That was my first coaster. My older sister and some of her friends drug me

to Lakeside one day. I was riding all the peripheral rides throughout the morning, and they kept nagging me to ride the coaster. I can't remember if I finally said OK or if they literally dragged me on, but I was scared to death to ride that thing.

Then I rode it.

Then I rode it about 12 more times that afternoon.

Been kinda hooked ever since. I try to make it to an amusement park at least once a year. My daughter loves them too and that has been quite a few of our father-daughter excursions over the years.

In response to this post by astrohokie

Posted: 04/04/2022 at 3:58PM

I’m too old for roller coasters - holy crap I hurt ** -- OXVT 04/04/2022 2:44PM

For me it is more like vertigo like symptoms. I get dizzy too easily. ** -- OrlandoHokie 04/04/2022 4:37PM

-->once rode "The Shooting Star" 36x in one day ** -- astrohokie 04/04/2022 3:25PM

TWSS ** -- LonghornHokie 04/04/2022 6:09PM

Was once a Shooting Star operator - good VT hoops story inside -- Happy Dog 04/04/2022 4:28PM

Thats a grate 'dote right there ! ** -- astrohokie 04/04/2022 5:35PM

That was my first coaster. My older sister and some of her friends drug me -- Tafkam Hokie 04/04/2022 3:58PM

Got me beat...Rebel Yell 23 times...hop off, hop right back on ** -- Tuckahokie 04/04/2022 3:43PM

In late seventies, it rained lightly where it hurt on that roller coaster -- VaTechie 04/04/2022 8:24PM

I'm not sure how many times she rode it, but the year my daughter -- Tafkam Hokie 04/04/2022 4:23PM

$2.75 for all day at Lakeside. Man we had it good. -- Monk of McBride 04/04/2022 3:37PM

College Day was a scene, man ** -- Brown Water 04/04/2022 3:42PM

My daughter talked me into the Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion a few -- Brown Water 04/04/2022 3:18PM

Really? That one is pretty smooth. I didn't feel beat up at all on that -- Tafkam Hokie 04/04/2022 4:01PM

My fear of heights might have had something to do with it ** -- Brown Water 04/04/2022 4:52PM

Most of the modern ones are pretty smooth. But quite a few older coasters -- Tafkam Hokie 04/04/2022 3:16PM

The grizzly. Shook like crazy ** -- HokieJamie 04/04/2022 3:29PM

This. Stay off the old wooden coasters and the indoor ones -- HokieNoVA 04/04/2022 3:21PM

Yep. I remember riding the Flight of Fear at King's Dominion as a teenager -- AbsolutVT03 04/04/2022 3:51PM

I remember that ride, pretty sure it had an Outer Limits theme when I -- HokieNoVA 04/04/2022 5:01PM

Yep. The entrance was Area 51 style and the whole thing was in the dark -- AbsolutVT03 04/04/2022 5:24PM

Right there with you. Kills my neck and back. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 04/04/2022 2:55PM

↑ Just got off Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ** -- statmanfromHCyrs 04/04/2022 2:50PM

Or Space Mountain. That joker kicked my arse, never will ride that again ** -- Alan11 04/04/2022 2:55PM

That one was pretty rough on my back. -- No Clue 04/04/2022 3:49PM

Aerosmith and Expedition Everest are terrific. Guardians of the Galaxy..... -- Alan11 04/04/2022 4:04PM

Tron looked like it was getting pretty close too -- No Clue 04/04/2022 4:06PM

That was my first coaster. My older sister and some of her friends drug me

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