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User Name: PhantomNik
Member Since: 6/6/2002 7:11:00 PM
Home Town: Natrona Heights, PA
Account Status: Verified User
User Tag: Gold Critic (Total Posts:515)
Reviews Posted: 190
Reviews Rating Received: 239 Good - 12 Bad
Reviews Comments Posted: 125
Message Board Posts: 200
News Comments Posts: 0
Last Seen: 2/19/2009 5:06:44 PM
Biography: Born April 22, 1979 in Florida. We moved to PA before I was 1. Rode my 1st roller coaster when I was about 3 or 4 (Kennywood's Jack Rabbit), and I've been lovin' coasters ever since!! Went to college at Penn State University and now work as an engineer. I try to visit theme parks as often as I can, but it's tough.

I usually make it to a couple "new" parks each year, and I visit my "home park" (Kennywood - one of the finest parks in all of America!) as often as possible. I enjoy most all rides, but in particular am a coaster-holic!! In Jan. 2004, I finally joined ACE, and I am excited to make it to more parks and use their events to meet many fellow coaster enthusiasts!

Steel, Wooden, it doesn't matter to me.....I am particularly fond of Inverted coasters and hyper/giga/strata coasters. And of course, nothing beats a great wooden coaster, although I haven't been on that many yet. There's just nothing quite like the feeling you get while riding a roller coaster! Keep 'em coming, designers, the sky's the limit!! You guys keep makin' them, I'll keep on riding them!

Total Coaster Count: 101
Steel: 74, Wooden: 27

TOP 5 STEEL (w/ Lap Counts):
1.) Millennium Force, CP -- 63
2.) Top Thrill Dragster, CP -- 31*
3.) Phantoms Revenge, KW -- 103
4.) Raging Bull, SFGAm -- 7
5.) Maverick, CP -- 3

* 1 Rollback

TOP 5 WOODEN (w/ Lap Counts):
1.) Voyage, Holiday World -- 11
2.) El Toro, SFGAdv -- 1
3.) Ravine Flyer II, Waldameer -- 11
4.) Phoenix, Knoebels -- 8
5.) Lightning Racer, Hershey -- 10

TOP 5 NON-COASTER RIDES:
1.) Skooters, Knoebels
2.) MaXair, CP
3.) X-Scream, Stratosphere (Las Vegas)
4.) Kangaroo, KW
5.) Big Shot, Stratosphere (Las Vegas)

TOP 5 PARKS VISITED:
1.) Holiday World
2.) Cedar Point
3.) Kennywood
4.) Hersheypark
5.) Knoebels
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User Top Rides

Rank Ride Name Park Name TPC Rating TPC Rank
1. Voyage Holiday World 4.8077 7
2. Millennium Force Cedar Point 4.8327 5
3. El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure 4.9149 1
4. Ravine Flyer II Waldameer Park 4.7500 -
5. Top Thrill Dragster Cedar Point 4.7805 10
6. Phantoms Revenge Kennywood 4.4545 55
7. Raging Bull Six Flags Great America 4.6061 27
8. Maverick Cedar Point 4.6667 20
9. Phoenix Knoebels 4.8052 8
10. Nitro Six Flags Great Adventure 4.6708 19

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