rba13 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I was thinking of holidaying up the Gotham District. Add some fake snow and add some Christmas Decorations. And there's always everyone favorite Christmas song... Jingle Bells Batman Smells Robin Laid an Egg The Batmobile Lost a Wheel And Joker got away Jingle Bells Batman Smells Robin Laid an Egg The Batmobile Lost a Wheel And Joker got away Jingle Bells Batman Smells Robin Laid an Egg The Batmobile Lost a Wheel And Jo-ker got away [instrumental cymbals, pounding & stuff] THE JOKER GOT AWAY! THE JOKER GOT AWAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 I was at the park today and here is what I observed The good. Tatsu's operations are great 90sec- 2min dispatches Deja Vu is being re painted Terminator looks like it will go vertical real soon. X2 lift has been silenced. The bad. X2 had a 150min wait due to one train operation all day. (good job sfmm!) Viper was at one train operation all day Scream was at one train operation all day causing a 45min wait. Saw a few employees on cell phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Some more information for New Years Eve... http://www.the-signal.com/news/article/7039/ Some highlights of the article... Tickets cost $29.99 at www.sixflags.com. Pretty cheap, I expect a huge crowd. I think this is a good idea. It makes New Years for the whole family instead of just for adults to drink too much. I've gone looking through pages of thread material looking for my answer, and maybe I just missed it, but I haven't found it. SFMM's website says regarding the New Year's Eve party "All activities are included with park admission." However, this article says that tickets cost $29.99. So exactly what ticket are people buying for $29.99? Is SFMM discounting admission that much for New Year's Eve or am I really missing something here? ^ On the winter wonderland note...it has been know to snow in Valencia, thus covering SFMM. Rides wouldn't likely be operating in such conditions, but people could still come in to shop, eat, etc. if they had a craft fair or something along those lines. One of the hills could be covered with snow to provide sledding if they chose to do that. Eric Um, the last time it snowed here was 1988, unless you count the extremely minor flurry (if it was even that) that we received in Jan '07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooksta77 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Um, the last time it snowed here was 1988, unless you count the extremely minor flurry (if it was even that) that we received in Jan '07. Even in this past storm that hit about a week ago I think, They said it was in the 30s and there wasn't even flurries? I only say that because it was the same tempature where I live and it snowed for about 20 minutes. ^^Also you said X2's lift is quiet now, I think the reason for that is because when I went last month there was a train that was quiet going up the lift Music and all you said it was one train opreation so you may have got that train. But they hopefully fixed the audio on the train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sns2015 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Does anybody know if they're still selling the season parking passes? I had an Xtreme pass this past year and am looking at downgrading to a regular pass with parking because the new discount on Flashpasses isn't quite as good as the past. I was looking on they're website and couldn't seem to find anywhere that mentioned it. Is it something that has to be done at the park? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajinaz Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Does anybody know if they're still selling the season parking passes? I had an Xtreme pass this past year and am looking at downgrading to a regular pass with parking because the new discount on Flashpasses isn't quite as good as the past. I was looking on they're website and couldn't seem to find anywhere that mentioned it. Is it something that has to be done at the park? When I renewed online they offered the parking for $50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Thrill Dragster Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Also you said X2's lift is quiet now, I think the reason for that is because when I went last month there was a train that was quiet going up the lift Music and all you said it was one train opreation so you may have got that train. But they hopefully fixed the audio on the train. I meant the anti rollbacks have been silenced. You can now hear the soundtrack clearly while going up the lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooksta77 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 I meant the anti rollbacks have been silenced. You can now hear the soundtrack clearly while going up the lift. Oh ok I know what you mean now. When I went that trains audio was shut off because you didn't hear anything when it was going up the lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Um, the last time it snowed here was 1988, unless you count the extremely minor flurry (if it was even that) that we received in Jan '07. Even in this past storm that hit about a week ago I think, They said it was in the 30s and there wasn't even flurries? I only say that because it was the same tempature where I live and it snowed for about 20 minutes. Yeah, even though the I-5 was closed a whopping 7 exits north of me (and 4 north of Magic Mountain Parkway), at Parker Rd., we didn't get a single hint of snow. I drove up to Parker Rd on the night of the closure and all I found was big rigs lining both sides of the I-5 for about 6 miles up to the closure. No hint of snow. I drove up the I-5 last Tuesday (12/23) to find snow, and I had to go clear to Gorman/Frazier Park to really find it. It does get into the 30s and even 20s here overnight this time of year, but Valencia is at a way low elevation for snow. Gets into the 50s-60s during the days. During the storm, it got up into the upper 40s during the daylight hours. When there's cloud cover, at this elevation the heat gets trapped overnight so it's still too warm to snow. Snow at Magic Mountain is extremely unlikely, but, as demonstrated by the recent freeway closure, sometimes you don't have to go very far north up the I-5 to find snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haiderodes Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 ^The Sky Tower has pictures of snowfall at Magic Mountain from the 1980's. Its a shot of the park entrance covered in it. I've been under the impression that the main reason the park doesn't "go all out" for the holidays is due to its mostly weekend-only operation this time of year (aside from the couple of weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years). If its only open weekends, it would seem like a lot of work to put up decorations that would just sit there on the days the park was closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeoplemoverMatt Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 ^ Likely from the last time it snowed here in 1988, as I said it had last page. Tweaked a phrase above in case anyone misread that as my saying it had never snowed here before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 Went to the park today. I know that the weather halted the operation of a lot of rides, so there's no one to blame, but still, sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 ^ I thought about going yesterday...glad I didn't! But I do need to get out there to renew my pass at some point. Tomorrow, perhaps. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok so who is going to the New Years Event tomorrow night and would be willing to post an update for us? --Robb BTW, here's a little sneak peak of what you can expect tomorrow night: Personally I think that looks GREAT! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakkster Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Has the date for the West Coast Bash 2009 been announced yet? Is it going to be March 22, 2009? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 ^ Nothing yet. TRUST ME...when the date is announced, YOU WILL KNOW! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted December 30, 2008 Author Share Posted December 30, 2008 Ok so who is going to the New Years Event tomorrow night and would be willing to post an update for us? --Robb BTW, here's a little sneak peak of what you can expect tomorrow night: More photos: Personally I think that looks GREAT! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Coasters! Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Very Purddy!!! Hopefully everyone that goes will enjoy it and have a blast. By the way kudos to SFMM on doing something for the public for New Year's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADCHEEZ Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 This looks fantastic! but unfortunatly, this is going to be another new years eve with me and my brother on the couch eating snacks watching the news. while my mom is partying at the strip. EDIT: 150th Post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidcoaster 2 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Hope more parks start holding more celebrations for New Years. I know Conneaut Lake Park is holding one tommorow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagro5 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Awesome! I'm sure that SFMM will be one of the hottest places to bring in the new year. I'm glad that they are making a safe place to celebrate among all the craziness. Hopefully this starts to become a tradition! Cheers, and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Why is SFMM counting down to 2008? Seriously, that's actually pretty cool. It'd be fun to go, but I have a roulette table to work tomorrow night. Since I have my 2009 pass already, I'll get out there soon enough. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticky Nicky Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm assuming the 2008 turns to 2009 after "1". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooksta77 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 ^^ I was thinking the same thing, I mean are they saying good bye to 2008? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 ^ and ^^ I was teasing. I'm sure they're counting down the last seconds of 2008 and the "2008" will change to "2009" at the appropriate time. Though I won't be there this time, I'll join in and say that this looks to be a great event, and hopefully will become an annual tradtion. Just another way that SFMM is improving from where it was just a few short years ago. Quite honestly, I'll bet there are more surprises in store for us as time goes on. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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