Fed up with none of his friends sharing the same level of enthusiasm, Andy Hine MBE (Chairman) knew there must be more coaster enthusiasts in the UK feeling the same way.
As the amount of coasters worldwide was growing, so it appeared was the interest from riders.
In August 1988 to unite people with the same passion and enthusiasm, The Roller Coaster Club of Great Britain was created.
The main aims are to unite coaster enthusiasts in a social way, promote amusement parks as fun and safe places and encourage parks and manufacturers to create and install new and more daring rides.
It worked!
Now in its nineteenth year there are more than 1,200 members from 15 different countries. These coaster crazy members go to great lengths to get their coaster fix.
The average club member will have ridden more than 100 different coasters, spent eight hours in each park they visit and ridden 40 times in one day.
Since the first club events back in the late 80s these have remained the key part of being a member.
Each year the club organises around 10 events.
These include favourites such as the ‘Blackpool Bash’, ‘Loopathon’, MegaMania’ and ‘Summer Bash’.
European trips have also been part of the trip calendar and previous visits have included Port Aventura, Six Flags Holland, Europa Park to name just a few.
In 1993 we took our first trip to America and 47 members enjoyed a 10 park tour.
This became an bi-annual event and now two coach loads of members travel to America to ride around 80-100 coasters in 16 days!
There are also mini trips, AIRtime Magazine, a club message board, and a whole host of fun.
Visit the club website at www.rccgb.co.uk
Visit the club message board at rccgb.myfreeforum.org
