Six Flags Magic Mountain’s X2 - Review
X at Six Flags Magic Mountain, introduced in 2001, was a roller coaster that was regularly plagued with problems. It’s innovative nature meant that it constantly attracted large crowds, however thanks to almost daily maintenance problems patrons would sometimes wait up to 6 hours for a ride, particularly during X’s first year of operation.
Six Flags wanted to tackle these issues, so in 2007/2008 the ride was closed for six months for a total revamp, including new trains from the ride design company S&S. The new trains weighed in at some 18,000 pounds lighter than the original trains. Speakers were fitted into the very comfortable seat design that blast fittingly intense music throughout the duration of the ride. Frank Sinatra anyone?
Many visual improvements and additions were also included. A fresh lick of paint, transforming the original pink and yellow to a mean gray and blood red. Two pits are filled with mist when the train dips below ground level and two flame jets shoot — you guessed it — FIRE at passing riders on the final raven turn.
So how does X2 ride compared to the old X? The outside seat will still give you a rougher ride, however this doesn’t take away from the pure intensity and oh my god moments that X2 produces. Plummeting face-first 200 feet towards the ground is something that will never get old. The added effects have definitely made it a better coaster and is worth re-riding over and over. It really is an incredible ride.
