Participation was up this year to 415 ballots, surpassing last year's record of 321. Keeping with this year's European theme:
The Steel Poll has seemingly become very popular among many German coaster enthusiasts. For example, it is interesting to note that Expedition GeForce had more riders take the poll than SFNE's Superman: Ride of Steel. Also, Phantasialand's Black Mamba had 50% more riders participate in the poll than did the other 'new for 2006' ride in the top ten, SFoG's Goliath. Ironically, it seems that those German voters, on average, rated EGF lower (especially in relation to Black Mamba) than did other voters.