robbalvey Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 Soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 28, 2011 Author Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) Problems loading photos? Click here: http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=23&linkid=10427 Â Today we were at Six Flags Magic Mountain for the opening of Road Runner Express, the parks latest "family roller coaster" addition which makes it the parks 17th roller coaster! Â Six Flags Magic Mountain head honcho crew was on hand open the new coaster! Â Lots of kids and families excited about the new ride. Â All the Looney Tunes characters have arrived! Â The ribbon is cut and Road Runner Express is officially OPEN! Â KidTums is tall enough to ride! Â Elissa and KidTums were on the first public train out! This was KidTums 117th coaster! Â Check out the station... Â And they're off! Â They did a nice job with the area theming. Â This really helps round out parks coaster collection. Â This was the actual design from the roller coaster engineering people. (professional title) Â "Rocket Powered Roller Skates!" Â Road Runner Express is open!!! Â The ride really looks good! Â The roller coaster enthusiasts should be happy to see they went for a "lap bar only" design. Â The best part about the ride... 36" height restriction so smaller kids can ride! Â "Any more posts complaining about the height restriction...and I'll cut 'ya!" Â KidTums had an awesome time hanging out with all the characters! Â Hugs for big cats! Â Thank you Mr. Coyote for chasing the Road Runner all these years! Â We took some time to check out the rest of the park...Tyler and Robby needed their Superman credit! (They got to ride 4 times and loved it!) Â Ooooh....something new coming soon! Â Today is a day for KidTums! Â KidTums enjoys life from her cage. Â I'm not sure I can write a caption that won't get me in trouble...so I won't! Â Notice how the artist carefully covered up any "sensitive" areas of this apparently naked rider. Â The park sure is getting more liberal with merchandise these days... Â ...oh, I see... It's a "cat." Â "What's with the costume? Are you a pirate?" "P... Pirates are in this year!" Â Foghorn and I have patched things up over the years. Â Thank you Wile E. Coyote! We had a great time on your new ride! Â Here is the B-Roll the park sent me: Â --Robb Edited May 29, 2011 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSum1_55 Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Did this day actually come!? Is it REALLY open!? I don't believe this pictures are real. I think you dreamt this happened, snuck a camera into your dream, and brought the pictures back to the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenbowl Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 "What's with the costume? Are you a pirate?" "P... Pirates are in this year!" Â Is that from Scott Pilgrim? haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Wow, this turned out quite a bit cooler than I expected. It's nice to see some decent theming from Six Flags, especially for a kiddie coaster. Great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takedown Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 (edited) Went out to the park this morning for a few rides. We had planned to get in early, but it looked like they let everyone in early, so by the time we got to the gates at 10:20 the park was already flooded. We road OE and then dropped down to Apoc for 4 rides, only getting off once to switch rows. Then over to Jet Stream and Gold Rusher before hitting up Riddlers, Tidal Wave and Scream. Went over to RRE for the ribbon cutting. We decided to not ride today because of the line and will try to ride it on Thursday. Finished off the day with a sick ride on Scream, front row, seat 2, wow was that cool. The park was looking great today, a lot of friendly staff and it looked like all the major attractions were running. I'm really liking this park!!!  Just realized that today they started opening at 10am, explains why we missed the opening of the gates  Also for those that have the discover card, they are running a deal right now in the rewards section, trade in $20 reward dollars and get $40 in shell gas. I logged in last night and bought $140 for $280 in gift cards, makes gas a reasonable price. I hope this is ok to post here, figured there were many discover card holders. Edited May 28, 2011 by takedown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Peck Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Glad they kept the 36" restriction. That would have been odd if they hadn't. I do hope this is a sign of new family friendly rides to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyzoo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Looks like a great ride, I'll be there to ride it next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooksta77 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Wow that theming really exceeded my expectations. Heck for SFMM one of the Cacti would have exceeded my expectations. But all in all it looks great and I know my little bro and I are already planning on heading out. -Cookie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Here's the B-Roll video the park sent me: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterkid21 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 REALLY? KIDTUMS HAS MORE CREDITS THAN ME?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANJLOVER14 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 ^ With Elissa and Robb as parents, just be glad she wasn't tall enough to ride ALL of the coasters at the parks she's been to! Â Nice report! The ride's looking awesome, and looks like a great addition to the park! Also, is the scenery (Rocks, cacti, etc.) original or is it from SF New Orleans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack44 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 This is the first time I've ever seen a family or a kiddie coaster have its own exclusive media day. Very interesting indeed. Â BTW, did anyone at the press conference officially mention that they've tied Cedar Point now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMM fanboy Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Anyone know when the media day for GL:FF will be? RRE looks great. It's great to see SFMM get a new family coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 This is the first time I've ever seen a family or a kiddie coaster have its own exclusive media day. They did one for Thomas Town too.. LINK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic70 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 The kids all look like they were having a blast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takedown Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 BTW, did anyone at the press conference officially mention that they've tied Cedar Point now? Â I did not hear them mention that. Probably waiting until Jun 18th to announce when they surpass CP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 24 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I wonder if the park will be doing something special tomorrow since it will be the park's 40th anniversary that day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six Flags Enthuseast Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Thanks for the update! I'm glad that SFMM finally has another family ride. Even I, a coaster enthusiast, found that the park really lacked some family appeal; now there's a ride that appeals to credit whores AND families! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasternut Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 This place is far better and surpasses Cedar Point in every way! I'm excited for them to get the #1 crown back! Hey, where can I get one of those plush pussies for $6??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightFest1408 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Yesterday was awesome!!Robb gave me a shoutout!Colossus was racing again in a long time....DC universe is beautiful and really different.Road Runner opening was nice and the theming is great! -SFMMCrazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalyte Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I think SFMM really nailed it with the theming on RRE. And for anyone that was there yesterday, how were the operations on the other rides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbydinn Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I've been pleasantly surprised with how nice Six Flag's 2011 additions look, and this is my favorite so far. I'm happy the switched from the Mr. Six theme to this, because I don't think it would have looked half as nice. Really excited now to see how DC Universe turns out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckaroo234 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 i have been pretty impressed with how SF in general has done its theming, and RRE is no exception. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTAH FREAK Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I agree. The park really needed this, and it turned out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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