Yep. The entrance was Area 51 style and the whole thing was in the dark

with the track being glow in the dark. I think part of the issue was without being able to see what was coming up you didn't really know which way to lean and if you happened to lean right as it banked left your head and body just whipped around.

In response to this post by HokieNoVA

Posted: 04/04/2022 at 5:24PM

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

Yep. The entrance was Area 51 style and the whole thing was in the dark

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