And once you've selected your favorite from among these five, we will pit the two poll winners against one another for the overall "most anticipated new coaster" crown. We'd said earlier that we weren't going to run another ride tournament this March, but it looks like we've backed our way into one!
Here are your next five "best new roller coaster" candidates. (Again, we've limited this to the United States. International coaster fans, go ahead and make a case in the comments for your favorite, even though we won't be voting on them.)
Cannibal
Lagoon
Developed and built in-house by the Utah amusement park, Cannibal features a 200-foot elevator lift followed by a beyond-vertical drop leading into five inversions, including two heartline rolls and a dive loop, as well as an Immelmann and 450-degree helix.
Impulse
Knoebels
This Zierer coaster features a vertical lift hill and four inversions, including cobra roll, a loop and an inline twist.
Laff Trakk
Hersheypark
A Maurer-Sohne coaster with seven, four-seat, 360-degree, free-spinning trains, Laff Trakk will take riders through an old-fashioned fun house at up to 40 miles per hour. According to the park, it's the first indoor, spinning, glow-coaster in the United States.
Tempesto
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Tempesto is a Premier Rides Sky Rocket II launch coaster with three launch elements and a top speed of 63 mph. Riders travel almost 2,000 feet back and across the 883 feet of track, which includes a 154-foot-high inversion.
Wicked Cyclone
Six Flags New England
Wicked Cyclone is a Rocky Mountain Construction steel re-track of the park's former Cyclone wooden coaster and will featured three inversions, including a zero-G stall.
Remember, or in case you missed it, our first poll featured Batman: The Ride, Fury 325, Rougarou, Thunderbird, and Twisted Colossus. Vote on them now, if you haven't already.
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Anyway, I choose Wicked Cyclone.
I rode the old version of SFNE's Cyclone a few years back and thought the layout was amazing, but over-braking and other slow-down issues severely diminished the ride after a very promising and fun first drop. This coaster is definitely a good candidate for the Iron Horse solution used on the Texas Giant because the layout will provide some excellent thrills once the coaster is allowed to operate at full speed.
Interesting Fact: Other than Florida, every major theme park region of the US is getting at least one noteworthy roller coaster next year. I can't remember the last time that happened. Add in the other 2015 additions, and this really is the year of the regional theme park.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tikWrK3rds
This is a fan made animation of Cannibal. Pretty accurate from what I can tell.
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