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No I didn't see you but I saw your friend with the black TPR t-shirt(he was going to Catapult I was leaving Cyclone... (i had my TPR under my jacket). I would have said Hi but I'm too shy and not confident enough with my english ! The next day I saw a guy with an Xcelerator t-shirt, he was talking about the UK coasters trip of TPR...

Hi ! My first trip report on Theme Park review but a long time reader... Since we are back from California, the only rollercoaster open near Quebec city is The Capitale Express http://www.rcdb.com/id369.htm. My boyfriend and I decided to go to Six Flags New England, about 7 hours away ! Yeah we love road trips... here goes the days : friday we drove up there, saturday and sunday we hit the park and monday we came back ! It was our first visit to SFNE and we already want to come back ! Six Flags is really making a turnaround this year with great employees, characters everywhere, restroom attendants ! The overall atmosphere was really great ! We had a blast ! First of all, we were about the 4th car in the parking lot at 8:20 saturday morning ! And yes the parking lot was already open with 6 parking attendants ! They were smiling and they came to say Have a great day at SFNE today... and we did ! What a great start ! The parking lot was empty... The Tram was already running... Trams for the Parade We were about the first persons to arrive Neat and clean, beautiful... are we at Disneyland ? Very impressive for a Six Flags park... maybe it was there before Six Flags ownership, I don't know... They opened the gates at 9:30, we could shop around waiting for the opening...everybody was at the season pass processing center, we already had our six flags magic moutain 2006 SP ! Really great scenery ! I can't believe I'm at a Six Flags park ! (I've been to SFMM, SFMW, SFGA, SF LARonde). An opening ceremony is beginning... here is Six Flags Family of the day ! (a different one every day ! what a great touch) More people are showing up (it's about 9:50)... notice the smiles... and this is not Disneyland ! ... There's a Six Flags character (created for the park) in this picture... bad costume..find it ! Yeah ! Costumed characters ! Tweety ! I love you ! Too bad you don't fit in my birdcage at home... Bugs bunny is the real star of the show ! Everybody was excited ! They have a little dance on a kitchy song... There's a party at Six Flags..lalalala Yeah the park is opening ! Confetti everywhere ! What a great start ! Six Flags atmosphere at his best Everybody was running to Superman, Six Flags members were politely telling people : You run, you leave, don't ruin your day ! And people stopped running... Superheros escorted us down the ramp to Superman, great idea to control excited people ! Superman ride of Steel wasn't warm enough yet... they cycled the trains until 10:15 and let us enter at that time. We were in the first people to enter the station, we made our way to the last row. Blue train was being loaded, we were next in the red train.... The red train waiting for us... The blue train was almost over his first run but the red train was not dispatched yet... the lapbars in the last car were not able to lock properly We had to wait 3 cycle to go in the blue train... Blue train First run, First riders of the season... Get your hands up in the air ! Oh no !!! I always take the wrong row... SROS station was jampacked ! Some coasters enthusiasts were there.. I had my black Theme Park Review t-shirt but it was to cold to unzip my jacket ! Superman was really great... Surely in my top 5 steel coasters but Desperado is still #1 to me ! A lot of ejector time, I loved it ! We made our way to Mr Six's Pandemonium, it was fun but not spinning too much... the next day it was spinning a lot more ! Flashback is the best Vekoma Boomerang I've ever ride ! Rode it 4 times, none headbanging ! Unbelievable... Me and a great looney toons fountain.. Some random photos taken sunday... I did not expect Cyclone to be this good ! Probably my favorite wooden coaster after Hades ! Intensity, speed, smoothness... it was crazy ! I heard it went into retracking this winter... Mike and I in the western town... I had no idea what Houdini was... a madhouse by vekoma.. We loved it ! Really great illusion of being upside down... Mike and Bugs Bunny There even was a Blues show ... but nobody to enjoy it... I want that for Chritmas ! Ribs and Bbq beef were good..too bad it wasn't warm enough... still delicious anyway ! Mike loves his ribs ! Don't eat too much of them ok ? I don't want you to be on some "Shamu" photos of TPR ! Ok ok..I'M gonna be the next Shamu ... Mind Eraser is closed again on second day... 8 coasters working out of 9..not bad at all ! But I wanted those 9 credits... just +8 for now... I love Slc's (Yes I'm crazy I know...) my MSN is actually suspendedloopingcoaster@hotmail.com ... (but I wanted to create suspendedswiggingcoaster@hotmail.com , little mistake, big difference ! lol) Superman and Mind Eraser... Batman was a great little floorless coaster, really smooth but lacks intensity like SFMM's Scream ! Entertainers were good at keeping people out of already short lines ! (never waited more than 30min on those two days!). Thunderbold was great ! Good little woodie... Some aerial photos of the park.. Splash Boats have great scenery and we didn't got too wet !(second row). Me with tweety and ... mmm I forgot his name ! Mike and I in our really first SROS ride ! We loved it so much ! and it shows on the picture.... The girls were a nice same-sex couple ! (notice the hands) ! This was the Gay Pride Car of the day ! lol Mike and I really enjoyed SFNE ! It's a nice little park in a really nice setting by the river... We did not experienced breakdowns (Catapult wasn't working but it will be something new for the next visit !). Six Flags has really improved, Every employee was great with us ! I hope this will last... N.B. This is my first TR in english... be torelant of my bad english ! Thanks you !

