Six Flags Magic Mountain 11/1/09

[Changsucks]

Went to Magic Mountain the day after Halloween, expected it to be completely empty, and it was. Creepy empty. I didn't really have any lines to deal with, and the park was even open until 10, so I got there at opening, stayed till closing, and got...26 rides. Could have gotten more, A LOT more, but throwing up in trash cans just isn't that much fun anymore...

If you're wondering how empty the park was, X2 and Tatsu had empty station's around 8 (along with everything else), and Superman had a completely empty queue and station at night (that's where the creepy part came in). Got to stay on Terminator at night twice in a row, and I could have ridden it about 38 more times...but yeah, I was pretty ride-ed out by then. It was pretty great being able to ride whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted, so this is definitely the day to go (except next year they'll probably be closed on this day since it'll be Monday).

Ride Count:

X2 x4
Terminator Salvation The Ride x6
Riddler’s Revenge x1
Batman The Ride x1
Jet Stream x1
Ninja x2
Superman The Escape x3
Orient Express x1
Viper x1
Log Jammer x1
Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls x1
Goliath x2
Gold Rusher x1
Tatsu x1

Sounds like the perfect day, and it pretty much was, but I was really disappointed with Terminator's crew. There was completely NO LINE all day, yet they were making everyone watch all three pre-shows ALL DAY. Near-empty trains kept going out, and when you'd get to the station you'd find it pretty much empty, but every single time you had to go through all the pre shows. That got very annoying.

I didn't get many pictures because I mainly focused on video this time, but the quality sucks because I toom it with my camera, so I thinkI've given up on filming. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufl94_VTmAI

Pictures:

http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010005.jpg
Here is Terminator's train coming into the station for my first ride on it yesterday.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010003.jpg
This is new. There are now two doors in Terminator's pre-show queue blocking people from going to the next one. I guess they had a problem with this...possibly because the pre-show is boring?
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010023.jpg
Stuck? Actually it wasn't this time.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010027.jpg
Riddler's was running good. Felt rougher than usual, but the hang-time was insane.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010031.jpg
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010032.jpg
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010044.jpg
Rode Batman in the rear... :P
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010047.jpg
I thought my legs were getting ripped off.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010051.jpg
Didn't ride Scream...really not a fan of this ride.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010056.jpg
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010052.jpg
It is a decent looking coaster...from inside the park.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010071.jpg
I tried to get Superman and Tatsu in the same picture, but right as the train was coming a big crowd of GP came by and messed the shot up. GP...
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010089.jpg
X2's empty switchbacks. First saw this sight going down Viper's first drop...it was lovely.
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010104-1.jpg
This shot came out nice...
http://amusementparkauthority.com/forums/trip_reports/changsucks/sfmm_1_11_2009/PB010111-1.jpg
...this shot didn't.

The end.

[Austin]

Nice trip. The new paint on Batman was pretty needed lol.

[Changsucks]

I guess. It worked for Batman though.

[palmer]

I see where your avatar came from...

[Changsucks]

Actually that picture is from our next report, SFMM 9/27/09. :)

[palmer]

I was close

[Changsucks]

But not close enough.

[nitrofan]

Nice TR!

Boy do I wish I could have seen X2's switchbacks the way you did! It would have saved me 2 hours of my life.

[Changsucks]

It is a very, very rare sight to see X2 like that. Unfortunately, I wasn't really able to take advantage of it...the ride was running a lot rougher than usual, so it wasn't very re-ridable.

[Sfguy]

Ahhh.. I miss SFMM. My trip there was in November of '06 (and I won that trip from a Six Flags contest :P )

Nice TR. Wish I could go back there..

[nitrofan]

Ahhh.. I miss SFMM. My trip there was in November of '06 (and I won that trip from a Six Flags contest :P )

Nice TR. Wish I could go back there..

Do they include airfare on those contests?

[Sfguy]

Do they include airfare on those contests?

Mine is probably a different one than what you're thinking of. I filled out an entry blank at ShopRite and they chose a winner. They payed $2,000 to go to any Six Flags in the US, so we chose California :)

[nitrofan]

Mine is probably a different one than what you're thinking of. I filled out an entry blank at ShopRite and they chose a winner. They payed $2,000 to go to any Six Flags in the US, so we chose California :)

Oh, I was thinking of the Facebook contests. Jason won one for SFDK, so I was just wondering if you still have to pay airfare for those.

[bobbinbop20]

Nice TR! Boy do I wish I could have seen X2's switchbacks the way you did! It would have saved me 2 hours of my life.

I saw them empty :)

It was raining.

Anyway Nice PTR!!