Axman
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4/15/2007 7:33:10 PM
When and where was your fisrt coaster, and type of coaster?
First Coaster/First Steel-Matterhorn Mountain First Looping-Deser Storm First Wooden- Grizzly@PGA First Launch-Superman: The Ultimate Escape First Indoor-Space Mountain@DL First Invert-Dueling Dragons Fire First Stand-Up-Vortes@PGA Fisrt Suspended-Ninja First Hyper-Wild Thiing First Wild Mouse-Wild Mouse@Valleyfair First Flying-Stealth First Floorless-Medusa@SFMW First Shuttle-Tidal Wave@PGA
I started riding at an extremely early age. I rode Matterhorn when I was just under 3, Desert Storm when I was 4, and everything else, except floorless, before I was 9. Floorless was either 8 or 9; I can't rmember.
Not bad, eh?
-------------------- CF Fan Boy
"Six Flags Magic Mountian.............oh boy."
Message updated 4/15/2007 7:34:05 PM by Axman
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BobFunland
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4/15/2007 7:51:45 PM
First Coaster/First Steel - Mind Bender First Looping - Mind Bender First Wooden - Great American Scream Machine First Launch - Viper (SFOG) First Indoor - Rockin Roller Coaster First Invert - Batman the Ride First Stand-Up - Georgia Scorcher Fisrt Suspended - Ninja First Hyper - Goliath (MM) First Wild Mouse - I want to say the Crazy Mouse @ Motorworld in VA Beach First Flying - SUF (SFOG) First Floorless - Scream First Shuttle - Viper (SFOG)
normally a boring thread but I enjoyed the nostalgia tonight
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RCGenius
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4/15/2007 8:22:19 PM
First Looping - SuperDooperLooper (HP)
First Wooden - Comet (Hersheypark)
First Launch - Storm Runner (HP)
First Indoor - Revenge of the Mummy (USF)
First Invert - Great Bear (HP)
First Stand-Up - Mantis (Cedar Point)
Fisrt Suspended - Iron Dragon (CP)
First Hyper - Steel Force (Dorney Park)
First Wild Mouse - Wild Mouse (HP)
First Spinning Wild Mouse - Exterminator (Kennywood)
First Floorless - Hydra: the Revenge (DP)
First Dive Machine - SheiKra (BGA)
First Dueling/Racing Woody - Lightning Racer (HP)
First Twister - Kumba - Busch Gardens Africa
First Boomerang - Sidewinder (HP)
First Corkscrew - Whirlwind (formerly Knoebels)
First Giga - Millennium Force (CP)
First Portable - Wildcat (formerly William's Grove)
First Kiddie/Junior - The Joust (Dutch Wonderland)
I first started riding coasters when I was around 8-9 years old & I didn't break my fear of them until I was 12.
Message updated 4/15/2007 8:23:21 PM by RCGenius
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Got_it
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Registered: 11/1/2006
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4/16/2007 12:02:45 PM
First Coaster/First Steel - Zoomerang(LC) First Looping - Zoomerang(LC) First Wooden - Boulder Dash First Launch - Rockin' Roller Coaster First Indoor - Rockin' Roller Coaster First Invert - Great Bear First Stand-Up - N/A Fisrt Suspended - N/A First Hyper - S:ROS (SFNE) First Wild Mouse - Wild Mouse (Hershey) First Flying - SUF (SFGAV) First Floorless - B:TDK (SFNE) First Shuttle - Zoomerang (LC) First Spinning Wild Mouse- Exterminator First Kitty Coaster- Kitty Coaster(LC) First Tivoli Coaster- Catwoman's Whip/Poison Ivy's Tangled Train
Elements Loop-Zoomerang Cobra Roll-Zoomerang Corkscrew-B:TDK Boomerang-GASM Sidewinder-B:TDK Dive Loop/Immelmann-Great Bear Zero-G Roll-B:TDK Roll Over(Sitdown)-Rockin' Roller Coaster Roll Over(Inverted)-Mind Eraser(SFNE)
Make B&M- Great Bear Schwarzkopf- Sooperdooperlooper Arrow- GASM Vekoma- Zoomerang (LC) CCI- Boulder Dash GCI- Wild Cat (Hershey) PTC- WIld Cat (LC) Mack- Wild Mouse (Hershey) Reverchon- Exterminator Morgan- Phantoms Revenge
-------------------- Wild Cat(LC)2006 Ride Count= 151
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will then know peace"-Jimi Hendrix
B&M is so over rated all they did was steal the suspended coaster idea from Arrow and put a few loops in it.
Prefabricated Track is for people who can't handle a real wooden coaster.
5+ Years still missing the "Riverside" Cyclone
Message updated 4/16/2007 5:35:27 PM by Got_it
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Horizons12
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4/16/2007 2:15:49 PM
Steel coaster (first ever coaster): Rollies Coaster (the old one) @ Morey's Piers Looping coaster: Batman the Ride @ SFGAdv Inverted: Batman again Wooden: Rolling Thunder @ SFGAdv Sitdown looper: Viper @ SFGAdv Indoor: Skull Mountain @ SFGAdv Hyper: Steel Force @ Dorney Park Shuttle: Sea Serpent @ Morey's Piers Upsidedown flatride: Either Twister (Top Spin) or Spinmeister (Enterprise) both @ SFGAdv Log Flume: Niagra Falls @ Casino Pier, Seaside, NJ (my second was immidiatly afterwards and was that giant now dismantled Log Flume on Funtown Pier.) First Waterslide: Those two old slides that used to be in Keansburg, NJ First Darkride: probably Spook House at Keansburg Amusement Park.
