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ECZenith Good to the last drop
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Total posts: 3364 Location: Garden Grove, CA Age: 25 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:03 pm Post subject: Photo TR: Sean & Allison @ West Coast Bash 2008 |
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First of all, a HUGE thank you to the following people for an outstanding event that exceeded everyone's expectations!
The Alveys & TPR, Rideworld, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Branden, Mike aka Mr. Six, Jahan, S&S Power for speaking at the Q&A and all the great people I was able to meet for my first ever west coast event, and my first time visiting the park since I moved here from New England this past year.
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| We're obviously very excited to get our ride on! |
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| The beast from the far east |
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| The beast from the not so far east |
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| It's a very pretty monster |
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| Batman's sidekick with my sidekick |
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| 2 instant classics in their debut years |
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| Revolution, Superman, and Viper were open along with Tatsu for morning ERT |
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| Viper still has a good bite |
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| Viper as seen from X2's transfer track |
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| Got a few rides in on Riddler's Revenge |
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| Batman used to be the only superhero without superpowers, but if you ask me, his ability to throw off your sense of direction is pretty impressive. |
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| Our one flat-ride stop of the day was Grinder Gearworks |
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| Superman is the next coaster to be painted at the park, according to Tim Burkhart, the park's GM. Superman The Escape is one of his "babies" and he thinks it should stand out with all the other big guns. Right on Mr. Burkhart, Superman is a great ride! |
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| Six Flags staff and Disney cast members in perfect harmony, how beautiful! |
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| Deja Vu is undergoing its annual refurbishment including the rebuilding of the train. During the Q&A, an attendee addressed the conern of Deja's fate to which it was replied that SFMM has the dedicated staff that "takes ownership" of its rides and is willing to maintain is complex systems. This is great to hear! Who doesn't love Deja? |
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| Psyclone Cemetary: This area WILL NOT be the site of the new for 2009 coaster project, however, there are big plans for this area to watch out for! |
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| All that is left of Flashback is this nose cone, the rest is now coke cans. |
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| Six Flags was also willing to tell us that within their current five year plan, they are hoping to get a replacement drop ride. |
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| Mr. Six shows us a surviving XLR8 coach which will be fed to Ninja over time. It was sad to see this and be reminded of the disappearing Arrow suspended coasters so a hike up Samurai Summit was in order. |
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| Goldrusher's station and sign look like a million bucks now |
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| Pleasant floatiness as seen from the future site of Thomas Town. Oh by the way, did I mention Six Flags left ALL of their operating coasters for ERT until 10:30? No? Well they did. Awesome job guys! |
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| Mr. Burkhart told us X2 has been redesigned for better effeciency and capacity, however there is a possibility it could give a better ride. |
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| They cycled X2 for us on the backstage tour! |
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| Just a few more months and I get my baby back... |
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The future is looking pretty bright for Magic Mountain with all the positivity we're witnessing.
Thanks again everyone for a great time! |
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-Sean 
BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD
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Indiana Jones Adventure (Since 2008)
Disneyland Railroad (Since 2007)
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Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Total posts: 1262 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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Glad you had a good time. It was nice riding Colossus with you guys. 
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| DenDen Kicked out of the Homo No Mo' Halfway House!
Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Total posts: 1458 Location: Fort Lauderdale Age: 38 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, X2 trains look so different, and it's especially noticeable when it's running. Those trains look like there's nothing to them compared to the old monster trains. Thanks for sharing!
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| kraken613 Ask me about being a pathological liar!!
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Total posts: 2690 Location: Hendersonville Nc Age: 16 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Nice update!
I dont know what it is but that shot of Screams train looks awsome but errie!
LOL
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Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Total posts: 1262 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Age: 29 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| kraken613 wrote: | Nice update!
I dont know what it is but that shot of Screams train looks awsome but errie!
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Yeah, it does look eerie for some reason, but we should note that it wasn't taken yesterday. It does give a feeling of how good our ERT was, though!
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| ECZenith Good to the last drop
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Total posts: 3364 Location: Garden Grove, CA Age: 25 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, my camera died halfway through the event so I used that old photo, looked exactly like that I swear. 
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-Sean
BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD
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| nagro5 nagro5 tastes like poo-poo.
Joined: 23 Feb 2008 Total posts: 473 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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"Six Flags was also willing to tell us that within their current five year plan, they are hoping to get a replacement drop ride."
Yea! It's great that they're going to add a new flat, and it's even better that it's going to be a drop tower. I'm glad to think that sometime within the next five years we can expect some airtime in SFMM.
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| Hand 0f Time Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Total posts: 487 Location: Washington (Northwest) Age: 18 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Can't wait for the new, fresh colors of Superman.
I thought I saw Tim Allen in the Robin costume for a second. 
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| ECZenith Good to the last drop
Joined: 14 Jun 2005 Total posts: 3364 Location: Garden Grove, CA Age: 25 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking Tom Hanks myself, I didn't know he was having that hard a time finding work these days. 
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-Sean
BIG THUNDER MOUNTAIN RAILROAD
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Indiana Jones Adventure (Since 2008)
Disneyland Railroad (Since 2007)
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| Swimace Secondary Character
Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Total posts: 855 Location: Gainesville, FL Age: 21 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Great pictures and thanks for the update for those of us who couldn't get out to California! Magic Mountain looks like it has come so far in the past couple of years, for once the park looks like has a really bright future ahead of it.
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