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Six Flags Magic Mountain - Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom

Six Flags Magic Mountain has debuted its new Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom attraction, which is now the tallest and fastest drop tower ride in the world.

Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom was opened to the public on Saturday, July 7, 2012, a week later than originally planned. It sees riders plummet towards the ground at speeds of up to 85 miles per hour, from a height of some 415 feet. To enable this, the new ride is integrated into the existing towers of the Superman: Escape from Krypton roller coaster.

Guests are seated in floorless gondolas that travel up and down two separate vertical tracks, which are attached to each of the coaster’s two towers. The ride experience can be seen in the official video footage embedded above.

Those hoping to experience Six Flags Magic Mountain’s latest thrill ride should be aware that queues are likely to be very long during its debut season. Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom features an ascension time of 95 seconds and can carry only 16 riders at a time, giving it a theoretical, best-case-scenario capacity of just 550 riders per hour.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain - Log Jammer removal CONFIRMED!

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Six Flags Magic Mountain has confirmed that one of its original rides, Log Jammer, is now closed to the public and will not reopen.

A spokesperson for the park told the media today that the park has “exciting future plans” for the site of Log Jammer, which will now be dismantled and removed. Details of any replacement attractions are expected to be announced in 2012.

Log Jammer opened alongside the rest of Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1971. It features two lift hills and three drops, with the final drop sending riders plunging into a small lake.

No celebrations were held to mark the closure of Log Jammer, which quietly ended operations on October 31, 2011 during the Fright Fest Halloween events.

Lets just hope they keep the lake and natural surroundings when building a new world class attraction! The log flume is a classic staple of any theme park and Magic Mountain especially gets very hot in the summer, so it seems odd to remove it!

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Six Flags - Log Jammer LEAVING!

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Sad news today regarding the fate of the Log Jammer at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I’ve been told that a sign in a ‘break room’ at SFMM indicated that the Log Jammer only had a few days left to run. The basic gist of seems to be that the Log Jammer will be no more following Halloween.

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Six Flags - Quarter Three Results

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Six Flags has released its Q3 2011 financial results, with the theme park operator reporting a significant rise in profits compared to the same period last year.

The company, which operates theme parks across North America and Mexico, achieved a $192.9 million profit in the quarter. This is a rise of 44% on last year’s figure of $133.5 million, with Six Flags’ management citing this as evidence that its strategy is working despite a drop in visitor numbers.

Six Flags blamed adverse weather conditions for a 4 percent drop in attendance at its parks to 11.2 million guests. It was able to achieve the profits despite this fall, due to reduced costs and a 5 percent increase in spending per guest to $42.40. Overall revenues were at a similar level to Q3 2010, at $476 million.

The Six Flags chain consists of 12 theme parks across North America and Mexico, along with a number of associated water parks. The company successfully restructured its debt in order to emerge from bankruptcy earlier in 2010, with a new board of directors being appointed to replace the previous management team. Jim Reid Anderson was subsequently appointed as CEO.

In 2012, every Six Flags park will open at least one new ride, show or attraction. This includes the world’s tallest drop tower (Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom) at Six Flags Magic Moutain and a winged rollercoaster (X-Flight) at Six Flags Great America

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Log Jammer - Six Flags Magic Mountain

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It was only a matter of weeks ago that a rumour about the Log Jammer closing at Six Flags Magic Mountain spread like fire across the theme park world, well I am sad to say that it has cropped up once again. It seems wrong to remove a classic “log ride” from any park, but if it makes room for another world class coaster then I can accept that. Only time will tell if this rumour is true, so make sure you get your last ride in on the Jammer just in case…

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Six Flags New England - Goliath

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Six Flags New England has confirmed that the Goliath rollercoaster will feature an all-new train when it opens at the park in spring 2012.

Goliath is to be relocated to the park from Six Flags Magic Mountain, where it is known as Déjà Vu. Six Flags New England’s preview video for the coaster, embedded above, features an image that hinted at a new seating layout on its train. The park has now confirmed via its Facebook page that Premier Rides are currently building a new train, which will feature 4-abreast seating.

The new train design will allow Six Flags New England to increase the capacity of Goliath. The ride is a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang rollercoaster, which sees riders being riders pulled backwards up a lift hill, plunging through several inversions following the first drop, and then repeating the course in reverse. This means that only a single train can operate at a time, unlike on many other coasters that feature multiple trains.

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British Heatwave…

My blog has been suffering recently, I swanned off to Bath for a course with work, and now I am back and London is currently going through a heat wave. Just like Six Flags Magic Mountain which I visited recently, London is currently baking at 28 degrees in October. It is shocking.

I am going to be making most of the beautiful weather over the weekend, but Park Paradise will continue sharing news from Monday morning.

Thanks

PP

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Six Flags Magic Mountain - Deja Vu

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Six Flags Magic Mountain is offering fans one last chance to ride the Déjà Vu rollercoaster before it is relocated to Six Flags New England.

Fans of the Six Flags Magic Mountain Facebook page can call in at the park’s Guest Relations office to receive a special pass on any day between September 18th and October 16th 2011. The passes will enable them to ride Déjà Vu after hours, and will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.

In late October, Déjà Vu will close and work will begin to move it to Six Flags New England, where it will become Goliath. The removal of the Vekoma Inverted Boomerang means that Magic Mountain will once again share the title of “rollercoaster capital of the world” with Cedar Point, with both parks having 17 coasters in their line up.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain - Apocalypse POV

I. Love. This. Ride.

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Six Flags New England - Goliath

Six Flags New England has confirmed that it will open Goliath, a Vekoma Giant Inverted Boomerang rollercoaster, in time for the 2012 season.

The ride will be relocated from Six Flags Magic Mountain, where it is currently known as Déjà Vu. In common with other Vekoma Boomerang coasters, Déjà Vu sees being riders pulled backwards up a lift hill, plunging through several inversions following the first drop, and then repeating the course in reverse. However, it is larger than previous Boomerang designs and features a staggered seating arrangement on its trains.

Goliath’s circuit includes a 102-feet-tall vertical loop, followed by a 110-feet-tall butteryfly turn.

I seriously do not understand this move by Six Flags, why would they lose their Coaster Capital Crown? The ride really isn’t that bad and it makes no logical sense to relocate it. In addition, marketing the ride as Goliath is just odd, it is the furthest from gigantic and fun! A strange one by Six Flags, not keen I am afraid!

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