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ThomVD

ThomVD

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So what was the first coaster you've ridden from each coaster manufacturer?

For me:

Intamin: Goliath in Walibi Holland
B&M: Will be Black Mamba in Phantasialand this thursday
Vekoma: Vogel Rok in Efteling
Mack: Dwervelwind in Toverland
GCI: Joris in de Draak in Efteling
 
Intamin- S:RoS (NE), too long ago to remember though
B&M- Either Great Bear or one of the BGT ones. I'm not entirely sure.
GCI- Gwazi
CCI- Boulder Dash
Premier- Revenge of the Mummy
Maurer Sohne- H:RRR
Schwarzkpof- Scorpion
Morgan- Steel Force
 
Intamin - Avalanche (renamed La Vibora) - SFOT
Arrow - Mini mine train - SFOT
Schwarzkopf - Shockwave - SFOT
Vekoma - Flashback - SFOT
B&M - Nemesis - Alton Towers
GCI - Wildcat - Hershey Park
Premier - Revenge of the Mummy - Universal Orlando
Maurer Sohne - Rattlesnake - Chessington
Gerstlauer - Saw - Thorpe Park
Mack - Runaway Train - Chessington
Pinfari - Beastie - Alton Towers
Zamperla - Buffalo Mountain Coaster - Drayton Manor
 
PTC - Little Dipper - Kiddieland
MACK - The Dark Knight [strike]Coaster[/strike] POS - Six Flags Great America
Intamin - V2 - Six Flags Great America
B&M - Batman: The Ride - Six Flags Great America
Vekoma - Spacely's Sprocket Rockets - Six Flags Great America
Zamperla - Ragin' Cajun - Six Flags Great America
Arrow - Demon - Six Flags Great America
S&S/Premier - Powder Keg - Silver Dollar City
RMC - Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
Schwarzkopf - Whizzer - Six Flags Great America
 
I'm not exactly sure what the manufacturer was of the first Wildcat/Zyklon/Galaxi coasters I rode at various German fairs, so here's my list excluding those ones.

John C. Allen - Swamp Fox @ Myrtle Beach Grand Strand
Arrow - Lightnin' Loops @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Beijing Shibaolai Amusement Equipment - Montaña Rusa @ Parque Bicentenario
Bolliger & Mabillard - Batman The Ride @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Chance Rides - Toboggan @ Lakemont Park
Fred Church - Dragon Coaster @ Rye Playland
Coaster Works - Dania Beach Hurricane @ Boomers
Custom Coasters International - Boulder Dash @ Lake Compounce
Dinn Corp - Mean Streak @ Cedar Point
D.P.V. Rides - Python @ Coney Island
E&F Miler Industries - Bear Trax @ Seabreeze
Fabbri - Screamin' Demon @ Castle Amusement Park
John Fetterman - Twister @ Knoebels
Gravity Group - Ravine Flyer II @ Waldameer
Gerstlauer - Pandemonium @ Six Flags New England
Giovanola - Sarajevo Bobsled @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Allan Herschell Company - Little Dipper @ Kiddie Park Of San Antonio
Hopkins - Dragon @ Adventureland
Frank Hoover - Blue Streak @ Cedar Point
Intamin - Shockwave @ Six Flags Great Adventure
International Amusement Devices - Colossus @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
International Coasters Inc. - Hurler @ Kings Dominion
Interpark - Looping Coaster @ Funtown Pier
L&T Systems - Runaway Train @ Gillian's Wonderland Pier
Mack Rides - Wild Mouse @ Hersheypark
Martin & Vleminckx - Triple Hurricane @ Cypress Gardens Adventure Park
Maurer Söhne - Steel Dragon @ Waldameer
Miler Manufacturing - Mighty Mouse @ Funtown Pier
Molina & Sons - Lil Phantom @ Kennywood
Morgan - Steel Force @ Dorney Park
National Amusement Device Company - Wildcat @ Frontier City
Overland Amusement Company - High Speed Thrill Coaster @ Knoebels
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters - Thunder Road @ Carowinds
Pinfari - Big Apple @ Astroland
Premier Rides - Batman And Robin: The Chiller @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Reverchon - Exterminator @ Kennywood
Rocky Mountain Construction - New Texas Giant @ Six Flags Over Texas
Roller Coaster Corporation of America - Bandit @ Movie Park Germany
Rosser & Cobb - Rolling Thunder @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Sartori - Cobra @ Tivoli Friheden
SBF Visa Group - Karlo's Taxi @ Djurs Sommerland
S&S Worldwide - Steel Hawg @ Indiana Beach
Schwarzkopf - White Lightnin' @ Carowinds
S.D.C. - Hurricane @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Setpoint - Flying Super Saturator @ Carowinds
Togo - Ultra Twister @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Vekoma - Flashback @ Six Flags New England
Wisdom Rides - Pirates Hideaway @ Casino Pier
Zamperla - Moto Coaster @ Darien Lake
Zierer - Flitzer @ Morey's Piers
 
