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Hey, speaking of 2011 trips, any news on your annual WCB = West Coast Bash for next year? It's a great time and I love coming to LA. I can't wait to find out so I can ask for that time off...

So sad to not see this baby relocated. I rode it many times , during it's last season never realizing that it would be the end. Big soft padded seats made it very comfortable in the front. I hope someone saves her, but it already may be too late.

It's really "Big Dick" at C.F. He has lost it over the years. Jay was the best guy I've ever met at any of these parks . That's a big loss for 6 Flags and mostly Magic Mountain.

Still no new ride parts by the Breakers Express. Another disappointing ride coming up!! Looks like it'll be 4 years for a new coaster.

What does todays diaper clue suggest ??? Will riders be wetting / shitting their pants? My guess it'll be a stinky ride

If this was a serious coaster addition, there would be ride parts arriving and stored near the Breakers Express as usual. They did recently just cut the grass, but I'm sure that means nothing. My gut feel says this will be another "Big Dick"Kinzel disappointment. He needs to retire, his time has past.

If that criteria for rating includes roughness, shouldn't Mean Streak be a 99?

Amen! You've just said a "bowlful!" Big Dick has got to go.

It's been a while since we did a lap of the park and posted an update. In fact, I don't think we've posted any official SFMM updates since West Coast Bash! Today served to kill two birds with one stone...doing a SFMM update and testing out the camera on our new iPhone 4. Since we are heading out on the road next week for the Middle America tour we wanted to see how well the photos looked uploaded directly to Facebook and the videos looked uploaded directly to YouTube. So below is not only an update from Magic Mountain, but the results of our test! Enjoy! --Robb Hey Robb, Great update and the Iphone pix look great ! I wish I knew you guys were there yesterday. I'm here working in So Cal last week and this week, so I must go to "The Mountain" to play. I got there near opening NOTE MAGIC MOUNTAIN IS THE ONLY 6 FLAGS PARK OPENING AT 10 NOT 10:30 ON SATURDAY. I was in New Jersey last week and Great Adventure opened at 10:30, as do most (to the best of my knowledge) 6 Flags parks. I nearly got there at opening. I got my rides in before 2:30 when it got crowded . I had hoped most folks were in Hurricane Harbor but no. Glad you guys had a good time, I did too. It should be interesting to see what "Magical Things" they'll do to Superman . Got to close now to get to the park at 10:30

One other thing I'll post about In-TRIM-adator. Today I noticed an alligator (wooden of course) on the right side after the 3rd (best airtime hill) Has that always been there???

I was at K.D. today on the 4th. Just taking a little break at the hotel before returning for their fireworks tonight. They did a really nice thing today for our veterans, and shut down all the rides at noon for the national anthem. That's a nice touch. On Friday and Saturday I was down in Charlotte riding (IMO) the better of the 2 Intimidators. I love "out of seat airtime" and you get a lot at Carowinds. I will say the new restraints on In-TRIM-adator are more comfortable. At least my arms aren't bruised today from riding with my arms up. It's amazing the park was crowded, but I got 14 consecutive rides on In-TRIM-adator before 1PM. Most of the time I walked right up to the platform. For me the B&M version is better than the Intamin. I never thought I would make that statement.

I love the season long Maverick redesign! Hopefully it will reopen at the, ehemm... scheduled time. I really enjoyed riding Intimidator with the hard restraints and no trims on 5/14. It was a challenge every time for me to learn how to ride the ride. After a couple of laps, I figured out which ways to push my body and counter act the masterful Intamin chopping. I guess now I'll just have to take a more passive role and allow the ride to take me. Take me, Timmy, take me!! Ahhhhahaha!! I might need to use my platinum pass again this year... quite a 14 hour drive from west of Chicago, though (but worth it). -Rob For the old restraints, there was actually an easy way to ensure that you'd never bang your head, not even once. First of all, you need your hands in the air at all time. All you have to do after that is push both arms against the restraints while they're in the air. Don't know why, but it always works and I never get head-bangers when this happens. I'll agree with that, but you shouldn't need to ride a certain way to avoid "head banging" or bruising. I rode it last weekend 15 times like you said, never banged my head but ended up with bruises on both arms. I'm guessing the new restraints eliminate that.

You are correct young lady. I love to have my butt floated out of the seat . To me that's airtime . A tightly hugging restraint will prohibit that. That's my question.

PERFECT !!

If the new restraints are tight you won't come out of the seats at all. We'll see...

Did the "new restraints" keep you in the seat too much and loose the little airtime (hills #3 & part of #4) the ride had? I'm all for more comfort. I rode it 15 times on Father's day, and was quite beat up on Monday. I'll be back on the 4th of July weekend. Just wanted your expert opinion since you've already ridden it.

My feelings exactly on all the rides you mentioned.

Yes! The B&M takeover is coming into fruition! Anyways, what's your guys' opinions on Intimidator 305 vs. Millennium Force? I'm thinking of making a trip to KD, but I want to know if it'll be worth it. I never rode In-TRIM-idator pre-trims. The quick directional changes aren't comfortable now , I cannot imagine at faster speeds. Keep in mind I don't like Maverick at Cedar Point which has many quick direction changes. 305 hills = little airtime on hill #2, hill #3 is good, hill #4 would be good but the abrupt direction change terminates it. If you've got a choice between Millie and Trim-iadator, I'd opt for Millie right now.

I don't agree! Much more airtime on the B&M at Carowinds than In-Trim-adator in Virginia. The first drop is pathetic. I'm not big on the 2 quick direction changes near the end of the ride too . I guess I could call this Maverick II . Needless to say, I'm not a Maverick fan.

Didn't KD used to have a webcam on the ride so you could watch it or am I hallucinating? If they did, when did they take it down?

Didn't KD have a webcam on Intimidator like Carowinds. I'd like to watch it...

Cedar Fair has neutered the beast At least 3 or 4 new sets of trims to "save the ride from tearing itself up." IT RUINS THE PACING OF THE RIDE TOTALLY!

I just looked at the Knotts website and Xcelerator isn't listed as being closed now. Yea!!!

I disagree with your statement on trims. As I said I rode it last weekend on both Saturday and Sunday and they hit every time. I rode it over 20 times that weekend. If they "hit" differently, it maybe due to the train speed sensors.

I don't even rate Inti-232 in my top 10 steel. Diamondback at KI is my #10 even with it's trims.