Wes Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I could see them adding at least one barrel roll to each side claiming the ride as the first dueling inverting wooden coaster in the world. ...But if it's the IBOX track they used on Texas Giant and Rattler, then it's a steel coaster now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ Like that would matter to SFMM's marketing department? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Have they ever claimed something was a record when it wasn't? Six Flags seems to be pretty careful with their verbage on how they are defining NTAG and IRAT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMMGeek27 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) And an Ice Queen sighting! That's rare. Probably the most likely place to find her though. In Superman's Ice Fortress! Also a ride that operates rarely! Shall I go on? The Ice Queen with some of her servants. Edited January 20, 2013 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1500 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ Well, didn't SFMM claim FT is the tallest and fastest looping coaster (which it is not)? That's some false advertisement right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ Well, didn't SFMM claim FT is the tallest and fastest looping coaster (which it is not)? That's some false advertisement right there. Ah yep that's right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bottom_feeder_13 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^^ Full Throttle is technically the fastest coaster in the world with a loop (tied with Viper, and Superman Krypton Coaster(and Speed if it gets rebuilt)), hence the looping coaster moniker that the GP will interpret as fastest coaster with inversions (not true, that's technically Furius Baco now and formerly Steel Phantom) the tallest is indeterminable as the only height figure we have is for the loop (160 feet) if the total height variance from the highest point to lowest is more than 188 feet then it is also the "tallest" by one of the two most common definitions. Full Throttle will also have the tallest loop in the world. Basically the marketing is all most likely true on some level but is stated in such a way as to be interpreted in such a way that would be incorrect but is more impressive. Finally they never actually stated any of the things you said, you simply drew those assumptions from what I would call an effective marketing effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonlva Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Has a fact sheet for FT ever been released yet? Don't those get released relatively soon after the announced ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylanreich Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Has a fact sheet for FT ever been released yet? Don't those get released relatively soon after the announced ride? I was about to say this also. IMO, they can claim whatever they want until the ride is actually open, then we'll see what the park "lied" about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1500 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I'm still wondering about something...if FT is for the most part one loop and then a top hat over the same loop, how will that cover the former LJ spot? I keep looking at looking at aerial views of the spot and FT seems so slim of a layout that it will only take up a fraction of the original spot. Are they going to do something with the hillside? Is it part of the new themed area or are they just going to leave the section scalped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 And an Ice Queen sighting! That's rare. Probably the most likely place to find her though. In Superman's Ice Fortress! Also a ride that operates rarely! Shall I go on? Can someone explain to me who this Ice Queen is? "A person of some importance"? Any relation to Ice Bat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasternut Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 And an Ice Queen sighting! That's rare. Probably the most likely place to find her though. In Superman's Ice Fortress! Also a ride that operates rarely! Shall I go on? Can someone explain to me who this Ice Queen is? "A person of some importance"? Any relation to Ice Bat? She is the president of Magic Mountain - the head honcho who took over for Jay Thomas when he moved to Dallas corporate. She was at the podium at the reopening of Superman several years ago when I was present. That podium was made of ice and was melting in the sun that morning. IMO, her personality is icy too. She rarely (if ever) speaks to guests and employees for that matter. Just the "polar opposite" of Jay. I'm really not sure if that is her in the picture. It's hard to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Any relation to Ice Bat? If he was related to her, my bet is he would have disowned her by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I say we oust her and let Ice Bat run the show...he would straighten out that park, by golly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 We were lucky enough to catch SFMM on an incredible day last Sunday... Our first ever trip to the park (or Cali) and we were really impressed! We got 7 rides on X2 along with 3 on Apocalypse and one ride on everything else in the park in the relatively short time the park was open. X2 was by far our favorite of the trip, such an insane ride... Was even better that the ride was basically a walk on all day once it opened (about 45mins late). It was a little bumpy depending where you sat, but the experience of the ride itself just took away from any bounciness. Crazy ride. Park was clean, employees were *extremely* friendly... More than most parks I would say I have been to. Always walking by saying hello, asking if we needed anything or where to go, etc... Was quite a shock from all the "terror" stories I heard about this park. Enjoyed the other rides as well... Ninja was great as well as Revolution... Tatsu was fun, but we both enjoyed Manta better in comparison. Scream was completely terrible, Goliath was fun (having been on Titan prior it was nothing special) and I was too tall for Green Lantern but my girlfriend rode and she enjoyed it. The Lex Luther was amazing, the views are just insane in SoCal with all the mountains... We really loved the park though and can't wait to go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ It's not that the park doesn't have good days, or good stretches, but the problems seem to crop up more in the summer months once its in daily operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invertalon Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 I figured so! But the park in general looked nicer than I imagined, employees and all that aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GayCoasterGuy Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 And an Ice Queen sighting! That's rare. Probably the most likely place to find her though. In Superman's Ice Fortress! Also a ride that operates rarely! Shall I go on? Can someone explain to me who this Ice Queen is? "A person of some importance"? Any relation to Ice Bat? She is the president of Magic Mountain - the head honcho who took over for Jay Thomas when he moved to Dallas corporate. She was at the podium at the reopening of Superman several years ago when I was present. That podium was made of ice and was melting in the sun that morning. IMO, her personality is icy too. She rarely (if ever) speaks to guests and employees for that matter. Just the "polar opposite" of Jay. I'm really not sure if that is her in the picture. It's hard to tell. Bummer, I hope she has some good qualities? Jay Thomas is a great guy, he was the supervisor of my supervisor when I was an intern at SFOT waaaay back in 1995. The next time I saw him was at SFKK in 2007, about an hour before "the accident." He was wearing a tie by then, but hadn't lost his Texas charm (as in being truly interested in what a guest has to say). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Park was clean, employees were *extremely* friendly... More than most parks I would say I have been to. Always walking by saying hello, asking if we needed anything or where to go, etc... Was quite a shock from all the "terror" stories I heard about this park. It seems like you went on a good day as a week ago, the employees at SFMM were extremely bored and always frowned. It's like being around a bunch of lifeless people. Though, SFMM employees usually are good at just doing their job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewoplis Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 The attitude and efficiency of the employees seems to be different depending on which ride or which part of the park your at. I went a few times this year and every time I went, the ride crews at Goliath and Apocalypse were great, but the ones at Scream and Tatsu seemed to be lacking. Every ride crew seemed to have their own pace through out the whole year, and the same thing could be said about the food staff as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singemfrc Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ I've definitely noticed that. I usually find the most professional employees running X2 and Goliath and the ones that don't seem to care about anyone or anything are usually working at Riddler's and Scream. In my experience the Tatsu ops have been friendly and seemed to be mostly efficient, it just always bugs me that they don't use the other station, which is almost certainly not the ride ops' decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_IntaMAN_ Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Did anyone use get an e-mail for the 2014 ride survey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonlva Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Did anyone use get an e-mail for the 2014 ride survey? What did it say? (or talk about)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sxexaxn Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 ^ I did. Just took the survey actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Here at the park. Not busy at all. S:EFK has been resurrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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