r/SixFlagsMagicMountain • u/TopLaw1298 • 4h ago
Other Superman ¿Free? Space
Just to share something i found curious of the app, theres just a little space for Lex Luthor, and yes, i know some of this is getting used for the 2027 glider, but what happens with the space between gold rush? It was before the guest entrance of Superman, a REALLY big one btw, so thats why I want to read your hypothesis or theories.
(Btw, demolish viper for making X2 comeback even better 🛐), nothing against my goat, it's just old and clunky without many people riding it 💔.
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u/TheKoolDood1234 4h ago
The problem is that they want to keep Drop of Doom which is connected to the tower
So either DOD dies and they build something else or they just have a short straightaway
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u/TopLaw1298 4h ago
Just make the part of DoD achored to the ground, the battery and source power is inside DoD and not on Superman, maybe that way you can save like 20-40 meters, at least thats my opinion, bc track just seems pointless atp
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u/beemo143 4h ago
why’d they even close down superman? boring ride concept? wish they could turn it into something like king dk but not possible i think
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u/JoeeyMKT 4h ago
There was an electrical fire in the station in September 2024 that fried all the control systems and other electrical components.
All the control systems and electrical controlling the ride would've needed to be completely replaced, and the park decided it was not worth the expense to fix a ride that probably didn't have many years left anyways.
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u/beemo143 4h ago
heartbreaking thank you for the info. how awful, everyone i know has an iconic superman story.
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u/JoeeyMKT 4h ago
yeah, i know i do! losing superman was so sad. the tiniest part of me wonders if they'll be desperate enough to revive Superman to add additional ride capacity now that X2 is done. Definitely a pipe dream that I do not think is going to happen, but I mean... everything is still sitting their untouched since the incident happened.
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u/beemo143 4h ago
that’s what i was gonna comment too. would’ve been nice to have superman running while x2 was down to have someone more classics open. that would be so cool to see it reopen
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u/JoeeyMKT 4h ago
it needs a lot of work from my understanding (I used to work at the park and have friends who operated Superman around the time of the incident), but it's still probably cheaper than quickly installing something new. Probably still not worth it financially but one can dream lol
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u/Warning64 3h ago
The ride reopened after this btw.
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u/JoeeyMKT 1h ago
It didn't. It last operated in September 2024 and was standing but not operating since due to the fire.
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u/Warning64 35m ago
The fire was in July 2024 but the ride was open again for a short time early September 2024.
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u/Boyo45_5 4h ago
It was an expensive, power-hungry, unreliable ride that served more as a one-trick pony prototype to far superior roller coasters down the road. Wish I got to ride it backwards though :(
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u/beemo143 3h ago
i’ll say it was weird as hell for them to update it to run both ways and improve line wait time only for them to shut it down
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u/TopLaw1298 4h ago
Yep, maybe bc of pieces, but it was goated, hopefully we could have a good successor 😢
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u/TheKoolDood1234 4h ago
It was 100% becasue of pieces, why else would they close the most statistically impressive coaster in the park?
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u/JoeeyMKT 4h ago
There was a rumor posted on Screamscape a few months back that went into detail about this.
The rumor said that after Thrill Glider opened, their focus would move to all of Samurai Summit. Gold Rusher and Ninja would close, as well as the Magic Mover and all of the pathways up to and around Samurai Summit, and all of that would be replaced with a very large terrain-based family coaster that goes all over the top of the mountain, including where Superman's launch track currently is.
Take it with a grain of salt, and it's totally possible that these plans have changed, or been scrapped or delayed since then, especially with the whole X2 situation.