Good topic FL_flyer!
I have to really think about this one. I rode like one or two coasters a park for about 5 years but was still afraid of the really big ones. Then in 1990, when I was 14 years old, we made our second trip to CP. My group all wanted to ride Magnum, I chickened out and let them go. Later in the day, they wanted to ride it again. This time I said "Forget it, I'm riding this time". I was shaking like a schoolgirl, but I just put my hands up and screamed like a banshee. Ever since then, there hasnt been a rollercoaster that I've seen that I wouldnt ride. Because to me, Magnum was the biggest thing in the world (yeah I know Steel Phantom was built by then, but I knew nothing of it at the time). I figured if I could handle that, everything else was a cake walk.