The Wood Poll results were just posted a few days ago. The good news is that El Toro ranked #3.

Here are the results:

http://www.ushsho.com/woodrollercoasterpollresults2006.htm

1. Voyage
2. Balder
3. El Toro
4. Pheonix
5. Boulder Dash

Now, the steel poll just went up so go vote!

Here is the ballot...
http://www.ushsho.com/woodrollercoasterpollresults2006.htm

A very helpful way to fill them out is available on Coaster Fanatics...
http://www.coasterfanatics.com/sec_poll/

VOTE!

toro's better than voyage.  First hand experience right here.
sigh.  I just dont think people outside of Jersey like Jersey

I love New Jersey more than most people. El Toro is a great ride, but no where near as good as Voyage, nor Boulder Dash or Phoenix, not to mention several other woodies. First hand experience right here.

Before J2 was neutered into HellCat, it absolutely pwned Toro!

Wood 2009 Winner.... Boulder Dash!

Why? It would totally suck in this cold weather!

Unfortunately there is no way to force people to be honest in their voting. And there are always going to be situations where some people really dislike a certain ride THAT much when everyone else absolutely love it, so it's hard to tell. And on top of that coasters give crappy rides on some visits and amazing rides on others, so if you've only ever ridden it once, you may have caught it on a bad day.

The first time I rode Raven (middle of the day in '98), it was very mediocre. Then that night in the dark, it blew me away. It went from bottom 50 to top 5 in the same day. 11 years later, it's lucky to make my top 20, but still vastly superior to most coasters out there.

Don't take the poll seriously. Make up your own mind.

Matt, I felt the same way about toro. The first time I went on it, it was cloudy and it was about to rain. The first three hills gave a little pop of air, but that was it. The next day I went, it was like 80 and no clouds in the sky, nobody was there which was wierd. The ride was great, the first three hills almost threw me of the ride and the return hill even gave some air.*

*I sat in the exact same seat, too.
J2 was a great ride also, other than the fact of limping for the next week. Once they added the trims, Absolutley hated the ride. It wasn't as rough, but that airtime on the last few hills was the best.

J2 in 2007, the last time I rode it, was a good ride. The first drop was smooth, the hill after that was also. Just when you enter the helixes it gets a bit shaky and if you're not prepared for it it will cause a little pain. The main reason why I limped off the ride was because the ride-op's let me go again w/o getting back in line. I rode it like 5-8 times in a row, somewhere in that area.

Before the trims, the second hill was a bit bumpy. And the bunny hills would give you some good air-time in the right seats.