When did you first see this? Where were you? What did you think?

I think your ambitious passion for this movie is really creepy

I saw it the week it premiered just before Christmas 1972. I was 14 years old and went by myself to the glorious Towne Theater in Latham NY (just outside of Albany, NY) in a snowstorm. The theater is now long gone but it had a huge screen, terrific sound system and had the curtains that opened as the film began. When I got to the theater, it was SRO and since I was by myself, an usher brought me to a front row seat extreme left. I remember having to gaze up at the screen. I was amazed by the film and I have loved it ever since. With this film, I became a huge film of Carol Lynley, John Williams, ocean liners and special effects. One of the very best film going experiences of my life.

"Thus, we began our longest journey together."
Adult Scout, To Kill A Mockingbird

I think I was about 8 or 9. I was staying with my grandparents in Santa Ana at the time, and their next-door neighbor had a couple of kids about my age. They were going to see the movie one night and invited me to come along.

Thing was, they didn't even know what the actual title of it was. They called it "The Ship That Got Hit By The 90-Foot Tidal Wave." We didn't realize the actual title until we got to the theater and saw it on the marquee.

The line was huge, although it was memorable for me since it was the first time I stayed up past midnight to watch a movie.

Fall River, Mass., Center Cinema on South Main Street in late 72 or maybe very early 73, age 14. Went back a week later with a different friend and sat through it twice. Went at least a few more times during its later run. Went again to the drive-in when it was re-released in the summer of 75, I think it was. All in all, 10 times during the first couple of years. And another 10 or 15 (not counting TV...) since then. Obsessed? Maybe ...

I'm an artist! I have zest and appetite and I like food!

Saw it December 1972 at a Los Angeles Drive-in. I don't know the name of drive-in. I was 7 years old. My mother took me and my sister to see it. I been hooked on this movie ever since. I remember playing Linda but as a boy and walk along the edge of our swimming pool like I was walking the catwalk, then pretend there was an explosion and I'd fall into the pool. This is like 4 months after the movie when the weather was better. But I was always daydreaming about doing that at the pool. I remember when it was going to be on TV for the first time. They had a two page ad in the TV guide. I was so excited. I ended up falling asleep in the middle though. I was like, why didn't somebody wake me up?

I saw this when I was around 13 (in the theater) 58 now.

Saw it with my sister over Xmas break 1972. I was 10 and my sister 13. We both loved it and up until that year , the best movie I ever saw until Jaws topped it a few years later.
I finally bought the blu ray last year , and am going to give it an annual New Year’s Eve viewing

On the living room floor, in a sleeping bag. I was about 9. The little cousins all wanted to watch Home Alone but the big cousins said this was cool, so we all watched this and it was cool.