PHOTO TR-SFMM 7/4 (Yup, I went to SFMM instead of BBQ Party)

[COOOOLkid]

Ok, I went to SFMM yesterday to celebrate 4th of July... The main reason was to go to Hurricane Harbor and the picnic dinner...

 

Anyway, we got to the park at around 10:45 and entered the parking lot for free with our Xtreme Pass. I was expecting a full crowd by then, but it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be... (but of course, it was a bit crowded) After parking in the "G" section and getting on the parking tram, we headed to the park gate and got the tickets for the picnic at the Main Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. They were 10.99, which I thought wasn't bad for chicken, hot dogs, soda, and fruits for desert... (in a buffet style[but then it turned out to be the most horrible meal of my life...]). Then, we walked over to the Fastlane distribution center. They are now $15 (used to be $17), but we got them for free. Also, they posted papers to the wall saying that Twickets are only 10 bucks more. After getting the fastlane passes, we headed over to Hurricane Harbor.

 

We took at least 30 minutes to get two one-day lockers (which was 3 dollars each, plus 2 dollars key deposit each), and headed to Tornado. Somehow we took a wrong turn, so we ended up at Tiki Falls. Tiki Falls was ok-attraction. Nothing exciting, nothing bad. (Reviews on the bottom) Anyway, we headed over to Tornado, which was pretty fun and surprised us a bit. After that, we decided to go over to Black Snake Summit slide complex, sled Sidewinder and Twisted Fang. While in line for Twisted Fang, this really odd dumb girl tried to slide down the Venom Drop (a vertical drop slide), but was too afraid. She tried to go down, but then couldn't let her hands go, but couldn't and was about 3-feet of of the platform. The lifeguards couldn't reach to take her hand, and one of her leg was off the slide and she was basically hugging the side of the slide, on her stomach, looking up toward the platform. She was screaming for help but somehow managed to climb up and reach for the lifeguard's hand. This basically stopped the line for our line, too, because Venom Drop and Twisted Fang was operated by the same person... Dumbass... Anyway, both of the slides were fun (Twisted Fang and Sidewinder) and then headed out the park after riding Arrowhead Splashdown (no, not the flume one, but the tube slide one...).

 

After we re-entered the park, we rode Revolution and then went on Orient Express and went to Laughing Dragon, only to find it closed. We ate at the Waterfront Comissary, and then rode Arrowhead Splashdown (the flume one), and went in line for Batman Begins Stunt Show, which was a bit disappointing, but still good. After that, we went over to Deja Vu, where I had a great ride on it, and then went to eat picnic, which sucked ass. The place where you get the food was dark (no lights) even though it's within a buildilng and they placed really sucky bands all of the time. After that, we went to Goliath and used our Fastlane Passes, which was awesome, and then watched the parade and the fireworks, which was more than I had expected!

 

Because there were fireworks, I expected a lot of people leaving right after, just like us, but the reality was worse. I noticed that they are doing a better job with controlling the line for parking trams though... There was a traffic jam all the way next to those picnic area-ish area in the parking lot and continued all the way to the intersection by Magic Mountain Pkway and Old Rd. They even had to move the Drop-Off to the the place right after where you enter the parking lot booth.

 

Ride Reviews: (by the way, I consider 5/10 as average, not 7/10 like some people do, so anything above 3 is rerideable.)

 

Tiki Falls- 6/10 (enclosed tube slide)

This ride was nothing special as I explained earlier. Not too much to talk about.

 

Tornado - 7/10

I thought this ride was going to be really short, and it was, but it was funner than I had expected. I got some pops of air right before you drop into the bowl and the pool at the end.

 

Sidewinder-8/10

This is another enclosed tube slide, which was pretty long and enjoyed it very well. There were some parts with an opening with water falling from above, which was unexpected and it was just great.

 

Twisted Fang-6/10

This is an enclosed body slide, which hurt my leg and my back... Though this was fun...

 

Arrowhead Splashdown-6/10

This is an open tube slide, and even though it was short, it did have some interesting turns which was fun.

 

Revolution-7/10

This was fun... Especially because it wasn't painful and rode in front.

 

The Orient Express - 5/10

Even with air conditioning turned on, it was HOT AS HELL...

 

Waterfront Commissionary-7/10

Even though the service was slow, the pizza was okay and the fries were good.

 

Arrowhead Splashdown-5/10

This flume ride is really ROUGH! The drop is really nice though...

 

Batman Begins: Action Stunt Show-7/10

Though it had some cool parts, it was a bit disappointing. For example, the part when Bruce Wayne opens the chest and bats flies out everywhere, the bats are made of construction paper cut out in a bat shape...(this one kid said "what the f**k was that? That's crappy") It looked like they haven't had time to rehearse and many casts were taking a bit of time trying to unhook themselves from the ropes, air-filled mattresses being visible whenever some guy fell off of a building, sets falling apart, etc.The explosions were good, but not as good as Water World at USH (now, that's the BEST stunt show) and I think the both side of the theater is a soak zone, so beware. (though it's not like you'll never dry off in Socal weather... ) Anyway, you can catch some of the clips at the park's website. (you have to wait for the intro to finish) BTW, I even heard some kids say "That was boring" right after the show ended...

