dylanreich

Can someone confirm this? I don't think you can just walk up the Tatsu, Superman, FT exit and try to get empty seats.

I went to the event with a friend. We got to Disneyland around 7am, and left the park around 1ish to visit DCA. Obviously, Disneyland had closed, so we were in DCA until about 2:30am, when Disneyland opened back up. The lines weren't too bad at that point, less than DCA (2 hours 20 minutes for Soarin') - we waited 20 minutes for Alice, 50 for Indy, and 25 for Space at about 5:50am as our last ride. Honestly, I DON'T see what the big deal is. It seems like more people in the coaster community are expressing displeasure than the General Public, who seemed to all be aware that the crowds were going to be huge, and no one seemed upset that Disneyland had closed off. Cast members were telling people at the exit gates of DCA that Disneyland was currently closed but may open up later to guests in DCA, which it did. Everyone in both parks seemed to be having lots of fun. I'll definitely be back next year because my friend woke us up late - I want to go from 6 to 6! EDIT: We thought it was hilarious how they try to make you feel special about being at the event - the announcements every few hours over the PA by a Disney Princess - "Congratulations! You've made it through 12 hours of our DIAMOND Celebration!"... "Just 4 hours left! It's the point where it's hard to tell if it's late or early!" The naming itself is funny - is the 70th the SAPPHIRE Celebration?

I don't think Disney gives out anything when many E-tickets are down in one day (and it does happen), so I don't see a point in complaining. It's just tough luck. I know SFMM gives out comp tickets when they shut the park early due to rain, I ended up giving mine to a friend.

When has that ever mattered before i haven't really paid close attention but i remember when they used to make it a perk to ride a new ride and at a certain time. with superman, that was pretty bad. at least we got to ride one night. or maybe pass holders were spread out a number of days. car went up about 2/3 of the tower, if that. i don't really remember. so i'd guess those promises, at least as a perk to buy a pass, really aren't stressed anymore. that dual RMC colored drop is looking pretty wicked. lol Well, pass-holders got to ride Batman backwards for a little while before it opened up to everyone.

Not that it matters but are you talking about WC or TC? Well it kinda matters since there's separate threads for separate parks.

I know SFDK has been doing Holiday in the Park for years. This is just the first year SFMM decided to participate. Haven't other Six Flags parks across the nation been doing Holiday in the Park in past years as well? I believe so. I'm not too sure SFMM should get all the credit though, I'm sure corporate had serious oversight.

I've got to say, WOW! Very impressive for SFMM. The great pictures didn't hurt! Looking forward to checking it out soon!

Because YOLO.

I don't think we are in disagreement because my point was regarding temporarily closing rides based off of rider complaints and injuries, not safety inspections; you're talking about the state safety inspections. The rides would have been closed at any park because of the findings of the safety inspectors, it wasn't a matter of the park deciding they wanted to play it safe, they had to (the law).

No, I don't think we are sure it's credible, but it did include pictures. And I think someone a couple pages back pointed out that it was suspicious that it was a new account, but an event like that might cause me to make a Yelp account to make a bad review myself.

It's not safety first if there's a but. If they get a report of something obstructing the course of the track, yes they should inspect it every time it happens. The thinking that an inspection shouldn't be made because there weren't any obvious signs of injury is a fallacy. Part of the point of the inspection is to prevent injuries from happening. The line of thinking that something should not get checked out because nothing serious has happened yet is exactly how this situation came to be. EDIT: Again, I will use Disney and Universal (and Cedar Fair parks) as examples of parks that are safety-first and would have shut down the ride immediately. I don't think the large amount of people in the park and waiting on rides stops those parks from taking the safety-first approach (to address the idea that no one would get to ride if the park responded to these complaints).

Yes. If a guest comes back from a ride injured (beyond things like head banging) you should (IMO) stop operation to find out why. I completely agree as well. As the saying goes, safety first. And I'm not quite sure, Tmcdllr, what you mean by "every time somebody complains 'like this' because I don't know of any other complaints like this. In my opinion (and I don't see why this is even a debatable issue), someone getting hurt on a ride (as Comeagain stated, outside of something like headbanging) is serious and should be taken seriously by the park. If Disney, Universal, or Knott's received a complaint that someone was hurt from an obstruction on a ride, you bet they're going to shut down the ride immediately. And to the argument that rides would never run if they addressed complaints whether they were made up or not, well look, Ninja can't run AT ALL right now because they didn't look into something they should have.

I'll bring the dog clippers rob. Let's give Dylan a reverse Mohawk this year?? Don't give Robb any ideas... But really, can't wait for WCB this year! ERT lineup looks awesome, and I know Knott's will put on an amazing day.

SFMM already has a wing coaster. I expect this to be a Rocky Mountain coaster. But most definitely not a wing coaster.

I'm sorry you expected some sort of story. I think the audio makes the ride a lot more fun. Hopefully they can get it up and running again soon, I understand that they have someone full-time who works on the audio.

This. Food trucks always have the best.

That sounds extremely weird. If a train is on one side of the station when the other hits the brakes, can't that one go straight away to the other side? Extremely weird? Don't question Magic Mountain logic. This is normal for them.

Well, they do have Dole Whips. Meh. I doubt they are as good as the Dole Whips at the Disney Parks or the Dole Plantation. I guess I'll see for myself on its quality the next time I get dragged to this park. It's the same thing. It comes from a machine. And Magic Mountain has mango, which is infinitely better than the pineapple.

Well, they do have Dole Whips.

^The question was about "The Big One," not about an earthquake of equal magnitude of the Northridge earthquake. HUUUUUUGE difference.

I'm just curious since I have completely no knowledge on the subject, but with all the talk about "The Big One," how would it affect the coasters? I know they probably won't collapse or anything lol, but would they still be ride-able or how would all that work with the supports in the ground? Interesting stuff...

Very true, but people were still willing to GET in line seeing it was a 45 minute wait compared to i305 being a walk-on. Georgia Scorcher at SFOG seemed to have a healthy line when I was there. Riddler's is also still pretty popular at SFMM, despite shorter lines being available elsewhere and tons of arguably better coasters available to ride.

^I would agree it was running poorly last year.

I think the park might be hesitant to have two Star Wars 3D experiences right next to each other.

Wait, the park's making sense?