Oh god this list is going to be annoying to recall and make. I'll list them in direct order from first company to latest:

1997:
Custom Coasters Int'l: Sky Princess / Kingdom Coaster @ Dutch Wonderland
Vekoma: Vapor Trail @ Sesame Place
Arrow Dynamics: Runaway Mine Train @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Rosser & Cobb: Rolling Thunder @ Six Flags Great Adventure

1998:
Zierer: Flitzer @ Jenkinson's Boardwalk
Zamperla: Tornado @ Jenkinson's Boardwalk
Chance Rides: Joust @ Dutch Wonderland

1999:
E&F Miler Industries: Wild Mouse @ Casino Pier
MACK Rides: Wizard's Cavern @ Casino Pier
Intamin AG: Skull Mountain @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Schwarzkopf (influenced): Big Bad Wolf @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
John C. Allen: Rebel Yell @ Kings Dominion
Int'l Coasters Inc.: Hurler @ Kings Dominion

2000:
Pinfari: RC-48 @ Morey's Piers

2001:
B.A. Schiff & Assoc.: Mini Mouse / Big Top Sideshow @ Steel Pier
Reverchon: Crazy Mouse @ Steel Pier
Togo: Viper @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Bolliger & Mabillard: Medusa / Bizarro @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Wisdom Rides: Dragon @ Blackbeard's Cave
Morgan: Steel Force @ Dorney Park
Herbert Schmeck: Thunderhawk @ Dorney Park
Maurer Shone: Wild Mouse @ Dorney Park
Summers & Dinn Corp*: Hercules @ Dorney Park
Schwarzkopf (actual): Laser @ Dorney Park
Allan Herschell Company: Little Laser / Steel First @ Dorney Park

2002:
Interpark: Looping Coaster @ Funtown Pier
Premier Rides: Batman and Robin: The Chiller (Robin first)

2003:
L&T Systems: Hot Tamales @ Casino Pier

2004:
S&S: Tsunami / J2 / Hell Cat @ Clementon Park

2005:
Miler Manufacturing: Mighty Mouse @ Funtown Pier

2006:
Great Coasters Int'l: Gwazi @ Busch Gardens Tampa

2010:
Frank Hoover: Blue Streak @ Cedar Point

2011:
Fred Church: Dragon Coaster @ Rye Playland
Setpoint: Roller Soaker @ Hersheypark

2012:
John Fetterman: Twister @ Knoebels

2013:
SBF Visa Group: FunCoaster @ Funplex

*- If Grizzly was designed and built by Summers & Dinn Corp then in 1999 that would be my first coaster from both of them. RCDB doesn't list who built the coaster, but state that it was designed by the Taft Corp. (Owners of KD at the time of its construction, even though it's a Coney Island Wildcat clone).
 
Intamin: Jr. Gemini, Cedar Point
Schwarzkopf: Wild Cat, Cedar Point
Arrow: Cedar Creek Mine Ride, Cedar Point
PTC (And John C. Allen): Blue Streak, Cedar Point
B&M: Raptor, Cedar Point
RMC: Outlaw Run, Silver Dollar City
GCI: Thunderhead, Dollywood
S&S: Powder Keg, Silver Dollar City
Gravity Group: Ravine Flyer II, Waldameer
Vekoma: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Hollywood Studios
Premier: Speed, Nascar Cafe
Dinn Corp.: Mean Streak, Cedar Point
Charlie Dinn: Beast, Kings Island :wink:
CCI: Villain, Geauga Lake
Zierer: Beaver Land Mine Ride, Geauga Lake
Togo: Roller Coaster, New York New York Hotel
Gerstlauer: Mystery Mine, Dollywood
Reverchron: Primeval Whirl, Animal Kingdom
Morgan: Steel Force, Dorney Park
Maurer Sohne: Wild Mouse, Dorney Park
Mack: Sierra Sidewinder, Knott's Berry Farm
Giovanola: Goliath, SFMM
Bernards Brothers: Collosus, SFMM
Charlie Mach: Racer, Kennywood
Andy Vettel: Thunderbolt, Kennywood
 
B&M: Hulk
GCI: Gwazi
CCI: Cheetah
Gravity Group: The Voyage
Premier: Mummy (Orlando)
Arrow: Python
Gerstlauer: Tony Hawks Big Spin (SFFT)
Morgan: Steel Force
Maurer Shone: Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Dinn: Texas Giant
Giovinola: Titan
Mack: Sand Serpent
Intamin: California Screamin
Schwarzkopf: Scorpion
PTC: Great American Scream Machine (over Georgia)
Vekoma: Rock n' Rollercoaster
Togo: New York New York Rollercoaster

I'm sure there has been a handful of other builders, none that make my list of the top of my head.
 
