The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread

[coasterfan21]

Colossus is a great ride, but i get tired of it sometimes. But i love it backwards

 

it would be great if we trade Colossus with El Toro

 

 

I think us east coast guys will let you west coast guys keep Colossus lol. You cant have our El Toro. Its mine, all mine

[atem122]

I think SFMM really does need a "Disney" sized ride, somewhere in the 45-80 foot height range, nothing too thrilling nor boring. I wouldnt be upset if we got a THBS, granted I would like to get something original at SFMM, but I really do enjoy those rides.

 

I went to SFDK before July Fourth weekend, when most of the lines died down (due to a Boys like Girls concert), the only ride that still had a line was THBS, about 45 minutes too! That shows that these rides can really draw a crowd, especially with families as pretty much every group in line (besides my cousin and I) had at least 1 small child with them.

 

...Of course a mega lite loaded with airtime and a capacity greater than 810 pph would be nice too

[ImpossiblyBrandon]

...Of course a mega lite loaded with airtime and a capacity greater than 810 pph would be nice too Taiko No Devil

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Now we're getting somewhere!!

[atem122]

...Of course you copied and pasted the last part of my post for what reason?

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

^I am to assume it's because he agrees with you,

 

or...

 

He's a psycotic viral terrorist plotting to control your mind through infiltrating your TPR posts, slowly taking control of your cognative reflexes until he merges your thoughts with his, ultimately becoming one in the same...

 

That being the worst case scenario, let's hope it's the former and not the ladder.

[cooksta77]

^

...Of course a mega lite loaded with airtime and a capacity greater than 810 pph would be nice too

2011 just wait I'm calling it.

Andrew "Or I'm totally wrong and it's a 150 MPH launch ride that goes 500 feet up" Iorio

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

On an unrelated (but previously mentioned) topic, I checked my work schedule and will be free on Sept. 11th, so I might just go to this passholder appreciation thing...

[rawrtotheargh]

^ I'm really curious to see how many people will show up.

[ebl]

^ Even though Diana and I were just at SFMM yesterday, we'll be there on September 11.

 

I have not ridden a Tony Hawk coaster as of yet, so I can't comment on their capacity or quality of ride experience. But something like that is what SFMM needs to fill in the gap between XTREME!!1!! and kiddie, especially if they're trying to keep the family image going.

 

This "exchanging of gifts" between parks has me curious. If SFMM gets something from another park, what will they give up? I can't see it being a coaster because management has already stated that SFMM is going to get the coaster record back (that is, number of coasters in one park). Next year's coaster will be No. 17, tying them with Cedar Point.

 

I got it! Another park can have Metro...we're not using it!

 

Eric

[itnotfair]

I hope we get a Dark Knight coaster clone....who's with me?

 

I know you're joking, but I'd much rather see a poorly-themed wild mouse than a Tony Hawk clone. Just my opinion.

 

Later on, I'd love to see a mega-lite, giga, or prefab. More airtime please!

As for trading rides with other parks, SFMM hasn't kept any of the rides they were given (RIP Flashback), leading me to believe we should get a freebie!

 

On a side note, on my last couple rides on Terminator, I felt 4 pretty awesome pops of airtime. Anyone else have the same count? Just curious.

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

^^A THBS in terms of capacity=About the same as Mullholland Madness., if that helps.

[atem122]

^^Let's see...drop, airtime hill, that weird sideways drop before the first tunnel, coming out of the tunnel, coming out of the flyby, so I can count 5 "airtime" spots, some don't give amazing airtime, but they're there.

 

Edit: Has anyone ever had a total brown pants moment on Log Jammer? My boat tipped I'd say about 50 degrees after the first drop on it because the water didn't slow the log down enough and we hit the turn at a decent speed. It had never happened to me before on the ride, but it was pretty freaky haha

[itnotfair]

Oh yeah, the first drop does give some pretty good airtime. Yeah, that's five!

[DCody]

Went to the Mountain last night around 6 or 7pm. While I wouldn't necessarily describe the evening crowd as "light," Terminator was pretty much a walk-on. We waited about 35 minutes for Deja Vu and at least 45 minutes for X2 around closing time. I was a little disappointed since we'd been hoping to get more than one night ride on X2. Still, thumbs up on Terminator.

 

Oh, and I'd never ridden Goliath at night before-- the first drop is sick!

[ebl]

^ That first drop is great anytime, but night does make it even better.

 

I'm looking forward to the season pass event this Friday. Hopefully we'll get some good night rides on Terminator, X2, and others.

 

Eric

[cooksta77]

I'm very excited for the season pass holders event. I'm just wondering how crowded it'll be. Also anyone know why they turned off the mist enerting Goliath's tunnel?

Andrew "Mist in the tunnel would make it even better" Iorio

[CreditCrazy]

What exactly do you do at the Season Passholder Event? Is there ERT?

[Calicoasters]

Unfortunately I will be working Friday night Private party so my shift ends at 1 AM.

[ebl]

^^ SFMM is closed to the public that day, but it is open from 4pm till 10pm for season passholders and their friends (who either need a pass or a coupon from the booklet to get in for a reduced price). My guess is that most attractions will be open, though perhaps only selected food/merchandise outlets will be.

 

I wouldn't call the event "ERT," but with attendance limited, lines may not be as long as normal, so you can probably get more rides in.

 

Eric

[X2coasterfreak]

My friend is a season pass holder so maybe he could take me with him The event sounds really fun, that would be cool to go. And I forgot to mention that when I went to the Mountain last week, there was a flat bed that had a bunch of what looked like piping. For a new ride possibly or something completely different? And I was wondering, did X2 win the Holy Rail?

[atem122]

^It got eaten by Le Monstre, cause every Canadian is a cheater.

(just kidding about the Canadians being cheaters thing though, dont wanna cause trouble)

[X2coasterfreak]

^ Oh Blame Canada!!

[atem122]

^Been there, done that haha

Please tell me I'm not the only one thinking this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYSYipouABI

[cooksta77]

And I forgot to mention that when I went to the Mountain last week, there was a flat bed that had a bunch of what looked like piping. For a new ride possibly or something completely different

Really? Where was the flatbed just in the parking lot?

Andrew "I'm excited about the Passholder event " Iorio

 

EDIT: I'm following the SFMM twitter and this was just posted, "Mega Shark sounds like a good rollercoaster name. hmmm???? Maybe a water ride? Who knows." Probably doesn't mean anything but who knows?

[X2coasterfreak]

^ It was actually way off to the side getting in to the parking lot. Mega Shark hmm, a B&M hyper with a huge splash down! That would be awesome