nin Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Batman The Ride at Six Flags over Georgia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toat Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Son of Beast, It was also my first coaster that was a legitimate coaster that wasn't some kiddy ride that's 40feet tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammmmmy Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 California screamin! I almost cried waiting in line I was so nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT2day Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 SooperDooperLooper, I thought there was more than 1 loop (because of the name) and refused to go on it until I was like 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Montazuma's Revenge at Knott's. My dad tricked me to go on it and I loved it. Montezooma was my first, too...except I went on it because I wanted to, not because I was tricked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrecken Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hate to say it but my first invert was the old hang & bang at SFA, the Mind Eraser. This was back when it sported its original teal and red color scheme, in the summer of 1997. Wasn't my choice at all, as I was utterly terrified of coasters, especially those that went upside down (part of the problem I think is that on many coasters the trains seem to be going more slowly thru loops and inversions than they really are and it can seem to an observer that people might be able to fall out). I was at the park (also back when it was called Adventure World) with my mom and one of her friends and some of that friend's family, and I swear that lady dragged us (not my mom, as she had back problems) on everything. Â I managed to white-knuckle it thru the Wild One as I could tolerate woodies (the Voyage hadn't been built yet!) since they weren't inverted and I thought of them as old-fashioned and a bit more tame than steel coasters back then. The now defunct Python (Arrow shuttle loop) wasn't operating that day, so that would have been my first invert had it been running, since we were in that side of the park first and I'm sure my mom's friend would have dragged me onto it right after we did Wild One. Â I was such a coaster-phobe I didn't even know that suspended inverts existed (I was so scared of coasters I couldn't stand to see an advertisement for one on tv!) and I was leery to even be in an amusement park lest someone I was with my try and get me to go on one. Kind of like someone who is afraid to go into a basement or attic because there might be a spider or bug there. I was scared to death on my first ride but then found I couldn't get enough, and I came back to the park later on that summer and my 2nd invert was the Python and then I went to KD and I'm sure my 3rd was Anaconda and then probably Shockwave since they didn't have Volcano back then. Â So even though my first inverted coasters (well, not the Python, that was smooth as it had no corkscrews or other elements that would cause headbanging or other painful moves) were plenty rough I was totally hooked. I wouldn't ride any of the existing three today due to the roughness but I suppose I do place some sentimental value on that old hang & bang just because it was my first inverted steel coaster and really got me into coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liftsifter Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Typhoon at Santa's Village in Dundee, IL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernierocker Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Don't remember if I ever posted in this thread or not. Â Wabash Cannonball at Opryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy 9 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Great American Scream Machine R.I.P. I miss you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamzman Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Double Loop in Geauga Lake..... back then I was a lil' Biach and was scared. My MOM talked me into going on it. The rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Orient Express - WoF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanKgtr Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Mine was the Whirlwind at Knoebels, it's now at some tiny park in Costa Rica, but I remember absolutely LOVING it at the time. A year or so later, I rode Great White at Morey's piers and it scared the $#!+ out of me, so I avoided coasters for a while. My next two were Sidewinder and Flying Coaster at Elitch Gardens while on a family vacation, and after those I conquered all the 'big' coasters at Hershey, and there was no looking back from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercheaf Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_(roller_coaster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4321 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Mine was the Manhattan Express coaster at New York-New York and surprisingly, I thought the coaster was a lot of fun, and pretty smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyfire Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Greezed Lightning at Six Flags Astroworld in the 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterCreator9 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Revolution, SFMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audio111 Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Canobie Corkscrew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robocoaster Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Magic Mountain's Revolution, pre OTSR. It was sweet!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Nessie (the sea-serpent) Superrollercoaster at Hansa-Park, Germany - a Schwarzkopf Loopingracer. Â Still enjoy it today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Typhoon at Santa's Village in Dundee, IL Do inclined loops count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zspaw Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 The Viper At Darien Lake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAWKIN_coaster38 Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Medusa at SFDK. I consider this "the first coaster I ever rode" because the only ones before that were kiddie coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 MOntezooma's Revenge back when there was only a handful of looping coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottom_feeder_13 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 California Screamin', Disney's California Adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Rage @Adventure Island in all its yellow-pinky pride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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