The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread

[mudvayneimn]

I remember the promotional video for Tatsu, and the lead car had the head of a dragon. Too bad they didn't customize the train that way, it would've been wicked.

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

I remember the promotional videos for Tatsu were quick clips of S:UF...

[alexinla]

The Tatsu promotional video was an animation. No quick shots of S:UF

 

[CoasterPrince]

The commercial actually did have S:UF in it just with an orange tint over the screen.

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

The second video at :12 clearly shows the S:UF in Georgia. I should have been more clear by saying "Tatsu Commercial". Also they through Medusa in there. Got people in the park so hey!

[SLY]

How are December crowds at SFMM?

 

Thanks!

[Bolliger&Mabillard]

^Somewhat busy thanks to Toys-For-Tots. Something about free admission that brings people out the woodworks.

[Troy98]

^They're brakes that slow the ride down, but don't necessarily count as a block section I believe, idk, they might count as a block section in some cases, but their main purpose is to slow a ride down that travels too fast.

 

Thanks :]

[ebl]

^ One more thought: block brakes can serve as trims, but not vice versa, as a block brake needs to be able to stop a train completely, and most trims aren't set up to do so.

 

Eric

[Troy98]

^ One more thought: block brakes can serve as trims, but not vice versa, as a block brake needs to be able to stop a train completely, and most trims aren't set up to do so.

 

Eric

 

oh ok, I know block brakes from RCT3

[BaMiTsPaT]

^IN RCT3 you can use block BRAKES to accelerate your ride...I found that interesting and used it to launch many a wooden coaster etc.

[Troy98]

^IN RCT3 you can use block BRAKES to accelerate your ride...I found that interesting and used it to launch many a wooden coaster etc.

 

yeah I agree it's quite odd.

[ebl]

New coaster details...

 

Any. Day. Now.

 

Eric

[metrock]

I was looking at the following picture:

 

 

And it reminded me a lot of:

 

[coasterking2981]

^Next it'll be Achmed The Dead Terrorist Ride

[SharkTums]

There's a rumor that there were some 'issues' on Batman today. Anyone know more?

[atem122]

^There doesnt seem to be any news on it yet, are these rumors saying anything specific? Or just that something happened?

[nin]

Also they through Medusa in there. Got people in the park so hey!

Six Flags seems to do this a lot, as SFoG commercials still use sfmm's goliath.

[ebl]

Back in 1988 when Ninja was opened, SFMM used footage and photos of The Big Bad Wolf (BGW/E). It was interesting to me even then that they used media from a competing company and not XLR8 (AstroWorld) from their own company.

 

Eric

[DBru]

^Well, in their defense, BBW did have the same color scheme...

[B-RadG]

^Actually Ninja sports white supports and Big Bad Wolf's were black.

[ebl]

^ That's correct, but they didn't hide that in the commercials or print ads.

 

Eric

[WFChris]

I remember the Ninja commercials showed the trains traveling upside down to emphasize the 'track on top' thing. I recall as a small child making the ride look scary as hell .

 

Chris.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

No pictures but I can report that more of the hillside has been cleared off for the new coaster.

[ebl]

^ When I was at SFMM last Sunday, I saw what had been cleared up to that point, and in my opinion, it didn't even look big enough for a Roller Skater---and definitely not the right shape of area, either---too long and not wide enough.

 

Eric