If its any consolation, there are many entries on your list I wish I could ride! I've just started planning a US east coast trip for next year with some friends so we're hoping to hit King's Dominion, BGW and SFGAdv (and maybe Nick Universe and Coney Island) but it's still early days so hopefully we can get a plan together.
I haven't ridden a ton of coasters, but here are a few of my favorites:
Phoenix at Knoebels. I like Twister, too, but Phoenix is great.
Expedition Everest at Disney World. That's another one I can ride again and again.
Space Mountain at Disneyland. The one at World is good, but Land's is better.
Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers are both extremely intense for me, I can ride them once per visit, and that's about it. They're both great coasters though.
I haven't tried Skyrush - the last time we were at Hersheypark, it kept breaking down, and then Covid, etc, so despite having family in the area, we haven't made it back. I also want to try Candymoniun. And they have a new Rocky Mountain conversion that just opened. I've heard good things.
It sounds like you'll absolutely love Candymonium.... SkyRush is tied with i305 as the most intense coaster(s) that I've ever been on but it's so glorious. Where i305 has a ton of positive G forces, SkyRush has insane negative G forces.
I've not been on Expedition Everest as I haven't been to Disney since I worked there in 1999 but if you love that coaster you'd probably absolutely love Hagrid's Magical Creatures at Universal Orlando.
I visited Cedar Point before I started riding coasters (long story), but I'm pretty certain I'll love Millennium Force when I get back there. It looks fast and fun.
I've tried a few "twisty" coaters and just don't enjoy them as much. So, i305 should be a slam dunk, but my vision "graying out" on that first turn the first time I rode it is a memory I can't shake.
After that it's really hard. I tend to think of which coasters are my favorite from each manufacturer, and it's such a toss up to compare rides I love that have entirely different feels. So I guess rounding things out in no particular order it'd go
Glad to see you over here!
I really need to get to Camden.... Such a hard park to justify even though I technically live in the same state.... It's like 6hrs for a single coaster with nothing else around but I really want to get on Big Dipper
(This may end up being a duplicate post.... I replied a while ago from Mastodon but it seems lost in the fediverse lol)
I don't rank coasters anymore, but I know that my #1 is Voyage at Holiday World, and that hasn't changed since my first ride in 2006. I don't think it's possible to make a better coaster, it has everything I love. Airtime, intensity, and most importantly length. It feels like a complete ride from start to finish, and I love the return run back to the station because it just keeps getting faster and faster.
Not a bad list. I don't know if I can do a top then but my top couple faves are Veloci, Gwazi, Flying Dinosaur. I REALLLLLLY want to find an excuse to get out to Holiday World.
Voyage is the only excuse you need...... But if you need more Legend, Raven, and even Thunderbird are great excuses as well. Besides coasters it's such a cool park that absolutely cares about their guests.
I don't think people who list SteVe at the top are basic..... We're all entitled to our opinions :)
For me, I seriously do love Steel Vengeance but the first half of it isn't quite as intense as I'd like while the second half kind of gets too intense. Twisted Timbers isn't as long but it's relentless and I love that.
I can see that, and I actually prefer the second half to the first. I just can't get enough of the first two hills and then the 2nd half at night with the lighting is unbelievable.