The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread

[PeoplemoverMatt]

^ This is also what I remembered. I mainly recall hearing the complaints the nearby residents would state in the news and how they hoped that the land would be successfully purchased.

 

The City of Santa Clarita was bound & determined to keep SFMM open running. All sorts of tax breaks and deals were offered if the park agreed to be annexed into the city, rather than just outside the city limits as it was then and still is now.

[Vonni]

Random question, but was Apocalypse the largest GCI creation at the time it debuted? I'm just curious.

[rcdude]

^Nope, Apocalypse was actually one of the smaller GCIs. As the story goes, Six Flags opted for a smaller coaster to have a larger theming budget, and we all know how that turned out (most of it is gone or no longer in use). I believe the largest GCI at the time was Gwazi, or for a single tracked coaster Troy.

[Vonni]

^ Oh ok, thanks for filling me in!

[Jew]

^Nope, Apocalypse was actually one of the smaller GCIs. As the story goes, Six Flags opted for a smaller coaster to have a larger theming budget, and we all know how that turned out (most of it is gone or no longer in use). I believe the largest GCI at the time was Gwazi, or for a single tracked coaster Troy.

 

Translation: they payed too much money for the rights to use the movie as a theme, so they had to cut from somewhere else...

[gerstlaueringvar]

^Nope, Apocalypse was actually one of the smaller GCIs. As the story goes, Six Flags opted for a smaller coaster to have a larger theming budget, and we all know how that turned out (most of it is gone or no longer in use). I believe the largest GCI at the time was Gwazi, or for a single tracked coaster Troy.

 

Translation: they payed too much money for the rights to use the movie as a theme, so they had to cut from somewhere else...

 

How about the snallest GCI? Probably El Toro?

[rcdude]

How about the snallest GCI? Probably El Toro?

 

At the time, yes. As of now, Wood Coaster is the largest GCI (though Viper will be larger when it opens in 2015) and White Lightning is the smallest.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Thank you! So the two biggest GCIs are all in China? Weird.

[empires]

Hey I'm going to the park tomorrow and the weather forecast is saying high winds up to 40 mph. Do you guys think this will affect any rides from being open?

[DJeXeL]

Riddlers and Scream wont be open in High winds. X2 won't run in high winds either however it's still down for the lift chain issue so it's a moot point.

[RollerCoasterAwesome]

Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom can close in high winds as well

[Vonni]

^ What about Lex Luther?

[Jew]

^Huh?

[i<3coasters]

^ They both ( ^^ and ^^^) posted at the same time.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

^Huh?

 

 

This is going nowhere fast.

[simaticable]

^Huh?

This alone describes all of SFMM's decisions on everything they do.

[Vonni]

^ They both ( ^^ and ^^^) posted at the same time.

 

 

Lol thanks for clarifying that, because I was even a little confused myself lol!

[jdcoffeytime]

Full Throttle closes in high wind as well.

[Tmcdllr]

^Huh?

This alone describes all of SFMM's decisions on everything they do.

 

Well....... it's better than nothing!

[XYZ]

^Huh?

This alone describes all of SFMM's decisions on everything they do.

 

Well....... it's better than nothing!

Sometimes, I prefer nothing.

[singemfrc]

Hey I'm going to the park tomorrow and the weather forecast is saying high winds up to 40 mph. Do you guys think this will affect any rides from being open?

Sky Tower will definitely be closed.

[RollerCoasterAwesome]

Full Throttle now has a permanent station cover photos coming soon.

[Vonni]

^ Wow! It is about damn time! I'm surprised they even bothered with it!

[cmullin]

I guess they finally realized that their work around the ride is pathetic and actually did something about it.

[dylanreich]

I guess they finally realized that their work around the ride is pathetic and actually did something about it.

 

Does anyone know how the crowds have been the last few days? I was thinking about going Sunday the 22nd, anyone think that might be a bad date for some reason?