What was your first coaster with inversions?

[Moose]

^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.

[cfc]

^I remember my family being amazed at the old Corkscrew at Knott's. Whoa! It goes upsidedown!

[dannyboy13]

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.

[ajfelice]

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.

[DanTheBooker]

Corkscrew Valleyfair

[Pyrozooka0]

Rock N Roller Coaster,Disney Hollywood Studios

[The Yeti]

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!

[dominoes]

Colossus Thorpe Park. That was a very bad choice for my first.

[Moose]

Wow, that's one hell of a coaster for your first one with inversions!

[BeachsideThrills]

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...

[Swede]

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.

[CPSFMMCW]

Loch Ness.

[Dschu]

Zoomerang at Lake Compounce

[LiMiT]

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.

[boldikus]

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.

[glucky11801]

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!

[urzishra]

Mine was California Screamin' in 2002.

[LogBur]

Raptor - Cedar Point - 1997 I believe.

 

I got off on a good foot. Still one of the very best 20 years after its construction.

[rcjp]

^It really is amazing how great it still is running. Love that ride.

[Superbatboy]

Viper at SFMM I was 11

[FirstDropJay]

Lethal Weapon Pursuit at Warner Bros. Movie World Germany, at the age of 11 or 12.

[Projektion]

Dragon Khan at Portaventura in 1999.

 

Talk about diving in at the deep end.

[bbomser]

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!

[Notturna]

Mine was Python at Efteling some three years ago. It took me a while, but I'll ride anything with or without inversions now

[MagmMForce247]

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.