jerimy’s high school friends michael and sharon came down to visit us in LA this weekend, so we tried to so them a good time. instead of watching the super bowl (bucs vs raiders) we went to magic mountain! this was my first time going, but i’m sure i would never see magic mountain as empty as it was today ever again. we barely waited in line for goliath at the beginning of the day (around 10:30) and until we got to X (which was a 3 hour wait, partly because the ride broke down for about half an hour), all of our rides had maybe 20 minute waits at the most. it was amazing. it felt like we had the run of the place. we went from goliath to batman to superman (three times! totally great! freefall! woohoo!) to riddler’s revenge (awesome) to ninja (lame) to viper (head thunking about) … and then we hit x. afterwards, we went on deja vu, the swing ride, a centrifuge ride, revolution, back on superman, riddler’s revenge three or four more times. I lost count. but oh boy, my brain is completely scrambled now. -head thunks on table-
anyway, here’s a picture of “deja vu,” which is basically invertigo at great america except you don’t face each other.
i think i blacked out a couple of times on riddler’s revenge, which is a stand-up coaster sort of like vortex at great america. we went front row a couple of times, and my gosh, when you’re going that fast and the wind is whipping your face and you’re being hurled around, it’s really easy to just lose any sense of who/where/what you are and what’s going on. that happened to me a few times. aahahg. but oh, it was so great! it’s one of those rides that has enough variety in them so you don’t get tired easily. A+.
X was absolutely fantastic. the coaster itself starts out like a standard track-on-the-bottom coaster, but becomes a suspended one where the seats are actually hinged/swiveled, swinging out depending on where the track is. for the first drop, you basically in your chair holding on for dear life doing a skydiving style fall. it is absolute madness and it is unbelievably cool. tip: bring that shoulder harness down as far as you can so your head doesn’t bounce in ’em. oooghgh. it was a three hour wait, including a time where some folks couldn’t unload and the ride had to be shut down momentarily, nevertheless it was totally worth it.
my head is very seriously pounding. somebody should check on me and make sure i’m still breathing! aah!! hehehe.
anyway, today was great. virtually no lines, beautiful weather (in the high 70s!! almost 80 degrees!!), and great company. :)
oh, so here are some more pics.
jerimy’s friend michael and his aviator shades.
jerimy’s friends michael and sharon lookin’ out off the redondo beach pier.
and for those of you who haven’t met jer yet, here’s a little pic of him. :)
