The First Time I Rode a Rollercoaster
Willie Ross
University of Phoenix
Comm105
The First Time I Rode a Rollercoaster
Rollercoaster’s are rides that are sure to give thrill seekers a jolt without having to risk their lives. Most people will have ridden a rollercoaster by the time they reach the age of 16. I myself did not ride my first rollercoaster until 2005 at the age of 24. I was able to engage in this activity on my family vacation in which we traveled to “Six Flags over Georgia.” I was the only person who was in attendance that had never ridden a rollercoaster so of course I was ridiculed by my siblings. So in order to put an end to it all, I made a deal with them all that I would ride a rollercoaster once we arrived at our destination. I had no idea that my mouth was so big and could get me into so much trouble until I was standing in line of the infamous “Superman” rollercoaster at Six Flags. Now for those of you who don’t know this already, the “Superman” is not a rollercoaster that I would recommend you ride for the first time. It is a rollercoaster in which you strap yourself into the seat and during the ride you are laying down vertically in order to simulate flying like Superman. You would think that one of my brothers and sisters would have warned me about this. Wrong! Not one of my siblings explained this to me before I got on the ride. They waited well until I was strapped in and feeling as though I had conquered a fear of mine to say “you’ll be facing the ground the whole time.” That fear resurfaced once the seat started rising to put me into the vertical laying position.
I had no idea that the ride would be like this. During the ride, I was flung effortlessly through loop after loop and turned every way but the right way. The rollercoaster ride was traveling at speeds that felt like Mach III if you ask me. The ride was terrifying to say the least. Terrifying but exhilarating also. Mind you I was still laying face down towards...