I was about 12 when I first went on a coaster.
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hrrytraver
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4/16/2007 7:07:38 PM
sooperdooperlooper was numero uno for me, but my watershed moment came in '86 when i boarded my first wood, the Wild One, in what was at the time "Wild World", now SFA.
the coaster had just been moved from the doomed paragon park, a heartwarming coaster rescue, ala phoenix. the ride layout then was exactly as herb schmeck had left it in the 30s, and it blew me away.
i found it much more intense and liberating than any steel coaster i'd ridden up to that point.
that's the only "first" that seems interesting in my career, but perhaps notable also is my first launch, which was volcano. after an 8 year break from corporate parks, i'd never gotten to ride a LIM launch. man, it was pretty freaky. i still find launches freaky.
Message updated 4/16/2007 10:51:06 PM by hrrytraver
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Axman
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4/16/2007 10:33:35 PM
I have yet to ride Valcano, but my time may be coming soon...
What's it like? I haven't been on a full-curcit Intiman invert.
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mrceagle
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4/17/2007 12:24:29 AM
First Coaster/First Steel - Firefly/Rudy's Rapid Transit (Benson's/NE playworld/ Santa's Village) First Looping - Mind Bender (SFOG) First Wooden - Yankee Cannonball (Canobie Lake Park) First Launch - Viper (SFOG) First Indoor - Space Mountain First Invert - BTR (SFOG) First Stand-Up - N/A Fisrt Suspended - Big Bad Wolf First Hyper - S:ROS (SFNE) First Wild Mouse - N/A First Flying - N/A First Floorless - Medusa (SFGAdv) First Shuttle - Viper (SFOG) First Spinning - Pandemonium (SFNE) First Tivoli Coaster- Firefly/Rudy's Rapid Transit (Benson's/NE playworld/ Santa's Village)
Elements Loop- Mind Bender (SFOG) Cobra Roll- Medusa (SFGAdv) Corkscrew- Canobie Corkscrew (Canobie Lake Park) Boomerang-Boomerang (SFNE) Sidewinder- Great Amarican Scream Machine (SFGAdv) Dive Loop/Immelmann- Medusa (SFGAdv) Zero-G Roll- Medusa (SFGAdv) Roll Over(Inverted)-Mind Eraser(SFNE)
Make B&M- BTR (SFOG) Schwarzkopf- Mind Bender (SFOG) Arrow- Canobie corkscrew (Canobie Lake Park) Vekoma- Ninja (SFOG) CCI- Excalibur (funtown/Splashtown USA) Miler- Great Chase (SFNE) PTC- Yankee Cannonball (Canobie lake Park) Gerstlauer - Pandemonium (SFNE) Zamperla - Dragon coaster (Canobie Lake park) Hopkins - Polar coaster (Story Land)
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Message updated 4/17/2007 12:26:46 AM by mrceagle
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Jim S.
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Registered: 11/5/2006
Rank: Coaster Critic
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4/17/2007 6:48:31 PM
First Coaster/First Wooden: Phoenix First Steel: High Speed Thrill Coaster First Mouse: Steel Pier Crazy Mouse First Major Conventional Steel/First Looping: Sooperdooperlooper First Inverted: Great Bear First Launch: Stormrunner First Racer: Lightning Racer First Hyper: will be Steel Force First Indoor: will be Exterminator First Floorless: will be Hydra
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B&MRULES!
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Registered: 11/16/2006
Rank: Silver Critic
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4/21/2007 10:42:17 PM
First coaster/first steel oreint express at the fairs. First looping mind eraser at elitch First invert b:tr First launch powder keg first indoor some coaster at west edmonton mall was too young to remember.
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Got_it
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4/22/2007 1:04:19 PM
Umm... Mind Eraser is an invert
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Chet
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4/22/2007 1:33:44 PM
First Coaster High Speed Thrill Coaster Knoebels
First Woodie Pheonix Knoebels
First Looper Whirlwind Knoebels
wow, there's some sort of pattern here.
First Hyper Nitro SFGAdv
First Inverted Raptor Cedarpoint
that's actually kind of weird, with Dorney Park being in my backyard. I guess I was always too afraid to ride it.
umm... Stand-up : Mantis @ Cedarpoint Boomerang: Sea Serpent @ Morey's Piers Racing: Lightning Racer @ Hershey Launched: Batman And Robin The Chiller @ SFGAdv
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no cars go
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4/28/2007 11:53:19 AM
Chet, we have the same first coaster and first woodie.
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Swimace
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5/2/2007 9:06:01 PM
hmm.. lemme think
First Coaster- BTMR First Looper- DD-Ice First Launched- Hulk First Enclosed- Space Mountain First Hyper- Apollo's Chariot First with a 90* angle- Storm Runner First Woodie- Gwazi Stand Up- Georgia Scorcher Flyer- S:UF Invert- DD-Ice
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