 

Deja Vu-9/10

This ride is just awesome. Though it rattles a bit when you drop into the station in the beginning, the rest is fine. I just love the thrill and anticipation of going up the spikes and waiting for the drop!

 

Picnic Dinner-4/10

IT SUCKED

 

Goliath (dark)-10/10

Goliath at night is awesome! The lift was really cool when we were going up because it was lit up in green neon lights. (I think it was green...) While going up the hill, I saw a fireworks right in front of us, and thought that the fireworks had already started (the one at SFMM) but we were wrong and it was for Valencia...

 

WARNER BROS. on Parade! - 8/10

Now, it looks silly that I'm rating this pretty high, but that's because SFMM at least tried to make a parade that's decent. Of course, it's not on par with Disney and Universal, but considering that not that many park does parades, I thought this was pretty good. There were plenty of characters walking/riding on a float, and it was fun taking pictures of them. Though the music was corny, some floats such as the last ones pretty cool and I thought this was great and kudos to SFMM for making a family-friendly parade!

 

Fireworks Extravaganza!-10/10

I wasn't expecting the fireworks to be this good, but I was surprised by how much Six Flags can do with fireworks. It was nothing compared to local fireworks (not major city-fireworks... of course) and it was just awesome! Though the music wasn't exactly synchronized with the fireworks, it was still fairly well-done and I was awed by their last song choice (which was God Bless The U.S.A., I think, performed on American Idol season II a while ago...), and the sky was filled with fireworks for the last 45 seconds, if not a whole minute (mind you, even 30 seconds filled with thousands of explosives are A LOT), which was just amazing.(not like Disneyland's 15-second finale-ish ending....)

 

Tram Ride - 7/10

The drivers were really fun this time, but too bad everyone was tired and didn't respond to them...

 

Anyway, just Goliath at night, parade, and Fireworks (all in an hour) was worth coming here, and it was a lot of fun. The crowds weren't that bad and I had an amazing night.

 

P.S., was "God Bless the U.S.A." finale only for the 4th of July, or is that part included in every show up until August?

 

Thanks for Reading, COOOOLkid

 

Now, onto photos!

And I end this trip report with this random ninjas fighting Bruce Wayne, who is too weak to fight them off, and ninjas are trying hard to get themselves look like they are getting beaten...

Last one...

Another...

Ok, it seems like you've seen enough of fireworks... But here's one more.

Look at it! How come we, humans, are awed by these types of explosives, but not bombs?

God damn it! This digital camera sucks... It takes forever and I can't take a good photo!

Some random firework shot.

The last float from Looney Toons parade. Sorry I couldn't get the picture of the whole float... (BTW, the floats traveled at a whooping 114923 mph, so the parade ended rather fast... )

This is where that thingie that sucks out water comes from... Too bad it's already falling apart even before the show started

Another... Too bad the theater is small... There were even parts where a guy came out of an Asylum when he was doing that presentation thingie...

Batman Theater Overview

[arrowfanman]

the bats are made of construction paper cut out in a bat shape

 

Actually, tissue paper...even worse...lol.

 

The show was the same as when I saw it...I didn't know how to feel when I left, and my friend goes "that was the cheesiest show I have ever seen"...I had to agree.

 

Well, it seems like your day was pretty good, even though you really didn't ride any coasters, you got some slides in.

 

Lucky you with your Xtreme pass...lol

 

 

Well, im going tomorrow...ta ta for now.

 

-Jahan

[Mr.Six]

Hey, nice pics!

Yeah, too bad you didn't get on much. Also, I didn't know that the Orient Express had AC???

 

Michael" Well look how stupid the advertisment on SF's website is, no wonder its a stupid show"Thomas

[COOOOLkid]

I changed the topic title (Just to avoid any confusion)

 

Anyway, I would definately recommend you to see Batman show at night, as the explosions would look better.

[robbalvey]

Nice TR and stuff as I've never seen someone give a rating to the parking lot tram....and it got the same rating as Torando! :shock:

 

But I'm curious about something, instead of going through all that trouble putting the links at URL's, why didn't you just put them as IMG links so they show up in the TR? If you're worried about getting hits to the photos, you get the same amount if someone clicks on the link or if they show up in a forum posting.

 

I don't know about anyone else, but I am far less inclined to click on links to photos especially when there are so many good Photo TR's and include them in the message body without having to do any extra work.

 

--Robb "Just my 2 cents" Alvey

[COOOOLkid]

Thanks! I now uploaded to the site as an attatchment!