hifalling Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 So, the summer season is in its final leg at the Disneyland Resort and three Attraction's CM's found themselves with a day off, two season passes, and a free admission ticket to SFMM...the answer was clear. ROAD TRIP! Our day started at five in the morning rowing canoe's in wonderful GREEN water in Disney's Annual CM Canoe Races, but we traded in our oars for car keys, and in a flash we were cruising down I-5 in the ever-so-popular Rush Hour Traffic. We arrived in the picturesque city of Valencia around 10:30 and with our season pass coupon book in hand we were ready to tackle the park. The parking lot was looking like it was filling up nicely, but we got a nice parking spot near Colossus's "Non-Existant" Double-Dip-Break-Zone-Contraption. As we approached the main entrance we were met by the LOVELY and AMAZING ELISSA ALVEY, who guided us through the entrance and hooked us up with some FastLane/ FlashLane thingamabobs. WE WERE EVER SO GRATEFUL! THANKS AGAIN ROBB AND ELISSA (thats like 30 thank-yous by now). We bid farewell to Elissa and began our day in the park. Although the entrance looked busy, the park (I thought) was pretty empty for the summer season (Kinda like California Adventure is all the time). We were STOKED! We quickly ran up the Rev Fastlane entrance and took the short cut to the top of the hill (Something I recommend to everyone reading this TR, but don't use it when i am there! hehehe) With our Flashy things in hand we searched for the quick entrance to Tatsu. The line was about 90 minutes long. We were sooo glad to pass that up and head up the Fast lane. Tatsu was just as I remembered it from the media event, just not as clean, and in the daylight. This would be Alicia and Michelle's first time riding, needless to say they LOVED IT! Having our main attraction under our belt, we decided to tackle the rest of the park. We were happy to see all the coasters, except X, running two train operation making wait times virtually nill. I was finally able to get my Deja Vu credit, almost six years worth of visits later. The weather was beautiful, the guests in the park were not annoying, the employees seemed to be working efficiently, no major delays, and only one employee on a cell phone, and it wasn't at an attraction which made me very happy! We ended our day at 1700 hours by riding Tatsu 3 times in a row, i could barely contain myself. All in all I would say that this was one of the best trips to Magic that I have had in quite a long time. Tomorrow we head back to operate Screamin', Madness, and Grizzle, but we will not forget the AWESOME day we had at Six Flags Magic Mountain. If you ever visit us at Cal Adventure, please say hi! Come visit us at Cal. Adventure... Thanks for bearing with us..."PEACE OUT TPR!" And I said goodbye to a wonderful day at SFMM...We heart you Magic Mountain...please stick around...and for everyone else... After we did Tatsu 3 times in a row...we were fried...so we left the park...said goodbye to Tatsu and Rev... "PEACE-OUT X!" See ya next time...Back to Tatsu... 2 HOUR WAIT!!! ONE TRAIN OPERATION... This used to be my favorite inversion...not-so-much anymore...sorry Viper... Remember...when this was "Xtreme!", Oh how we have grown! Wishes....Dreams Come True! Poof! Last shot of Goliath from Colossus...and then off to Viper and X... Here is the world-renowned helix...I had a hard time keeping my cam up... Goliath ran well, Alicia got some decent airtime here... NEW SPONSORSHIP! YAY! GO A&E! Goliath was next...it was good...but...something looked different... Scream decided to take a bite outta my A$$! I couldn't believe it...good thing my day is almost over...sorry folks...i know you didnt want to see that...keep scrolling down...nothing to see here... Scream was also a walk-on...the SFMM employees were very efficient at this attraction, we were impressed...but then... Scream is taunting us while riding Colossus... Colossus was a walk-on even though they were only running the black side. Michelle did not like the lift... ...with crossed eyed ceramic moose...(sorry Elissa no rodents)...NEXT UP COLOSSUS! Our longest wait of the day...I swear...but we kept ourselves amused... Where have I seen this pic before...oh yeah ...EVERYWHERE...a clone for a clone...off to MOOSE for lunch! Batman was pretty much a walk-on still intense, still fast...still my fave invert in CA... I have not seen guests on ACME in a long time. EXCELLENT SFMM! Lots of flats in action today! YAY...side-diveloop! Riddler was running two trains...Nice! But, we still used our Flashy thingamabobs! On the way to Riddler we notice that Freefall is just "chillin'" mid-lift...don't see that everyday... unless you work for SFMM... I heart you Gold Rusher! One of my first coasters ever...this is where the real magic began...I try to ride everytime I go to SFMM... YAY! I got my Deja Vu Credit! BTW it was worth the wait! My day is complete! Just Kidding! Off to the next coaster... THEY DID "PEACE-OUT!" and this is the closest I have ever come to riding this crazy attraction! Hoping people will "Peace-Out!" and make our wait time shorter.... DARN YOU CRAZY DEJA VU!!! DARN YOU VEKOMA!!! I SHAKE MY FIST AT YOU!!! WHAT!!!? As always...Technical Difficulties! Let's wait-it-out! I need the credit! Next, over to Deja Vu! YAY! It's working! I HOPE to FINALLY get my credit. Tatsu Stay! Good Tatsu! Tatsu Roll Over! Tatsu lie down! Tatsu Sit up! Alicia, Me, and Michelle enjoying our five minute wait for TATSU!!! Past the metal detectors, up the hill! Dang Look at that Line! Suckers! So we get to the gate, to see what's running! Not looking soooo bad! TATSU! TATSU!
