JGuy
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^ You're comparing apples to oranges. My point is that the thing that makes real river rafting fun is missing from the rides. As it is people only ride them because they get you wet in summer. They have zero thrill factor otherwise. My idea of fun isn't watching someone else get wet and then laughing at them. I've done real white water rafting and I gaurentee that if rafting rides had a boat more like a chute the chutes style the thrill factor would go way up.
That sounds like a you problem...
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I'm glad that they're finally putting something in the former Maliboomer spot.
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Is the Orient Express still open? I haven't heard anything about that in a while.
Yes, but it's now named the "Helpful Honda Express".
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I always plan for the largest crowd I've ever seen to be there when I walk up. That way if it is crowded, I'm not caught off-guard, but if it happens to be even just a moderate day, I'm instantly in a better mood.
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One and done rides for me. However one at the top of the mountain would be pretty cool. Whatever it is, does anyone know why SFMM is the only major park not teasing?
Perhaps they don't have anything big planned in terms of new rides next year. They did get a more expensive version of Justice League this season. 2018 may be relatively quiet here.
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I'm placing my bets on a Free Spin, as well. I'll miss V2 if it is replaced by next year's attraction, but it's known for being temperamental, so I can't say I didn't see it coming.
Would rather see the go karts removed if something has to be.As unlikely as it is to happen in the next few years, I too would like to see a non-upcharge attraction take the spot of the Go-Karts.
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Maybe a new flat, and the park's 20th coaster? Sounds awesome.
Obviously, they're saving their 20th Coaster for 2020. It's going to be an Intamin Dive Coaster that's 20 stories high, has 20 vertical drops, 20 inversions, 20 airtime moments, breaks 20 records you've never heard of, and sprawls across 20 acres.
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Either that or an off-the-shelf ride that doesn't exceed $10 million. It doesn't matter which, as most of us will be there to ride it anyway.
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True. But I get the feeling that strategy isn't going to work much longer at a hard core thrill park like SFMM, especially with the competition in the area.
I agree that it'll probably catch up with them. They'll eventually run out of expenses to cut and (hopefully) start re-investing to stay relevant.
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Because their attendance and season pass sales may depend on it!
Unless they just announced a price hike in their season passes, they'll probably be fine. Their low investment, high returns strategy seems to be working for them.
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With the things Cedar Fair announced today, the entire Six Flags chain better step up! I think they will, it'll be good if they start trying to one-up each other again.
Why start now?
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Name has been leaked. It's Steel Vengeance.
Eh... I'm sure it will grow on me. But I'm just not loving it right now. . . It seems so... bland.
Could be worse... It could be named Timber Hawk.
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^In spite of how much everybody complains about SFMM, it's still a great place for people who love to ride roller coasters! My brother lives in LA, and when I go to visit him, he wants to take me to Disneyland where they have passes, and I know Knotts is a "better park", but I'm always like "I want to go to Magic Mountain!" You'll have a great time, in spite of all the park's many deficiencies!
Knott's is definitely a better park from an aesthetics and operations standpoint, but Magic Mountain's roller coaster lineup completely blows it out of the water, in my opinion. It's the main reason I haven't even returned to Knott's for the past five years.
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I'm about to attract a lot of hate here.
I found Twisted Colossus overrated
Not as much as if you said Millenium Force was only okay in the Cedar Point thread.
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Pirates is such an iconic ride, everything about is iconic IMO. Also, as you said, when one of the most iconic scenes of the most popular ride of Disneyland is about auctoning women, I don't think it's appropriate in the 2017 society.
Well, auctioning women wasn't exactly appropriate in 1967, either. It was there because they wanted to show that pirates, among other things, took advantage of women without showing anything explicitly sexual. It wasn't condoning it. It was showing what disgusting scum pirates were.
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While I'm mad that political correctness is behind this, but just look at this as a new scene on Pirates! None of us has seen it yet and it most likely will be better than auctioning women. Plenty of awful things people did back then and they don't have to be included in Disneyland, plus Disneyland is always changing and never finished, that's what Walt wanted.
True, but did they have to change one of, if not the most iconic scenes on the ride?
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If anyone's interested, since the temperature is high (As the past few days have been), the VR on Revolution might not be used to prevent the phones from overheating. If anyone feels like dealing with the heat, you can ride it all day without waiting more than a few minutes per ride.
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might as well keep walking and spend the time riding TC instead.
In my opinion, nothing else at Magic Mountain holds a candle to Twisted Colossus.
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I know I'm in the minority here, but given the same wait time for both, I would pick Goliath any day.
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I was looking at a picture of Colossus... and I wonder if they could have a "front gate" of the park right there. Avoid that long haul. Any thoughts?
Having a second entrance next to Colossus and Scream is an excellent idea. Therefore, we know it won't happen anytime soon.
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Do a good job and your reward is the ability to wear a black shirt outside in 80-90 degree heat. Seems legit.
It's management's way of ensuring they don't become too efficient. That way, people are still willing to buy the Flash Pass.
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So there's on-ride video now of the actual "Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout!" attraction. I've been on-and-off dreading the overlay since it was announced, I'm happy to say that I was totally wrong on this one! It looks like a lot of fun with the randomized drops and the oldies tunes in the background. I look forward to finally riding it in person on my next trip to DCA!
The Rocket animatronic during the pre-show certainly looks impressive.
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what if it's a dive wing coaster?
You mean inverted strata aqua trax?
No I think they meant inverted flying infinity intamin prefab woodie
With Spinning Stand-Up 4D trains.
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Although if Disney even touches Orlando's Tower I swear I'm gonna kill someone
But didn't you hear? They're giving it a Rogue One theme in anticipation of the upcoming Star Wars Land. You'll ascend the tower to upload the plans for the Death Star to the rebel fleet.
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Joker Jr?
They already have a character to go with it:
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While I'm definitely going to reserve my judgement until the ride is open, the concept art released makes it seem like it's going to continue to lack theming during the ride itself.