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26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355
26101 Magic Mountain Pkwy
Valencia, CA 91355
Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is a drop tower located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. The ride is integrated onto the existing Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure.HistoryOn August 25, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain released a "GoBigCam" video. The video concluded hinting at a possible new attraction in 2012 to be installed on Superman: Escape from Krypton. On September 1, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain officially announced that they would be adding Intamin drop towers to the sides of the Superman: Escape from Krypton tower. The ride opened on July 7, 2012.Construction historyOn February 5, 2012, Superman: Escape from Krypton closed, so that the park could start construction of Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom on the coaster. Superman: Escape from Krypton was expected to reopen when Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom opened to the public. In middle to late March, the electrical part of the ride was constructed to operate the drop tower. Pieces for the lower part of drop tower arrived at the park on April 2, 2012.On April 12, 2012, pieces of the ride were taken up in the air by helicopter above the Superman tower (415ft in the air) to connect the ride pieces to the tower. During the first week of May, vertical pieces for Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom were attached to the Superman tower. By the second week of May, all the pieces for the ride were attached to the tower. By May 30, the ride gondolas were placed onto the tower to start testing. Testing began on June 22, two weeks before opening to the public on July 7, 2012.RideLex Luthor: Drop of Doom consists of two free fall drop attractions, with each mounted to a lateral flank of the Superman: Escape From Krypton structure. Both rides feature a single floorless gondola seating eight-abreast. Riders are harnessed in by over-the-shoulder restraints. Catch cars hoist the gondolas up the tower for approximately 95 seconds before reaching a dynamic height of 400ft. As the gondolas reach the apex, riders are greeted with a pre-recorded audio spiel from a voice representing the fictional DC comic book character Lex Luthor. The gondolas are then released into 5-second free fall descent, attaining a terminal velocity of 85mph. Mass of the gondolas is without any riders.
Live from the Full Throttle Plaza at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Welcome to the one stop area for day and night entertainment from the Full Throttle Dancers, energetic hosts, live percussion from Ricky Rocks & Jared Hren, and music from DJ Nel.
Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it would have a new location in Bugs Bunny World. By April of 2011, the entire coaster has finished construction on site. The ride opened on May 28, 2011, for Memorial Day Weekend.HistorySFNO (2000—2010)Road Runner Express originally opened at Jazzland in New Orleans on May 20, 2000. It operated under the name Rex's Rail Runner in the Kid's Carnival section of the park.Six Flags took over the lease of Jazzland in 2002 and changed the park's name to Six Flags New Orleans the following year. The ride was renamed to Road Runner Express in the "Looney Tunes Adventures" section of the park.When Hurricane Katrina hit the park on August 29, 2005, the park was severely flooded causing the park to shut down and rides to remain standing but not operating. In 2007, Six Flags began the process of moving rides from the park to their other properties. For example, Batman: The Ride was taken to Six Flags Fiesta Texas where it was refurbished and renamed Goliath in 2008. In 2008, Bayou Blaster and Sonic Slam were removed and taken to Great Escape where it was refurbished and renamed Sasquatch in 2009. In 2009, Road Runner Express was removed and relocated to Six Flags Magic Mountain.
Canyon Blaster is a steel family roller coaster located in the Bugs Bunny World area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is themed to the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
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The filming location for Walley World in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) Clark Griswold, wanting to spend more time with wife Ellen and children Rusty and Audrey, decides to lead the family on a cross-country expedition from Chicago to the Los Angeles amusement park, "Walley World", billed as "America's Favorite Family Fun Park". Theme song: Who's the moosiest moose we know? Marty Moose! Who's the star of our favorite show? Marty Moose! M is for Merry, we're merry you see; O is for Oh gosh, Oh golly, Oh gee; S is for Super Swell family glee; E is for Everything you want to be. M - A - R - T - Y; M - O - O - S - E. What's that spell? Marty Moose! Marty Moose! Marty Moose! (Hyuk), that's me! -RF