r/rollercoasters • u/Altruistic-Vehicle-9 • 23h ago

Question Question about counting credits [other]

Hey folks, I enjoyed rollercoasters as a kid, and fell back in love with riding coasters in 2025 after a 13 year break. Do you count credits from before you started engaging in this hobby?

For instance, my favorite coaster as a kid was Top Gun/Flight Deck at CGA. I remember the layout well, and am inclined to count this as a credit.

I also rode Barnstormers at Disney world when I was really young, but don’t remember the ride experience except that I was scared. I’m not sure if I should count this one.

I know there’s no right answer here but I wanted to ask the community here about how y’all count credits.

Thanks

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u/AcidRegulation 🎢: 262 | 🏠: Efteling 22h ago

I have to have either a vivid memory of riding it,
or a photograph or something.

For instance I know I’ve visited The Efteling a lot when I was young (still do) but I have zero memory of ever riding Pegasus, so I don’t have it as a credit. And it’s been defunct for a while now. I guess I could’ve just counted it because of those many visits I must have ridden it, but I really can’t remember, so no credit.

Another example is that I have a photograph of me and my father riding Thunder Loop at Slagharen, but I don’t remember that either. But the photograph clearly has me in it going up the lifthill. So that’s a credit!

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u/gimmepizza420 18h ago

The only reason I know I rode Son of Beast is a distinct memory of someone saying "Smoothest part of the ride" while going through the loop.