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 Review of X @ Six Flags Magic Mountain
2 Rating Posted by: Runner on 11/6/2002 1:37:00 AM
Okay for the benefit of anyone who hasnt ridden X, here is my description of Xs layout.

The first thing youll notice when you approach the train is that it seats 4 across and the whole thing is very wide (20 feet to be exact). If the train looks heavy, its because it is-one of the heaviest ever built. Okay, now youre going to strap yourself into the seat using what Arrow calls a butterfly restraint. You put your arms through the restraints and pull the two halves towards your chest. Then you pull the whole thing down until it touches your shoulders. This is a very high-tech restraint system and is pretty comfortable too.

Now youre off to the lift hill. Youll be going up the lift hill lying on your back with your head uphill. Here youll get a great view of the park. Once at the top of the hill you go over that little dip that you can see in the pictures. As you get closer to the 90-degree drop the seats rotate so that you are lying on your stomach. As you go over the edge you get a view facing down that you probably wont forget. While going down the drop the seats continue to rotate forward such that you are traveling headfirst at the bottom of the drop. This is where I suspect the ride reaches its peak speed of 76 mph. You definitely feel like youre going somewhere. Then you go up the first raven turn and find yourself at the top lying on your stomach again looking down. The g forces up to this point are pretty intense. From the top of the raven turn you go down another drop except this time you are riding under the tracks. X is unique in that sometimes the train rides above the tracks and sometime it rides below. When you approach the bottom of this drop dont forget to smile for the camera. Next you head up towards the luge turn traveling feet first. Here you get to catch your breath a little. After you make it around the luge turn youll be heading towards the heart-line twist. While going through the heart-line twist the seats change direction. In other words, youll be facing forwards going into it and facing backwards coming out of it. If youre sitting on the outside seat youre really going to get tossed around. After this element youll be coming up on the second raven turn except this time youll be going over the outside of the turn instead of the inside like the first raven turn. After the second raven turn you go through a little twist and youll be headed towards the break run which uses a nice smooth electromagnetic breaking system. And now you get to breath again.

If I had to find one fault, which I hate to do for such a great ride, it would be with the queuing system. The lines in the loading station are just absolute chaos. Since this ride draws so many people, I really think this is something that needs attention. But putting that aside, I have to say that I absolutely love this ride and X is without a doubt, the most unique ride that you will ever ride on - at least until the build the next generation of X coasters.

 

Review Comments

tacoking on 2/21/2003 7:48:37 PM said:
i really like this review. one of the more detailed ones ive seen. except mine of course.
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