Psyclone and Flashback coming down at Six Flags Magic Mountain

Sorry Krax,

That information came from the same source above. The time line for each ride's removal is different, but the park is in the process of cleaning house.

^ When you said "same source as above" I figured you meant the posted article link in the story. I've read it twice over and nothing is mentioned in regards to Thrill Shot, Cyclone, or Freefall.

It isn't mentioned in the article, sorry for the confusion. Isn't what but who, and the who is Sue Carpenter.

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DWeaver, I just contacted Sue Carpenter. Thrill Shot, Freefall and Cyclone 500 are not being removed and will be operating through the 2007 season and beyond. Why would you go out of your way to make all of that up?

*** This post was edited by kRaXLeRidAh 1/23/2007 7:56:46 PM ***

Kraxelridah not that it makes a huge difference, but with Scream being a mirror image of Medusa at Great Adventure, what would be unique about it? I'm not against clones of any type if they're good, but there are the coaster police who would complain about a clone being three-and-a-half hours away from New Jersey. I'd sure be happy to see it in my "backyard" though.

lol, good point Bosshawk.

Intamin Fan, I was using Six Flags America as an example in a hypothetical situation.

Regardless of how close it is to Great Adventure, my point is that a ride like Scream! would easily become one of Six Flags America/Over Texas/The Great Escape's top one or two attractions, whereas at Magic Mountain, it is considered rather bland and overshadowed by a lot of much larger and more technologically bizzare coasters.

IMHO Scream is superfluous given the park's line-up. That's why I wouldn't miss it if it was sent a-packing.

Of course Scream! was built as a band-aid for the cut that X and Deja Vu helped slice. I also think it would be better appreciated in a better location, although I seriously doubt that will happen. If I were Magic Mountain, I'd continue on the extremely proactive path this news signals and remove the parking lot from around scream, replacing it with vegetation. Well worth the money, IMO.

"DWeaver, I just contacted Sue Carpenter. Thrill Shot, Freefall and Cyclone 500 are not being removed and will be operating through the 2007 season and beyond".

And if you believe that Krax, I've got some land to sell you around Valencia Falls. That's all I'll say on that.

...and leave Sue alone. She's knows whatever she tells you will wind up on a website.

For too many years, SFMM was trying to one-up Cedar Point and they lost touch of the quality issue. Better to give up on the coaster count race and get rid of the turkeys so that the park can have more balance. There are plenty of good coasters left at this park. Now the important thing is to get them running right.

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...and leave Sue alone. She's knows whatever she tells you will wind up on a website.

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Leave her alone? You make it sound like I was harrassing her. She's a park PR rep. It's her job to answer these inquiries when they come about and she was very blunt and straight-to-the-truth about it. I'd rather not embarrass you and post the e-mail here, so I sent it to you via PM.

And in response to the last sentence of yours --- kind of like what you pretty much just did here in this thread?

It's okay if you're a little stand-offish from embarrassment that I called you out on it. You're only making it worse by denying it.

Dude, get a life.

And get back to me when either Thrillshot or Freefall are operational again. That's what I thought...;)

To dismantle that Intamin debacle is acceptable, but to simply demolish the Psyclone and not offer it for sale is a crime. Its a pretty good ride, and not worthy of the wrecking ball. SFMM may not have to wait until October to be haunted.

^ You're serrious, aren't you? If not, at least give us a ;)

My opinions follow: Psucklone consistently ranks *at* or VERY near the bottom of EVERY poll I've seen (granted, menaingless enthusiast gibberish). The only reason it ever seems to have a line is because people get scared away from the 2-hour+ DV line. On top of that, structurally, I'm astonished it hasn't taken ITSELF down by this point. I strongly doubt than ANY reputable coaster company would be interested in attempting to *repair* that abomination.

Frankly, I'd rather ride MBP's Hurricane again...

I agree with Agent Johnson. I have more than a little experience around wooden coasters. That ride could have been fixed and delivered a good ride. Not a spectacular one, but it had the potential to be much better than it was. That ride at a place like Hersheypark could be one of people's favorites.

The way the park maintained and operated that ride was insufficient.

I would hope that SFMM will put their resources into a restoration of Collosuss & Revolution now that they no longer have to deal with Psyclone. SFMM just doesn't have the manpower to deal with the proper maintainence of a large wooden coaster it seems.

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Dude, get a life.

And get back to me when either Thrillshot or Freefall are operational again. That's what I thought...

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The "Dude, get a life" rebuttal doesn't work when you say it. You and I both know I embarrassed you (my apologies) and you had nothing else relevant to say about the particular topic. Rather, you resort to insults like a high school kid. How sad. You should have just not responded to me, considering you really had nothing important left to say. It would have been better that way for you.

And yes, Freefall is in regular operational again, as of a month and a half ago. Oh, and that's what I thought. Any additional irrelevant and unwarranted personal insults you want to say DWeaver? Or have I pretty much covered all the bases for you? ;)

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I agree with Agent Johnson. I have more than a little experience around wooden coasters. That ride could have been fixed and delivered a good ride. Not a spectacular one, but it had the potential to be much better than it was. That ride at a place like Hersheypark could be one of people's favorites.

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I feel the same too. From what I have heard, Psyclone was a pretty good ride in its opening year. After the Northridge earthquake, the ride sustained some serious structural damage and was never the same ride since. Over the years, the park ended up replacing all the traditional flat rails with I-beams to cutback on expenses involved with maintaning the ride. I figured, with a little extra care and more funding allocated to modify most of the damage done to the ride, it could have been a decent coaster.

So, now the park will only have two coasters down most of the time instead of four. I guess this is so it looks like they keep a better percentage of rides open? Honestly, both of these rides should have been torn down a long long long time ago. Now, if only Kings Island could get a clue and remove their wooden piece of crap thats even worse than Psuck-clone.

"The "Dude, get a life" rebuttal doesn't work when you say it. You and I both know I embarrassed you (my apologies) and you had nothing else relevant to say about the particular topic".

Um Krax, just stop. First off, you DON'T know me, I don't get embarrassed I'm afraid, at all. It's not that I don't have anything relevant left to say, it's just that I'm a grown up with kids, and I don't have time to argue online with one. It's just not that big a deal to me. Perhaps 10 years ago, when I was a SFMM fanboy, but not today.

Peace