Uriel Galindo Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Mine was le Vampire at La Ronde. I was terrified looking at the drop and the loop at my left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Fleming Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 My first B&M is THE first B&M: Iron Wolf. My brother and I were there when it opened. Awesome ride then! Did not age well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCasual Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 X-Flight at Great America last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrachenfireOP Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 BTR at six flags great adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoBruz199 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Raptor at Gardaland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Raptor, in 1996. Back then, I had no expectations of what a "B&M coaster" should be. There was no precedent. All I knew was it was a gigantic, futuristic-looking coaster and it was wildly popular with super long lines. I don't think I even knew who designed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickflipbacktail Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Talon at Dorney Park in PA. This was also the first full size roller coaster I had ever ridden in my life. Love at first flight haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 I created a thread exactly like this a long time ago... not sure where it is buried now. It was probably merged. To answer the question, my first was Silver Bullet at Knott's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Great Bear in 1999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoasterKid211 Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 I created a thread exactly like this a long time ago... not sure where it is buried now. It was probably merged. Sorry about that! Didn't want to copy anyone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapfordakids Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 BTR at SFOT in 99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BintamiM Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Montu... and it was my first big coaster. I loved it and started my fascination over coasters. I was 9 or 10 when I rode it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastered Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 My very first B&M rollercoaster ever, was Vortex at Paramount's Great America back in 2002 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B&MBoy1982 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Talon at Dorney Park in PA.This was also the first full size roller coaster I had ever ridden in my life. Love at first flight haha. This is one of my favorite B&M's. Such a great ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condor Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 SFMM's Batman: The Ride in 1997. But it was my rides on Riddler's Revenge when it opened the following year that started my sick, twisted mutation into a coaster enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredskull84 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Iron Wolf at SFGAm. It was fun in its early years, but turned into an ear-attacking death machine towards the end. However, you can't help but marvel at what B&M was able to come up with as newcomers to the scene. Two years later they built Batman at SFGAm, and that is still one of the most intense rides I've ever been on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DorneyKid14 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Talon has one of the best layouts, imo. All the elements just flow into each other perfectly. Let me get back when I figure out my first b&m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudvayneimn Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Batman the Ride at Six Flags St Louis.....so intense, I wanted to poop my pants as I boarded the train. Pretty sure I was somewhere between 7-9 at the time, it was the first roller coaster I ever rode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightBag95 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 First B&M was the summer of 2006 on a family trip to BGW. Alpengeist was the first for me and actually my third coaster ever. I was terrified and excited going up the lift haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrecken Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 My first was Alpengeist, as that was really the only B&M in the Baltimore/DC/VA area at the time. As for my second, I want to say it was Great Bear (which opened about a year later), but being that it opened only a month before I moved to California, I rather doubt I had time to go and ride it as I was busy with moving preparations. So, that would make my second B&M Batman TR at SFMM, and then probably Riddler's Revenge after that. Then I moved onto Northern CA where I rode Vortex at CGA (which I found surprisingly head-bang-y, especially since I had heard of how super-smooth B&Ms usually are). Funny thing is it took me a real long time to ever get to ride a plain old sit-down B&M, having had two stand-ups and two suspended B&Ms under my belt. I didn't accomplish that until I moved back east and rode Apollo's Chariot in 02' or 03'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensesfailed Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Batman: The Ride at Great Adventure. Actually, this was also my first ever coaster with inversions that I ever went on as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rill'o'beily Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Nemesis Inferno at thorpe park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generational Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Batman: The Dark Knight at SFNE in 2003 or 2004 This ride and S:RoS instilled my love for coasters at a young age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSum1_55 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Silver Bullet, in '06 or '07. By now, I have ridden most of the inverts in the US, so Bullet feels weak by comparison today. However, at the time of my first ride, the largest coaster I had ever ridden was California Screamin. So, my first ride on a B&M was pretty much the greatest experience of my life. This was the coaster that converted me to being a young enthusiast. I would honestly rather relive that moment than my first ride on El Toro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esuvnyx Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Top Gun. The helix over the water as the finale is still one of the most intense coaster endings. It felt like it was pulling my face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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