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June 30th, marked the premier of Universal Studios Hollywood's Broadway style musical adaptation of Creature from the Black Lagoon. The Creature from the Black Lagoon himself, made an entrance to the theme park in an enormous aquarium on a flat bed truck direct from the rainforest. The theater which formerly housed Fear Factor Live, has been transformed into a rainforest complete with hanging vines and green light ropes. The show is 25 minutes in length, and the storyline has been updated from the original movie which debuted in 1954. USH describes the musical as "outrageous, bizarrely romantic, melodic, and outlandishly comedic". This new show is geared toward a more mature audience, as it contains innuendo and a la Bill and Ted's Excellent Halloween Adventure, the cast lacks an adequate amount of clothing for most of the show. Sitting in the front section will provide a look into the detail of the Creature's costume and insight into the technical elements of the show, where as a seat in the upper section will allow for a more comfortable view of the incredible overhead acrobatic sequence. In the days leading up to the premier, many guests were able to preview the show. Audience reaction has been greatly mixed. Some shows have full houses and are met with thunderous applause. Other shows start full, and halfway through people leave in large numbers. The 7 members of the cast do a nice job bringing the story to the stage. The lighting is phenomenal, and the sound goes unnoticed (as is the goal of a sound mixer). The music is interesting and reminiscent of Spiderman Rocks. If you plan on seeing the show, go in with the mindset that the show is "outrageous, bizarrely romantic, melodic, and outlandishly comedic", and you won't be surprised or let down. It is in an air conditioned building, so there is nothing to complain about! It is certainly worth seeing at least once, and depending on your taste you may or may not be a repeat audience member. Thank you to USH and Trana Pittam for inviting Theme Park Review to attend this event! Media Day Video [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=creature_final_skwi[/coastertube] Photos by Frank (fls32224). If you enter the black, than you'll never come back! Don't go toward that big green thing! Is every show in this theater required to always have half naked people? Water, water everywhere, were gonna get wet! Everything the light touches...is mine! The theater was transformed into an amazon rainforest. Well, I guess I would know what was going on if that camera man wasn't in the way. I guess they captured the Creature and wanted us to go into the theater. Oh...the Creature was supposed to be in there, but he was probably pigging out at the brunch buffet. Is the hole in that cage supposed to be there? The creepy tank of mysterious mysteries approaches. Last week was the new HD Trams and the "almost" reopening of the Court House Square. This week it is the new Creature of the Black Lagoon musical. Welcome to USH for the 2nd media event in the past two weeks.

Expect to see more MINOR enhancements/changes/new whatevers in theming over the next few weeks. Keyword: MINOR.

The outside of the station is supported by wood. The wood and the outside corigated metal are painted grey with a texture pattern.

^Are you referring to any type of theming in particular?

This is because the priority is having full trains. If the station has no riders, the grouper will communicate to the Resistance Member in the 3rd preshow to send the guests up to the escape trains. Each group of guests will be ushered through the preshow at a faster rate, and seeing only portions of the preshow. As you mentioned, this only occurs toward the beginning and end of the day.

Yay!

I have seen SO MANY TPR people at TS:TR this past week! And what is more surprising is how many of you have taken a moment to introduce yourselves. It is very much appreciated.

Remember, there is no preferred seating. It just so happened that I sent you to the row in which you wanted to ride. It was great to see you!

It IS returning, and I believe it opens on Saturday May 23rd.

They were one of the band who participated in the Battle of the Bands competition during the 2009 Spring Break Rock Out Extreme.

The Not Really a Terminator Salvation: The Ride Update There won't be much visible process as Terminator Salvation: The Ride enters the final stage of consturction, but none the less here are some more pictures of the same thing, just to keep you in the loop. Also, enjoy a few pictures from the revamped Looney Tunes Celebration Parade and some other random pictures. ENJOY! Mr. Six leads the afternoon parade: A Looney Tunes Celebration! New queue rails are just one of the many improvements that Roaring Rapids received. As stated at West Coast Bash, the Los Cuates improvement project features more visible signage. The store Coaster Girls in now being remodeled. The Looney Tunes Characters are ready for a great 2009 Season!

