Six Flags Magic Mountain July 19

[BP317]

It took awhile to get into the parking lot, so we figured it would be crowded so we headed straight for Scream! figuring it be the shortest line.




Though we were planning on riding Scream! first, couldnt just walk by Goliath without giving it a courtesy ride. With the heat it was running really fast and intense.


Didnt ride STE today


Rode Scream! in the front row and it was totally kicking butt! A bit rough around the edges as always, but it was by far the best ride ive had on it.


It had a long line as always


Took a spin on BTR next


We were treated to a walkon here also.


Batman was kicking butt also, the hot weather was really making the coasters intense


Grinder Gearworks


These fan mister things were really comfortable to stand under, would be nice if they had these lines instead of the crazy overkill misters that soak you in line




Riddler was next which was a station wait...aka 15 minutes of hell.






This is where things started to get irritating. We waited 1 1/2 hours for DejaVu, the crew was slow as molasses, and it was all leads. When the train came back and parked they would sit at the control panel and talk to each other, their pace was decent when they finally got around to checking the restraints but the time they took talking to each other before actually working took forever. The grouper, who was also a lead, wasnt filling the seats at all and every train had a bunch of empty seats, on top of the fact that he let people who were clearly too tall go by him without saying anything so that held up the train even more while the ops pulled them off the train to check them. They really, really sucked. And on top of that each train was like half flash pass half standby.


So yeah...


The ride was totally awesome as usual though.


Terminator was running 1 train, and we saw Tatsu was running both stations with not too long of a line so went on that next. It turned out that while it was using both stations, it was only running 2 trains and the line after the split was really long so it was a long, hot wait with basically 1 train op.

[BP317]

In case you were wondering where the annunciator is


On a positive note, the TV's in X2's line were back to the themed X2/break.com programming


The line wasnt too long, but took forever! We were in the general queue for 30 minutes, literally held at the split for at least 30 minutes, then after the split it took forever to get in the station. I REALLY wish they redid the station as part of the re-do to have lowering floors, as such a slow moving line for the most popular ride is sad.

While waiting for X2, something caught the corner of my eye...


Wow, really?


Yes, that Viper train got a Shwarzkopf hair gel overlay


Found it kindve odd how they didnt paint that one storage track


I was the next train to get on, and it broke down. It looked like the train didnt make it all the way into the drive as it wouldnt come into the station, so they pushed it about an inch forward then it came back in and a few minutes later was ready to open back up
X2 was running brilliant, all of the show was working except the camera missed our seat for the onride picture :lolr:


The ads are really out of hand




And of course since the banner under the log ride, train shells plastered with the ads, and banners posted up in the station isnt enough theyve gotta have the billboard as you exit the ride to get the point across


Someone was working on Thrill Shot


Looks like the Terminator ride operators got new costumes (last time I came it was a green tshirt with regular khakis, talk about ugly)


Terminators operation is still very inconsistent. People in line (which was a full queue) were extremely pissed off when every other train went by half empty. Some days they send people through without watching the whole preshow, other days they have people watch the whole preshow and send the trains half empty.


The best water fountain in the park is located at the "Shadyrest Room"

[bobbinbop20]

OMG WHAT HAVE THEY DONT TO THE BEAUTIFUL VIPER TRAINS!!!!! HYPERVENTILATE HYPERVENTILATE!!!! I really like the ALL green trains on viper too =[

[FParker185]

The grab loops minus the Ride Hyde look horrible. They should at least do what SFGAm used to do when they wore out and just put pieces of orange-ish or red hydraulic hose over them. Doesn't look as good as brand new Ride Hyde, but looks a heck of a lot better than bare or the Hyde with big chunks missing or mold growing in the open foam (yeah, when they turn blackish-blue, that's what that is)