The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread

[Tmcdllr]

I'm a little curious as to how they make it valley on purpose.

That brings up something interesting. Firstly, how would you do that on purpose...tighten up the wheels too much or what? And secondly, what if this was not on purpose (somehow) but was a mulfunction or even accidental and Carpenter is just saying publicly that it was intentional to dodge any bad press? Hmmm....

[DJeXeL]

Purposely valleying a train is a new one for me. I know first hand parks discuss "what if" scenarios for operator training and a valleyed train is 1 of said scenarios however actually doing it makes no sense.

[Chrisrad]

They 'purposely' put OTSRs on Revolution.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh wait, there's no purpose.

[**McFly**]

I was at the park yesterday and took a couple of photos of some clearing being done. These pictures are of the former "High Sierra Territory" Metro Station. Looks like things are underway for next years attraction!

 

Some things have been removed on Log Jammer, but just little stuff.

 

Also, there was some land clearing done around the base of the Superman Tower.

[noseldnik]

Wow, neat pictures. They look like something out of an apocalyptic movie, or photos of an abandoned factory in the woods. Especially that last one.

[Top Thrill Dragster]

When is the Metro going to re open?

[Awptim0]

SFMM just couldn't convince families that they were trying and had enough for kids.

 

SFMM just couldn't make it work.

 

Exactly. And a lot of people knew this the second the "family" idea was introduced, even when the consensus thought it was a great direction for the park to move towards.

 

The Metro Station: Sad to see it going down. The park needs a transport ride badly, IMO. I know it was doomed but now that it's finally happening and Log Jammers gone it seems like that somewhat charismatic area will be changing soon, perhaps some future plan will be going down in that area. Hopefully something cool!

[Ace Of Spades]

Took em' ten plus years, but it looks like the park finally managed to defeat their own monorail.

 

Still, nice to see they're starting into work, hopefully pertaining to Lex Luthor's construction!

[susie zueck]

Looks like something is planned for the metro station in the future!

[SharkTums]

Does anyone else think it just looks like it finally fell apart? And not that it was actually taken down?

[DJeXeL]

The park's trying to save money. Wait until it falls, then pick up pieces. Saves money from the demolition.

Edited January 31, 2012 by DJeXeL

[SharkTums]

^All they have to do is wait for a good size earthquake!

[trcg721]

The arcade, Paintball Alley, and Guest necessity are now closed.

[Sir Clinksalot]

I'll be going to the park on Sat or Sun to activate our passes. Will be interesting to see what changes this week.

[Manic Monte]

I'm starting to sense something big coming next year...

[JJ728]

The arcade, Paintball Alley, and Guest necessity are now closed.

That's good! I've always thought it's kind of stupid having more then one arcade in a park. I know arcades are moneymakers and I see from a business standpoint why they'd have more then one, but I think they're just wastes of space. I was hoping the entrance for LL would entail getting rid or repurposing these buildings.

 

Glad to see the High Sierra Metro station go. That area was one that would contribute to my occaisional rants about the park.

[kylexy2298]

So if you add the old Flashback spot with the Log Jammer spot, and now the old monorail staion area, we might see something pretty big coming to SFMM in the next few years.

[JJ728]

Even though I want a coaster, and it'll probably be a coaster by SFMM standards, I really would be pleasantly surprised and also very happy if it isn't.

 

But who am I kidding?!

[dylanreich]

Even though I want a coaster, and it'll probably be a coaster by SFMM standards, I really would be pleasantly surprised and also very happy if it isn't.

 

But who am I kidding?!

I doubt that it won't be a coaster, but if it isn't, I would expect a very nice flat ride... That would make me very happy.

[Sir Clinksalot]

Remember, SFHH is right there so it's possible this could be removed for some kind of expansion for that park.

 

Also remember that Flashback was closed during the summers because of noise. So I wouldn't expect anything too loud going there.

 

They could also expand the kids area, but I don't see that happening. I'd actually be more than ok with an SFHH expansion into that area.

[coasterfreak101]

^Was Flashback itself really loud? I'm sure this is a dumb question for the locals, but I've never heard it myself so I'm out of the loop here! I mean, Kings Dominion has an entire waterpark built on either side of Rebel Yell, so it seems odd to me that noise would be such a problem...

[Tmcdllr]

Does anyone else think it just looks like it finally fell apart? And not that it was actually taken down?

 

 

LOL!.......YES!

[Sir Clinksalot]

^^ It was pretty loud. There are some videos out there that you can find on YouTube, I won't post them because they are on-ride. At the time they allowed it, but don't now, so that's a grey area.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

^^ It was pretty loud. There are some videos out there that you can find on YouTube, I won't post them because they are on-ride. At the time they allowed it, but don't now, so that's a grey area.

 

I was also told that it threw grease into the water park. I think there were cabanas right next to the coaster weren't there?

[bostonlva]

Could someone upload a map of where this "de-construction" is in relation to Log Jammer?

 

It does seem like it could be a pretty big attraction next year