My first coaster ever was the Mine Train at Six Flags, St. Louis. I used to LOVE that ride (the drop in the tunnel at the end was great), but I was too scared to ride Ninja or even Screamin' Eagle (hey, I was like 7, OK?)
Then I moved to MI, and my home park became CP. I walked in the front gate and saw Raptor. The was a kid who was like 47.5" tall and trying to get in line - I figured if he could do that ride, then so could I. I rode it, and fell in love with intense coasters right away! I've since gone to CP every year and ridden anything and everything I could. :-)
Batman : Knight Flight was the skybreaker for me, height is no longer a problem for me! =o) It was a great ride with 5 inversions, gotta love them Floorless's, after that I went on the Dueling Dragons at IOA, I'm not sure if they made me Hooked but they were Sweet. Millennium force is the best though.
-------------
X-Flight - Gotta Love It!
My first coaster was a little wooden kiddie coaster at Williamsgrove in the late 60's or early 70's. My first non kiddie coaster was a Jumbo Jet at Busch Gardens: The Old Country (now BGWilliamsburg). Could have been the one named Glissade, but all accounts of Glissade put it there in 1979, and we were there in 1977.
But then in 1977, we went to Hersheypark after an absence of around 7 years. It was the combination of the Comet and Sooperdooperlooper that really got me hooked.
Unfortunately, for what ever reason from 1988 to 1999 I visited no parks. Then a return trip to Hershey and the Comet and Looper, along with Great Bear, Wildcat and Sidewinder got me hooked all over again.
-------------
"I wasn't always this cynical, but then I started kindergarden..."
Raptor at Cedar Point got me started in inverteds are my favorites, WOW Raptor cant think of a word to describe it.
-------------
CEDAR POINT AMERICAS "ROCK N ROLLERCOAST!"
Not one specific coaster for me. The top 10, on the Discovery Channel 6 years ago. So I guess you could say it was Raptor, Magnum, Comet, Megaphobia, and 6 others I don't remember. I'd ridden a few at Disneyland before, but those didn't spark my interest.
