Creds from your Year of Birth

[Tomatron]

Looking back through RCDB the other day, I've found that only 42 creds opened in 1984, my year of birth.

Not a standout year for coasters, but I've ridden 9 of them.

88 Train - Children's Grand Park
Boomerang - Bellewaerde
Camelback Jetcoaster - Himeji Central Park
Caterpillar Capers - Camelot Theme Park
Space Invader 2- Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Super Dragon - Drayton Manor
Tig'rr Coaster - Indiana Beach
Ultra Twister - Nagashima Spa Land
Vauhtimato - Särkänniemi Amusement Park

The big one I missed from that year (because it's long gone) is Big Bad Wolf at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. XLR-8 also opened at AstroWorld but it looked a bit crap. And Dragon at Ocean Park also looks vile. But at least I still might stand a chance of riding it.

So, what I'm interested to know is what creds everyone has ridden from their year of birth, what you'd still like to ride (if any) and what creds you've missed due to them getting torn down?

 

[TilenB]

Fun topic idea!
Just looking at it, 90 coasters have opened in 1997, only 52 of which still operate today. Out of these, I've done 4:
Super 8er Bahn and Wilde Maus, both in Prater
Euro Mir in Europa Park
Superman: Escape from Krypton in SFMM.

 

[Jordanovichy]

Clearly the younger you are the more there are

Being born as recently as 1995 there were 88 coasters opened that year of which 55 still exist. I have ridden:

Diablo at Port Aventura Park
Dragon Khan at Port Aventura Park
Rhombus's Rocket at Fantasy Island

Pretty basic really, I should be adding two more this year though

Enigma at Pleasurewood Hills
Gadget's Go Coaster at Disneyland Tokyo

 

[davidm]

This is an age-biased topic.

There were only 13 built in my year; I have ridden 3 of them but only 2 are now still operating (so I have 100% of the operating coasters from that year)... conclusion ; I'm far too old for this game.

 

[ECG]

This is an age-biased topic.

QFT

Nothing has changed since the last time this topic was created a few years ago. There were 21 coasters built the year of my birth, but only one of them still operates and it's the only one of the 21 I've ridden.

 

[Chris Coasters]

There were so many built in 1996 It would take forever to type them. So I will just mention what I have been on and some other notable ones.

Ones I have been on

Skull Mountain
Flight of Fear - Kings Island
Great Chase - SFNE
Lil Phantom - Kennywood
Flight of Fear - Kings Dominion
Wildcat - Hershey
Barnstormer - Magic Kingdom
Mantis - Cedar Point

Other notable ones

Montu
Wild Thing - Valleyfair!
Santa Monica West Coaster
Fujiyama
Colorado Adventure
X-Thorpe
Megafobia

It looks like I will be getting to 2 or 3 more this year. I am surprised how many I had been on. I only new that Skull Mountain opened in 1996 not the others though.

 

[GuyWithAStick]

I can't say the exact amount(privacy reasons), but I can tell you that it's over 100!

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

I'm another one from 1996!

Coasters I have ridden from that year:

Barnstormer - Magic Kingdom
Megafobia - Oakwood
Montu - Busch Gardens Tampa - opened four days before I was born.
Sea Dragon - Rainbow Park
X - Thorpe Park

 

[CanobieFan]

Ugh, add me to the "I feel old" list.. but I'm not as old as JOEY seems to think.....

RCDB lists 32 coasters for my birth year and I've ridden 9 of them. (13 have been removed)
Removed ridden - Laser, Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Removed ridden - Little Eagle, Myrtle Beach Pavilion
Operating ridden - Shockwave, Kings Dominion
Operating ridden - Wild One, Six Flags America
Operating ridden - Silver Bullet, Frontier City
Operating ridden - Tidal Wave , Trimper's Rides
Operating ridden - Snake In The Grass, Pleasurewood Hills
Operating ridden - Rasender Tausendfüßler, Erlebnispark Tripsdrill
Operating ridden - Dragon, Fantasy Island Amusement Park

 

[nadroJ]

46 coasters opened in 1990. Of the 23 still in operation, I have been on the following:

Vampire - CWOA
Boomerang - Knotts Berry Farm
Pikajuna - Linnanmaki
SOS Numerobis - Parc Asterix
Rollerskater - Plopsaland de Panne
Viper - SFMM
Georgia Cycline - SFOG
Texas Giant - SFOT

Not a bad haul by far!

 

[jj23w]

I'll do quite a few from my year 1997.
Alpengiest, Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Batman The Ride, Six Flags Over Georgia
Bear Trax, Seabreeze Amusement Park
Boomerang Coast to Coaster, The Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom
Clown Coaster,Oakwood
Crazy Mouse, Steel Pier
Dragon, Nasu Highland Park
Endicott Emerald Mine, Wild Zone Adventures
Euro Mir, Europa Park

 

[SilverArrow]

Going to sound stupid now but how do you search by year on rcdb? You seem to be able to search by every other term except by age!

 

[ATTACKHAMMER]

Going to sound stupid now but how do you search by year on rcdb? You seem to be able to search by every other term except by age!

Go to the roller coaster search page. There you can search by year opened:
http://rcdb.com/os.htm?ot=2

 

[SilverArrow]

Going to sound stupid now but how do you search by year on rcdb? You seem to be able to search by every other term except by age!

Go to the roller coaster search page. There you can search by year opened:
http://rcdb.com/os.htm?ot=2

Ah, thank you!

 

[Hyde]

53 coasters opened in 1988, 20 of which are still operating.

Prominent roller coasters for this opening year include:

Ninja - SFMM
Wolverine Wildcat - Michigan's Adventure
Avalanche - KD and BPP
Shockwave - SFGA (removed)
Raging Wolf Bobs - Geauga Lake (removed)

And the famed Cliff Hanger of Ghost Town in the Sky, now SBNO:

 

[caffeine_demon]

1974, 15 coasters
3 still existing
runaway mine train - SFGAD
Trailblazer - hersheypark
woodstock express - kings domintion

All 3 ridden

 

[PeskyTrimBrake]

Great topic idea!

Born in 1998, 124 opened. Ridden:

Kong, SFDK
Roar, SFA

That's it...

 

[gavin]

According to RCDB, there were 32 new coasters in 1980. Only 10 of them are still operating. Well, in their original locations at least. I guess there could be some relocations in there; I'm not going to trawl through to find out.

The ones I've ridden are:

Big Thunder Mountain - Magic Kingdom
Carolina Cyclone - Carowinds
Corkscrew - Alton Towers
Jet Star - Särkänniemi
Jet Stream - Ocean Beach
Nessie Superrollercoaster - Hansa
Scorpion - Busch Gardens Tampa
Shuttle Loop - Nagashima Spaland
Tokaydo Express - Blackpool

Of the nine that I've ridden, five are still going.

 

[bmac]

78 coasters. 29 of which are not operating anymore.

The ones I've been on:
Batman @ Six Flags Great Adventure
Kumba @ Busch Gardens Tampa

 

[CookieCoasters]

From 1997, when there was 90 built of which there are now 52 operating. I've ridden the ones below

Alpengeist, Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Crazy Mine, Hansa Park
Green Lantern, Six Flags Great Adventure (Opened as Chang, SFKK in 1997)
Dragen, Legoland Billund
Euro Mir, Europa Park
Mind Eraser, Six Flags New England
Mine Train Ulven, Bakken
Stampida, Port Aventura
Steel Force, Dorney Park
Tomahawk, Port Aventura
Tonnerre de Zeus, Parc Asterix
Zoomerang, Lake Compounce