From SFMM's Facebook page: "Actor/musician Common filmed pre-show footage at Six Flags Magic Mountain on Tuesday for the theme park’s newest coaster, Terminator® Salvation™: The Ride. The new coaster, slated to open Memorial Day weekend, is based on the summer movie of the same name. The new coaster theme features props and scenes from the upcoming movie." Pictures from the pre-show shoot can be found here: www.facebook.com/pages/Six-Flags-Magic-Mountain/67502107124?v=info&viewas=669868696#/album.php?aid=101054&id=67502107124 Anybody want to take a guess as to where this sequence was filmed?

At Spring Break Out last week, the MC's said the following: "Be sure to come back on May 23rd, when our brand new wooden coaster, Terminator Salvation: The Ride opens!..." As stated before, Media Day is scheduled for May 21st and the Opening Day is scheduled for May 23rd.

The sign actually reads: Six Flags California >>>>>> Gift Shop It is showing that both the park and the gift shop is >>>>>. I believe SFMM has a shopping pass which allows guests a certain amount of time to shop in the park, without paying admission. (As many parks do.) Too lazy to upload photo: www.themeparkreview.com/sfmmupdate_020308/sfmmupdate_001.jpg

^ WOW! What a great find!!!! Nope. I am not involved with the Opening Ceremony. But glad to hear your family got to participate in the highest honor of the day! It might have been! I was at the Metallica stage for most of the day. I was wearing black slacks and a black button down shirt. Glad to hear you got to play! Did you get a high score?

^ Be sure to stop by the Guitar Hero Stages! I will be there all day!

Don't hesitate to introduce yourself! Even if they look focused, they enjoy feedback of any kind! Remember, this is a new Six Flags Magic Mountian.

Other parks have had Mr. Six days in the park before. April 6th should be a fun day!

The EVERYTHING THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE AT WEST COAST BASH 2009 UPDATE! 3-26-09 Enjoy! ~William Through the peep hole we see the entrance continues to take shape! Thanks for reading! ~William Mr. Crane preps some of the final popsicle sticks. Terminator Salvation: The Ride continues to grow each day. New baskball hoops and backboards temp guests to test their skills in Cyclone Bay. More Flags. More Fun. Remember if you are a Season Pass holder to Flash your Pass! Many of the merchandise locations offer Season Pass discounts, and so does the Milk Cans game at Center Ring Games! Many of the food locations around the park now have these very visible "Hours of Operation" signs. "Hi all you whipper-snapers! Take a looksie at my new fangled merchandise!" Mr. Six continues to dance the day away in front of Valencia Falls. A nicely busy and CLEAN Six Flags Plaza. Welcome to a beautiful Thrusday at the park!

Great question Will! Unfortunately, the trivia scantrons were not saved. Jen or any other member of Team 24, do you recall which question you answered incorrectly?

Here are the final scores for the Scavenger Hunt. Thank you again to all teams!

Here is the plaque in question. It is located on the ground outside the Southeast corner of the Flags store in Six Flags Plaza. I will hopefully have the score posted by this evening, along with photos of each of the quest answers. ~William Answer: the letter "B" in the most upper-left corner

Thanks everyone! I NEVER take anything personally! The other coordinators and I had a BLAST for the scavenger hunt! How can you be upset about anything when your "work" is putting on an event like this! I focus my energy on the 99% of people who are wonderful, not on the 1% who... I had just as much fun as everyone else! We always look at how to improve in every aspect, and we know what to improve for next time!

I would like to apologize for the actions which led some teams to experience frustration. If we have scavenger hunt at WCB 2010, I will make sure that no one can alter the game, or disrupt the game for other teams. I should have the score recaps posted by the end of this weekend. Thanks, William