This is so funny... Don't park in the street when snowing in Quebec city, this could happen to you !

Hey Elissa it was great to see you ! Your the first celebrity I saw in California To continue our little talk, I had a very good day at the mountain with my boyfriend. X was close at the opening so we ran to Goliath, got on it 2 times with no lines. After Colossus (last time was backwards in October, it was surprisingly smooth!). Scream was a one train wait for the front, no wait in Batman. We went over Riddler's revenge, wait 4-5 train for the front row. Deja Vu was closed Didn't care to ride Psyclone, I don't like it. Ninja was running two trains (yeah !!!) with no wait at all for the front seat ! Superman was a 4 train wait for the second row. X was open, we went over there, 30 minutes in line with two train and we are in our seat (first row). Ouch... my third ride on this coaster but it never been so bumpy ! Loved it anyway... Viper was a walk-on and Log Jammer was a 5 min. wait ! We had such a great day at SFMM, too bad we are returning in Canada ! There's changes going on at the mountain ! Looney Tunes character near Log Jammer at the opening and others ones at the Revolution fountain. We even had some employees say : Have a great day ! Second best visit, I hope good changes will continue !

I didn't know that Ninja can be closed due to the cold ! It seems that X and Deja Vu will be closed on sunday, high winds are predicted Thanks to all of you for your advices !

I got the Valencia Hyatt on Priceline for 60$ ... Ideal location down Magic Mountain, 3.5 stars and free parking... go on www.tripadvisor.com to choose your hotel, tons of reviews there.

Thanks you Elissa (I think this is you...if not sorry lol). Do you know if Ninja is open ? I love this fun ride ! The cheerleader contest is next weekend ! Crowds won't be bad (I think).

Hi everybody ! My boyfriend and I are going in L.A. for a last weekend gateway before our return in Canada. We've been at Magic Mountain 8 times since April 2005, it's probably my favorite park now. Unfortunately, X was open only on 3 of our 8 visits. We rode it 2 times (I'm not crazy about 1h+ lines). I'm planning to run to X at the opening but I don't know which coasters to do next (I would really like to ride everything, especially Deja Vu). If X is closed (please no high winds this time!), what should I do ? What strategy is the best ? We will be hitting Knott's berry farm on saturday morning and Disneyland in the evening. Maybe Adventure City in the afternoon to get some credits... Any advice is welcome ! Thanks you very much !

Too bad the animated video didn't use the real terrain and real colors, very amateurish ! My two cents : First drop looks awesome with that little turn, I bet we will feel great positives g-forces there. The train seems to have a hard time climbing the first hills. Personally, I don't like B&M coasters, I prefer the arrow ones...fast and full of G's. The turnaround seems very slow and unoriginal. The best is after the turnaround, speeds seems more constant and that S-turn with that over-bank ? Looks really fun ! The best will probably be the very end, there's a little drop just before the brakes, I bet there will be great ejector airtime there. Can't wait to ride it ! It's a new coaster after all ! Daily : I did not use TPR database because I don't think a copyrighted video belongs there.

Tadam ! http://rapidshare.de/files/12910923/GoliathPOV.mpg.html

At last, a computer POV of Goliath ! http://www.laronde.com/gallerie/laronde/video/GoliathPOV.mpg

Thanks you very much!!!

There's a new tv ad advertising Sea World Parks, there's a catchy song with no lyrics ... Which song is it ? I love it... It's something like that..de oh de doh da da de oh lol ! Thanks

SFMW is really promising. Holiday in the Park, New kiddies rides, probably one of the best SF parks. Too bad don't make Zonga works, it would be the best SF park

I never saw this concept of restraints by Vekoma, is it new ? It seems to be made of rubber or silicon, it could be a lot better thans slc's restraints, do you guys think it could be use for inversions ? Looks great to me... New vekoma restraints ?

1.X 2.Ninja 3.Scream

It looks so small... but can't wait to ride it anyway !

I don't know if this apply to California, but in Canada, hiring an architect can be the same price as buying a used/new house. You can have it exactly like you want... maybe you could give it a try if you offer don't get accepted !

1. Montu 2. Raptor 3. Vampire (batman clone) 4. Dueling Dragons - Ice 5. Silver bullet

When Six Flags bought La Ronde, they agreed to keep a theme that would please the Quebecers, keeping Expo67 spirit in the park. I think it's a good thing that the park will not be "flagged", the park has it's own personnality. And there's rumors that Looney tones, Marvel comics can't be used by Six Flags in Canada...

Great photo trip report... Maybe i'll visit Sacremento sunday, i've never been there actually... thanks for getting me there (your beautiful pics convinced me). And by the way, this Haunted Mansion sign, is a genuine one ? Do you know how much it cost ? How big it is ? Where is it ? Thank you for you answer !

They are so lucky, I'm actually jealous...

If you know how to ride them, they're excellent ! Always ride them in the first row and get your head out of the restraint as much as you can ! I remember the first time i rode Kong at SFMW, i hated it.... too much headbanging.. but after giving it some rides, I learned how to get a good ride... and I think it's an awesome ride. At the top of the hill the train is going so slow that the feeling of your feets dangling so high above ground is a big thrill... and i love it when the train is pushed after the loops by the rear of the train... almost a woodie feel... They are not bad at all... give them a chance !

Here's a rendering of the Station, looks really nice and will blend with the medieval village.

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