What was your first coaster with a inversion?

[FlyingScooter]

1. Corkscrew at CP the first year it opened.

2. Double Loop GLP.

3. Corkscrew GLP.

[freestylenut]

I honestly do not remember mine, but I wanted to announce my 4-year old son just did his at Busch Gardens Tampa just yesterday (10/10...Columbus Day) on the Scorpion. He just reached the 42" mark and the boy braved it! He's the shiznit! I'm sure he has me beat because I do believe I was a double-digit age when I did my 1st inversion coaster.

[socalMAN123]

Mine was Montezuma's Revenge @ KBF when I was six. It was pretty scary for me, but this was the coaster taht made me discover that coasters kick butt!

---Brent 8)

[peteb]

Lightning Loops at SFGADV in 1978 followed by King Cobra at PKD; two completely different experiences and both awesome. Nothing like the shaking platform and gut wrenching drop on LL and the smooth acceleration of KK; both were great rides for their day. (would still be great today if they existed)

[c0sterfreek]

Mine would have to be Top Gun at PGA.

[gisco]

Mine was Montezooma's Revenge at Knott's back around 1978. I remember there were not a lot of looping coasters at the time so it was a pretty big deal to go upside down. When I was waiting to board the ride, a lady passed out on the train after her ride. We had to wait for medical people to give her smelling salts and help her off. Didn't ride another looping coaster until Shockwave at SFOT in 1999. So does anyone have a larger span of time between looping coasters?

 

Bob "became an enthusiast in 2003" Hoffman

[Fry]

The Twin Looper at American Adventure back in 1996 when it was The Gladiator. I would have been six, so I'm happy with that.

 

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[viking86]

Speed Loop, a Pinfari looper that came with a fair. Horrible ride!

[nursemelis374]

Mine was also Corkscrew, followed by Montezoma's.

[PhishyBrewer]

The old Corkscrew at Geuaga Lake

 

My mom game me $5 to make me ride it.

[Rooey]

The Schwarzcoft Looping Star, at Dreamland in Margate. Great ride, sorely missed. They did replace it a few years later with a Silver Arrow version, but it wasn't as good.

The Looping Star

[Shockwave]

Corkscrew at Alton Towers.

 

Rough then, rough now. Hasn't changed a bit,

[J man]

My first inverted ride was Desert Storm @ Castles-n-Coasters.

 

[CoasterCrazy]

Mindbender at SFOG!

[Inferno Insane]

Nemesis, Back In 1994.

[wallaaa -be]

Sirocco at Walibi Belgium (now it's "Turbine"... Yes, the shuttle loop which stop in the loop )

 

Before:

 

Now:

[ParkTrips]

I love seeing the huge percentage of people who started out with Schwarzkopf's

 

- Joe, who had the unfortunate experience of a crappy Vekoma for looper #2 after a sweet Schwarzkopf way back when

[smells_like_team_disney]

Mine was the Corkscrew at Knott's back in September 1987, followed by the Revolution at SFMM the following year. Wow, an Arrow followed by a Schwarzkopf, what a combination 8) .

 

Surprisingly, I didn't ride Monty at Knott's unitl 5 years later (September 1992) :? .

[scruffy]

King Cobra at Kings Island 1986.

[coastakid]

Zoomerang, a Vekoma Boomerang!...lol

[flyby208]

Mine was the Corkscrew at KBF back in 84 seems like yesterday

[Rider117]

Mine was the Looping Coaster at Funtown Pier in Seaside Heights, NJ.

[nannerdw]

Mine was Chang. It was my 7th coaster. My current coaster inversion count is 80! 8)

[arrowfanman]

Revolution, SFMM, back when it was smoother.

 

I really wish they would fix that ride up a bit--it really is an ideal, first inversion/overcome fear of inverting, coaster. The first half is windy through the trees and hillside. It gets your mind off of the loop. They, you hit some brakes, and there is a long runway to the loop that looms ahead. You know its coming, and you just wait.

 

After the loop, the rest of the course is like a victory run. You knew you had lost your upsidedown virginity, and you cant wait to ride again.

[MF310ryb]

My first Looping Roller Coaster was Sooper Dooper Looper at Hershey Park.