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

[Gilly]

First big coaster was Magic Mountain in Gardaland... That was a bit more than 10 years ago, when I was 5

[firewalk13]

31 here and my first was the Matterhorn bobsleds

[eltororider]

I consider my first real roller coaster to be great american scream machine at six flags over georgia

[Double0Kevin]

25 Here, First coaster was technically Matterhorn Bobsleds when I was 3, though I've always considered the Demon at CGA my first. Probably because it's more of a major coaster.

[K258]

I'm 53. I'm sure there was a kiddie coaster I don't remember, but my first full-size coaster was the Skyliner at Roseland Park in Canandaigua, NY. I was probably 11 or 12 when I started riding it. I'm sure I was also riding the Bobsleds at Seabreeze (known as Dreamland Park in the 1960s) in Rochester, NY, too. But I never rode the Jack Rabbit at Seabreeze until 2 years ago. At some point in my late teens, I rode a Pirate Ship for the first and only time. The dropping sensation was so horrible that it made me reluctant to go on roller coasters for fear of the first hill. For a long time, I didn't visit parks at all. But I'm back, and I'm loving it! I'm a huge fan of the Phoenix at Knoebels.

[SmokiesFriend]

Being a real 'newbie' my first ever coaster was wildcat at Frontier City in Oklahoma City (small park) in 1996 (age 27). First big - real park - coaster was 1997 the SFOT Shockwave. Actually got sick on it...looked sideways coming out of the loop.

[3Mutts]

My first coaster was when I was 5, the first real coaster was either Ride of Steel at Derien Lake or The Comet at The Great Escape at 6 or 7.

[theonetheonlyJT]

My first coaster was at the age of 10 or 12 can't remember but it was raging bull (I think that was the name) at that small theme park area at six flags white water. My first big coaster was Great American Scream Machine (GASM) at SFOG.

[azza29]

I was 10 years old riding the Thunderbolt at Dreamworld. It's defunct now and I don't remember much, but it had two consecutive loops which was pretty exciting at the time.

[Hurricane]

Turning 21 in 3 weeks... and my first roller coaster was The Beastie at the now defunct Australia's Wonderland Sydney way back in 1996

[GrapesLie]

Well I'm 26 now. I was 9 at the time and it was Thunderation at Silver Dollar City! It's that ride/park that started my love of Roller Coasters/Theme Parks. In fact The very next week I found my way on a friends trip to SFSTL . First thing I rode was Batman! I was just scared beyond belief of going upside down! I still remember how terrified I was going up that lift. I remember telling myself If I was going to be a roller coaster fan (Enthusiast was not yet in my vocabulary) that I was going to have to do it! I guess I willed myself into being a enthusiast. Is that normal? Either way as soon as that first loop had come and gone I realized I had found my hobby! I've been a huge dork ever since so thanks a lot roller coasters!

[gisco]

I was about 4 and rode a little kiddie coaster at our zoo. The first big coaster was several years later, the Matterhorn at Disneyland.

[historyfreak92]

I was 7 years old in 1999, my Grandpa took me to Astroworld, & my very first roller coaster was the Viper!!!!!!

[Lightning9SX]

I am 38. First coaster for me was at Paul Bunyan Land in Brainerd, MN. I think it was just name "Roller Coaster". I would guess it was 1979 or 1980 and I was five or six years old.

[-Edge of Beast-]

Uhh, the first 'actual' coaster I remember riding was Spinning Dragons in 2004, but I'm sure I've ridden a couple before that.

[ArundelHigh Coasters]

I am late 16 now.I was 10 when I rode my first roller coaster. It was in July 2006, I rode the former Two-Face: The Flip Side coaster at Six Flags America (My Home Park.)

[Condor]

24 now, my first was Big Thunder Mountain at Magic Kingdom back in 1994 when I was 6.

[jray21]

I was about 6 or 7, and my first coaster was Willard's Whizzer at CGA!

[EquusStorm]

22, and unfortunately, I can't quite recall. I was ~8-10 when I first rode on the Dahlonega Mine Train and GASM at SFOG - which one came first, though, is a bit hazy. I would assume the former. I also went on Marvel Mania at then-Visionland not long after opening, which would have been about the same time.

[LNKrider]

I would think it was in the 4 to 6 range just hard to remember when I went to MOA or Disneyland. It's either Matterhorn or Pepsi Ripsaw at Mall of America.

[SuperShawn]

Well I'm 26 now, but my first coaster must've been when I was 4 or 5 or maybe bit younger. It was this little family coaster at Enchanted Village in Federal Way, WA.

[cwgator]

My first coaster was Scooby Doo @ Carowinds. I belive I was 5 at the time. It scared me so bad I didn't get on another until I was about 13/14. Of course now there aren't any coasters that scare me...well maybe some of those Chinese knock offs I'll probably never get to ride.

[The Great Zo]

The first legit coaster I ever rode was Iron Dragon at Cedar Point. I was 9, and thought I was brave enough for the back row. I may have miscalculated. The air time on the first drop was a remarkably startling experience.

 

(Air time on Iron Dragon? Huh? )

 

(On the same day, I waited nearly two and a half hours in the Berenstain Bears playground for my parents to get through the Raptor line.)

[ArizonaGuy]

First legit coaster was XLR-8 at Astroworld and I was 8 years old in 1984. My first coaster with a loop was Viper at Astroworld and I was 14 in 1990, then rode Ultra Twister right after that and Greezed Lightning right after that. Needless to say 1990 is when I was hooked.

[mtavenger55]

22 & my first coaster was the old Clementon Lake Jack Rabbit in my home town of Clementon, NJ & I was about 4 or 5 when I rode it.