Oldest Coaster You've Ridden?

For me, it's Blue Streak at Cedar Point, from 1964. Still a very fun ride despite it's age.

Oldest steel coaster I've ridden is Cedar Creek Mine Ride (1969).

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For me, it is Thunderhawk at Dorney Park. 1923 lol.

Mine's the JackRabbit at Kennywood. 1920

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Yankee Cannonball at Canobie Lake Park. 1936

That would be a tie between Racer and Scooby Doo/Beastie/Fairly Oddparents/Woodstock at Kings Island (both opened April 29, 1972).

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Ok, correction, forgot about Kennywood. Jack Rabbit is my oldest then at 1920.

Oldest coaster would be Rolling Thunder for me (1979)

I wish I could do better, but mine is Leap the Dips at Lakemont Park 1902.

Oldest steel is Bobsleds at Seabreeze

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Coaster Hero wrote:

Oldest coaster would be Rolling Thunder for me (1979)

^ You've never been on Runaway Mine? 1974?

mattahorn bobsleds at Disneyland.( 1959)
First steel coaster!

For me it was the Giant Dipper at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. (1924)

Strange that Coney Island's Cyclone is not coming in this thread... someone has ridden on that, I guess.

I wish I could do better, but mine is Leap the Dips at Lakemont Park 1902.

^Isn??t it the oldest still operating coaster in total?


For me, It is Rutschebahn at Tivoli, Kopenhagen, Denmark. Constructed 1914.

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Wildcat at Lake Compounce (1927)

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Grand National at Blackpool - 1935.

Closely followed by Big Dipper at Blackpool - redesigned in 1936 after being built in 1923 - I never managed to ride the other woodies at Blackpool (sadface)

lol240 wrote:

Strange that Coney Island's Cyclone is not coming in this thread... someone has ridden on that, I guess.

That's not really surprising because there are a number of rides close by that are older that anyone who has ridden the Cyclone has probably ridden at least one or two of (KW Jackrabbit, Leap The Dips, Dorney Thunderhawk)

TylerE wrote:

lol240 wrote:

Strange that Coney Island's Cyclone is not coming in this thread... someone has ridden on that, I guess.

That's not really surprising because there are a number of rides close by that are older that anyone who has ridden the Cyclone has probably ridden at least one or two of (KW Jackrabbit, Leap The Dips, Dorney Thunderhawk)

yep, Kennywood Jackrabbit for me as well. Love that coaster

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Leap the Dips @ Lakemont park. Still manages to be terrifying, although probably not in the ways the designers intended.

Leap the Dips! Built in 1902 - 113 years old and still rolling!

The Legend at Arnolds Park - 1930.

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Scenic Railway - Dreamland Margate or Grand National - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, not sure which ones older, I just know they're both really old

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Giant Dipper at Belmont Park (1925)

Jack Rabbit at Seabreeze. The second oldest operating coaster (and oldest continually operating coaster) in North America, this ride has been running since 1920.

Oldest steel would be Little Dipper at Quassy Amusement Park, which dates back to 1952. Yes, this thing predates the Matterhorn Bobsleds (as does a second steel coaster I've ridden, Wild Chipmunk at Lakeside Amusement Park).