Magic Mountain Ride Dismantle's

After years of building some of the most technologically advanced and thrilling roller coasters in the world, Six Flags Magic Mountain has decided to move in a different direction and removed two roller coasters from it's collection of thrilling attractions.
The Psyclone wooden roller coaster opened in March of 1991 at a cost of $5 million, and will be one of the two roller coasters that will be removed from Magic Mountain in the coming weeks. The Psyclone is a cloned version of the famous Coney Island Cyclone in New York, and over 17.1 million visitors have taken a ride on the Psyclone wooden roller coaster before its closure. Now the park plans to have the Psyclone wooden coaster reduced to scrap wood within four weeks.

One year later in 1992, Six Flags Magic Mountain opened Flashback, which had previously operated at Six Flags Great America and Six Flags over Georgia under the name Z-Force, and features multiple steep roll-over dives. Flashback closed in 2003 because the noise it produced interfered with lifeguards at the neighboring Six Flags Hurricane Harbor water park, and it has been standing but not operating since then. Sue Carpenter, a spokeswoman for the park, stated that the coaster may be rebuilt at another location in the park, but it will not be in operation this year.

Six Flags Magic Mountain and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor have been for sale for months now, but Six Flags has decided to hold onto the two parks and try to create a more balanced and family-friendly amusement park. Removing these two ageing roller coasters for future expansion purposes fits the idea of giving the park a more balanced ride combination. Also, one of the park?????????s most thrilling roller coasters, X, has been closed recently due standard maintenance procedures and will reopen on February 3rd.

First of all, the Psyclone was not a clone of the Coney Island Cyclone. The layouts were/are different from one another. It was modeled after and based on the older type coaster like the Coney Island Cyclone. Secondly, the Magic Mountain and Hurricane Harbor parks were never for sale. Six Flags showed interest in and explored selling the parks but never actually made them available for sale.

Also, the Flashback wasnt closed as a result of noise interfering with lifeguards. It was initially closed for that reason during the Summer, with intentions to reopen it during the times when HH was not in operation. Then as a result of the recent disinterest in Flashback and excessive maintenance costs, they decided to keep it close. Its a shame too, because I loved Flashback personally. It was a unique experience that was a bit gimmicky but IMO was just as enjoyable as rides like Scream and Goliath. only on a different scale.

Ah even though flashback isnt the most loved ride, i still always wanted at least one ride on it before i judged it. Oh well.
Psyclone sucks.

Sh@t Happens.

[jayman]

how about.. sell freakin deja vu to a miniature golf course and FIX psyclone ... meatheads.. aarrghh.. bye flashback.. cauliflower ear sucks.. you won't be missed

Dunno, I personally loved Deja Vu at SFGAm. The first vertical drop was amazing back row, the intensity was great, and some of the airtime was surprising. It had a relatively long line, and from what I've heard it's not open consistently, but when I was there for 2 days it was open most of both days.

[jayman]

guess that explains why the psyclone trains were on collossusses transfer track.. could they be planing to run one side backwards year round?.. nahh. that would be too good..