Originally posted by aj74205
Mr. Freeze and Shockwave?? Lol. Okay. I've always thought both mediocre, but certainly enjoyable. Both parks have a Giovanola hyper and a Batman clone. Beyond that Magic Mountain has a brand new Intamin ZacSpin, Tatsu, X2, Viper, Riddler's, Scream, the revamped Superman, whatever they're calling that new Terminator woodie and others! Over Texas really only has, as said, Shockwave and Mr. Freeze that are worth a crap (beside Titan and Batman, of course). Every now and then I'll hit Runaway Mine Train, Runaway Mountain or even La Vibora. Pandemonium is NEVER worth its wait and it makes me cringe to look at it when I think of how a strata coaster was once on the drawing board to originate there and travel over the lake and back. Still, I am totally biased because SFOT is my home park and though it's old hat for me, it's a great park and even better with the revamped Texas Giant.
Also, the new Texas Giant really is rather good, but I do still find it overrated and have my gripes with it. For some reason, there are rows with an oddly placed ankle restraint bar, and my first ride was in one of these rows (I believe the front of each car has them)....this ruined my first ride experience. The bars dug into me through all the ejector air, causing both mild pain at the impact point and resulting in moderate pain in my knees for the entire day. Now, I'll only ride in the back, which seems to be roomier than other rows and lacks this ankle bar. I'd advise doing the same. The other rides are fun, and probably not as good as some of the rides at SFMM, but I personally prefer SFMM over SFOT just because of X2, Tatsu, Apocalpyse, and SFEK.
I'm a Socal SFMM local and I rode the new Texas Giant while I on my college (search) roadtrip. I personally thought it was great, I'm not sure if it has to do with your stature (I'm 6'), but the ejector bursts on the ride didn't really hurt met at all. The shin braces are completely necessary so you don't put your feet up on the car in front of you, and is to avoid injury/lawsuits. The back was pretty intense and fun for me, but I liked the front as well, and various other seats.
As for the rest of the park, I liked it, it was a lot different from the huge in-your-face setting in Valencia, it felt a lot more quieter and calmer to be. I actually thought the mine train there was a lot better than Goldrusher. I didn't realize how small the park was until after we got lost the 5th time. I'm probably bias because I'm not a fan of most B&Ms, I would only prefer SFMM over SFOT because of X2, Apocalpyse, S:EFK, and Tatsu. The Texas Giant was just too awesome, and I liked Mr. Freeze and Judge Roy.
All around a really cool park, I ultimately enjoyed both equally.