Your First Roller Coaster

First wood: The Beast at PKI

First Steel: Vortex at PKI, about 10 minutes after The Beast :)

I was 18....had NO idea what I had been missing all my life :(

Well, I missed this thread the first time around so here goes...

American Eagle was my first wood coaster in 1981, the year it opened. That very same day, I rode my first steel coaster, the Whizzer. It took me another year to work up the courage to ride a looper and Demon was my first followed the same day by Tidal Wave.

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Bob Hansen

A proud CoasterBuzz Member

"So you think your'e really brave, gonna see the DEMONS cave.
You silly dude, your'e only food, for the DEMON"

Scooby Zoom at PKI

Space Mountain at MK

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad at MK

Beastie at PKI

First real:

Flight of Fear PKI

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(Former Signature replaced due to bad joke with accident) The Beast at night-Two peas in a pod?

Blue Streak at Cedar Point

Steamin' Demon at Great Escape, I wasn't afraid at all.

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SFNE's Superman's the best!

The Little Rock-N-Roller Coaster at Opryland was my first, ~1974, so I was ~3.

My topic has been revived!!!!!!!

After years of being deathly afraid of coasters my entire life, I finally rode my first just this past May. The Aerosmith Rock N Roller coaster at Disney MGM Studios and now I'm addicted! Better late than never I guess.

Viper at SFAW.

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On the seventh day, God created coasters!

My first coaster was Space Mountain at Disneyland.

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Cedar Point-America's Roller Coast.

Roller Coaster at Land of Make Believe:)

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-Sean
In 2 Days My 100th Coaster will be HyperSonic XLC

Mine was TOrnado at Adventureland Des Moines. I was scared out of my mind, but I ended up riding it 5 more times. Now, I would kill to be stuck at the top of Millenium Force or Apollo's Chariot.

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1. Alpengeist (BGW)
2. Raptor (CP)
3. Magnum XL-200 (CP)
4. Millenium Force (CP)
5. Batman: Knight Flight (SFWoA)
6. Mantis (CP)
7. Raging Bull (SFGAm)
8. Mamba (WoF)
9. Apollo's Chariot (BGW)
10. Coaster (PNE Playland)

LIVE LIFE INVERTED

Mine was probably the Swamp Fox at Myrtle Beach, since my family and I went there almost every summer when I was a kid. I also remember their Corkscrew being my first steel.
The Big and Little Dippers at Camden Park here in WV were right around there too, but I still think the Swamp Fox was the first. I was probably about 8 years old the first time, and it's still standing and still a very nice woody, although I haven't been to Myrtle Beach in 12 years. lol.

My first coaster was Thunderbolt at Sfne ( then it was riverside park ). I was 8 years old. I was terrified then. And now 6 years later I'll ride anything!

And MikeMir87, I know what your talking about. Yankee Cannonball rocks! No one ever talks about it. It i so Underated.

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My first coaster was the comet at crystal beach amusement park in canad***

Hmmm...lessee....besides the small little kids coasters at the local fairs...

My first major ride I remember was Space Mountain at Disneyland. I was 5 years old and I remember second guessing it as we passed the last "chicken exit". My mom said " we're going especially after we have waited for an hour!"

End of story it was pretty fun albeit a little terrifying. That trip was also my first time on the Matterhorn and Big Thunder, but Space is the only ride I really remember.

My first looping coaster was Boomerang at Knott's when I was 7. First solo ride on a coaster was Viper at SFMM when I was 9.

Big Bad Wolf, I was 6, I did not know about g-forces or any of that stuff. I thought you just go in a train and go fast. I came off the coaster in shock, and did not ride another coaster till I was 10.

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Top 3
1.Apollo's Chariot, 2.Flight of Fear (PKD), 3.Rock'n Roller Coaster,

First adult coaster was Screechin' Eagle. First steel adult coaster was Vortex. Two pretty intense rides for entry-level coasters!

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He let the contents of the bottle do the thinking; can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

SFGAm WHIZZER!! :)

First coaster ever was The Brat at Erieview Park and first adult coaster was Big Dipper at Geauga Lake.

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Pugsly,The Coaster Jester Of Cedar Point.