Vekoma: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, Hollywood Studios
Intamin: Kingda Ka, SFGAdv
Arrow: Big Thunder Mountain, Disneyland
GCI: Roar, SFDK
Maurer Sohne: Hollywood Rip Ride Rock it, Universal Studios
Premier: The Mummy, Universal Studios
B&M: Dueling Dragons, Universal Islands of Adventure
Mack: Goofy's Sky School, California Adventure
Gerstlauer: Pandemonium, SFDK
Giovanola: Cobra, SFLR
Reverchron: Primeval Whirl, Animal Kingdom
Harry C. Baker: Cyclone, Astroland
Zamperla: Wild Mouse, La Feria
 
B&M: Dominator, KD
Intamin: I305, KD
Vekoma: Boomerang, KBF
Arrow: Anaconda, KD
Mack: Ricochet, KD
GCI: Gwazi, BGT
Togo: Shockwave, KD
Morgan: Santa Monica West Coaster
Premier: Backlot, KD
Zamperla: Pony Express, KBF
Schwarzkopf: Scorpion, BGT
Zierer: Shamu Express, SWO

Just to name a few...
 
This is just from my memory and from my knowledge of manufactures. Probably missing a few here.

PTC - Yankee Cannonball
Arrow - Canobie Corkscrew
Vekoma - I wanna say Big Thunder Mountain?
B&M - Hulk
Mauer Sohne - Rip Ride Rockit
Premier - Revenge of the Mummy
Intamin - Bizarro
Gerstlauer - Pandemonium
Mack - Journey to Atlantis
Zierer - Verbolten

Again, missing quite a few here. :p
 
Lets see, Im just gonna list the major manufacturers and not some random designer as seems how everyone is doing it now.

Arrow - Double Loop
B&M - Batman Knight Flight
CCI - Villain
GCI - Wildcat@Hershey
GG - RFII
Intamin - Superman: Ultimate Escape (or whatever the pulse was named at SFWoA
Mack - Dark Knight at Great Adventure
Mauer Sohne - Steel Dragon at Waldameer
Morgan - Phantoms Revenge
Premier - Mr. Freeze
Reverchon - Exterminator
Schwartzkopf - Mindbender
Togo - Manhattan Express
Vekoma - Mind Eraser
 
I'll just post one I know off the top of my head....

Cavazza Diego - Nessi - Coney Beach Pleasure Park
Custom Coasters International - Excalibur - Funtown Splashtown U.S.A.
Fabbri - Pole Position - Fiesta Shows (traveling new england)
Gerstlauer - Mr. Six's Pandemonium - Six Flags New England ((BUT Twisted Twins had my first G-Trains))
Great Coasters International - Roar - Six Flags America
Giovanola - Goliath - Six Flags Magic Mountain (For a NON-Intamin GIO)
Hopkins - Polar Coaster - Story Land
Intamin - Disaster Transport - Cedar Point
Premier Rides - Flight of Fear - Kings Dominion
Rocky Mountain Construction - Outlaw Run - Silver Dollar City
S.D.C. - Rockin' Rider - Canobie Lake Park
S&S - Hypersonic XLC - Kings Dominion
The Gravity Group - Hades - Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park
Togo - Shockwave - Kings Dominion
Zierer - Firefly Roller Coaster - Benson's

I'll edit this later when I check my count. ha

More -
Zamperla - Dragon - Canobie Lake Park
Overland - High Speed Thrill Coaster - Knoebels
Schwarzkopf - Wildcat - Cedar Point
Vernon Keenan - Flyer Comet - Whalom Park
Philadelphia Toboggan Company - Yankee Cannonball - Canobie Lake Park
E&F Miler Industries - Great Chase - Six Flags New England (Riverside)
Cobb - Riverside Cyclone - Six Flags New England (Riverside)
Allan Herschell Company - Little Rickies Little Twister - Six Flags New England (Riverside)
Wisdom - Go-Gator - Sam Pino (traveling new england)
Bailey - Pipeline Express - Wild Water & Wheels
Coaster Works - Dania Beach Hurricane - Boomers
Fredrick Church - Dragon Coaster - Playland Park
 
