greatfundeals Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Leap the Dips (Lakemont Park) - 1902 Jack Rabbit (Kennywood) -1921 Thunderhawk (Dorney Park) - 1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_101 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Giant Dipper at Belmont Park (1925) followed by Yankee Cannonball at Canobie (1930) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simtanic8 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 The Scenic Railway Roller Coaster at Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach- Built in 1932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athletekim Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Comet-Six Flags Great Escape originally built in 1927 and then rebuilt twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT2day Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Wildcat @ Lake Compounce (1927), if you don't count replacing the original wood structure and brakes as different from when it originally opened. Otherwise, Comet @ Hershey Park (1946). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeine_demon Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I didn't realise how old some of the woodies I've ridden were!  I have the following 50+ yr old creds  Rutschebanen at tivoli gardens (lovely ride) Scenic railway at margate Thunderhawk at dorney Jack Rabbit at kennywood Big dipper at blackpool pb Thunderbolt at kennywood (awesome coaster) racer at kennywood (dull compared to grand nash) Wildcat at lake compounce (really divided our group- most hated it, a few including me, liked it! Great yarmouth pleasure beach roller coaster (my first cred!) rutschebanen at bakken (ridden before the brakemanless trains) roller coaster at blackpool (now nick streak) Zipper dipper at blackpool (now blue flyer, and a rather nice kids ride) Grand national at blackpool (AWESOME ride) thunderbolt at SFNE - (another great coaster) Comet at hersheypark Tyrolean tubtwist at joyland wild mouse at blackpool  and the relocated wild one at SFA  was spited by coney island  Oldest now closed - Pegasus at efteling - but maybe scenic at margate if it doesn't reopen. or the water chute at great yarmouth (1978)  and I also have the concrete cred in monte igueldo   steelwise I have 5 from my birth year or before! Montana rusa at tibidabo (now closed) Cedar creek mine ride Mariehønen at tivoli gardens trailblazer at hershey runaway mine train at SFGA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I've ridden several from the 1970s: Â River King Mine Train (1971, Six Flags St. Louis) Fire in the Hole (1972, Silver Dollar City) Zambezi Zinger (1973, Worlds of Fun) ACME Gravity Powered Roller Coaster (1975, Six Flags St. Louis) Screamin' Eagle (1976, Six Flags St. Louis) Galaxi (1976, Cliff's Amusement Park) Â By far, though, the oldest ride I've been on is the Ferris wheel at Six Flags St. Louis, built in 1904. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Leap The Dips  dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Jack Rabbit, Kennywood. 1920 (92) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 According to RCDB these would be the oldest for me. Â Jack Rabbit- Kennywood 1920 Roller Coaster- Lagoon 1921 Thunderhawk- Dorney Park 1923 Thunderbolt- Kennywood 1924 Giant Dipper- Santa Cruz B.B. 1924 Giant Dipper- Belmont 1925 Wildcat- Lake Compounce 1927 Racer- Kennywood 1927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Dahlonega Mine Train at SFoG (1967). I know, I'm pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyRCT3 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Dahlonega Mine Train at SFoG (1967). I know, I'm pathetic. Â Aww. Show some love, Everyone likes a classic arrow mine train. (Well, this guy does ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlimardi Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Jack Rabbit (Seabreeze)- 1920 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxelmatic Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Thunderhawk, Dorney Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquusStorm Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Dahlonega Mine Train at SFoG (1967). I know, I'm pathetic. Â Aww. Show some love, Everyone likes a classic arrow mine train. (Well, this guy does ) Â Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVE the good ole DMT (was either my first or second coaster back in the day! They'd better not ever demolish that gem), it's a must ride every time I'm at that glorious park; for clarity, as I am bound to make horrid mistakes in clarifying my intent, what's pathetic in the sense that I meant for this thread is that 1967 is the oldest offer I can give in this thread of people who I am sure have far more than my laughable 15 (13 not counting kiddie coasters) coaster credits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjvader Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The oldest coaster I've ridden is the Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbon5122 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 The oldest coaster I have ever ridden is Big Dipper at Geauga Lake, and the big dipper is from 1925. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaG Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Probably Thunderhawk at Dorney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simaticable Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Dahlonega Mine Train at SFoG (1967). I know, I'm pathetic. Â Aww. Show some love, Everyone likes a classic arrow mine train. (Well, this guy does ) Â Oh don't get me wrong, I LOVE the good ole DMT (was either my first or second coaster back in the day! They'd better not ever demolish that gem), it's a must ride every time I'm at that glorious park; for clarity, as I am bound to make horrid mistakes in clarifying my intent, what's pathetic in the sense that I meant for this thread is that 1967 is the oldest offer I can give in this thread of people who I am sure have far more than my laughable 15 (13 not counting kiddie coasters) coaster credits! You and me both. I need to get out of Georgia. Luckily, I already got all the Disney credits in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxelmatic Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Actually, if we count relocated coasters, then Wild One @ SFA is my oldest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportsdude360 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The Big Dipper at Spring Lake amusement park in OKC. It was built in the 1920's and was involved in a race riot in 1972. Allegedly, two white kids shoved a black kid off of the Dipper resulting in hostilities between whites and blacks at the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azza29 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Scenic Railway, Luna Park Melbourne (1912). Amazing that this thing is a century old and still running! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark549 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 two "Giant Coasters"  Giant Coaster, Crystal Beach, Canada 1916 side friction coaster (only one I've been on) no longer standing  Giant Coaster, Paragon Park, Mass. 1917 coaster was moved to Six Flags America, now "Wild One" as I recall (from 1980?) the original was a better ride  1920s: Kennywood coasters Dorney Coaster (Thunderhawk) Lake Compounce Wildcat (rode in 1980s before reconstruction) Mountain Flyer, Holyoke, Mass. (no longer standing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Probably Leap The Dips at Lakemont for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Jack Rabbit at Seabreeze. One of the five oldest coasters in the world and the oldest continuously operated coaster in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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