Comments on: Your First Roller Coaster Ride

By: Patrick

Patrick — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:31:24 +0000

My first coaster was Scooby Doo @ Carowinds (now Woodstock Express). It scared the living daylights out of me. Mind you I was either 5 or 6 and somewhat forced to get on. Because of that I didn’t ride coasters willingly again until I was about 15. My second (and first steel) was Carolina Goldrusher and fell in love. After that I rode the likes of Thunder Road and the Hurler before braving my first looper…Carolina Cyclone and then my first Stand-up (& B&M): Vortex. All of the previous @ Carowinds.

The 2nd park I went to was BGW in ’97. I was definitely intimidated by the sheer height of the coasters there, as I had only been to CW prior. I braved them all tho. Loch Ness Monster was the first coaster I tried there and still a fav. I had many firsts at this park including: Wild Maus (first wild mouse coaster now Sand Serpent @ BGT), Big Bad Wolf (the only suspended coaster I’ve ridden), and Alpengeist (first inverted and also the tallest I had ridden). That height record held until I rode SheiKra (first Dive) @ BGT 10 years later (Dec. ’07) and then 6 months later (June ’08) rode Griffon @ BGW; still the tallest I’ve been on….I really need to go to more parks…lol.

My first launch coaster (and Intamin) was Volcano: The Blast Coaster @ KD (’98). That is still my favorite ride there (last visit in ’99). Flight Of Fear was my first enclosed (’98). My first Megacoaster (“Hyper”) was Apollo’s Chariot @ BGW (’99). The first “true hyper” was Goliath @ SFOGA (May ’08). I still prefer AC over it…perhaps it’s the terrain, or the fact I didn’t have to wait 3 hours to ride…lol. My first flyer was Superman: UF (May ’08), @ SFOGA, but have since ridden Nighthawk @ CW which to me is better, and then Manta @ SW which is far superior to the previous.

By: Quil

Quil — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:04:05 +0000

Sometimes I feel as though my internal reading ears are in pain after reading some of my older comments…

By: Guilherme

Guilherme — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:54:50 +0000

My first rollercoaster was Roar at SFDK.

By: Matt McIrvin

Matt McIrvin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:08:33 +0000

I was so afraid of rides when I was a kid that I only rode on any sort of roller coaster once before puberty: the Trailblazer, Hersheypark’s short Arrow Mine Train. That was enough thrill for me, maybe more than enough.

My first big coaster was none other than Mister Twister at the original Elitch Gardens outside of Denver. That was an intense, scary ride, probably too much for a newbie; in hindsight I’d have done better to go on the Wildcat instead. I was proud of having faced my fear, but I didn’t go on any coaster again until a few years later, when I once again rode Mister Twister and the Wildcat.

I think it was after that that I finally dared to go on the Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens, which was at just the right thrill level to make me actually love riding it. That last drop was a special moment for me. So I suppose I think of each of those three as my first coaster, in a different way.

(My *second* ride on the Trailblazer was just this past summer, with my wife and daughter, and we missed the shaking from the Virginia earthquake by standing on the queue platform! I think my kid is going to be much more into coasters than I was.)

By: Will

Will — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:15:51 +0000

My first coaster was either Goofy’s Barnstormer at Magic Kingdom or Fire in the Hole at Silver Dollar City. My first medium sized coaster was Thunderation at Silver Dollar City. My first coaster that I would consider a real coaster was Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios. My first big coaster was Magnum XL-200.

By: Trent

Trent — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:50:49 +0000

My first coaster was Goofy’s Barnstormer at Magic Kingdom. The first coaster that I actually enjoyed was the Dragon at Legoland California. My first coaster with inversions was Corkscrew at Cedar Point.

By: James

James — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:03:58 +0000

I remember riding a very tame wild mouse at a French carnival about ten years ago, however, my first big ride would be Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Fiesta Texas – which I loved. It was the end of the day and the only ride I had ridden was the rapids. When I visited Astroworld a year after, I rode my first looping coaster, which was viper.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 20:57:05 +0000

I remember riding various small family rollercoasters at some funfairs on holiday. My first big one, however, was the Bobsleigh at Europa Park, Germany.

By: Kathe

Kathe — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:00:17 +0000

Yep, my first real roller coaster ride was on the scooby doo. I was 6 and the trip to PKD was one of my birthday presents. After that, I was afraid of roller coasters for the longest time until I made up my mind to try them. The first full-sized roller coasters I got on were the Italian Job and Rebel Yell. I worked my way up to riding the Alpengeist and Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens recently and now I’m looking forward to riding the Dominator!

By: Puppyduck

Puppyduck — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:24:08 +0000

My first rollercoaster was Rattlesnake at chessing WoA but it was not a rollercoaster to me just some stupid invention

First real rollerocaster:
Vampire @ Chessington WoA
First Rollercoasters to go upsidedown
Nemesis Inferno @ Thorpe Park
Colossus @ Thorpe Park
First Vertical Drop Rollercoaster
SAW The Ride Thorpe Park
And last but not least my first launched rollercoaster is going to be Stealth thorpe park and i am scared!