stuartnz

Ugh, that reminds me of when I came home from a trip and my brother said "There was a documentary about a rollercoaster at Magic Mountain on but I didn't tape it". When I asked what one it was, he said "a big orange one". I was heartbroken

I have trouble understanding a lot of this talk about Magic Mountain being unfriendly. The only time I've ever been to MM or Knott's was in 2003, and my entire family (8-year-old brother included) thought Knott's was nowhere near as nice or as friendly as SFMM. It wasn't as... let's say... "family friendly" as Disneyland, but we weren't expecting a Disneyland kind of experience! Were we just really, really lucky not to have rude employees and get cut in front of?

Looks like you had a great day!

Ouch. I would have thought that they would have let him in after talking to the guy's parents. I guess they're making sure it doesn't look like they have double standards.

I find all this talk about the "cheesy" pre-show funny. Are there any non-cheesy pre-shows?? I can't remember many rides where I didn't think the pre-show was just a cheap way to immerse me in the ride. That's the fun of it!

Rocket Rods was my favourite Disney ride. If they build something like that at MM I can die happy. But could they pull it off? I mean, Disney managed to bollocks it up, so how would Six Flags fare?

The only problem with a skate-park would be the influx of people bringing their skateboards and then complaining when they have no where to put them when they want to ride a coaster

Wow, massive nostalgia trip when I read Pinocchio's Daring Journey. That ride scared the heck out of me when I was young

I tried to download it, but it stopped after about 70MB saying it couldn't read the source file. It's probably something my end, I'm gonna try it again in the morning.

Would it fit in that area? I'm not sure how big that area actually is, but it looks like it would be too small from that photo. I could be wrong, though.

I'm guilty of ducking on Goliath. I did it when I was two feet shorter than I am now, I'm probably going to be shitting myself next time I go on it. It's something I have an irrational fear of - same with hitting my feet on inverted coasters.

Well, that's the way I see it. If you're going out the exit and back into an empty queue, the pre-show would be annoying. But are you really going to be doing that on a real day at the park?

The powered/not powered argument is really one of the most common things out there. I guess they've never really thought about coasters in an enthusiast way, so it's not like they'd really understand how the brakes work. I had a discussion with a friend of mine a while ago about how it would suck if a coaster got stuck in the loop. He just assumed the ride op controlled whenever the coaster stopped or started, and that the brakes were on the car. I've also had a few good conversations about how NZ needs a good woodie. Of course, we can't have one because "they don't make them anymore". Or "you can't make a rollercoaster out of wood!" It really is sad how little people in New Zealand actually know about rollercoasters. It makes me sad, there's just nothing for anyone to compare it to.

Someone buy this man a Gameboy! It's actually a really cool chart. I'm amazed you have the patience to do something like this O_O

Holy crap, it looks like the ride is burning down

That's the reason most people ride big coasters

Pfft sure, pick the best looking coaster train ever for a comparison

From what I remember, Riddler's Revenge. But we'll see in July.

I signed up

You bastard! They plan in the US more than they do here!

Wow, I am impressed! Totally pumped to ride this thing in July. The theming looks impressive. Even little touches like the garden etc next to the queue. Thanks for the update, Robb!

Terminator's going to be open and you're thinking about other rides?

I remember choosing to do a research project on rollercoasters in my primary school, and I got an A because it was "such a hard subject to research!". I didn't have the heart to tell him the whole thing took me an hour on the internet :/

Oh sweet! It's good to see some actual metal going up on this thing!

Thanks for the video! This ride looks faster than I thought! Loving the commentary, too. Terminators...