Lost Character Voting

If you haven't realized this already, I am a big fan on voting on things. After we finished voting on Six Flags rides on the way home on Monday, we decided to vote on Lost characters. We only used characters from this season so the list wouldn't get too long.

When you take a look at the list, look at how ridiculous some of Fox's votes are. I loved to see where Jack finished, but was extremely disappointed in the winner. Although I can understand people liking him, I don't feel he deserved to be there over Sawyer. And they didn't. Mags spite voted Sawyer low so that Sayid would win. Great move on his part, but disappointing as an honest voter.

Check the results...


They are also here in order...
1. Sayid
2. Sawyer
Hurley
4. Desmond
5. Locke
6. Linus
7. Jin
8. Jack
9. Lapidus
10. Faraday
11. Juliet
12. Richard
13. Kate
14. Claire
15. Miles
16. Keamy
17. Michael
18. Widmore
19. Rousseau
20. Sun
21. Charlotte

Kingda Ka was a Great Adventure

I just got back from an all day excursion to Six Flags Great Adventure. First off, it was a great time. As I thought, the park itself was not up to par with the Disney's, Universals, and Busch Gardens' of the world. There were a lot of coasters and many of them were fantastic. As per the usual, on one of my trips to a theme park, we voted on what the best rides were. The results are below...

Check out the spite voting by Larry....what a jerk.

5/9 Rankings

Shows

1. Lost
2. Heroes
3. 30 Rock
4. The Office
5. 24
6. Friday Night Lights
7. Chuck
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. American Idol
10. My Name Is Earl
11. Family Guy
12. House
13. Greek
14. Big Brother
15. Grey's Anatomy
16. Entourage
17. Rules of Engagement
18. Brothers and Sisters
19. Cane
20. Back to You

Characters

1. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock
2. James 'Sawyer' Ford- Lost
3. Cappie- Greek
4. Dwight Schrute- The Office
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights
6. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock
7. Michael Scott- The Office
8. Mark Sloan- Grey's Anatomy
9. Johnny 'Drama' Chase- Entourage
10. Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm
11. Noah Bennett- Heroes
12. Gregory House- House
13. Jeff Bingham- Rules of Engagement
14. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes
15. Jack Bauer- 24
16. Chuck Bartkowski- Chuck
17. Ari Gold- Entourage
18. Benjamin Linus- Lost
19. Chuck Darling- Back to You
20. Randy Hickey- My Name Is Earl

4/28 Rankings

Shows
1. Lost
2. Heroes
3. 30 Rock
4. The Office
5. 24
6. Friday Night Lights
7. Chuck
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm
9. American Idol
10. My Name Is Earl
11. Greek
12. Family Guy
13. Big Brother
14. Grey's Anatomy
15. House
16. Entourage
17. Rules of Engagement
18. Brothers and Sisters
19. Back to You
20. Cane

Characters
1. Tracy Jordan- 30 Rock
2. James 'Sawyer' Ford- Lost
3. Dwight Schrute- The Office
4. Cappie- Greek
5. Tim Riggins- Friday Night Lights
6. Michael Scott- The Office
7. Jack Donaghy- 30 Rock
8. Johnny 'Drama' Chase- Entourage
9. Mark Sloan- Grey's Anatomy
10. Larry David- Curb Your Enthusiasm
11. Greg House- House
12. Noah Bennett- Heroes
13. Jeff Bingham- Rules of Engagement
14. Hiro Nakamura- Heroes
15. Jack Bauer- 24
16. Chuck Bartkowski- Chuck
17. Ari Gold- Entourage
18. Randy Hickey- My Name Is Earl
19. Alex Karev- Grey's Anatomy
20. Chuck Darling- Back to You

Final Four

Final Four rides...

2. Splash Mountain- Magic Kingdom

1. Tower of Terror- Hollywood Studios

1. Spider Man- Islands of Adventure

6. DarKastle- Busch Gardens Europe


In the first matchup we have Splash Mt. and Tower of Terror. These are the two most extravagantly themed rides in existence. TOT gets the advantage for having a slight better ride experience.
On the other side we have Spider Man and DarKastle. After riding DarKastle for the first time, my friends and I had an argument on which was better out of these two, because they are almost identical. I think the theming to DarKastle blew Spider Man out of the water so it heads to the final.

