ABW Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Maybe a wasp stung him at the bottom of the pretzel loop and he totally freaked out and thought that he was hurt by the roller coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisrad Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Man injured on Six Flags Magic Mountain ridePost a Comment () June 10, 2011 | 11:38 pm  A 31-year-old mechanic suffered cuts to his arm while working on the Tatsu coaster ride at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park in Valencia, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. No one else was hurt, and the ride reportedly was shut down for a while.  The injured man was initially treated at a first-aid station in the park and then was taken to the nearby Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for further treatment, said Ray Dong, a Fire Department dispatcher. Dong said he did not know the cause of the accident.  Six Flags Magic Mountain did not return phone calls requesting information about the incident.  --Larry Gordon  From the Los Angeles Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABW Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Hmmm... A guest? I think not. Way to go media, you've done it again! Glorify stories like this then add a twist to make things seem more serious. I'm sure SFMM never told the media anything about it being a guest. Â And don't even get me started on how they chose to fly a helicopter over to circle the park for what was obviously a boring story to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSum1_55 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Great. It was only a matinence worker. No Intamin for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 So it went from a guest with a severe hand injury to a mechanic with cuts on his arm, stupid news media! Â Do they even bother to check facts and sou rces first anymore? Now, this makes the use of the helicopter even more asinine! Â News stations around here do stuff like that sometimes, but they are usually right. Not as bad as they are down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightFest1408 Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 The news media is dumb!Tatsu is open today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted June 11, 2011 Share Posted June 11, 2011 Is there anything else going on at MM that someone would like to talk about? Â Here's a couple of things...... Â Are they still running the retro train on Revolution? Â When wiill they start testing Green Lantern and are the cars on the track yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANJLOVER14 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^ I haven't seen the retro train on Revolution in probably a year or so, since they put "The Other Guys" banners on it. As for GL testing, keep your eyes on SFMM's Facebook page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skycoastin Steve Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Great. It was only a matinence worker. No Intamin for us. I'm fairly certain that Xcelerator's cable caused this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Two things: Â 1. Friday is a slow news day. An injury requiring someone to be sent to the hospital at one of the most well known places in LA is going to make the news. Â 2. Lets not write this off so quick. The injury was serious enough for the guy to be sent to the hospital, so the devil is really in the details. Obviously since the ride is open again, I am assuming he was discharged already, so it probably wasn't that bad. However, that doesn't mean something went wrong besides a harmless accident. We'll probably never hear about it because the ride is already back open and the state didn't keep the ride closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightFest1408 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Â Are they still running the retro train on Revolution? What do you mean? I know they repainted them One is the red white and blue color with stars. The other two are navy blue and gray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewoplis Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 For the video, I think the main reson this story made the news is to show people how not to say "Tatsu". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011  Are they still running the retro train on Revolution? What do you mean? I know they repainted them One is the red white and blue color with stars. The other two are navy blue and gray  The red, white, and blue train with the 70's Magic Mountain logo on the front is the 'retro' train.  Maybe its being rehabbed.  There's a photo of it in here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrightFest1408 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011  Are they still running the retro train on Revolution? What do you mean? I know they repainted them One is the red white and blue color with stars. The other two are navy blue and gray  The red, white, and blue train with the 70's Magic Mountain logo on the front is the 'retro' train.  Maybe its being rehabbed.  There's a photo of it in here somewhere. Yes they rehab it not too long ago!I love that train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal1br3tto Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^That train just might be my favorite thing about Revolution apart from the loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooksta77 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 For the video, I think the main reson this story made the news is to show people how not to say "Tatsu". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn54 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 I think I found some pictures of the Retro Revolution Train.... Â From Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^That's the train! Â Soooo pretty...thank you for posting that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmaster562 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Does anyone know why they painted the train like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANJLOVER14 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^ That's what the trains looked like when the ride opened. Did you ever see Rollercoaster? Link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmaster562 Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^ No, i actually had no idea! Thank you. Thats interesting to me. So revolution has been through a red white and blue train, a yellow and pink train, AND a green and silver train! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tmcdllr Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Yes, and it used to be lap bars only, they ran it with no trim brakes, and it was common to see two trains running the circuit at the same time-OMG can you believe that? Â Two train operation, two trains on the circuit at the same time..... Â The The first one is a post card I bought at MM about 5 years ago and I think the second one is a postcard of a picture of it from its first year or two in operation, and if you look real close it looks like all three trains are on the circuit, which they used to do in the early years thanks to the blocking. Also early on, I believe they timed the dispatches so that as one train was going through the loop, another one was threading it simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldJJman Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Yes, and it used to be lap bars only, they ran it with no trim brakes, and it was common to see two trains running the circuit at the same time-OMG can you believe that? Â Actually, it was pretty much the norm back then to run all FIVE trains at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABW Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 ^That's quite different from the typical one or two train operations we see today. Wow, the have really taken the charm out of Reveolution over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Knotts Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 There would be no need to run more than 2 trains on Revolution any longer. Most days it's one of the shortest waits of any coaster in the park. I would love to see what SFMM and maybe a company like Mack Rides would be able to do to restore this classic. Imagine restraints like the ones used on Blue Fire, some fresh paint, reprofilling here and there and the removal of the trims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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