Moose Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 ^wow big coaster for your first coaster with inversions. My first was also at Busch Gardens Tampa, but I am 99% sure it was the now gone Python. I remember being absolutely terrified. Then ended up loving it and making my father go in again and again and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 ^I remember my family being amazed at the old Corkscrew at Knott's. Whoa! It goes upsidedown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy13 Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Demon at California's Great America. It was before Paramount owned it, I'm thinking sometime around 1990 (give or take a year or so). I was somewhere between 8 and 10. While the ride has some nostalgic value for me, I'm hoping they remove it in the near future (along with Grizzly maybe) to put something dynamic in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajfelice Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Dragon Mountain at Marineland was my first coaster with inversions. Took a nasty beating at my young age and shorter stature. I didn't like coasters for a good amount of time until I rode at the time, Superman: Ride of Steel, at Darien Lake. I still didn't like loopers though. Finally a few years later I developed a good relationship with Arrows and Vekomas as I grew up a little more, and rode a little more defensively. Riding some B&Ms also helped me like inversions more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheBooker Posted November 8, 2013 Share Posted November 8, 2013 Corkscrew Valleyfair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrozooka0 Posted November 9, 2013 Share Posted November 9, 2013 Rock N Roller Coaster,Disney Hollywood Studios Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Yeti Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Scorpion at BGT. At first, I remember thinking that the helix at the end also went upside-down, but even after I knew it was not an inversion I think that the helix still scared me more than the loop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominoes Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Colossus Thorpe Park. That was a very bad choice for my first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Wow, that's one hell of a coaster for your first one with inversions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachsideThrills Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 The Revenge of Montezooma at Knott's Berry Farm when I was 6, I was so proud of myself. I was too short for Silver Bullet though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 A Schwarzkopf Looping-Star at Liseberg, Gothenburg - Sweden. It's on my avatar here. I think it is still up and running in Brazil these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPSFMMCW Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Loch Ness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschu Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Zoomerang at Lake Compounce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiMiT Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Demon at SFGAm was my first coaster with inversions. I was maybe 5 or 6 at the time (just over the 42 inch mark). I was terrified by the airtime on the first drop. I thought all big roller coasters were like that (which is true to some extent). It wasn't until about 5 years later that I rode Batman for the first time and started liking taller roller coasters again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boldikus Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 I don't think I posted in here yet but in case I didn't it was The Sea Serpent (Boomerang) at Morey's Piers in the mid 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glucky11801 Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 My first coaster with inversions was Lightnin' Loops at Six Flags Great Adventure, in 1978. What a strange creation those Arrow shuttle loops were. And all those stairs to walk up each time, lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urzishra Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Mine was California Screamin' in 2002. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogBur Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Raptor - Cedar Point - 1997 I believe. I got off on a good foot. Still one of the very best 20 years after its construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 ^It really is amazing how great it still is running. Love that ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Viper at SFMM I was 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstDropJay Posted May 29, 2014 Share Posted May 29, 2014 Lethal Weapon Pursuit at Warner Bros. Movie World Germany, at the age of 11 or 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Projektion Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Dragon Khan at Portaventura in 1999. Talk about diving in at the deep end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbomser Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 If my memory serves me right, my first inversions were on GASM at SFGADV. Talk about a rough start, at least it couldn't get any worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notturna Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Mine was Python at Efteling some three years ago. It took me a while, but I'll ride anything with or without inversions now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagmMForce247 Posted May 30, 2014 Share Posted May 30, 2014 Mine was Ninja at Six Flags St.Louis in 03 or 04. Probably the only time I ever had to wait a decent amount for the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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