Anyone that’s been on daily thread long will know I never have just one favorite.

Best: At Kings Dominion in the 70s they had a ride called Time Shaft. You stood against the wall, it started spinning and the floor dropped out. I remember some people climbing around the walls. I wasn’t that crazy. Can’t find a video and I know I saw one several years ago. Good discretion below. I’ll ride just about anything.

https://www.dalebrumfield.net/single-post/2014/04/25/part-4-kings-dominion-s-time-shaft-vomitusinduced-craziness

Kings Dominion was my family’s park destination at least three times during the year. All us kids rode our first coasters here. My grandma rode anything except something spinning around or upside down. If it was your first time you had designated privileges to ride with her.

• The Rebel Yell: A classic wooden coaster with the big steep hill. This was before safety became a big deal in USA. My brother said he was lifting out of the seat on his first ride at age five.
• Apple turnover: Those rides with a cage attached to a big spinning wheel that went up in the air. As a kid it was my top favorite ride. As a teenager all I could think of when riding was my cage detaching itself and I’d fly into the big lake and drown.
• Don’t remember name, I think Anaconda: it was the first coaster I rode that went upside down. It was just one loop. Go through the loop and go to top and going backwards through loop. When I was older me & my cousin went off on our own riding. It was late fall and a slow day. We rode it fifteen times in a row.

Worst! Kings Dominion Drop Tower: I was an adult probably mid thirties. We went with my brother’s company work day. (Important later) I still had no fear. We got to the top of that ride and I could see the buildings in Richmond VA. I was at least thirty - forty miles away. That’s when panic set in. It stays up for a bit. Probably to get you good and scared. The drop was amazing. We were at the pic nic areas for large groups eating lunch. We could see the ride and it was stuck at least thirty minutes. I was thanking the good lord that didn’t happen to us. enter text

Sorry guys, my other top favorite rides are at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. I know Disney is evil. That doesn’t take away my amazing memories as an adult and child going with my family.

Rock n Roll Roller Coaster: you take off in a car that looks like a limo. Sitting still to very fast, if you don’t brace your head against back of seat you will hurt for days. You are in the dark turning upside several times and sharp turns. All this while Areo Smith music it blaring in your ear very loud. Once on a slow day my dad, myself and hubby rode it three times in a row. I was still in my thirties and could have handled about ten trips in a row. It’s the best roller coaster I’ve ever ridden.

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After Rock N Roll if you can handle it Tower of Terror is next. It’s not for everyone. Each ride the drops are different meaning you might not drop as far on one trip as another. I’ve been on it with three drops. Seeing others reactions that didn’t know what they were getting into is priceless. enter text

Apologies for the length. Coasters has been a top passion all my life. These are just a few of the great rides I’ve experienced over my life. It’s a small world will always be special to me because my grandpa didn’t ride many rides but he was the one taking us everywhere and only one waiting while my big family was riding. He didn’t mind he looked people watching under the shade of a tree. It was his favorite.

NO rides! I would never get on a ride at the state fair, and an amusement park, I would be hard pressed. With the standards that the world is living in today, I doubt they’re even doing basics safety standards. I mean… They are trying to kill us, right?

The Stanleyville train at Busch Gardens.

My toddler is an adorable coward. 😁

Best- coasters

Worst- spin and pukes