Oldest amusement ride you've been on?
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Inverting_Thrills
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If I'm not mistaking, mine is Little Dipper at Six Flags Great America
CanobieFan
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For a coaster, it's gonna be Leap The Dips, 1902, oldest coaster still operating.
For parks its gonna be Bakken, oldest park still operating, 1583
For fairs, the Schueberfouer in Luxembourg... 1340!
And for rides, normally carousels are way older than people expect (like say, Disney World just turned 50, but it's carousel is already well over 100!)
Doing a quick check for a flatride.... Blackpool Flying Machine -1904
And for a carousel it seems like Canobie's is from 1898!
For parks its gonna be Bakken, oldest park still operating, 1583
For fairs, the Schueberfouer in Luxembourg... 1340!
And for rides, normally carousels are way older than people expect (like say, Disney World just turned 50, but it's carousel is already well over 100!)
Doing a quick check for a flatride.... Blackpool Flying Machine -1904
And for a carousel it seems like Canobie's is from 1898!
The_bullgod
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A lot of similarity:
Coasters: Rutschebanen @ Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, which is from 1914.
Bakken is also my oldest and still operating themepark.
And Flying Machines at Blackpool Pleasure Beach is also my oldest flatride.
Efteldingus
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Howie
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I don't really know where to look up such statistics, so I'm basically going by other people's answers here. A case of scroll, scroll, scroll, scroll.... Yes, I've been on that!
Shout out to @CanobieFan for doing the necessary research for me - mine is also probably the Flying Machines at Blackpool.
Oldest coaster I've ridden is also probably at Blackpool. Which came first, was it Dipper? Yeah, that one then.
Shout out to @CanobieFan for doing the necessary research for me - mine is also probably the Flying Machines at Blackpool.
Oldest coaster I've ridden is also probably at Blackpool. Which came first, was it Dipper? Yeah, that one then.
Steely Dan
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Without looking up dates for (let alone remembering) every carousel I've ever ridden, that's probably the oldest ride for me (or close enough to it).
The oldest coaster I've ever ridden is more definitively Kennywood's Jack Rabbit from 1920.
lom.lom.lom
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Jack Rabbit at Clementon Park almost definitely, built in 1919. Not sure which Carousels and other flats that I've ridden pre-date that
Can borrow this for my answer too.
Not a clue on flats or other attractions - don't really keep enough of a track of it to have any real idea.
redheadedRobin
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Montaña Suiza at Parque de Atracciones Monte Igueldo in the north of Spain, opened in 1928.
zoeycuten
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Since people are going into oldest parks and coasters, I might as well do the same thing.
Oldest Flat Ride: Carousel at Conneaut Lake Park (1910)
Oldest Roller Coaster: Jack Rabbit at Kennywood (1920)
Oldest Park: Cedar Point (1870)
I am planning on going to Lakemont Park this year, so this might change.
Oldest Flat Ride: Carousel at Conneaut Lake Park (1910)
Oldest Roller Coaster: Jack Rabbit at Kennywood (1920)
Oldest Park: Cedar Point (1870)
I am planning on going to Lakemont Park this year, so this might change.
RevolutionRuleZ
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The now defunct Aerial Glide at the firmer Shipley Glen is dated as 1900's, I cant find an exact date.
Better known rides, its another vote for the Flyers at 1904 and the Dipper from 1923, although given it was completely rerouted in 1936, can anyone actually claim to have been on the 1923 ride? If not I guess Nick Streak takes the title.
Better known rides, its another vote for the Flyers at 1904 and the Dipper from 1923, although given it was completely rerouted in 1936, can anyone actually claim to have been on the 1923 ride? If not I guess Nick Streak takes the title.
, here are the 10 oldest coasters I've ridden: