Six Flags Magic Mountain 8-18-09
I am sure I (like most) was prepared for a horrid experience being Magic Mountain is a SF park. I will admit that I never had a bad time when SF owned WOA (**sigh**) but a couple less than great trips to Great Adventure kind of prepared me for the worst.
Boy was I proved wrong!
The 1st thing you notice about MM is how it fits in beautifully with the mountains, the view from anywhere in the park is unlike anywhere I had ever seen. The park was way crowded, I couldn’t help but compare the crowd size to CP and can not recall CPs parking lots ever being that full during the week. I wont go into play by play with each and every ride except to point out my personal favorites.
X2 - holy c I LOVED this ride!!! For anyone who has ridden it I am sure they will understand it when I say I got totally sick of hearing the automated “are you in yet?” But wow, what a freaking awesome ride, the music just made it that much better! 
Goliath - another coaster that I have to put in my top 5 steel-this thing kicked royal butt! I actually grayed out on it and I have NEVER EVER grayed out on a coaster before!
Batman the Ride: Was expecting the same ride I had from BTR at GrtAdv but was quite surprised by the intensity of this BTR. It was almost like Raptor without the mid course “rest” we all agreed it was a great (although short) ride
Ninja - Yeah I know, just another Arrow suspended but no line so why not? The funniest thing about this ride was the op who would say “enjoy your ride on Ninja-hi yah” Hilarious!!!
Superman - After TTD hard to be impressed but definitely liked the roll back
Riddler’s Revenge - Puts Mantis to shame---way fun! NO head banging for me! Also noticed the crew didn’t waste a lot of time getting people put in. We were told to do our seat belts and stand, then were told when seats would lock and that was that. If any idiot had sat or moved they were SOL-there was no unlocking seats to fix the idiots. Maybe something CP should do, possibly could eliminate their never ending stacking issue.
Terminator Salvation - TS definitely knocked Raven off my fav woodie list this ride was non stop and wow!! LOVED it! CP SOOO needs something like this--doesn’t take a lot of land and doesn’t need it to knock your socks off. The coolest thing about this ride is when you’re in the station the trains go thru the station while you’re waiting!!
Tatsu - Would expect nothing less from B&M except for a perfect lay down and they succeeded. X-FireHawkFlight doesn’t even come close-this ride was an absolute blast less the feeling like your legs were going to fall out!
Pretty much rode everything else (except for Viper-looping Arrow-no thank you) Log Jammer, and Colossus.
Here are some things I adored about the park. Scenery, beyond the beautiful LA mountains, the landscaping was breathtaking, the park was spotless and I especially liked the annoucements made through out the day reminding people about the designated smoking areas. Unlike CP I saw maybe 2 idiots smoking outside the designated areas. NONE in any of the lines I was in. Also MM had signs posted around the park with a list of “Guest codes of conduct” It stated, “No Smoking (except in designated areas)” “No line cutting” “No bathing suits (except in water park)” “No profanity (or offensive behavior)” and the bottom said guests violating any of these policies will be escorted from the park without refund. NO messing around there--right to the point.
All the lines were covered in trees and or misting fans-yeah I know its Ca but come on, it gets hot in Sandusky too!
The employees were all smiles (maybe that’s from the great California weather) and very friendly. I saw several security people. We were spared gangsta like guests which was quite refreshing!!
I happen to be a theming whore, I love themed rides, gives you something to look at on line or something to do on line for the ones that have movies and such before you ride. I actually took a picture with Mr Six!!!
Low points? I had one guess how much you weigh guy give me a hard time about my CP shirt. He said MM is 10x better than CP. I decided not to argue with the guy because at that point I was having so much fun it would have been hard for me to say anything derog about MM!
There were also parts of the park that were up and down hills. Holy crap I thought Dorney was tough-HA!
Was excited when I saw on the park map they had a Johnny Rockets! But...much to my disappointment they weren’t Rockets like CPs, but just a stand with overpriced burgers and fries. I was especially disappointed since I adore their egg salad sandwiches and naturally they didn’t have those. The food prices?? Well, the song the guests could dance to is "I aint go no money" 
The final low point was the park closing at 8pm-no night rides for us! 
All in all I LOVED SFMM--I was totally impressed!! I can always tell how much fun I had at a park by the amount of $ I spend on souvenirs. $120.00.…yea I was impressed! If we weren't heading to Universal the next day we definitely would have gone back to MM again!
I take back anything and everything derog I have ever said about SF. MM proved me totally wrong!!
Btw-if anyone knows of anyone looking for a barn or training assistant in the San Diego area lmk---forget Florida-want to move to California!!!
Jo
Lifetime Raptor flights: 2069
It's all about getting around the barrels or over the fences, right leads, no faults, fastest time and still looking pretty when done. What's so hard about that? :)