There are endless combinations to constructing a coaster. Wood or Steel. Traditional, suspended, inverted, standing, floorless, pipeline, flying, or fourth dimensional. Chain lift, flywheel, LIM , LSM, hydraulics, compressed air, or drive tire. Zero inversions or Fourteen. Loops up to 134 feet. Drops as high as 456 feet. Speeds up to 128 MPH .

Each mixture of these elements provided a different form of euphoria. I had tried and catalogued nine hundred ninety nine blisses.

Tonight I had the opportunity for the thousandth. And I had the chance to experience it before anyone else.

Tonight I would break the cherry on The Racing Raptor…