SuddenStorm
Well-Known Member
Spent the day at Magic Mountain yesterday. I checked out the new Craznity ride. It's the world's largest pendulum ride going at 150ft in the air and 75mph. It's actually not as bad as it seems. You get a lot of wind as you swing back and forth. Fun ride but needs more landscaping around it. It's very bare. They will probably finish the landscaping once the temperature isn't 100 degrees. It could stand a few shade trees since this area is totally concert.
They painted, cleaned and plused up the bumper cars. They added '80s rock music, new led lighting and new cars. The cars are really fast now. I'm guessing they travel at 10-13mph. (Much faster than Disney's Tuck n' Roll or Knott's bumper cars) In fact, they go so fast now that it actually hurts to get t-boned or bumped into it. It's a lot more fun too.
Cyclone Bay has been half demolished. The buildings on the left side of Cyclone Bay (coming from Jet Stream), have all been leveled with the ground. Any structure next to Ninja and Jet Stream, besides the arcade and storage building, have also been leveled with the ground, including the old Spillikin Corners train station. The park has trademarked the name “Adrenaline Alley”, which seems to be a possible name for the area. Apocalypse is in the middle of a major referb and might be renamed when the new area is opened.
It's amazing how far Magic Mountain has come in the last 10 years or so. When I worked there in 2014, it was right after they plussed up the area outside Bugs Bunny with the Full Throttle plaza addition. In 2015, we saw Twisted Colossus open along with the cleaned up Screampunk District. In 2017 we saw the opening of Justice League Battle For Metropolis, which was also accompanied by the cleaning up of the surrounding area.
Now they've finally addressed the aging Colossus County fair area, with the ancient Cyclone Bay area next. In addition, they're open year round. Makes me excited for the next decade of Six Flags as they bring themselves up to current theme park standards.
Now if they would just do something about that darned chain link barb wire fence you walk by from the Parking Lot to the main gate...