X Gone at SF Magic Mountain

How is Wicked Twister a prototype? Instead of one spiral, it has two????? This crack rumor...we'll if it was true, the ride would be shut down for good and wouldn't be advertised on television either. About X, parks take chances with a "true" prototype. Most work out, but some don't.

JC38801.... both SFMM and CP have two "Baby" coasters as you call it. Plus both parks have 2 portable-type coasters in Flashback and Wildcat.


Jim Fisher said:

First, I'm glad to hear the SFMM has shown the class to remove "X" from all of their advertising while it is down. This is unlike another park that has continued to feature a coaster in its advertising even thought the coaster has not opeated all year.

I guess you're referring to Texas Tornado? This is a valid point, though truly the park expects to open it sometime this year. Who knows?



I was thinking more along the lines of Hypersonic: XLC...

-----------------
-Rob Vaccaro

That's what I was thinking to. But if you go to www.pkd4fun.com it lists it as closed until further notice.

steelraptor said:

I just hope that they have all of the problems worked out before I go, in July. I think that it might be a few weeks but it'll be up and running soon.

im going to knotts and sfmm in july too. im hoping the same thing that you are but im doughting x will open. that will make me very pissed as to we've been planning this trip for awhile and we can't turn back now.

X - sucked. What a waste of cash by SFMM. Lets see, thats three, no four coasters at SFMM that stink. Yet Knotts gets two winners in a row. Amazing.

-----------------
Def Leppard - "X" - July 30, 2002.

hey buzz head did you ride it?

also, how can you say that knotts has two winners in a row when one hasn't even open yet? It could very well tear itself apart too.


-------------
Is it true its always happy hour here? If it is I'd like to stay a while....

*** This post was edited by ebskoot on 6/14/2002. ***

Ebskoot, doughtful IMO.

-----------------
top 5:
5) s:ros sfdl 4) raptor 3) apollos chariot 2) magnum
1) millennium force


CoasterMarky said: However this same ride-op pointed out that WT is a prototype, and he said it could be that CP will make this season WT's first AND last... hmmmmm... time will tell, I guess.


Yep. Wicked Twister is scheduled for removal right after Magnum. (Because of the sinking, you know)

Come on people, if there are serious problems the ride wouldn't be running, which it is right now. And if there were, they would be fixed. The answer to a troublesome ride is not to tear it down.

-----------------
- Peabody


Buzz Head said:
X - sucked. What a waste of cash by SFMM. Lets see, thats three, no four coasters at SFMM that stink. Yet Knotts gets two winners in a row. Amazing.

-----------------
Def Leppard - "X" - July 30, 2002.

Perilous Plunge? You can't be serious....LOL

By the way, 100-1 people would disagree with you about X. It was worth every penny and is easily the best coaster I have ridden.

How's them eggs... ;)

-----------------
"Escuse me, can you tell me where the heck the Mystery Lodge is"?



coastingohio said:
Ebskoot, doughtful IMO.

-----------------
top 5:
5) s:ros sfdl 4) raptor 3) apollos chariot 2) magnum
1) millennium force



Hmm.. Yes, I have ridden it.

-----------------
Def Leppard - "X" - July 30, 2002.

"Nope they will remove it, and send it to Astroworld, because that's where all the coasters that don't work end up."

I WISH! X is EXACTLY the sort of thing that SFAW desperately NEEDS!

Now, as for the big Six Flags VS Arrow Dynamics debate, IMO, Six Flags has NO right whatsoever to sue Arrow for any lost revenues due to X's opening delays until the BILL for X is PAID IN FULL! I don't care if the time and money involved were more than Arrow anticipated or not, where the heck does Six Flags get off putting poor Arrow Dynamics into such a dreadful situation after INSISTING that X be built, INSISTING that it open by a certain date, and INSISTING that it be working to their full satisfaction before they finally PAY for it?

As far as I'm concerned, Six Flags expressed their full satisfaction with the ride when they OPENED IT TO THE PUBLIC and started advertising it everywhere! You just DON'T herd thousands of riders every day through a PROTOTYPE ride until it tears itself apart because YOU chose to make YOUR OWN modifications to it, and then cry "FOUL PLAY"!

If this goes all the way to court, Arrow Dynamics should be cleared of ALL charges brought against them by Six Flags, if for no other reason than the simple fact that Six Flags made THEIR OWN modifications to the ride BEFORE it was fully paid for! IMO, this is TAMPERING with Arrow Dynamics' property, and grounds for Arrow to remove the ride at their own discretion, and add the cost of doing so to the bill that Six Flags has yet to pay!

If anyone should be suing someone over this, Arrow Dynamics should be suing Six Flags! All liability contracts between the two parties were VOIDED when Six Flags made THEIR OWN modifications to the ride! This argument should hold up in ANY court!

-----------------
Gay Roller Ride
http://www.gayrollerride.com
If you build it, they will come!

*** This post was edited by Iron Draggon on 6/22/2002. ***

The Legend, you are not funny (Well, ok, maybe a little bit).

-----------------
Magnum is red,
Millenium Force is blue,
I love Wicked Twister,
and Raptor too.

according to RCDB it is as of June 2002 it is SNBO. If anybody wants a link here it is. http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail750.htm

-----------------
I rode the bullet at thrillville NH
-Stephen King Riding the Bullet

You must be logged in to post

POP Forums - ©2024, POP World Media, LLC
Loading...