Recent content by TPoseOnTantrum

Well as of my posting righttttt now the countdown says yes so yeah. https://www.sixflags.com/magicmountain/new-for-2027

That STC was supposed to go in an expansion on farmland, outside of the park’s current footprint. Or so the story goes. I wonder if they were facing problems with the municipality and moved forwards with something else for now. Here’s the OG government documents that were filed back in May...

From Amusement Today this past January

@Hutch @Matt N Brian Knoebel told a room full of ACEr’s several weeks back that John Arie Jr phoned the park multiple times about buying the coaster. They eventually began treating these as prank calls.

Testing today! https://www.instagram.com/p/DcY1vgJDQVp/

Station and queue building were just demolished, more vegetation is being ripped out; Source

Current look at the station. Lots of wires dangling from the inverted stall launch; Source

Logo was unveiled the other day just ahead of Disney's huge D23 info dump. Opening Spring 2027; There was a train model on display at the Imagineering Booth, although many are disputing it as a model of the California Space Mountain as it looks nothing like the car seen at the building.

Latest look at the site, not too much change. Ready and waiting on hardware; https://www.instagram.com/p/DcT0vdMEfQ5/

A new pathway was paved onto the construction site and is now functioning as a rerouted bypass, as the current midway will be demolished for round two of footers; Source Park also shared a new look at parts stocking up behind Goliath; Source

There is now a truck cab facing riders heading into the first launch; Source

RCDB seems to think that Höllenblitz is coming to Lightwater Valley... https://rcdb.com/24474.htm Big if true

Yeah they're forcing people to lock up phones before they get to the station. The ones being super positive are the paid Dollywood press and local Pigeon Forge influencers, who are a different audience than roller coaster media. A lot of others not on a media list haven't been kind. From what...

So Motocoaster may not be as dead as we'd thought. Park posted a very out-of-context teaser of prospectors/explorers with the caption "We thought we'd seen it all"; https://www.instagram.com/reels/DcIj-BFEgrO/ Motocoaster is still standing, they've stripped a lot of hardware from it and since...

So, owners retired, and ZDT's closed last Fall. Beginning in November 2024 they and Gravity Group launched an effort to find a buyer for Switchback. Odds weren't good since the price to capacity vs used hardware ratio was not great. The good news is that the owners announced today that...