Bolliger&Mabillard

^^For some reason everyone I talk to hates Magnum...I thinks it's a cool ride.

^^^ Although I found some disapointments with SFFT, I was impressed alot more with how clean the park was, how friendly the staff was and the overall atmosphere. I don't think anyone from a major park (i.e. MM, GAD, GAM, OG) can appreciate the quality of these parks, unless you're just a park nerd.

I don't see why they can't theme it after Green Lantern or Wonder Woman or something. Batman and Superman take up all the ride credit while the other DC characters get neglected so. But I was right about that GCI thing...so "SHAAAWIING!!!"

Prototype:X Mine train Road Runner Express Looper: Viper (SFMM)

Some friends and I just returned from Texas, visiting both Six Flags parks and Sea World. Good times were had, memories were made and hotel rooms were trashed...ahh how how cool it is to be young! Six Flags Over Texas Prior to this trip, Magic Mountain was the only Six Flags park I had been to, and knowing how my homepark is ran, i came into SFOT with a little bias. I didn't know what to expect, but what i saw was jaw-droppingly surprising. After we rented our car and checked into our hotel, we decided to check out the park and get a feel for it. The park was fairly crowded for a sunday. We got in at about 6 o' clock and the midways were still busting at the seams. The atmosphere was alot more friendlier than Magic Mountain and it was a lot cleaner than what I would have expected from a Six Flags Park. The temperature was not so kind, but I would not let Mr Sun stop me from battling it out with these coasters 1st ride on our trip. Mr. Freeze. Premier rides catches a ton of crap for the unsuccess of Batman and Robin the Chiller, but Mr Freeze south packs quite a punch. Sure, it's not a record breaker in any fashion, it's not the fastest, tallest, or longest of anything, but with ride ops moving quickly to keep the line moving despite one station operation, an exhilirating 70 mph launch, and an impressive layout, Mr Freeze was in fact the coolest coaster on the planet. I especially was impressed by the attempt to theme the queue around Snowy's Ice cream factory. Though not as nice as Disney or Universal themeing, the effort is there. Texas Giant This wooden coaster can be summed up with six words, "What the f!@# was THAT s&@!? For anyone who can remember how rough and painful Psyclone was at SFMM, Texas Giant was as bad as Psyclone, if it were a minute longer, 60 ft. higher, and 10 mph faster. I think "ouch" would be a severe understatement. Any ride with a ten-minute wait when the park is full should tell you something. To top it all off, the crew was so slow, at one point the dispatched a train, brought in the train from the waiting block, and left it empty in the station until the train cycling hit waitings, and then opened the loading gates. Wow. Titan My initial thought was, "This is the same thing as Goliath with an extra helix." How wrong was I. The crew was not as efficient with three trains as Goliath at SFMM can be (A train stopping in Main Brake every cycle, which IMO defeats the purpose of running 3 trains) but the line was moving at a steady pace, so no complaints there. After boarding I can tell you that if both of these rides ht 85 mph, I can tell you that Titan carries it a lot better. The helix before the MCBR was more intense than originally thought. I will feel disapointed everytime I ride Goliath now. Shockwave. Schwartzkoff classic. Smooth ride for a 30 year old coaster that provides a little bit of airtime. Add the fact that there is hardly a wait for it and it gets ten thumbs up from me! Batman Can you ever go wrong with a Batman clone? La Vibora Fun family ride. Old but still brings in a decent throughput. I liked it, and even bought the ride photo. Judge Roy Scream Why is it that older woodies run much smoother than newer ones? Small drop and compact out and back layout, but in the words of the fat Texan lady in the back row of our train, "Git 'er done!" Flash Back I was surprised to find a Vekoma boomerang with an actual station. Once you've ridden a boomerang, though, you've ridden them all. Tony Hawk Sucked balls. The rotating was rough, and you spin more in the brake run as you come to a dead stop than you do during the ride. Overall Park Experience There were some unavoidable "no-no's" that every park has, like catching ride ops, on their phones texting, slower loading procedures than one would like, etc. Overall this was a pleasant park. Their seemed to be a better ratio of family rides (I particularly like the Loony Tunes dark ride) to coasters. Scale of 1-10, I'd give this park a solid 8. SIX FLAGS FIESTA TEXAS It was a particularly hot day but there is a waterpark included in this trip so it wasn't all bad. I have a parking pass, so as I showed to the parking booth, they greeted me with "Welcome back Mr. Bailey". I was like wow, I don't think I've gotten that type of treatment from any park. ROAD RUNNER EXPRESS Best mine train I have ever been on. It may have something to do with the the train having upstop WHEELS instead of PADS. It deserved three rides. One of Arrows Hits, rather than Miss RATTLER Rattler was bearable, but still uncomfortable. I'm going to guess that because it's the only woodie in the park that they'd rather invest in fixing it (if the can call trim bakes everywhere fixing it) than demolishing it. It took like a whole minute to go through the ride's helix. The only cool part about this ride was the tunnel. Every other part of this ride was a painful borefest. SUPERMAN: KRYPTON COASTER Why is it that B&M stopped contracting Stengel to design their coasters? This floorless coaster makes Scream fee like Goliath Jr. POLTERGEIST Fun Launch, quick inversions, short line. I liked it, but it would have been better if two trains were available GOLIATH Unusual for a B&M invert to open at 4 pm., but it was sitting underwater for six months, so what do you expect. Overall park experience. With themeing, short lines, friendly employees, and one girl at Krypton Coaster checking the whole train and STILL not stacking made this the best Six flags park I'd been to.

