Why do you keep track of how many coasters you ride in a day

[Ilovthevu']

I'm just wondering what people's reasons are.

The thing I keep track of now only are yes rides in general - carnival, or coasters in order to determine whether or not they are good or not (bad, good, or great). This is so if I go to Kings Island again in 5 years (instead of yearly) I know that a particular ride was awesome - Adventure Express, and that to me Flight of Fear was good, but nothing great.

I don't really care about the number of TOTAL coasters, water slides, or carnival rides, but it's more about the experience. Since I hated Ninja at SFStL, why should I go on that ride again, and waste my time. Or I hate Iron Dragon, but Ninja at SFMM was awesome, so why waste time on Iron Dragon if I return there? Also, I devise which park has the most great rides in my opinion (which park has the most bad rides to not go to again).

For example, to me SFOT has
8 Great Rides: Mr. Freeze, Judge Roy Scream, Flashback, Mine Train, La Vibora, Shockwave, Runaway Mountain
5 Good Rides: Rock N Rocket, Yosemite's Sam Gold, Casa Magnetica -Gone now, Crazy Legs, Boot Scootin
7 Bad Rides: Gunslinger, Rodeo, Wildcatter, Texas Giant, Titan - to me, Roaring Rapids, El Sombrero

[rct2wizard360]

It's not like when you keep a track record you completely forget about each ride. Most of us know the parks up and down anyways.

Though I do agree, quality over quantity.

[rct2wizard360]

*double post*

[Director_Guy]

Simply, bragging rights. It's fun to see how many coasters you've been on and compare it to your friends and enemies.

[monsterfan99]

I keep track of the coasters as I love databases. In 2008, I was keeping track of each ride that day, but it got to the point were i said "This is stupid" and stopped. For flat and water rides, I just keep track of I rode it or not. No ranking as I tend to remember if it sucked or was great.

Now keeping track of what parts of the rides I have not photographed is a different story. I've got list of each park I've been to and what to photograph next time.