Your First Loop, Last Loop, Worst Loop, and Best L

1st: (inversion) Corkscrew @ Canobie Lake Park
(vertical loop) Scorpion @ BGT

last: Kraken @ Sea World Orlando

Worst: Iron Wolf @ SFGAm

Best: Any Schwarzkopf shutttle loop; backwards

Wow! Another thread brought back to life.............

First Loop:

The Corkscrew at Myrtle Beach, circa 1980 or 81.

Last Loop:

The Boomerang at Wild Adventures, just this past July 4th weekend. ;-)

Worst Loop:

I have no clue. I will have to think about that one.

Best Loop:

The first loop on The Tennesse Tornado at Dollywood!!!!

-Tina

*** Edited 7/7/2004 11:09:48 AM UTC by coasterqueenTRN***

First: sooperdooperlooper (back in 1978)

Last: Tennesee Tornado (Two weeks ago)

Worst: Steel Phantom (I think... I kind of "blacked out" on that one)

Best: Tennesee Tornado (if we are talking about "inversions", then a close runnerup would be the "bow tie" element right after the tunnel on Dragon Mountain at Marienland in Niagara Falls, ONT)

First loop: Demon ,Wonderland Sydney
Last loop:Demon ,Wonderland Sydney
Worst loop:Thunder Bolt ,Dreamworld
Best Loop:Big Dipper(cyclone,Dreamworld),Luna Park Sydney.

All of these in Australia.

First : Loop Coaster: Riverside (Now SFNE)

Last : Mantis

Worst : Corkscrew

Best : Hulk

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2Hostyl said:
First loop: Jet Scream @ Six Flags over Mid-America (now SFStL, coaster moved to SFAW as Viper)

Last loop:
if vertical loop - Vortex @ PKI (5-13-01)
if any inversion - Mind Eraser @ SFA (5-28-01)

Worst Loop:
if vertical loop - B:KF @ SFWoA, the first loop (I hate feeling like I'm falling upside down)
if any inversion - V:TBC @ PKD any of the rolls (same reason)

Best Loop:
if vertical loop - Shockwave @ SFGAm or Montu @ BGT, the first loop on each (loads of positive Gs)
if any inversion - Zero-G roll on Kumba @ BGT or Kraken @ SWF (pushed into the seat while upside-down, ejected out of the seat while right side up; someone finally got it right!)

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Update last loop: Great Bear Hershey Park

Update best loop: Vertical Loop on Batwing (the only part of the ride I really like)

lata, jeremy

--I quoted myself.....

First: Steel Phantom
Last: Dominator
Worst: Zonga/Revolution tie
Best: XFlight

Edit: thought we were talking all inversions, not just verticals ... most still apply =) *** Edited 7/7/2004 3:40:16 PM UTC by Impulse-ive***

Assuming we're talking vertical loops only...

First: Sooperdooperlooper (1979)
Last: Anaconda (6/5/04)
Worst: There's no better inversion than a vertical loop...
Best: Man...if I had to pick, I'd say Sooperdooperlooper's, but any Schwarzkopf qualifies as awesome. Any Togo standup would come in a close second.

Jeremy....how can you neglect S:KC's *eternal* vertical loop that crosses up and over the height of the quarry wall? Sacrilege! The most hangtime I've ever felt on one coaster element....gorgeous ride (and the only floorless to make my steel Top Ten).

First: King Kobra, King's Dominion
Last: Boomerang, Wild Adventures (Tina's new #1)...;)
Worst: That horrible POS on the Jersey Shore (hard to find BAD vertical loops ;)):
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery401.htm
Best: Any Anton, S:KC, Tennessee Tornado
*** Edited 7/7/2004 3:55:33 PM UTC by rollergator***

That's King's Island, Bill. :-D

-Tina

First: Python - BGT (1984)
Last: Chang - SFKK (2004)
Best: Tidal Wave - SFGAm (back seat)

Wow, this summer I get to celebrate 20 years of looping!

Tina, that woulda been King Cobra (I'm the resident spelling fanatic, LOL)...and I loved KC, but the one I'm referring to was PKD's old Anton shuttle loop. My father *dragged* me on it, and set back my coastering career a good twenty years..;)

My bad.........:-)

My mom dragged me on it too, but I got out before they locked the bars. It was years till my first on...

First: Shockwave PKD
Last: Face Off PKI
Best: Raptor
Worst: Not a whole lot of bad ones but I am going with SOB because the trains/restraints ruined the whole ride for me.