The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) Discussion Thread

[Thrillseeker321This B&M donkey is so smooth!]

^ Finally and does GL still have an enormous line now that they tamed it down?

[LaMapa“Fear can make a donkey attack a lion”]

^It was to the entrance (1 hour) on Saturday. Yesterday you could walk right inside the building (10 minutes). So kinda, but it has gone down a bit.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

I don't even really believe that explanation about the sign only meaning when the car comes back to the station upside down or 'not balanced'. First off, if they're trying to avoid that, they still need to try and make it not flip during the course which means the same thing!!!! Secondly, we witnessed tons of crazy off balanced re-entries into the station at Grona Lund and all it took were the ops going over and righting the car. Someone of course had to be paying attention as the car could not advance until it was righted, but this was simply done with proper staffing levels.

[ginzoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

^Yeah, it didn't take 15 minutes and a call to maintenance to get the cars back into the loading area at Grona Lund. I rode Insane for the ENTIRE ERT session and came back into the station nearly upside down several times. It wasn't a big deal.

[SoCalCoastersYoung and Stupid! I blame my parents.]

I don't understand how they can't just give the ride ops some kind of basic mechanic training that would allow them to be able to go over to the car and right it instead of just having to wait ten minutes while they call a mechanic to come and right it.

Getting stuck on it during West Coast Bash was infuriating. We sat down and the car moved forward an inch before stopping since a car had stalled inverted. After waiting twenty minutes for the mechanic to come and fix it, we did a circuit, then right as we were about to enter the load/unload zone the car stopped AGAIN due to a stall. After ANOTHER twenty minutes our car was finally able to unload and I was extremely sore from having to sit for forty minutes in those trains...

After that I gave up on the ride...it wasn't worth wasting any more of my time...

[Sir ClinksalotBitch Please!]

I'm sure some stupid CA Law/SF Policy (not to mention having teenagers running the rides) is what's preventing the ops from rotating the cars.

^^It's probably more so SF policy. Stupid policy.....but a policy nonetheless.

[robbalveySite Admin]

I don't understand how they can't just give the ride ops some kind of basic mechanic training that would allow them to be able to go over to the car and right it

There isn't any mechanic training needed! At Grona Lund, the ops would just come over and turn the car like it was a steering wheel. It's made to rotate. The ops at Linnanmaki were doing the same thing. I even rotated the car myself a bit when I was mounting the camera. The idea that this cannot be done by a ride op, and requires a maintenance person makes no sense to me!

--Robb "The ride should have never been built in America." Alvey

[robbalveySite Admin]

Wow, reading this thread is getting depressing. Maybe its time to change the title of the thread to: The Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) HATE Thread.

This thread has also featured plenty of praise for the park when it has been warranted.

Remember these days?

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=545442#p545442

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=549756#549756

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=708321#708321

^Yes and I miss those days.......