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Magnum XL-200 really surprised me in the end. Perhaps it was because I had such incredibly low expectations for this coaster after reading reviews warning of an outrageously rough and brutal ride. Even the friends I was with refused to ride Magnum because they said it was just a painful experience and I guess they just didnt want to waste time on their one day at the park. Luckily, I was coming back the very next day, so I had the chance to test out Magnum for myself. As we began to plunge down that historic drop, I cringed in fear that this coaster would be even more brutal than some of the worst reviews portended. Surprisingly, however, Magnum turned out to be not all that rough at all. I sat towards the back of the train, so there was some great floater air on the initial drop. Another healthy dose of floater air on the next few hills, then some minimally uncomfortable shuffling during the oddly-shaped turnaround. The return journey on this coaster was liberating. Insane ejector air on every single airtime hill. The ferocity of this airtime was pretty close to the level of the Phantoms airtime, which gave Magnum XL-200 some major props in my ranking of coasters. However, once again, Magnum is still a very overrated coaster. There is just no way it deserves to be in the Top 10 coasters in the world. Having said that, there is still a very solid coaster beneath the layers of overblown reputation and excessive praise that Magnum receives.
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