Traveling the Globe for the Best Coasters and Theme Parks
Six Flags Magic Mountain is opened daily from today on, so it was their last shot to make some big changes last week. Let’s take a look at what they’ve done so far. This update includes Screampunk District coverage, 2015 park maps, and much more! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain Update – March 21st 2015”
Now the Scream! repaint is pretty much finished, we’ll be back to focusing on Twisted Colossus itself. They are currently busy installing all sorts of things, including the green track for the Top Gun stall! Continue reading “Twisted Colossus Update – March 21st 2015”
We’re back with a Throwback Thursday! And in style, less than two weeks ’til the 2015 season start’s at California’s Great America, we bring you a California’s Great America Throwback! This time we’re talking about a ride that’s not commonly seen in american amusement parks anymore, but was once a hit! We’re taking a look at The Edge. Continue reading “Throwback Thursday: The Edge”
Disneyland. Claimed to be the ‘Happiest Place On Earth’. Every child wants to go there, and pretty much any adult in the state of California has been there. Many even grew up with it. Disneyland. The theme-park that set the standards for modern-day amusement parks, and is arguably the world’s most famous theme-park. Now what do people not know about Disneyland … Here are 5 Disneyland facts you may not know! Continue reading “5 Disneyland Facts You May Not Know!”
This Update will be a short one, but let’s check in with the happenings at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk! There were some pretty decent crowds due to the cheer-leading competition held directly adjacent to the park, so it made for a very interesting trip. Continue reading “Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Update – March 15th 2015”
It’s off-season, and Six Flags Magic Mountain is undergoing some changes. In this update we’ll be looking at some repaints, rides that are reopening, and many other changes around the park. In addition, we have an operations schedule included, showing what rides will be operating one train for the next few weeks! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain Update – March 15th 2015”
There definitely isn’t as much progress made as the last couple of weeks before. But sure enough important changes to report on Twisted Colossus. There’s a lot of prep going on for perhaps the most complex element of the ride, the Top Gun! For Scream!, interestingly enough the repaint hasn’t been completed yet. Continue reading “Twisted Colossus and Scream! Update – March 15th 2015”
For weeks it was known that Jurassic Park was to reopen on the 14th of March, after a big refurbishment! So we didn’t want to miss out, and headed over. Then things didn’t go as planned, and many angry guests later, Universal Studios still didn’t manage to resolve the issues in time. Nonetheless we’ve got a wonderfully diverse update for you! Continue reading “Universal Studios Hollywood Update – March 14th 2015”
We’re taking a look at V2: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom! This coaster is a rather unique variation on the Intamin manufactured inverted shuttle coaster, the Impulse Coaster. It had quite a history, and it’s also quite amazing! Continue reading “V2 – Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Review”
California is a great state if one’s looking to ride some great roller-coasters! We might not have the most renowned line-up of Wooden Coasters in the state, but we sure have a thrilling collection of these wooden giants. Here’s the 5 best woodies in California! Continue reading “The 5 Best Woodies in California”
Rocky Mountain construction and Six Flags Magic Mountain really picked up the pace! Twisted Colossus has a huge amount of new track installed, including the craziest twisting double-down anywhere. Scream!’s repaint is almost complete. We have many pictures of both! Continue reading “Twisted Colossus and Scream! Update – March 7th 2015”
The Six Flags Magic Mountain 2015 Map has arrived! Take a look! 
Twisted Colossus is surprisingly listed as a ‘Moderate Thrill’. I definitely believe that it will be a bit more intense than that, but perhaps this is to attract a larger audience. Scream will not change its name, and will be opening again as Scream, it seems. Which would make sense for a themed area that’s called ‘Screampunk District’. The park-map also isn’t updated to Scream’s new color scheme. The new restaurant, Twisted ‘Wiches Street Deli is on the map, and will not have Dining Pass options for the 2015 Season. The Magic Moments Theater is renamed the ‘Gearwork Theater’. (Which sounds way better than ‘The Looking-glass Theater’). Also, the new ‘Walk-Around Characters can be found in the new Screampunk District! As far as Flashpass goes, you may notice that there isn’t a Flashpass logo next to Twisted Colossus. Which indicates that it’ll likely have an up-charged Flashpass, like X2, Full Throttle, and apparently Superman: Escape From Krypton.
Click to download the 2015 Map; Six Flags Magic Mountain 2015
For our most recent Twisted Colossus and Scream Update, click here! And make sure to leave a comment on here as to what you think of the 2015 Map!
It was an absolutely gorgeous day in Vallejo, and we couldn’t have been happier to be at this awesome and unique park. There’s a whole lot of work going on throughout the park. Such as the move of the park’s elephants, ride refurbishments, the first real signs of Dare Devil Chaos Coaster’s construction, and much more!
