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Axman
Posts: 1055
Registered: 10/4/2003

Rank: Platinum Critic
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?

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Message updated 4/15/2007 7:34:05 PM by Axman
BobFunland
Posts: 7962
Registered: 8/9/2001

Rank: Site Moderator
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
Posts: 1180
Registered: 12/23/2004

Rank: Platinum Critic
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
Got_it
Posts: 818
Registered: 11/1/2006

Rank: Gold Critic
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

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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
Horizons12
Posts: 4860
Registered: 8/16/2002

Rank: Extragalactic Invader
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.
hrrytraver
Posts: 1270
Registered: 7/16/2005

Rank: Platinum Critic
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
Axman
Posts: 1055
Registered: 10/4/2003

Rank: Platinum Critic
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.
mrceagle
Posts: 13804
Registered: 6/9/2001

Rank: TPC News Minister
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
Jim S.
Posts: 39
Registered: 11/5/2006

Rank: Coaster Critic
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

B&MRULES!
Posts: 319
Registered: 11/16/2006

Rank: Silver Critic
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.
Got_it
Posts: 818
Registered: 11/1/2006

Rank: Gold Critic
4/22/2007 1:04:19 PM
Umm... Mind Eraser is an invert
Chet
Posts: 2922
Registered: 8/14/2003

Rank: Chilla Dude
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
no cars go
Posts: 501
Registered: 4/7/2006

Rank: Gold Critic
4/28/2007 11:53:19 AM
Chet, we have the same first coaster and first woodie.
Swimace
Posts: 5916
Registered: 8/28/2003

Rank: Platinum Critic
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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