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What coasters opened around the time you were born

Hmm.

Kumba of course! :p
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Canyon Blaster
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Top Gun
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Indiana Jones
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Some beautiful coasters in 1993. And the year that introduced the mighty B&M Sit-down coaster!
 
Bavarian Beetle Kings Island Steel Sit Down - 1972
Excalibur Six Flags AstroWorld Steel Sit Down - 1972
Fire In The Hole Silver Dollar City Steel Sit Down 1972
Galaxy Great Adventure Amusement Park Steel Sit Down - 1972
Galaxy Orbit Peony Park Steel Sit Down - 1972
Jet Coaster Wonder Rakutenchi Steel Sit Down 1972
Jet Star Casino Pier Steel Sit Down - 1972
Jet Star Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Steel Sit Down - 1972
Jumbo Jet Cedar Point Steel Sit Down - 1972
Jumbo Jet Steeplechase Park Steel Sit Down - 1972
Log Ride Ocean Beach Amusement Park Wood Sit Down - 1972
Montaña Rusa Tivoli World Steel Sit Down 1972
Montaña Rusa Infantil Tivoli World Steel Sit Down 1972
Racer Kings Island Wood Sit Down 1972
Rock n' Roller Coaster Opryland USA Steel Sit Down - 1972
Super Big Gulp Playland Steel Sit Down - 1972
Twin Toboggans Hersheypark Steel Sit Down - 1972
Twin Toboggans Hersheypark Steel Sit Down - 1972
Water Chute Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach Wood Sit Down - 1972
Wildcat Martin's Fantasy Island Steel Sit Down - 1972
Wild Mouse Chippewa Lake Park Steel Sit Down SBNO 1972
Woodstock Express Kings Island Wood Sit Down 1972
 
Bobster Shirakaba Resort Family Land Steel Sit Down Operating 3/30/1982
Fantastic Coaster Rowdy Hirakata Park Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Grizzly Kings Dominion Wood Sit Down Operating 3/27/1982
Kwansong Tancha Mangyongdae Funfair Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Loop Coaster Mangyongdae Funfair Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Looping Star Nagashima Spa Land Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Sea Viper Sea World Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Speed Snake Fort Fun Abenteuerland Steel Sit Down Operating 1982
Viper Darien Lake Steel Sit Down Operating 5/1982
Vortex Calaway Park Steel Sit Down Operating 1982

As far as I'm concerned 3/06 best day of the year cool)
 
Ian's done the work for me:

Ian said:
1980

Big Thunder Mountain, Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom
Corkscrew, Alton Towers & Valleyfair!
Scorpion BG Tampa

Full list: http://www.rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&nm=na&op=1980&page=1

Urgh, according to RCDB, I was a child of the Arrow and Schwarzkopf era and they made overrated/ borderline vile coasters by today's standards.

The ones I've actually ridden from that year:

Big Thunder Mountain - Magic Kingdom
Carolina Cyclone - Carowinds
Corkscrew - Alton Towers
Jet Star - Särkänniemi
Jet Stream - Ocean Beach
Nessie Superrollercoaster - Hansa Park
Shuttle Loop - Nagashima Spaland
Tokaydo Express - Blackpool
 
Only one left still operating, but what a one it is! And it was my 200th as well. :--D

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gavin said:
Ian's done the work for me:
The ones I've actually ridden from that year:
Corkscrew - Alton Towers
Jet Stream - Ocean Beach
Tokaydo Express - Blackpool

Definitely rode 2 of those in their opening season, probably all three of them :lol:
 
1985....
Magic Mountain - Gardaland
Monstre - La Ronde
Schweizer Bobbahn - Europa Park
Texas Tornado - Wonderland Amusement Park
 
1994 in Coasters...

Pepsi Max Big One - Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Nemesis - Alton Towers
Shockwave - Drayton Manor
Raptor - Cedar Point
Hurler - Carowinds
Titan V - Space World Japan
Desperado - Buffalo Bill's Resort & Casino
 
Great American Scream Machine and Iron Wolf... why cant 1990 era coasters be left alone! :cry:
 
1999

Afterburn (Carowinds)
Apollo's Chariot

B
Bandit (Movie Park Germany)
Batman: The Ride
Big Dipper (Michigan's Adventure)
Bizarro (Six Flags Great Adventure)
Blackbeard's Lost Treasure Train
Boomerang: Coast to Coaster

C
Canyon Blaster (Six Flags Magic Mountain)

D
Doo Wopper
Dragon Challenge

E
Ednör – L'Attaque
Exterminator (roller coaster)

G
Georgia Scorcher
Great Chase (Six Flags America)


G cont.
Gwazi

H
The Howler

I
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
Invertigo (Kings Island)

J
The Joker's Jinx

M
Mad Mouse (Michigan's Adventure)
Mad Mouse (Valleyfair)
Millennium Roller Coaster
Montezum

N
Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon

P
Pepsi Python (roller coaster)
Poltergeist (roller coaster)
Pteranodon Flyers

R
Raging Bull (roller coaster)
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)


R cont.
Road Runner Railway
Roar (roller coaster)
Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith

S
Silver Comet (roller coaster)
Steel Eel
Superman – Ride of Steel

T
Tennessee Tornado
Tremors (roller coaster)
Twister (roller coaster)
Two Face: The Flip Side

V
Viking Voyage

W
Wild Mouse (Hersheypark)
Woodstock Express (Cedar Point)
Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster (Universal Studios Florida)

List courtesy of Wikipedia :mrgreen:
 
^Wow we have someone even younger

To me 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2006 were big years. And it sounds like 2012 will be as well
 
WOW. I just visited rcdb and apart from Kumba (which is freaking awesome), 1993 was a pretty bloody awful year for roller coasters!
 
1984 - Big Bad Wolf @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg, one of my personal favs that I actually got to ride. I'm still livin', but unfortunately, BBW is gone.

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Well, the only coaster that opened in the UK when I was born was...

Wildcat - Pleasureland

Hmmm a pinfari for me - doh!
 
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