West Coast Bash 2008 - The Official Thread!

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject:

I would have to say that Six Flags has dramatically changed! I knew it was doing better but didn’t expect it to be so dramatic! And yes coming from Disney little things such as leaves being swept up and fresh paint make all the difference!

I do agree that Six Flags is on the right track into becoming a great park again! Taiko Really Happy

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: Awesome Event

We had a great time at the West Coast Bash today. It was my first event with you guys! Sorry to have missed the last part of the ERT, had to catch a plane home.

Thanks again! Looking forward to other upcoming events!

Randy

Face Book · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject:

Hey everyone!

We just got back home from West Coast Bash 2008.

Once again just want to send a big THANK YOU out to everyone that showed up today. We had about 320 people in attendance which marks the biggest event we have put on and the biggest West Coast Bash to date!

And another big THANK YOU goes out to Six Flags Magic Mountain and the amazing staff at the park. I said it during the presentations today, but I just want to go on record to say that while Elissa and I travel the world and visit about 200 different parks a year, we have never seen a park make such a dramatic improvement as Six Flags Magic Mountain in just 7 months...EVER!

To give you a little re-cap of the day, we started out with morning ERT on Tatsu, Viper, Revolution and Superman: The Escape.

At noon we were treated to a very nice chicken and beef lunch. (Rhonda the spread was great!)

Then we were off to various backstage tours that included:

- X2 where we checked out the new trains in the station, and then walked between the station and transfer area to watch it cycle a few time.

- Psyclone bone yard to see some old relics of Magic Mountain's and other Six Flags' parks past including an XLR-8 train from Astroworld, Shock Wave train from Great America, Flashback, Freefall and many others from SFMM.

- Then we were taken to the base of the Sky Tower Museum where we were told about what was up in the tower, but unfortunately due to wind, they were not able to run the elevators.

- A tour at the new Thomas Town construction area ended the backstage portion of the day and we made our way to Magic Moments Theater.

At the theater we had several presentations from Magic Mountain Management about so many changes going on at the park. The Q&A Session with Jay, Tim, and Neal I think put many people at ease about some concerns they had with the park and spoke very strongly about the changes and improvements that are in the parks future.

Then Guest Speaker Kevin Rohwer from S&S Worldwide, Inc took the stage and told us all about the new Indiana Beach coaster, gave us the inside scoop on the new "fastest coaster in the world" being built in Germany, and rounded off the presentation with some new product from S&S.

Then came the big ERT announcement.....

*ALL* COASTERS AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN WOULD BE OPEN FOR ERT!!!

That's right, everything that was operational (which was 12 coasters including Canyon Blaster!) were open for our group.

This meant you could go anywhere in the park, and literally ride as much as you wanted to without waiting for ANYTHING. I do think this may go down in coaster event history as the event with the most coasters open at any one time during ERT.

Can anyone think of another event where 12 coasters were open at once?

But it didn't stop there....

We also got.... *ROCKIN' SCREAM!*

That's right! The speakers were back, and I gotta say that, while the placement of the speakers this time around wasn't quite as thumping as a couple of weeks ago, this is a HUGE improvement to that area!

But wait... there is even more!

Just before the presentations in the Magic Moments Theater was over we got some of the best news of the night....the winds had died down (Joey stopped farting) and SKY TOWER WOULD BE OPEN!!!

I think for me, and for many others, oddly enough the highlight of the night wasn't actually a roller coaster!

It was the brand new Sky Tower Museum "Magic of the Mountain." The displays of memorabilia and the work that was put into this display just simply cannot be put into words.

It by far exceeded my expectations. And I actually that going up there at night for the first time with the backdrop of a fully illuminated park made the whole experience, well..."magical."

This was truly a night to remember. Around every corner I would point the camera and ask "How many coasters are open?" and the response was always in amazement "ALL OF THEM!"

Well, this was supposed to be my 'mini-report' and has turned into nearly the full blown thing! I will have a complete photo report later in the week, but for now, here is the group photo from today (the sun wasn't acting the best).

THANK YOU AGAIN to everyone!

--Robb

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

w00t I have the first post!

I just have to say that this was one hell of a day. My dad and My little sister left san jose at 3:00am to get to SFMM on time. This was my little 11yr old sisters first time here so she had a ball. We did some TATSU first which was amazing. The Tour we got to do was very VERY neat! I give two thumbs up for the new X2 Cars. unfortunately we had to head home half way through the presentaion because my little sister was running a fever. We just got back to San Jose so I thought i would post. Thanks to Robb for doing this and a big thanks to SFMM. You guys rock. Its now 12:01 am... And the bed is calling...

Talk to you guys later..

Chris

Facebook · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject:

Yep, Hell of an event you guys put on this year, HUGE thanks to you guys, and of course all the good people at Magic Mountain. This was by far the best coaster event ever. Unfortunately I had to leave before the nighttime ERT even started, that really sucked, but oh well, I got to see the Sky Tower Museum, which was awesome! Can't wait till the next event.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject:

Nice group photo, and I'm sure you were pressed for time, but the tours were running late, and the blue group didn't make it there all the way to Magic Moments from X2 in time.

Face Book · Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject:

^ Yeah, we had to take it without the blue group. Sorry guys!

--Robb

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

I want to thank everyone for the great feedback. It is nice to see the end result of weeks of hard work from so many people! I thoroughly enjoyed talking with so many of you, and the wonderful exchange of park knowlegde. Never before have I ever felt a strong sense of community. Thank you to all!

My name is William,
and I am SIX FLAGS!

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:38 pm Post subject:

It really was a blast, especially all the ERT on everything, including Canyon Blaster! The Q/A sessions were also good, and we found out about some of the improvements being made to the park and others that were in store. The SkyTower Museum was also a nice suprise and could be really good when it is finished

Deja Vu (and X2) was closed, but there was ERT on Bench - The Ride to make up for it!

Thanks to Robb, Elissa, and everyone at SFMM for putting the event on.

Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject:

^ Nice meeting up with you in the Sky Tower Museum. They really did a nice job with that, and everyone associated with it deserves eternal kudoes.

Eric

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