How Old Are You & What Was Your 1st Coaster?

[Wingwright]

Not 100% sure, but I believe it was Timberline Twister at Knott's Berry Farm. I loved that ride!

 

[Bilby_AUS]

The Beast (woodie- basically a poor mans version of the beast at KI. Even had the same sign) at Australia's Wonderland (paramount). I was 14.

[Subject_12]

Giant Dipper @ SCBB

[rcdude]

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing it was one of these four (ordered most likely to least likely):

 

-Gadget's Go Coaster at Disneyland

-Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland

-Freeway Coaster at Adventure City

-Timberline Twister at Knott's Berry Farm

[Schrecken]

Mine was Space Mountain at WDW, about a year after it had opened. It scared me half to death, and I was sure at the time that it went upside down, and unfortunately that experience kept me off of most coasters for 20 years.

[B&MBoy1982]

Had to have been before 1991..

Roller Coaster at Fantasy Farm in Middletown Ohio.

 

In 1993 I rode my first looping coaster..

Scorpion at BGT

[XYZ]

Runaway Reptar at CGA. Glad I started with an Intamin.

[805Andrew]

^That's a pretty bad one though.

[ThanksforRiding]

Really not sure but my best guess is Runaway Mine Train at Six Flags Great Adventure.

[coasterkid124]

My first roller coaster would have been the Silver Comet at Martin's Fantasy Island, but it broke down before I could get in line. So, my first "big coaster" ended up being the Viper @ Darien Lake.

[tororific]

 

Willard's Whizzer at Marriott's Great America, Santa Clara.

A great starter coaster, that still holds up (at SFGam in Gurnee).

[ytterbiumanalyst]

 

Runaway Ore Cart at Silver Dollar City. It was dangerously close to the trees. They actually told all the kids, "You can put your arms up, but don't put them out to the side, you'll hit the trees!" Ah, the eighties.

[deano]

This pos from leisure land fair in Melbourne Aus. Don't know what it was or what it was called but it planted the seed for me back in about 1988 ish. I'm in the yellow shirt.

[daniellazarus]

A pink woodie at Glen Echo Amusement park near Washington, DC when I was 8 years old.

[RCT3Bross]

Winja's fear and Force is listed* as my first coaster back in 2005.

 

*That it's listed as my first doesn't really mean it's my first. Back in 2010 I started to keep count of my credits this was the oldest coaster I could recall. I don't know if I and which coasters I rode before.

[rdngmikey]

The Coasters at SCBB in 1976 when I was a year and a half old, not exactly sure which was first, but speaking with my Mother I believe it was most likely the Wild Mouse. That ride was torn down shortly after and trying to pick my families brains for more info from four decades ago isn't always the easiest thing to do. I wish we had the cell phones and compact cameras that are available nowadays.

[beastadat]

Kraken @ SeaWorld Orlando was my first real coaster, although my first technically was Goofy's Barnstormer @ Magic Kingdom now The Great Goofini.

[djboss302]

Yep, this was my first.

[darklingscribe]

Just out of a process of elimination I think it was probably something at Disneyland.

 

I think either Space Mountain, or Thunder Mountain are likely candidates because as a really young (I think I was three) I went to Disneyland for the first time. I was always tall for my age when growing up so I think I could have been tall enough then to ride them. I do not think I could have taken on the Matterhorn then because I have a firm memory of being terrified of the Yeti's roar as we walked by the ride.

 

If not Dinsey then it is definitely the Smurf Kiddie coaster at CGA (called Blue Streak then, now it is Woodstock Express) back when the kid's area was themed to the Smurfs. I really have fond memories of CGA's old Kid's area where, besides having rides, they had an entire Smurf Playground with Mushroom Houses.

[ernierocker]

Merged these two threads together since they were exactly the same.

 

Feel free to post what your first coaster was in this thread.

[rcjp]

Big thunder mountain at Disneyland Paris back in 1999.

[i<3coasters]

I think it had to be Matterhorn @ DL circa 1995.

I'm 23.

[Schrecken]

Mine was Space Mountain at WDW in 1976, when I was 6 years old.

[TunaSled]

44.

Jumbo Jet at Cedar Point.

[djboss302]

14. Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom