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Last weekend we were invited out to the always fun Fright Fest at Six Flags Magic Mountain. As usual, we had a super fun night, and as usual, it's the talented actors at this event that sets it apart from some others. Before we get started though, do have a couple of thoughts about this years event:
But the ultimate question for every event is, "did you have fun". And the answer to that is undeniably yes. And at the end of the day, a few things aren't going to ruin that. We just feel we should make you all aware. Now let's get into the fun stuff!!  
 Nice to see some new artwork added since opening day! Also checked out the new DC Universe store, lots of great stuff in here!!
 Our first stop was Spirts with Spirits, which we already touched on above. The drinks were quite tasty!
 Lots of fun photo-ops too  As the sun set, the monsters came out!  Seriously, Innocence is just amazing in every way.   Back down the hill, the Deadzone looks great again this year! As mentioned above, we'd love it if they expanded this theme into Aftermath next year (we said the same thing last year too).    Nightmares is one of our favorite scare zones at any event!  Some props from Red's Revenge have found their way here!
 The characters at Fright Fest are always the thing that sets it apart, we could spend hours just interactive with them all.  Still the scariest thing Magic Mountain has ever done (just kidding, kind of) =)  One of our other favorite things about Fright Fest is the amazing lighting in the mazes and scare zones. Terror Rising is no exception.
 As mentioned above, the new maze is not quite ready yet, but hopefully soon.  We spent a lot of time in the new scarezone/walkthrough in Bugs Bunny World, we loved it, it was filled with amazing talent, and they were eager to scare!
  Definitely make sure you take some time to experience this awesome area when you visit Fright Fest.  As was mentioned earlier, not much going on in City Under Siege, but the characters here are always great, and we feel this area will be back with a vengeance next year!   The front entry area has an all new scare zone for 2022, which we actually loved!  Jokes about the name aside, this area incorporates the Six Flags Fountain extremely well.  The characters here are fantastic, and there is a show twice a night on the stage in front of the fountain. Related Videos
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The day was finally here, we were finally going to get our first rides on the record breaking 20th coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Armed with all of our cameras we headed to the park yesterday morning to be among the first to ride this epic coaster. While the opening ceremony and our ride time weren't until much later in the day, we knew we had to get there early to get some rides on Wonder Woman! And the ride does not disappoint. In this update we'll share with you all of our pics and video of Wonder Woman and the (still in progress DC Universe) as well as some thoughts on the ride. Enjoy! Written by Gregg Condon  Wonder Woman is finally here!  A ride that is fitting to her name!   Standing guard over her domain!  How about some action shots!    The ride is very photogenic, as we knew it would be     Lots of spots to get great pictures and video     The rest of DC Universe is still a work in progress   We've been told more shade and seating is coming. And maybe a few other things. Stay tuned!  The sign for Teen Titans Turbo Spin has not been installed yet, or maybe it is now.  Batman The Ride has a new sign and entry    Some new lighting and I think a few new props in the station Wonder Woman Flight of Courage Ride Review: Like West Coast Racers before it, Wonder Woman Flight of Courage is simply a fun ride. It's not going to top anybody's coaster lists like Twisted Colossus or X2, but that's ok. I actually like that Magic Mountain has seemingly moved away from prototype rides and has instead moved towards having a collection of really fun attractions. The odd thing for me is after about 6 or 7 rides on Wonder Woman, I was done for the day. Whereas with Railblazer, I rode about 30 times on that rides media day. This goes down to the ride riding VERY different than the first generation of RMC Single Rail coasters. This one definitely hits you in the stomach more, or at least it hit me in the stomach more. The front end of the train is very "floaty" airtime, the back of the train will give you that sustained ejector airtime. It really is like two different ride experiences. And I do encourage you to ride in multiple locations on the train. There isn't a bad seat. The loading of the ride is fantastic with the trains moving through the station in a continuous motion. When one train hits the mid-course brake, the next is being dispatched. If they can sustain this, throughput should be great for this attraction! Be warned, you cannot put your loose articles in the station due to this process. Lockers are a must. Something I personally wish they'd make mandatory on all of the parks attractions (and something I know makes people mad at me). =) Overall, Wonder Woman Flight of Courage is a worthy addition to the coaster lineup at Six Flags Magic Mountain. There is a lot of expansion still be done in this area of the park, and we're personally hoping for a water attraction of some kind. I think the park has enough top gun stalls and zero-g rolls at this point.  Thanks again to Magic Mountain for having us out for media day. It's always a treat! Opening DayWe also headed back to the park on Opening Day, here are a few opening day thoughts and pics that we didn't get on Thursday.  Arrived about 9:00am to park and parking opened about 9:40am. I do wish they'd let people in earlier to help with traffic.  Made it in for passholder early entry, and had to do the run (well, fast walk) to Wonder Woman  Once we got to Wonder Woman we had to wait about 20 minutes for the ride to open (about 10:50).  Ride not even open yet and people are trampling the planters and grass. This is why we can't have nice things.  Ride sign, complete with sensory guidelines. Love it!  The inside portion of the queue. This was a video for Green Lantern, now it's just a wall. I hope they'll do something here.
