Erin the Cali chick talks about...

Living in Santa Clarita my whole life, Magic Mountain has always been a huge part of my life.  I used to have a season pass and go as often as possible.  Back in the days when Magic Mountain was free of large crowds and the main rides were Revolution, Colossus, Ninja, Psyclone, and Gold Rusher.  I spent many summers hanging out for a few hours on my favorite rides before going home and relaxing as it got too hot.  I even, as do most Santa Clarita teens, worked there.  I was a lifeguard at Hurricane Harbor and found myself spending even my days off at the parks for entertainment.  Basically Magic Mounatin has been a HUGE aspect in my life when it comes to riding rollercoasters and getting that incredible thrill only a HUGE drop at a high speed can give.

Now since I have grown up quite a bit and life isn't as simple as to spend my carefree days riding the coasters I rarely get over to the park.  I do try to hit the new rides as they open to get the newest taste of thrill ride adventure.  When X opened up several years ago, I rode it with funny memories.  As they were building it, I was working at Hurricane Harbor.  The empolyee enterance for Hurricane Harbor used to go under Colossus and along side of Goliath.  Now and then you would see new things the park was storing on the walk into work such as props, ride parts, propaganda, and more.  This happened to be the place they stored the seats for X as it was being built.  Of course being silly and somewhat rebellious my friends and I saw a fun opportunity and took pictures in the seats as a "I was here first" thing.  After the ride was built and opening, it was something my friends and I had to laugh about. 

I went on X a few days after it's opening and enjoyed most of it.  The new feel of spinning seats tumbling as you plunge straight down was unlike any other ride I had ever experienced.  The only thing that kept me from wanting to ever ride again was a back spin from the initial hill that for whatever reason still gives me chills.  This kept me from ever wanting to ride it again.  I figured, I did it once and that was all I needed.  Besides the ride was slightly uncomfortable and broke down DAILY.  It actually was a big reason why Magic Mountain was RUMMORED to be closing down...

Then the new changes were made to X for it's return as X2.  My best friend, who worked at Magic Mountain for over 7 years filled me in with the changes - new music, better seats, more rotaions, fire, and mist.  Even though it sounded more interesting, there was really no deep need to ride it.  And watching Bobby D freak out on it also limited my want to experience it...

Well yesterday my best friend and I headed over to Magic Mountain to just have a girls day of rides and adventure.  As we got off Ninja we passed by the owner of Six Flags, the Executives, and the general manager.  We ran into Jay Thomas (the guy who tried to calm Bobby D down on X2) who knew my best friend.  We chit chatted for a while (I OF COURSE brought up poor Bobby D which Jay felt really bad for) and before we left Jay handed us front of the line passes for X2.  Now we HAD to go on it - We owed it to Jay.

After working up the needed courage we walked past the 3.5 hour wait and jumped right on the ride.  I then started to really freak out.  I was a rollercoaster junkie for years and now I felt like I was a rookie who should have stayed in bugs Bunny World...  The ride started and I held my breath.  The first drop was incredible and even though the rotation that still gives me tingles in my back was still a part of the ride, it was something so much better!!

As we got off and the anxiousness wore off I was so excited we did it.  I truly suggest heading over and getting on it.  Even though 3.5 hours is a VERY long wait, I think it is worth it.  And after you have the right to say - I survived X2.  :)