Unemployed...I got laid off at Target. Before that I worked at SFMM.

6'2''... I used to be about 6'7'' before i cut my hair.

Oh well. we had a good run. Though mathematically still a chance the Lakers can win, the odds crush them. The Lakers winning three in a row with two of those games being in Boston isn't very likely, but L.A. is still my team, so I'm gonna root for them untill the end... Let's just hope that end is in game 5.

Space Mountain, Disneyland (California)

As a Side note to this... Psyclones trains have bottom foot work that is opposite Colosus' trains; I.E., Colosus' brake fins, left chain dogs right Psyclones brake fins right, chain dogs left.

^Memphis has a team??? Lol.

Best X1 (call me old fashioned, but i like it better the way it was) , every B&M at MM except Scream and Xcelerator Worst None really. Maybe Scream.

Last summer Freefall at SFMM opened 3 hours late because I was was the only certified ride op there and I refused to safety ride it. Head Bangs by the position As you engage lift As you reach top of lift. As you were pushed out to D block The drop was hell on the shoulders. The Runout was pain on shoulders/Back H block (where car turns right side up) was a nightmare. Still...I miss you, my little "suicide box" Freefall Sattilite Tower 1982-2008

I like the idea Cedar point had when I went last year. Have someone at height check and not allow items in line to begin with. As a former operator at Tatsu I can tell you the full blame for slow dispatch times isnt just will of the ride ops and loose articles. Less we forget that for a ride that cycles for 40 seconds from apex to block brake has to be advanced from transfers to either station, have chasis pins retract, have train go from "flight" to "load", have everyone get off/ then on, lock seats, have train go back to flight, have the chasis pin lock, then dispatch. This can only be done without stacking unless you have both stations availible and frankly staffing doesn't always permint that because Tatsu at full capacity takes up about the same amount of operators as two rides. Of course I'm a little bias because I used to be there. ^Shoes are a problem at Riddler's. any operator can tell you how often you have to hold on lift for people leaving their shoes behind. There are just some intangibles you can't get rid of. Shoes are by far the biggest one.

Someone swore up and down to me that X2 does not spin as much as X. Someone I know from X called me a liar by saying Tatsu only has three trains and can only run three trains (Never doubt the Certified operator) While working at Xcelerator, people ask if they will get wet. People think Batman the ride (SFMM) and Silver Bullet are clones. People STILL ask If Xcelerator used to be called WINDJAMMER. Apparently X was torn down, and reconstructed to look exactly the way it did before, but with new colors, because "Its a '5D' ride" so it's new.

That's a lot of food for $2.99!!!

^^I will be at Sea World SA sometime next week. I'll definately stop by!

We'll See what happens in these next two games, and keep a glimmer of hope there will be a game 5.

Pony Express (Finally). ^Dominator is actually one of the better floorless coasters I have ridden. Scream has a Zero G and it's not that great.

I'd be cool to theme it aptly "The Posideon Adventure".

Now that TT is officially open, where's Wiggles World? WE WANT WIGGLES!!!

Still can't wait for that layout, and even more for the track to show up.

I'm tempted to believe this is more of a SFMM operational policy versus a manufactuers rule due to the sheer braking force that is exerted on the train in the MCBR. When the ride first opened, the brakes were never on that hard...now the train nearly stops. This is probably why they now want 15 people minimum in the train so it wont valley. At the same time, I'm not buying that it has something to do with the final brake run. Not only is it on a slope, there are drive wheels at the ready brakes/transfer. So with that I have a question...when doing morning testing do they fill the trains with sandbags/water dummies to get to that 15 person weight minimum? Nope. Ghost trains.

What the fuzz happened in game 1? Paul Pierce was damn near crippled!

Was I the only guy to watch Sailor Moon?