 The AC was on, but VERY low. They need to kick it up a notch in here. Thankfully with 4-train ops you're only in here for maybe 10 minutes tops.
 Some cool wall art on this side.
 Wonder Weapons  They've added free bins to the paid lockers and this process seems to have gone quicker than preview day.  From under this sign it's about a 30 minute wait with 4-train ops.  The line only went to about here, which we estimated to be about an hour. Wait times went down significantly as the day progressed.  An overview of the newly redesigned DC Universe, that isn't done yet.  The lack of shade in this area is a rather large issue with the heat, so stay hydrated.  The park was absolutely empty. Reminded me of an off-season weekday.  No Wonder Woman Flight of Courage merchandise was to be found, but some new Tatsu and Viper shirts!   Like an excessive amount of new Viper merch.   Which makes you wonder ...   That's a wrap for our Wonder Woman coverage. We most likely won't be back at the park until Fright Fest. We've got a busy 2 months coming up. Disneyland and Midsummer Scream the last weekend in July. A visit to Knott's sometime in early August and then our epic road trip in late August/early September. We'll be hitting up Silver Dollar City, Cedar Point and Kings Island for our first ever visits to those parks. And then a day at Canada's Wonderland just before all the Halloween fun starts. Related Videos
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It's time for what will probably be our last Wonder Woman Flight of Courage update prior to media day (unless we end up going for 4th of July Fest). All indications are that the ride is going to open in about 3 weeks, there have been casting calls for coaster riders the week of July 11th, and that pretty much is the same week as media and opening day. So if we had to guess, right now, Wonder Woman will open to the public on July 16th. But that's just an educated guess at this point. UPDATE: Testing Video has been added to this post Written by Gregg Condon  As you can see, they were doing some work on the lift hill during our visit.   You can see the work they're doing on Teen Titan's Turbo Spin. On a Round up that's been at the park for 47 years. I like a good classic flat ride as much as the next person, but at some point you just need to put something modern here.  They did test later in the day though  A close up view of the lift hill    Some fence has been added around the track so they can test the coaster. To the left of this is the turn around for Tidal Wave. Plenty of room here for another flat ride (maybe a splash battle?).  On the other side they've continued with the black fence, and a temporary chain link fence so they can test. Hopefully the black fence will be completed by opening day.  A look at the attraction from up near Superman  Whatever it was they were doing it seemed like it worked because no lift-hill stoppage when they tested yesterday  Hopefully some re-touching work is on the agenda prior to opening    We had a request to check out any Fright Fest progress, there is none. In fact, other than the event starting on September 10th, we know nothing at this point.  Lastly, Roaring Rapids is STILL closed. Which means that the park only has 1 currently operating water ride. It was 94 degrees when we were at the park. Hopefully this gets fixed soon, I'm almost 100% positive it's a supply chain issue. Related Videos
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