Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launch
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JJLehto
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
Whoever said Great Adventure has a good number of flats...I want the drugs you are on!
Full Throttle looks fun but eh. I know my fault for believing too much of what Six Flags had to say but "Maverick of the West" and we get this thing?
Also the backwards launch seems pointless and I'd imagine will kill the pace. We'll see.
Whoever said Great Adventure has a good number of flats...I want the drugs you are on!
Full Throttle looks fun but eh. I know my fault for believing too much of what Six Flags had to say but "Maverick of the West" and we get this thing?
Also the backwards launch seems pointless and I'd imagine will kill the pace. We'll see.
rollermonkey
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
Last time I counted at MM, they had 6 flats, plus the four water rides. (Not counting upcharge attractions) Now I might have missed one or two, but for a park the size of 6FMM, a dozen flats isn't near enough. They took out the better flume to put in yet another coaster. They did add Lex Luthor last year, so that's a start. Maybe 6FGAdv has taken out some flats since I last really spent a full day at the park, but I'd bet they have far more than the Mountain.
Wow. That's short like that Superman coaster up at DK short.
No way three train operations will be effective. You can't load trains that fast, so without a dual load platform, the third train will never be used.
Last time I counted at MM, they had 6 flats, plus the four water rides. (Not counting upcharge attractions) Now I might have missed one or two, but for a park the size of 6FMM, a dozen flats isn't near enough. They took out the better flume to put in yet another coaster. They did add Lex Luthor last year, so that's a start. Maybe 6FGAdv has taken out some flats since I last really spent a full day at the park, but I'd bet they have far more than the Mountain.
+1marc said:
Wow. That's short like that Superman coaster up at DK short.
No way three train operations will be effective. You can't load trains that fast, so without a dual load platform, the third train will never be used.
elephant58
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
^What, apart from the fact it hasn't got a vertical drop, immelmann, lift hill and splashdown?
^What, apart from the fact it hasn't got a vertical drop, immelmann, lift hill and splashdown?
Ethan
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
In a way he's right. Both this and (most) Dive Machines are split into two. DMs have a section before and after a MCBR. This has a section before and after a mid-course launch.
Still, this ride will probably be awful </3
elephant58 said:
In a way he's right. Both this and (most) Dive Machines are split into two. DMs have a section before and after a MCBR. This has a section before and after a mid-course launch.
Still, this ride will probably be awful </3
Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
Never mind, maybe I thought both are out and back, have an inverting turn-around, and have 1 highest point in each direction. But obviously the dive machines aren't even typical out and back. Just my reaction when looking at the map posted above.elephant58 said:
TheCoasterCruiser
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
I thought he meant length-wise. People don't complain about the shortness of Oblivion, and I think this looks much more interesting. But I haven't ridden Oblivion it so what do I know.
elephant58 said:
I thought he meant length-wise. People don't complain about the shortness of Oblivion, and I think this looks much more interesting. But I haven't ridden Oblivion it so what do I know.
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
Sorry. 5-yard penalty for rampant fanboyism.
Blivvie's a fine ride, but it's long since been eclipsed. I even prefer it's Taiwanese half-sister, despite the identical drop, for what it does after the tunnel.
Ethan said:
Sorry. 5-yard penalty for rampant fanboyism.
Blivvie's a fine ride, but it's long since been eclipsed. I even prefer it's Taiwanese half-sister, despite the identical drop, for what it does after the tunnel.
JJLehto
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Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
It's not the launch coaster part that makes him say that, but that...well it's really short and looks like all the pace is gunna be killed with that needless backwards part. Least that's what I'm saying!
Nah, it won't be awful but it's not gunna be anything great either.
Newtrek5 said:
It's not the launch coaster part that makes him say that, but that...well it's really short and looks like all the pace is gunna be killed with that needless backwards part. Least that's what I'm saying!
Nah, it won't be awful but it's not gunna be anything great either.
rollermonkey
Strata Poster
Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
I wonder if this Superman at 6FDK was a sort of prototype for this, and if this subsequently is a stepping stone to something else.
I wonder if this Superman at 6FDK was a sort of prototype for this, and if this subsequently is a stepping stone to something else.
elephant58
Hyper Poster
Re: Six Flags Magic Mountain | "Full Throttle" | multi launc
Both do the same thing after the tunnel. Oblivion's tunnel is just longer.
rollermonkey said:
Both do the same thing after the tunnel. Oblivion's tunnel is just longer.
