Twisted Colossus Update #14

Good morning everybody, and welcome to yet another update in the continuing construction of Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

It's been a couple of weeks since our last update so we have quite a bit to get to, as well as another "challenge" that we took on for this trip. But this one is a bit more straight forward, not silly and more directly related to what we do around here.

Pictures and Words by Gregg Condon

Today we'll start off with looking at the ride from the parking lot, as that's really the only place you can see the ride from now. We're not going to take pictures through any holes in the fence or anything like that.

Click on any of the pictures below for a larger view.

As you can see, green track has been added to the bottom airtime hill after the first drop.

More prep is taking place for the first turnaround.

Random thought while proofreading ... are the light posts still going to be used to light up the structure? How cool is that? Maybe with some awesome LED lights?

Going up!!

Going Down ...

Ok, so let me get this straight ... August 2014 the complaint was "they are going to be removing too much of Colossus, it's not going to look like that anymore" ... and now in January 2015 it's "I can't believe they are leaving those pieces of Colossus track there. It's going to look terrible.

First, it's a structural thing. Second, I personally think it's kind of cool that some remnants of the old track are going to be there. Third, the piece of track shown here hasn't been used in so long, I'm sure most of the people complaining never rode that section of track. =)

RMC Guys: "Let's park our trucks right in front so people can't see what we're doing". Thanks guys. ;)

Half Colossus

What's up guys working in the station!!!

From what we could tell, absolutely nothing has been done on Scream yet. The trains are in the shed though, so they could be getting some TLC.

Yeah, that's gonna be fun.

Inside the park, the "Farewell Colossus" display has been re-purposed. I don't "hate" this, and I know that they aren't going to put the actual new trains out for people to ruin.

Still no artwork on the wall. There was a hole we could have used to get pictures of torn up concrete and what not ... but don't do that.

Around The Park

Not a whole lot else going on around the park, Holiday in the Park stuff continues to get removed.

Even though it was 75 degrees at the park, it's still "technically" winter. But Winter Wonderland is gone anyway.

Some new tables have been placed up near Superman (across from Laughing Dragon) but there are no food places up here to get anything. Huh.

This is why we suggest starting at the back of the park

Tidal Wave is closed, doesn't look like it's getting any work done, but it could sure use it.

We spotted some awesome new DC Domo Kun's in the games area, I'm not a big player of games, but I must get these. Again, you can click to see a larger version.

One other random note, while riding Apocalypse today, we saw them sandblasting/repainting a bunch of Jet Stream boats. Hopefully the work being done on them isn't just cosmetic.

Ride Sign Journey

We got a lot of great suggestions once again for our "Challenge Accepted" series, and we'll certainly get to them eventually. But today we wanted to have some fun so decided to take one from the first round and get pictures of all of the ride signs.

We were trying to figure out how to order these, alphabetical, a loop around the park, by color ... but in the end, I thought let's be controversial and post them in the order I'd rank them. And then we can let you all put up your rankings as well. So here it is, Gregg's ranking of the rides of Six Flags Magic Mountain (both coasters and flat rides). Don't kill me, because I know most of you won't agree with me.

Obviously once Twisted Colossus opens these will change. I also didn't include Scream as that ranking will also change once it's reopened/rethemed.

#1 - Still wish it was longer, but it packs a great punch and is very re-rideable.

#3 - Still one of the more intense rides in the park, and a favorite.

#5 - Still hoping one day we get one side forwards and one side backwards .

#7 - First non coaster on the list, was glad to see the flume getting some love this offseason and the boats today.

#9 - I've learned how to re-ride this better, but with no OTSR's, this is top 5 easily.

#11 - Do you want to walk up the hill? I didn't think so.

#13 - if this had sit-down trains, top 3 in the park, and probably in my top 25 period.

#15 - Built to last, Arrow quality at it's finest. Still fun for a few spins a year.

#17 - Still fun, but needs some loving (as we showed above)

#19 - 2009, probably #1 or #2 in the park. Maybe they should send RMC over for some topper track when they are done with Twisted Colossus.

#21 - Still a great looking Carousel

#24 - Who doesn't love a good Round-Up?

#23 - Buccaneer, still fun, Swashbuckler, doesn't count. Been closed too long.

#25 - The only Bugs Bunny World Ride worth mentioning, only because I wish there was a bigger version of this. =)

#27 - I usually try to forget this ride even exists. And I wish it didn't.

#2 - An absolute classic. Hopefully this never goes away.

#4 - Not the tallest, fastest or smoothest by any stretch, but a great, fun, classic ride.

#6 - Probably my least favorite Hyper coaster, but that first drop is still great.

#8 - I know, I know, too far on the list. I get that it's innovative and different, but I don't "get it". Still, it's fun once or twice a year.

#10 - Nothing better on a hot summer afternoon. Or first thing if you don't want to wait in line.

#12 - Do you want to walk down the hill? Also didn't think so.

#14 - LOVE, Love, LOVE this ride. If it wasn't so expensive.

#16 - The climb is worse than the drop. But it's a great view and a great ride.

#18 - So glad this ride is still here. I'm sure there aren't many of these left.

#20 - I know, I know, I know ... Tatsu is amazing and fast and fun and all that. I just don't care for it. I prefer the other flyers over this.

#22 - This received a great rehab this past year.

#23 - I love a good Bumper Car ride. This isn't one of those.

#24 - Really the only kiddie coaster in the park worth mentioning.

#26 - There are no words to describe the hatred I have for this attraction. The one time I rode it I felt like I was going to die. Not from the ride, from being sick.

#28 - This gets last on the list pretty much by default, as I haven't ridden it.

Alright, that's going to wrap it up for today's update. Hope you enjoyed it. Please don't hate me for my ride rankings, it's all fun. Feel free to share yours below or why you think I should give something another chance. Except Green Lantern and Slingshot. I'm not giving those more chances. =)

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9 Comments

ron - 11 years ago

do you know when twisted colossus is scheduled to reopen? Thanks.

Gregg - 11 years ago

We've heard both Spring and Summer so our best guess at this point is sometime in June. But if you are travelling here to ride it, we'd suggest waiting until July.

mugnezz - 11 years ago

what? there's nothing better than tatsu! I hope you banni six flags for life by the park XD

Just think, one less person in line in front of you. =)

Jimmy Tee - 11 years ago

Great update! Thanks so much. Question, are they really leaving the tracks underneath the first turn?

Yes, it's a structural thing. It's either leave the train or they would have to rebuild supports for the entire thing or possibly remove the entire turnaround.

Oh wow.. Oh well it is what it is. Just hope they clean it up a bit so it won't look like a half donkey job. Thanks for the info Gregg and once again. Great Updates!!

steve austin - 11 years ago

Just curious, if Log Jammer was still there, (which in my opinion was a HUGE mistake to remove) where would you rank it?

Wow, that's a great question.
I'd probably rank it before Gold Rusher. And if they had been able to keep Log Jammer as well as have Full Throttle there (we all know they could have) that would have made both rides even better.

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