Up at 9 AM today and ready but then things got delayed; it took a while to book Six Flags tickets with their website, then we had to ask for the front desk to print them which took a solid 30 minutes so by the time we hit the road it was nearly 11. We take the freeway over to Valencia where the park is located, park and walk into Six Flags Magic Mountain. Shortly after entering and seeing the lines we realize that a FlashPass is a necessity. So we go to rent buy them and encounter not one for 46.99 as is advertised everywhere, but 3 different levels of FlashPass. Regular for the 46.99, Gold for more than that and platinum for more than that. All the regular does is book a ride for you for later (one ride at a time) and you don't have to physically wait in line but it would still say come back in two hours to ride this. So that seemed dumb. But the gold and platinum were significantly more expensive. We mulled it over and bought the 3 gold passes which cut wait times in half. So they give us this little device that clip to the belt and looks like a Tamagotchi. It has a list of the rides and what time you could book them for. You select one and once it hits the acceptable time, you go up the back entrance (skipping the line) and ride the ride. Then you book your next ride. It ended up being worth the money. On most rides we had no wait at all. Our longest was maaaybe 30 minutes for a popular one. When I went to this park in 2010 I was there for half a day with no FlashPass and rode a total of 2 rides. Super long lines and very frustrating. This time we rode 10 coasters and could have ridden more if we hadn't gotten our fill already. So after some Panda Express for lunch, here is what we rode:
1. Tatsu. This puts you in a Superman type position and blasts you around the track.The world's tallest, fastest and longest "flying" coaster.
2.The Riddler's Revenge. The world's tallest and fastest "stand up" roller coaster.
3.Batman the Ride. Feet dangling roller coaster.
4. Superman: Escape from Krypton. Blast backwards at 100 mph up a track that leaves you suspended hundreds of feet in the air, then zoom back down.
5. Scream. Floorless coaster.
6.Colossus. Old sketchy wooden coaster.
7. Goliath. Monster coaster with a 255 foot drop into a 120 foot tunnel at 85 mph.
8. Viper. Get turned upside down 7 times.
9. Ninja. The West coast's fastest suspended coaster.
10. Apocalypse. A wooden coaster that went very fast around a lot of corners and drops. Didn't look great from the outside but probably my favourite of the day.
So all coastered out, we grabbed dinner at a BBQ place in the park. I got to have a massive old-timey leg of turkey while the other two opted for BBQ sandwiches.
We walked a couple miles back to our car and drove back to Hollywood. Got cleaned up then walked to Meltdown Comics for a comedy show. There is a room in the back of a comic book store with folding chairs and a little stage. Two guys from the Nerdist podcast do an intro and some banter then bring on a series of comedians for 12 minute sets. We see maybe 6 different ones, two of whom I recognize but all quite funny. First is Anthony Jeselnick who is a well known comic that has appeared on Comedy Central Roasts (as a roaster) and has his own show now called The Jeselnick Offensive. He tells us he has 17 jokes for his opening monologue for his show on Thursday and needs to trim it to 10 so we are his test audience. He fires off the 17 topical jokes based on news stories and writes which ones do the best. Now we'll need to watch his show to see the product of our work. The other notable act was the Sklar brothers. Look them up on IMDB. You probably have seen them in something before. The show wraps up after a couple of hours and we walk back to Hollywood Blvd. Stop at a karaoke place for a drink but it is not our crowd at all. So we carry on and grab a bucket of Coronas at a busy hookah bar and have some birthday shots for Nick's bday once it hits midnight. We head back to the motel to book the hotel tomorrow in Santa Cruz then hit the hay.
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