Do not read on a full stomach. (The Roving Eye).COME Jan. 12, Six Flags Magic Mountain Six Flags Magic Mountain is an amusement park located just west of the Valencia neighborhood of Santa Clarita, north of Los Angeles. It opened on Memorial Day weekend on May 29, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company,[1] in Valencia will have more roller coasters While there have been hundreds of different roller coasters built, there have been just a few that were notable for specific reasons. Some reasons include:
The newest stomach-churning attraction at the 260-acre park is called "X" -- an extreme machine that flips you backward and forward Adv. 1. backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all at the same time you are falling, falling, falling. "It is truly one of those rides that is indescribable," said Andy Gallardo, a spokesman for the park, which opened in 1971. "Anything you have ever heard about a roller coaster you can throw out the window." The "X" shoots 200 feet into the sky before flipping riders over head first, face down, for a near vertical plunge towards earth. Total weightlessness weightlessness, the absence of any observable effects of gravitation. This condition is experienced by an observer when he and his immediate surroundings are allowed to move freely in the local gravitational field. is experienced somewhere in between the ride up and the ride down. The adrenaline keeps pumping when riders fly through a massive 200-foot-tall sky dive Verb 1. sky dive - jump from an airplane and perform various maneuvers before opening one's parachute skydive chute, parachute, jump - jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute and through a giant 185-foot turn. At times, the roller coaster travels up to 76 miles per hour. The cars spin independently of each other, 360-degrees forwards or backwards on a separate axis, leaving riders unprepared for what to expect next. Magic Mountain will have 15 roller coasters on line when "X" opens to the public. The runner-up for the largest roller coaster theme park is Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio, which has 14 roller coasters. But the Ohio park is adding a 15th, called "Wicked Twister," next May. Will Magic Mountain be adding another roller coaster just to make sure it stays on top? "Plans for the future are always top secret," Gallardo said. |
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