SoCalCoaster's Theme Park Adventures (MANTA: In depth!)

6flagsbrad · February 27, 2012

^ I'm in that Roadrunner Express video! The first time it goes around, you can see me in the third row. On the lift hill, you can see me pointing because I saw all of the Log Jammer logs sitting backstage.

rcdude · February 27, 2012

^^You got me and my family as well in the RRE video. We're in the second train shown. My brother is in car 4, I'm behind him, my sister is behind me, and my dad is behind her. I guess you were among the many TPR members who thought to ride right after lunch.

Good videos in general. That Green Lantern one really shows how tame the ride is, as half of the cars didn't even get a single complete flip.

SoCalCoasters · March 3, 2012

Thanks For The Comments!

Here's the first of Several Knott's Videos to come!

SoCalCoasters · March 9, 2012

West Coast Bash Part One!

Without further ado I present to you all the Magic Mountain Day fo West Coast Bash! Both days were extremely awesome and I had a great time. Huge thanks to Robb and the Parks for making this event happen!

A shot of the sun rising as we drive towards Magic Mountain. It's very early, but it's worth every second!

Sun's up. And so are my spirits!

As we drive up to the park we're greeted by this beautiful monster!

X2 is an extremely photogenic ride. And being a coaster nerd with a nice camera I did what any coaster nerd with a nice camera would do and I took several millions pictures.

Goliath off in the distance. It was giving some pretty decent rides during ERT.

In case you you forgot where you weren't.

Superman: Escape from Krypton will not be operating today due to a shift in the staircase.

More X2 shots. I'm sure you prefer X2 shots to X shots.

I honestly liked the Pink-n-Yellow scheme, but the new colors do complement on another in a much nicer manner.

So when are we getting X3? Xtreme to the cube power?

Is everybody in?

Raven Turn looking as evil as ever.

I like this shot except for the lamp. Lamps ruin 90% of my X2 photos

Revolution sulking in the trees while Tatsu stands over it.

I approve of X2! I do not however approve of the camera skills possessed by the taker of this photograph.

Uber close up of Arrow Dynamic's crowni-erm...bankrupting creation.

But enough about X2. Now that the parking lot opened, we could proceed to the entrance to begin.

Hey! A picture of Collosus without Goliath! Who'da thought?

Scream!? More like yawn.

Older Arrow love! After seeing this in Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 it became my favorite coaster as a child I couldn't wait to ride it. Then I rode it. Several Advil later I swore I would never ride it again.

Spring Better mean this afternoon!

Viper does have a nice location and nice looking layout. However it rides like being inside a trashcan being thrown down a rocky cliffside into water filled with ravenous dinocrocs.

Because no one has this picture. Seriously. I bet no one has this photograph.

We made it! Huzzah!

Gertrude as out in full force with all her friends. We can't have straws because of them.

Ace of Spades and friends will be joining me at SFMM today!

Who's ready for ERT?

Heading into the park. First stop: Goliath! It ran pretty well. Smooth as glass per usual rides.

Is it just me, or does this sign match the ride in the background more than the ride in the foreground?

Ah Green Lantern. You look so nice but ride not so much.

Superman isn't very super today.

Ride logo.

Hal Jordan please save us from this ride!

Looking up towards the only comfortable part of the ride.

Riddle me this: What's Large, Green, Open of ERT, and has bad capacity? Green Lantern of Course!

In all seriousness I did like Green lantern. I have to applaud Six Flags on the theming as it was definitely one of their better jobs. However, the ride experience just didn't deliver what I was hoping, and after getting serious whiplash-to-ribcracking-vertical stop and being stuck on it for around 40 minutes later in the day, I pretty much gave up on it.