Continue reading “Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Update – March 1st 2015”
This day was a very interesting day at Universal Studios Hollywood. What started off as quite a sunny day, lead to floods. And not the staged type that guests find on the Studio Tour! In this update, we’ll have some Springfield, Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Jurassic Park refurbishment, DIG, and more! Continue reading “Universal Studios Hollywood Update — March 1st 2015”
It’s a busy off-season, though most of the work is of course being done over at Twisted Colossus and Scream!. Nonetheless, I’ll be providing short Six Flags Magic Mountain Updates for our audience, which are separate from our longer, more elaborate, Twisted Colossus and Scream! Updates. Here’s this weekend’s update! Continue reading “Six Flags Magic Mountain Update – February 28th 2015”
Another week has passed, and though the Twisted Colossus process made may not look as much, the construction of the world’s longest Hybrid Coaster is still progressing rapidly. The Scream! repaint, which is entirely done by hand, is almost completed. Let’s get to the update!
Continue reading “Twisted Colossus and Scream! Update – February 28th 2015”
We’re returning with Disneyland Resort coverage! This past week at Disneyland Resort was another week filled construction and refurbishments! Many rides are down for refurbishments recently, marking a true off-season for Disney, and the park is getting ready for its huge 60th Anniversary Diamond Celebration.
Continue reading “Disneyland Resort Update – February 22nd, 2015”
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Exiting new proposals are coming in to the city of San Diego regarding new tourist experiences. Private investors around the county have been trying to add new attractions for decades, but with very little success. With the political gridlock now lifting from the county, these investors may have a chance at getting their projects approved.
Continue reading “Giant San Diego Wheel or Observation Tower.”
Though it’s off-season for Six Flags Magic Mountain, there’s not very much change from week to week, besides Twisted Colossus and Scream! of course! However, after several readers asked me for a quick update anyway, I went ahead and put one together. Note I was at Six Flags Magic Mountain on both Saturday (21st) and Sunday (22nd).
X2 is still missing the cover of the end third of the block/station. Additional X2 news; the operators seem to have this new way of getting the trains out faster. They put the restraints ready to lock as soon as the gates have opened, so that people can close their restraints as soon as they sit down. It leads to several complications, as unloading takes longer than any coaster, but overall, the trains are being dispatched much quicker! 
Apocalypse is still down to one train, not much progress has been made on the train in refurbishment, so I expect it to run train for a few more weeks. Created some crazy lines Sunday, where they even used the first set of switchbacks, which I haven’t seen filled in years! After all rough rides on it, I rode it in the rain Sunday, and had quite an amazing spin on it. Sadly the fire didn’t work. Knowing Apocalypse, this will be back soon. It’s rare for the fire effects to be turned off on Apocalypse. 
Batman: The Ride is also down to one train still. Pretty surprising knowing that the trains returned a while ago. Nonetheless, the Magic Mountain trains are the best after all. I had an incredibly fast, yet butter smooth ride on it this weekend. 
Ninja is still running two trains. This time I made sure to wait for the refurbished train. That has been refurbished in every way possible, after years of not being used. It was like experiencing Ninja in a new train, incredibly smooth. Though it’s definitely not that popular anymore, it’s still one of my favorites. I will ALWAYS smile when swinging around on Ninja. Always. 
Well, it sure is off-season in Bugs Bunny World and Whistlestop Park too. The train-ride in Whistlestop Park is closed for maintenance. And Speedy Gonzales Hot Rod Racers is missing the lead-car. 
I believe Road Runner was running on Saturday. Though Sunday it was closed. The trains were on the track, so we’ll see whether or not it will undergo a quick refurbishment this week or the next, or perhaps it was just closed for the day. 
I have seriously no clue what the bathroom hand-rails are for. (Bathroom in between Gold Rusher and Scrambler, across from The Riddler’s Revenge). Perhaps for busy summer days? Not to point out one sex in particular, but the hand-rails are on the side of the women’s restrooms, and I’ve seen crazy lines for the women’s bathrooms at Six Flags Magic Mountain before. 
The fence we touched on last week, is not a construction wall, rather a new wooden fence/wall for the Tidal Wave line. My guess is this ol’ Intamin water ride is sticking around for at least one more season! On a sort of related note, I’m always amazed to see about 10-15 Tidal Wave boats laying around the park (mostly in storage areas, or next to the ride), though the most boats I’ve seen on it is 3, and recent years only 2. I wonder what the reason was to get so many boats over the years. 
The Flashpass Sales Center has received a big Flash cut-out. Look’s pretty cool. 
Oh Look! It’s Scream!’s amazing repaint! 
WHAT?!? That High Five looks amazing. (Quick Tip; Ride Goliath, the view of the High Five is spectacular). 
For our full Twisted Colossus and Scream! Update from the same days, click here!
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