AlmereStars Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 good review from all the stories I hear, you where very VERY lucky that day, not being too crowded, and almost everything worked :O and now I really wanna go to SFMM.. too bad I live in the Netherlands.. aah well we have a goliath too
pianojohn Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Awesome pics and TR! I guess I need to get to LA ASAP since the last time I was there was 2000 and: There was no X, Deja Vu, Scream, or Tatsu at SFMM No Xcelerator or Silver Bullet at Knott's And NO DCA at all!!!
Homer Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Hehe, fun trip report, I think Tommy and James would dig those shorts .
bgwfreak Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Awesome TR! There's something wrong with this pic though. Oh it's because it says Flashback is "Temporarily down"
robbalvey Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Chuck! Great TR! I'm so glad that day worked out well for you guys. And I hope you do more Photo TR's because that one was a lot of fun. Someday soon (we hope) we'll come visit you at DCA. Take care! --Robb
jaap Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 here is my first post on the board Going to visit SFMM on saturday 9 september. I really can't wait. My girlfriend is no so excited because she is a bit affraid of riding coasters. But I have to visit SFMM when in california, she is going to take a good book with her to read.
hifalling Posted August 2, 2006 Author Posted August 2, 2006 Awesome pics and TR! I guess I need to get to LA ASAP since the last time I was there was 2000 and: There was no X, Deja Vu, Scream, or Tatsu at SFMM No Xcelerator or Silver Bullet at Knott's And NO DCA at all!!! You should totally come back to Magic...but I do recommend buying those Flashypassy things, it made our day so less stressful. and DCA is here now so come visit. Go to Knott's for Perilous and Xcelerator...BOOK IT NOW! HURRY!
hifalling Posted August 2, 2006 Author Posted August 2, 2006 Chuck! Great TR! I'm so glad that day worked out well for you guys. And I hope you do more Photo TR's because that one was a lot of fun. Someday soon (we hope) we'll come visit you at DCA. Take care! --Robb Thanks ROBB (31 and counting)!
coaster_dad Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Great TR! Congrats on your Vu credit. I finally got my first ride as well @SFOG after five years of trying! LOL
arrowfanman Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Thanks for the fun trip report! Its a shame I wasn't working that day...I mean, I'm a lead at Atom Smasher (the one with all of the employees standing around at panel and talking to each other instead of checking the units). Oh well. I'll see you next time. Or perhaps at DCA! As soon as I get out of debt for purchasing an AP, I'll make my way down there! And sorry about the shorts! -Jahan
SoCalDude Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Great TR! Glad to see you had fun, I was just there a few days ago and had a blast also. It is also good to see some of the rides that were closed on my visit open on yours.
CoasterCrazy Posted August 2, 2006 Posted August 2, 2006 Great pictures! I look forward to reading more of your PTRs.
vjgx Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Cool, it looks like you had a lot of fun! I can't wait until I go back to SFMM in late August!
TheMan Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 glad you had a great time. I'm glad that these last few reports have been good after the long amount of bad ones early this summer. this makes me more excited for my trip Aug. 9. which is a wednesday Also, does anybody know if you get a discount on the vip pass if you have an xtreme season pass?
pianojohn Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Awesome pics and TR! I guess I need to get to LA ASAP since the last time I was there was 2000 and: There was no X, Deja Vu, Scream, or Tatsu at SFMM No Xcelerator or Silver Bullet at Knott's And NO DCA at all!!! You should totally come back to Magic...but I do recommend buying those Flashypassy things, it made our day so less stressful. and DCA is here now so come visit. Go to Knott's for Perilous and Xcelerator...BOOK IT NOW! HURRY! Will do! And c'mon down to Orlando to see our little rinky dink carnival! (Just kidding...been at the Mouse since 1999!)
ECZenith Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 Those Driving Force stickers are so tacky... We got the whole works done to our Nitro here on the EC.
hifalling Posted August 3, 2006 Author Posted August 3, 2006 Thanks for the fun trip report! Its a shame I wasn't working that day...I mean, I'm a lead at Atom Smasher (the one with all of the employees standing around at panel and talking to each other instead of checking the units). Oh well. I'll see you next time. Or perhaps at DCA! As soon as I get out of debt for purchasing an AP, I'll make my way down there! And sorry about the shorts! -Jahan Hey Jahan, We had such a great time at the park. We didnt get on Atom Smasher, but I was happy to see it running, Congrats on the Lead position. I was just promoted to lead in the Route 66 area at Paradise Pier. We will be coming back again soon! If you ever come to DCA, make sure to hit me up! chuck :O)
hifalling Posted August 3, 2006 Author Posted August 3, 2006 Great pictures! I look forward to reading more of your PTRs. Thanks Coaster, I hope to be able to give more Photo TR's. Take care! chuck :o)
thomas2 Posted August 3, 2006 Posted August 3, 2006 OMG reading this report really makes me want to take a plane to Cal. Finally someone who appears to have had fun at this park cause I was really worried the park might be cursed or something!
hifalling Posted August 3, 2006 Author Posted August 3, 2006 OMG reading this report really makes me want to take a plane to Cal. Finally someone who appears to have had fun at this park cause I was really worried the park might be cursed or something! Hey Wrebbit, You know what?! SFMM is a cool park, yeah it has its problems, but I go to the park with no expectations, but I do have a season pass, and only live about 45 minutes away. If I spent tons of money to travel cross country, I might have higher expectations. Just know that improvements have been made...are continuing to be made...but they are small...if you have the opportunity, visit the park with a "chill" & "relaxed" attitude, and somehow the park is more enjoyable. Also...being happy is hard work...if you want to be happy with something...expect to do some work...my friends and I, we work hard to keep eachother happy, by cracking jokes, people watching, and being goofy! We always have fun no matter where we are! hope to see you at the park! chuck :o)
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