TOT takes the championship home. Bracket is here...

Six Flags Region

The final region of the theme park attraction tourny...

1. Adventures of Spider Man- Islands of Adventure
16. Enchanted Tiki Room- Magic Kingdom
8. Men In Black Alien Attack- Universal Studios
9. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin- Magic Kingdom
5. Jurassic River Adventure- Islands of Adventure
12. E.T.- Universal Studios
4. Popeye & Bluto's- Islands Of Adventure
13. Carousel of Progress- Hollywood Studios
3. Mickey's PhilharMagic- Magic Kingdom
14. Disaster!- Universal Studios
6. California Sreamin'- California Adventure
11. Poseidon's Adventure- Islands of Adventure
7. Space Mountain- Magic Kingdom
10. Cat in the Hat- Islands of Adventure
2. Alpengeist- Busch Gardens Europe
15. Jungle Cruise- Magic Kingdom

The six flags region had the best first round matchup with Buzz Lightyear and Men In Black facing off. They are the only two of this type of ride that I know of but Buzz Lightyear gets the edge and ends up losing to perennial favorite Spider Man. It was pretty sad that Jurassic River made it to the semi final but it had two extremely challenges in ET and Carousel of Progress. Space Mountain had a nice upset over Alpengeist, but I do not see how Alpengeist got such a high rating from TPI when they had Griffon much lower.

Full bracket is here...

Busch Region

Here we have the Busch Region...

1. Incredible Hulk- Islands of Adventure
16. Great Movie Ride- Hollywood Studios
8. Soarin'- Epcot
9. MuppetVision 3D- Hollywood Studios
5. Dudley Do Right's Ripsaw Falls- Islands of Adventure
12. Mr. Toad's Wild Ride- Disneyland
4. Rock 'n Roller Coaster- Hollywood Studios
13. Cheetah Chase- Busch Gardens Africa
3. Haunted Mansion- Magic Kingdom
14. Living w/ the Land- Epcot
6. Curse of DarKastle- Busch Gardens Europe
11. Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin- Disneyland
7. One Man's Dream- Hollywood Studios
10. Lochness Monster- Busch Gardens Europe
2. Expedition Everest- Animal Kingdom
15. It's Tough to be a Bug- Animal Kingdom

Plenty of upsets to go around in the Busch bracket. Living with the land, and its mickey shaped pumpkins got the better of the Haunted Mansion. Although the Lochness monster is getting old, it still brings more fun than walking around and looking at memorabilia, so One Man's Dream went down early. Obviously Incredible Hulk went down early....an always over-rated speed coaster isn't even the best coaster at islands of adventure (which makes it the worst). 8 seeded Soarin' made a good run all the way to the regional final but ran into an unstoppable rebel force in Curse of DarKastle. I recently experienced this ride this past summer and fell in love with it. It is modeled after the Spider Man ride, but in a much scarier atmosphere.

Full bracket is here...

Universal Region

Today we'll look at the Universal Region.

1. Tower of Terror- Hollywood Studios
16. Rhino Rally- Busch Gardens Africa
8. Terminator 2: 3D- Universal Studios
9. Dinosaur- Animal Kingdom
5. Aladdin Stage Show- California Adventure
12. Phoenix- Busch Gardens Africa
4. Apollo's Chariot- Busch Gardens Europe
13. Big Bad Wolf- Busch Gardens Europe
3. Festival of the Lion King- Animal Kingdom
14. Corkscrew Hill- Busch Gardens Europe
6. Kumba- Busch Gardens Africa
11. Lights, Motors, Action- Hollywood Studios
7. Thunder Mountain- Magic Kingdom
10. Spaceship Earth- Epcot
2. Griffon- Busch Gardens Europe
15. Star Tours- Hollywood Studios

Surprisingly, there were hardly any upsets in this bracket. My favorite matchup was in the regional semi-final where the fantastic Lion King stage show inched by the 90 drop roller coaster, Griffon. The Tower of Terror breezed through the region where its toughest competition might have been in the second round against the fast motion moving Dinosaur ride.

Full bracket is here...