Magic Mountain, of all places (plus Ran-dom!)

[goodolmike]

I played hooky from work today to go to Magic Mountain with the guys.



Six Flags Magic Mountain is a roller coaster based theme park, about 2.5 hours from where I live. It has some amazing rides, but it's certainly no Disneyland with regard to comfort, cleanliness, and crowd control. The last time I went was roughly 12 years ago, and I swore I would never go there again.

Well, it turns out the trick is to go on a weekday during the off season. And the extra-mega-bonus trick, courtesy of sluggobear, is to go right before Christmas while everybody else is out Christmas shopping.



We sure had a lot of fun. I rode a ride there called X2 for the first time. People told me it is the best ride ever, and after riding it, I agree. I screamed like a little girl in ways I did not know I was capable of screaming.

I'm back on the Magic Mountain train. I love it. If the guys do this again next year, I'm way in.

Comments

aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[andybr.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen this? I remember seeing it at the flicks before Mike was even an itch in his daddy's sac..... Was partly filmed at Magic Mountain...

Re: aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

[goodolmike.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen that movie, but the guys kept bringing it up. What I really want to see again is Vacation. The whole end of the movie is filmed there.

But yeah, I'm going to watch this one soon.

[sluggobear.livejournal.com]

Yay!

I agree, Magic Mountain isn't the nicest park, but I usually go once a year to hit my favorite big thrill coaster rides... most notably X2 and Tatsu!