The pike in Long Beach California, I was a little kid when my dad took me on the roller coaster.
Jr just went on his first log ride. Do you remember your first big amusement park ride? What was it?
The roller coaster over 60 years ago at The Georgia State Fair. Never been so sick. My first and only ride.
Around 10 or so, the Stanely Falls log flume at Busch Gardens in Tampa.
I was in fourth grade, we were at a carnival. I was tall for my age and was fascinated by this ride that looked like the scariest one there. It would spin around like a giant ferris wheel and the individual cars that held two passengers would spin around too. Not for the faint at heart. I passed the height requirement and went on. I loved it and from then on would have to ride the scariest ride at any amusement park, fair or carnival. My dad went with me that first time and loved that I shared his love of all coasters and scary looking rides. A sweet memory.
The "Cyclone Racer" roller coaster in 1954 at The Pike in Long Beach, California. (I've been a roller coaster fanatic ever since!)
I ride splash mountain my first log ride at Disneyland.
The rollercoaster at Battersea Fun Fair, alas no longer with us.
From Wikipedia
"The funfair's most spectacular ride was a roller coaster called The Big Dipper, which opened in 1951. It was of wooden construction and suffered a major fire in 1970. It was closed after five children were killed and 13 injured in an accident on 30 May 1972 when one of the trains became detached from the haulage rope, rolling back to the station (the anti-rollback mechanism having failed) and colliding with the other train. This is the worst accident in the history of theme parks. The lack of a main attraction led to the decline in the popularity of the funfair and its eventual closure in 1974."
