 Hey everybody, we're back today with an all new update from Six Flags Magic Mountain! We've got some pics and video of offseason enhancements to Hurricane Harbor (there are a LOT), some general upkeep around the park, thoughts on Superman closing and possible Sky Tower reopening (rumors), and of course a look at prep for the 2026 coaster coming to the park. Let's dive right in! Hurricane Harbor and Park Enhancements Let's start out here at Hurricane Harbor where the Black Snake Summit slides have gotten a pretty awesome paint job.  Can't wait to see all of the changes inside Hurricane Harbor. It's been a few years since we've visited so we'll make it a point to visit this summer.    Viper just celebrated it's 35th Anniversary so I took a nice ride on it. It seems to be running pretty well this season actually!  Just make sure you pick the right seat. =)  Inside the park there's a whole bunch of small things happening, that most people wouldn't notice. But we do! And we love it.  This former smoking section now has a sign that indicates there is no smoking allowed. As somebody with asthma who is triggered by cigarette smoke, this is amazing for me!  Not really a park improvement, but Scrambler is still sitting vacant. I doubt it comes back as even the sign has been removed.  It's a sold flat-ride spot so hopefully something will come here soon. The park is in desperate need of more flat rides.  The site is still showing as an attraction on the app, but when you click it there is no information. Hopefully that's a good sign that some kind of attraction will be coming back here soon. Superman Closure Let's talk about Superman. The ride announced it's permanent closure last week which didn't come as a surprise to most of us. While we wish we could have gotten some final rides, I certainly understand why it didn't reopen. It was simply cost prohibitive.  As of now the tower is remaining (I can't even imagine what it would take to bring this thing down at this point) and Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is remaining open. Although it wasn't open during my visit. We will be posting a tribute to Superman: The Escape and Superman: Escape from Krypton over the next few weeks. If you have any memories of Superman that you want to share, put them in the comments below and we'll include them in our update! Sky Tower Reopening?Obviously the pictures below are old (August of 2006 to be exact), but wanted to talk a bit about the Sky Tower. There have been a LOT of Rumors floating around that Sky Tower may be reopening at some point. While I certainly understand that many of you never got to experience the Sky Tower and would like the opportunity to, I'm honestly not in that group (even though I've obviously been up in the Sky Tower many times over the years).  The last we heard about 10-12 years ago was that it would take $3-$4 million just to get the Sky Tower up to the California Building code for public opening. Imagine how much more that would be in 2025. Especially now.  While these views are fantastic, capacity is low, ridership would be low after the first few weeks. There is a reason it shut down in the first place.  Wow, this corner of the park sure looks different than 19 years ago. Personally, I would rather that $5 million or so be spent on overall park improvement. I mentioned in our update video that there were probably 100 things I'd spend that money on other than the Sky Tower. It's probably not 100, but here are a couple I'd love to see happen ...
  Fully expect this to be redone with Project 2026 Project 2026 Speaking of Project 2026, lots more earth is getting moved around.  Some of the seats for the Golden Bear Theater are still there, but it looks like they're chipping away at it. Literally.  Can we also hope that Full Throttle gets a more permanent looking station with this addition? Maybe they'll finally finish it? (I'm joking ... kind of) Related Videos
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Today we were invited out to Canada's Wonderland for an amazing construction tour of AlpenFury. Lots of work going on with the coaster and Nicholas was there to get some amazing pictures and video of the new for 2025 Coaster.  Some notes about the tour:
As of right now we do not have an anticipated opening date, but we will keep you posted. Let's get into it!  Our host for today's tour. Hey Nicholas!!  Lots of supports ready to be installed  This element is going to be insane  Let's be honest, the entire coaster is going to be insane  Sexy curves    This area of the park is definitely looking different   Not one straight piece of track to be seen   The interactions with the other coasters in this area are going to be epic   Do we even know how many times AlpenFury goes over/under Wonderland Mountain and Vortex?  It's A LOT!  We even got to see some track being installed during the tour  The station and queue area looks different than it did during our tour in August  Oh, there's some straight track. =)  Swooooop!  All of the rides storage and maintenance will be done inside Wonderland Mountain   Heading into the mountain  And out of the mountain  You can see where the track is going to curve up and out of the mountain   This is going to truly be one of those awesomely epic elements   Electrical stuffs   Let's take a look at the trains! What is the first thing you notice?  The front of the sleds, err, trains  Orange train   Thank you again to Canada's Wonderland for having us out for today's tour. We're always honored to be included. Related Videos
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 Hey there Park Journey fans and welcome to our comprehensive look at the all new coaster Rapterra, the culmination of years of planning and kicking off the 50th anniversary of Kings Dominion! I believe this is the first time we've ever covered a media event at this park and we were thrilled that fan of the site PJ was able to head over to the park to not only get an incredible on-ride POV (seriously, have already heard from people who "don't like" on-ride POV's that they actually loved it) but we also have a comprehensive look at the ride and other prep for the 50th anniversary of the park. So let's head right in. And thanks again to PJ for the amazing coverage. I think we can all admit he knocked it out of the park!  Let's start off with a few pictures provided by the park showing off Rapterra. Being from the West Coast I've only ridden 2 of these (X-Flight and Gatekeeper) but I loved both. We need one of these out here.    It's not a media day with out food. Or in this case, Kings Dominion showing off some new food for their 50th celebration!
   Let's head in and check out Rapterra!  A couple of weeks ago the park announced a 48" height requirement for the coaster. Which was a very pleasant surprise! 
 Lots of cool stuff to see in the ride queue
 Love the X-Files reference. One of my top 2 TV shows of all time.    Nice, PJ got us some sweet Trainless Tuesday pics! Or is it Thursday? =)   Let's head into the temple 
     How about some Rapterra action shots ...    Rapterra sure does look pretty ... 
  A few more action shots   The park is also gearing up for their 50th with some amazing looking merchandise!
  I don't know that I'll actually get out to the park this year, but I'll need somebody to pick me up a mug at some point. =)    Love this one!!  They even have a Spirit Jersey!  And of course, some sweet looking Rapterra merch is available too   
 For all you Nanocoaster enthusiasts out there
  I don't usually buy "coaster shirts/hoodies", but I have to admit, I like this one  Thanks again to Kings Dominion for being so kind to invite us out to today's event, it's appreciated always. And another shout out to PJ for the incredible coverage today! Related Videos
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