
9 Dueling Dragons-Fire Islands of Adventu FL 49 154 8 3 0.9424 2
10 Steel Force Dorney Park PA 59 157 10 1 0.9375
11 Magnum XL-200 Cedar Point OH 83 155 9 4 0.9345
12 Top Gun - The Jet Coa Paramount's Carowi NC 18 150 8 6 0.9329
13 Dragon Khan Port Aventura ES 4 103 7 3 0.9248
14 Olympia Looping Traveling DE 5 141 6 13 0.9219
15 Mamba Worlds of Fun MO 28 151 13 1 0.9182
16 Alpengeist Busch Gardens Will VA 62 153 13 2 0.9167

17 Medusa Six Flags Great Ad NJ 49 150 16 0 0.9036
18 Dueling Dragons-Ice Islands of Adventu FL 48 148 15 2 0.9030
19 Volcano, The Blast Co Paramount's Kings VA 38 150 15 3 0.9018

20 Raptor Cedar Point OH 77 149 18 1 0.8899 For an explanation go to: http://www.hitchhikers.net/wcoaster/scprst99.tx???????? ???? ???? ?? ???? ?? ???? ???? ???? ?? ???? ??? ???? ?????? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ??????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?????? ???? ?????? ???????? ?? ?????? ??? ????? ?? ??? ???? ????? ???? ????? ???? ????? ?? ? ????? ?????? ?? ???? ??????? ??????? ??????? ??? ????????????????????????????

Actually, those votes petered out at around 40, when it went out to rec.roller-coaster

I should note that I posted notices about the poll, and *linked* to it both here and at Coasterbuzz.

Any poll is bunk if it doesn't cover a large enough section of people. Amusement Today covers a lot of different types of people involved with the industry, and it gets circulated throughout the country. That poll that was just finished limits the potential number of people because only the internet junkies can get to it. Personally i thought it was entirely to time consuming to bother with. So there went one vote for the Magnum. Anyway, i don't take much stock in those polls.

Polls really are bunk. I don't take much stock in them, either. But Montu at #2? It's so over-braked it's about as exciting as the drive to the park. (Sorry! I've completely left the topic!)

Anyway, Magnum holds up well in any true coaster-lover's book. And it seems to get better with age. Too bad they're tearing it down because it's "obsolete". (hehe)

I voted in the Internet Steel Coaster poll because of Bill's link. :o)


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Natalie
ATL Zone 3 Sweeps 2000

So it seems Magnum XL-200 is still the number 1 Steel Roller coaster in the world

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Something interesting: I was watching Wild Rides today ( I taped it) and they showed a POV of Magnum cresting its awesome looks-like-you're-going-into-Lake Erie hill...Is it May yet? ;)

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Brian
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