I give it a ride everytime I visit CP as well, just to see if it's gotten better or if I can figure it out (note: having to figure out a roller coaster is a pretty sure sign I'm not a fan) and it never does and I never have.
Hobbes: "What's the point of attaching a number to everything you do?"
Calvin: "If your numbers go up, it means you're having more fun."
Dare I say that Maggie may be a "future classic," as in the fact it was revolutionary, still has a sick ride, will always have scores of fans.
Can it blasphamy, but it may be kind of like the Coney Island Cyclone.
NOW, grab the gas, kindeling, and let the flames begin. :)
Coaster Junkie from NH
I drive in & out of Boston, so I ride coasters to relax!
delan said:
I actually enjoyed Mean Streak...
I just wanted to quote that for posterity since I'm pretty sure I've never heard that statement before.
- Julie
@julie
I already consider it a classic. It was a future classic 10 years ago, imo.
-Travis
www.youtube.com/TSVisits
I haven't been on Maggie in a while, but I made a discovery while at Dorney last year. My daughter and I rode Steel Force in the last seat, and I received the same painful slamming on the bunny hops. Just for kicks we rode in the FRONT seat the next time and I received tremendous floater air and no slamming. Since I can't remember the last time I rode Maggie up front is it the same as SF or do you still get slammed?
Tom
You have disturbed the forbidden temple, now-you-will-pay!!!
Some say that rows 3 and 4 give the best airtime and I suppose it's true. I might call it slamming airtime, though I don't find it painful. Jarring, maybe, but in a good way. I usually ride the front row of the last car - the high drops are great from back there, and the airtime is fine, too.
I think Arrow rides from that era are hallmarked by abrupt transitions, and the out and back hypers like Magnum fare far better than their looping, corkscrewing cousins like Viper, Anaconda, or Vortex. Computer design work from that decade might already be considered primitive by today's standards - I laughingly say that Arrow must've used RCT3 to model their rides. They could build 'em as big as they wanted, but they only had so many track pieces to choose from.
Some here have referred to Magnum's classic status, and how it gives a ride like no other. I agree, and think it will stand as the greatest example of "how they built 'em back then".
I think I'll give Maggie a birthday kiss when I see her.
Zakkster said:
Dare I say... Magnum sucks! Long live Steel Force! Coaster hills should not have points... let the flames begin LOL
*snickergaspchucklegrin* While I appreciate the historical nature of the coaster, I'm with you, man. LOL I'm still excited though, as this coaster paved the way for the Coaster Wars and awed EVERYONE who thought they knew what a coaster could do.
"Look at us spinning out in the madness of a roller coaster" - Dave Matthews Band
I'd rather have the fog in the tunnels but you'd still probably have to deal with the boaters thinking Magnum was on fire.
Funny story about that. Every day someone from maintenance walks under the tunnel and flips a switch to turn the fog on, it's just that most days nothing happens. It seems there is always a week or two every year where the fog does actually work. This past season, on the first day the fog worked, one of the cashiers at Challenge Golf frantically called Magnum to tell them to stop the ride because their tunnel was on fire.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
The slamming airtime is exactly why I like Magnum more than just about any other steel coaster. I've been riding it since 1990 myself and like it more each year. My favorite seat is the very last row (yep, right over the axle).
How awesome it would be to have all the effects back in the tunnels.
AV Matt
Long live the Big Bad Wolf
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