joelwee Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 ^ Scream is still up and running. I really doubt that the park is closing their star attraction just to save a few bucks - given that the B&M floorless coaster next door is waaaay less popular and requires the same number of people to staff it, and would make much more sense to close in this case. Somebody posted a month or so ago that there was a crane parked next to TC and some guys appeared to be doing track work. I think this is a maintenance-related closure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTown661 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Does anyone know why Twisted colossus is not operating on weekdays anymore? Today was my third visit since Sept with the ride closed. Â Seems TC is still operational just perhaps at some points M-F it might be down. If you take the time from the parking lot you can watch 5-10 workers with table saws running and impact guns roaring. Also a cherry picker and perhaps a blue crane. Now I'm not a RMC freak so I sure dont know what boards or wood is being replaced but many boards seem to be being replaced. Again take the time from the parking lot to watch them work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesinclair Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Anyone know when the holiday lights stuff gets turned off? Â I was looking to go Wednesday Jan 2 or Thursday Jan 4. I presume crowds would be better than the week between christmas and new years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedtatsu805 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Anyone know when the holiday lights stuff gets turned off? I was looking to go Wednesday Jan 2 or Thursday Jan 4. I presume crowds would be better than the week between christmas and new years.  Holiday in the park ends December 30th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelwee Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Anyone know when the holiday lights stuff gets turned off? I was looking to go Wednesday Jan 2 or Thursday Jan 4. I presume crowds would be better than the week between christmas and new years.  Holiday in the park ends December 30th To add to that, once HITP ends, the park closes at 6:00 PM every night, including weekends - which means most of the restaurants will close early (4:00-5:00) and the rides will be running skeleton crews and one train each. But the park will be a ghost town, so that won't matter that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeistdude321 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I’m heading to SFMM next Thursday. It would be a really sad day if Twisted Colossus was closed as I am reading above. I haven’t been to Magic Mountain in almost eight years and I was really looking forward to riding TC for the first time. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Next week the park is running Holiday in the Park daily with 9:00 closes. I would think they would attempt to have everything running (aside from Apocalypse and Green Lantern of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroG001 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 That's pretty discouraging to hear that Twisted Colossus isn't operating on weekdays. I was planning on going on a weekday in January, but if this is the case, I'll probably try and go on a Saturday or Sunday instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelwee Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 ^ Honestly, weekends in January aren't that crowded. If I was you, I'd just go on a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Plus I think the regular Flash Pass is $30 in the lighter periods. Â Unless it has changed from earlier this month, X2 is only running one train which leads to a painfully slow and long queue without Flash Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedtatsu805 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Plus I think the regular Flash Pass is $30 in the lighter periods. Unless it has changed from earlier this month, X2 is only running one train which leads to a painfully slow and long queue without Flash Pass. It was still on one train as of Sunday, but it's 3rd train has returned from refurbishment and they are in the process of disassembling the second train. Viper has been testing since last Tuesday and should be opening soon, if it didn't today. Also I heard that Twisted Colossus was only scheduled to be down Mon-Thurday through last week, so it should be back to operating daily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Does anyone know why Twisted colossus is not operating on weekdays anymore? Today was my third visit since Sept with the ride closed.  There are rumors that it’s a straight budget cut but closing your best ride for staffing seems so unbelievably ridiculous that I feel like I’ll cut them some slack and assume that maybe they’re just doing some refurb or something.  We’re visiting in February and planned to do a day at Magic Mountain, a day at Disney and a few hours at Knott’s before we fly home but only that final day falls on a weekend. If anyone hears anything about this I’d be interested to know since if this becomes a semi permanent thing we’d probably just do the full day at Knott’s and hit Magic Mountain on the day we fly out since it’s a Saturday. I didn’t really want to cram the place into like 3 hours but it’s probably worth it to ride TC. Yeah, since you've been there before once on the log flume and the rest of the 3 hours on Colossus should be just fine.  Make sure you get on X2 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 If you think the X2 line is painful just wait until you finally get on the ride... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 X2 is truly one of those rides you either really love or really hate. There's no in between. Â At least we all agree on Green Lantern. It's a ride everyone hates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Maier Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 As far as riding X2 goes; inner or outer seat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Coaster Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Definitely inner. It's still bumpy there, but it's considerably less so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesinclair Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Anyone know when the holiday lights stuff gets turned off? I was looking to go Wednesday Jan 2 or Thursday Jan 4. I presume crowds would be better than the week between christmas and new years.  Holiday in the park ends December 30th  So the lights turn off too? I dont care about Santa and the food and such, mostly wanted to see the decorations. I know it takes them a month or more to actually bring it all down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiemon Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Definitely inner. It's still bumpy there, but it's considerably less so. Â It really depends on what kind of ride a person is looking for. Some people actually like to be thrown around like a rag doll in the jaws of a pit bull. Not me, but just sayin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ytterbiumanalyst Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 If you think the X2 line is painful just wait until you finally get on the ride... Yeah really. I don't think I hated it as much as you, but I don't think I'd do it again either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 ^ Ditto for myself. Once (in 2016) was quite enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlvr Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 At least 3 Coasterdynamix nanocoasters coming to Magic Mountain. Â https://www.facebook.com/coasterdynamix/posts/10155635641471431 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedtatsu805 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Gonna be heading to the park for a couple hours tomorrow. Has anyone heard anything about the status of Viper? I know it was testing for the last week and a half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 It hasn’t opened yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twistedtatsu805 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 I am extremely happy to report, that after 4 months of being closed, VIPER IS FINALLY OPEN!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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