1999:
Pinfari: Ortobruco Tour

2002:
Vekoma: Magic Mountain

2003:
Mack: Explorer
L&T Systems: Pakal

2004:
Reverchon: travelling Magic Mouse

2007:
Zierer: Orca (Loro Parque)

2008:
S&S Worldwide: Sequoia Adventure

2009:
Intamin: Indiana Jones et Le Temple du Peril
B&M: Katun

2011:
GCI: Gwazi
Schwarzkopf: Scorpion
SDC: Hurricane
Arthur Looff: Giant Dipper
Premier Rides: Revenge of the Mummy
Morgan: Santa Monica West Coaster
Arrow Dynamics: Viper
International Coasters: Colossus
Giovanola: Goliath

2012:
Preston & Barbieri: Master Thai
Maurer Söhne: Wilde Maus
Zamperla: Volare

2013:
CAM Baby Kart: Der Zug des Manitou
Sartori: Cobra
Charles Paige: Nickelodeon Streak
William Strickler: Big Dipper
Gerstlauer: Smiler
 
I'm not sure because when I was younger I rode coasters then forgot about them, but using deduction I have a vague idea.

I know Nemesis was my first B&M. I'm guessing that Thunder Looper was my first Schwarzkopf (and first inverting coaster). My first Mack was probably Alton's Mine Train.

The rest - pass.
 
Arrow: The Big One
B&M: Kumba
GCI: Gwazi Lion
Gertslauer: Saw
Intamin: Colossus
Mack Avalanche
Mauer Sohne: Rattlesnake
Premier: Revenge Of The Mummy
Pinfari: Big Apple
Schwarzkopf: Scorpion
S&S Mumbo Jumbo
Vekoma: Rock N Rollercoaster
Zierer: Ladybird
 
Hmmmmm... Now, this here's a tricky one.
Let's go way back in time :lol:

Vekoma: Corkscrew, Alton
Arrow: Revolution, PBB
Pinfari: Cyclone, PBB
Schwarzkopf: Black Hole, Alton
B&M: Nemesis, Alton
Intamin: Colossus, Thorpe (probably)
Mack: Avalanche, PBB
Zierer: 4 Man Bob, Alton or Space Invader, PBB - I honestly couldn't say which.
Reverchon: Twiser, WMSP
Super Car: Little Dipper, Ffrith Beach Festival Gardens
Gerstlauer: Cobra, Paultons Park
CCI: Megafobia, Oakwood
GCI: Lightning Racer, Hershey
Morgan: Steel Force, Dorney
PTC: Wildcat, Lake Compounce
Premier: Back Lot Stunt Coaster, Kings Dominion
S&S: Mumbo Jumbo, FL
Cavazza Diego: Nessie, Rhyl
Zamperla: Runaway Train, Gullivers Warrington
L&T Systems: Wild Mine Ride, Gullivers Warrington
Maurer Söhne: Spinball Whizzer, Alton
WGH Transportation: Dragon, Legoland Windsor

I think that about covers it :lol:
 
From memory I'd say:

Pinfari - Big Dipper, Marvels Scarborough
Arrow - Revolution, PBB
Vekoma - Missile, American Adventure (or possibly the Boomerang at Pwhelli Butlins)
Schwarzkopf - Beast, Alton
B&M - Nemesis, Alton
Intamin - Rita, Alton
Mack - Avalanche, PBB
Zierer - Space Invader, PBB
Reverchon - Crazy Mouse, South Pier Blackpool
Maurer - Spinball Whizzer, Alton
Gerstlauer - Saw, Thorpe
L&T - Wild Mine, Gullivers Warrington
Charles Paige - Cyclone aka Texas Tornado, Frontierland Morecambe
John Miller - Big Dipper, PBB
 
B&M- Hulk
Intamin- Volcano @ KD
Arrow- Runaway Mine Train @ SFOT
Vekoma- Barnstormer
GCI- American Thunder
PTC- Screamin' Eagle
CCI- Cannonball Run @ Waterville
Gerstlauer- Tony Hawk @ SFSL
Maurer Söhne- Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit
Premier Rides- Revenge of the Mummy @ US Orlando
Zamperla- Soarin Eagle @ Scream Zone
Mack- Mulholland Madness
Dinn- Old Texas Giant
Morgan- Mamba
Giavonola- Titan
Schwarzkopf- Mind Bender
S&S- Powder Keg
RMC- Outlaw Run
 
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