Photo TR: Magic Springs

[thrillrideseeker]

So I decided to take a day trip down to Magic Springs today. Kind of fun. The only bad thing was that several attractions were not open. Mainly X-Coaster... *shocker* but the good news is that it is suppose to be open on Memorial day. So anywhos, we got to the park around 11:15am, and there was about 5 cars in the parking lot. We thought that maybe we had the times wrong, and that the park did not open till maybe noon... No turns out just no one wanted to go to magic springs. When we left the park there was maybe 50 cars in the parking lot. So it was a very dead day. Every single ride (that was open) was a walk on. Never waited for anything. . . Also stayed on and re-rode a lot of things. But like I said there were a lot of things that were closed... =( When we first walked in I noticed that the chair swing ride was in pieces. Clearly not ready... The little kid frog hopper thing was closed, X-Coaster was closed, Twist-N-Shout had valleyed and of course was closed. 90% of the restaurants, were closed. The "New For 2010" Flowrider... still being built. So yep... a lot of closed stuff, and no people. Very boring day at the park but anywhos here is the run down!

 

- Got to the park at about 11:15am

- Headed over to the "Hawk" rode 3 times.

- Headed over to "X-Coaster" found out it was closed so rode "Dr. Deans Rocket Machine" 4 times.

- Rode "Big Bad John" twice.

- Headed down to "The Gauntlet" rode it 6 times.

- Headed over to the log flume rode it twice.

- Next up was "Arkansas Twister" twice.

- After that was "The Wild Thing" 4 times..

- Then ended the day back at "The Gauntlet" for 4 more rides.

- Left the park at around 3:25pm

 

Didn't do to much, but it got us out of the house for a while! Now for the photos... Enjoy.

~Matthew

Magic Springs sat... What an accomplishment... Getting an entire park to sit.

Parking?

Breakfast?

Not open...

Open...

1/2 Open...

Such a small little park.

ZOMG! Its naked!

*sighs* Here we go again.

You start here...

Then this happens...

And you end up here!

Hmmm... What's that I see?!

This is as close as I am going to get to riding this ride today.

Ohhh... "Under Construction" that makes sense. Considering the ride is only how old?

Still a pretty ride!

Is this what they are waiting on a part for?

Ohhhhh... So that is the name of the broken POS.

Meh... "I have been on bigger." Ha.

Something needs a paint job...

This side does not look as bad...

"What is that?! Its so huge..." *sighs* Some people...

Ummm... No thank you.

So that is the name of one of the few working attractions...

It is a very pretty attraction.

Let's follow these people! Let's see... They go up...

They turn...

They go down...

Then they disappear...

What a nice little family coaster.

Looks like it could be a postcard. Ha.

BBJ... Very hard to get photos of.

Flume?!

More flume.

Its very sad when the lift hill is more steep than the drop...

Hey look its two closed things in one photo! Damn I am good!

Sadly my head is still killing me from this ride.

No people...

People!

"Ow Ow Ow Ow Ow! Next please!"

Those poor people.

Ohhh... Very pretty photo!

Ummm... Excuse me Mr. Tree I can not see...

No ride op's... I wonder why.

Ohhhh... That explains it... But why is it closed?!

*tisk* Go figure. . . And that is where that poor little red car sat all day.

Pretty!

More pretty!

Ugh... Broken POS.

"Hey Look A Boat"

"Made By Zamp-a-who?"

You should have sent me a text telling me X-Coaster was closed before I came all the way here.

Closed...

Closed...

Closed...

Closed...

Closed... Damn 5 in a row! I am good!

Oh what is that?!

Oh... That is what it is.

My those are some pretty flags!

Pretty!

TGI FRIDAYS! YAY!

Ummmm... No. Next please.

Now thats more like it!

Ok... One last POS photo.

[SharkTums]

Two coasters closed...sad.

 

This is one of the few parks in the country I haven't been to...I'll have to try at some point!

[Skycoastin Steve]

So what's the deal with X Coaster having been closed since the beginning of last season? I did a semi-extensive search both on the web and on here and didn't really find anything. All I really found was tons of articles about the riders who got stuck upside down on it a few years ago. Was it just a maintenance nightmare and they don't feel like dealing with it anymore?

[Pirouettes907]

^ I think I remember reading somewhere that Magic Springs needed some part for it, but as to how they couldn't obtain it, I don't know. I seem to recall it involved something about an ownership change and financial troubles. According to a 3/10/10 entry on Screamscape, the park had to fully rebuild the loading station to ensure safe operation, but I can't find what that specifically entailed.

 

The 2009 season sounded like it was a total bomb with many major attractions down for repairs. At least at this point, the park claims that only X Coaster and the Magic Swings are down (Matt's report sure reveals otherwise, though!), so compared to last year, things should be looking up. The dearth of guests in this trip report, though, suggests Magic Springs is really going to have to get their act in order and and better promote this place.

 

Thanks for sharing this, Matt!

[cgodsey]

They have really ran this park into the ground which is unfortunate. After last year's massive fail, they pissed off about 90% of their visitors so they are REALLY gonna have to work to get them back. Once the waterpark opens, I am sure they will have guests but not having their major rides open is and will always be a problem.

 

X-Coaster had some parts that needed replacing and when they started cycling the trains, the cars came VERY CLOSE to the wood station floor. So close that they anticipated problems later into the season. So, they basically ripped it all up and are reconstructing it. The park says it will be open by Memorial Day and I really hope they make it.