ECZenith Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 First of all, a HUGE thank you to the following people for an outstanding event that exceeded everyone's expectations! The Alveys & TPR, Rideworld, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Branden, Mike aka Mr. Six, Jahan, S&S Power for speaking at the Q&A and all the great people I was able to meet for my first ever west coast event, and my first time visiting the park since I moved here from New England this past year. The future is looking pretty bright for Magic Mountain with all the positivity we're witnessing. Thanks again everyone for a great time! Just a few more months and I get my baby back... They cycled X2 for us on the backstage tour! Mr. Burkhart told us X2 has been redesigned for better effeciency and capacity, however there is a possibility it could give a better ride. :oD :0l Pleasant floatiness as seen from the future site of Thomas Town. Oh by the way, did I mention Six Flags left ALL of their operating coasters for ERT until 10:30? No? Well they did. Awesome job guys! Goliath is a cool beasty For me? Goldrusher's station and sign look like a million bucks now Mr. Six shows us a surviving XLR8 coach which will be fed to Ninja over time. It was sad to see this and be reminded of the disappearing Arrow suspended coasters so a hike up Samurai Summit was in order. Six Flags was also willing to tell us that within their current five year plan, they are hoping to get a replacement drop ride. All that is left of Flashback is this nose cone, the rest is now coke cans. Psyclone Cemetary: This area WILL NOT be the site of the new for 2009 coaster project, however, there are big plans for this area to watch out for! Deja Vu is undergoing its annual refurbishment including the rebuilding of the train. During the Q&A, an attendee addressed the conern of Deja's fate to which it was replied that SFMM has the dedicated staff that "takes ownership" of its rides and is willing to maintain is complex systems. This is great to hear! Who doesn't love Deja? Six Flags staff and Disney cast members in perfect harmony, how beautiful! Superman is the next coaster to be painted at the park, according to Tim Burkhart, the park's GM. Superman The Escape is one of his "babies" and he thinks it should stand out with all the other big guns. Right on Mr. Burkhart, Superman is a great ride! Our one flat-ride stop of the day was Grinder Gearworks Batman used to be the only superhero without superpowers, but if you ask me, his ability to throw off your sense of direction is pretty impressive. Got a few rides in on Riddler's Revenge Viper as seen from X2's transfer track Viper still has a good bite Revolution, Superman, and Viper were open along with Tatsu for morning ERT 2 instant classics in their debut years Batman's sidekick with my sidekick Tatsu's zero-g roll It's a very pretty monster My favorite beemer The beast from the not so far east The beast from the far east We're obviously very excited to get our ride on!
RIP Psyclone Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Glad you had a good time. It was nice riding Colossus with you guys.
DenDen Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Wow, X2 trains look so different, and it's especially noticeable when it's running. Those trains look like there's nothing to them compared to the old monster trains. Thanks for sharing!
kraken613 Posted March 10, 2008 Posted March 10, 2008 Nice update! I dont know what it is but that shot of Screams train looks awsome but errie! LOL
RIP Psyclone Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Nice update!I dont know what it is but that shot of Screams train looks awsome but errie! LOL Yeah, it does look eerie for some reason, but we should note that it wasn't taken yesterday. It does give a feeling of how good our ERT was, though!
ECZenith Posted March 11, 2008 Author Posted March 11, 2008 Yeah, my camera died halfway through the event so I used that old photo, looked exactly like that I swear.
nagro5 Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 "Six Flags was also willing to tell us that within their current five year plan, they are hoping to get a replacement drop ride." Yea! It's great that they're going to add a new flat, and it's even better that it's going to be a drop tower. I'm glad to think that sometime within the next five years we can expect some airtime in SFMM.
Hand 0f Time Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Can't wait for the new, fresh colors of Superman. I thought I saw Tim Allen in the Robin costume for a second.
ECZenith Posted March 11, 2008 Author Posted March 11, 2008 I was thinking Tom Hanks myself, I didn't know he was having that hard a time finding work these days.
Swimace Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Great pictures and thanks for the update for those of us who couldn't get out to California! Magic Mountain looks like it has come so far in the past couple of years, for once the park looks like has a really bright future ahead of it.
socalMAN123 Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Awesome Photo TR! Yesterday was defenitly loads of fun, you should've told me that you were there, I could've chilled with you two! ---Brent
Buddy johnson Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 X2 looks really different! thanks for the update!
ebl Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Great Photo TR. I'd have taken one, but as everyone in the world knows, my camera got lost very early in the day. It was nice to meet the two of you, also. Eric
sfmmrules! Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 I am really wooried now. I'm going to SFMM in July or August. When do they plan on painting Superman? Its one of my favorites & I've got to get on it this year! Nice trip report & pictures. Can't wait for X2!!!
thecoasterkid Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Alison, I already told you I'm incredibly jealous of you getting to attend the Bash. All of these upgrades and improvements just make it worse. Hopefully I'll be able to make it down there for a mini-vacation next year and I can crash the party with everyone!
Blnkgttrst Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Can you say INTAMIN DROP TOWER!!! However... all this talk about S&S I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't intamin
arrowfanman Posted March 11, 2008 Posted March 11, 2008 Great PTR Sean! Shame we didn't hang out that day! There were soooooooooo many people! Anyway, thanks for posting! -Jahan
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