Six Flags Magic Mountain X Behind The Scenes - Before X2

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  • Опубликовано: 11 июл 2019
  • This whole Segment is from The "Extreme Rollercoasters DVD"
    Before X2 there was the Original X Which opened on January 12, 2002 at Six Flags Magic Mountain & it was the Worlds First 4th Dimension Roller Coaster ... Originally it was Suppose to open in 2001 but had so many issues it Delayed the opening .... Fast Forward to December 2, 2007 X Closed to begin a Renovation which included a Complete Re-Paint from Yellow & Purple to Red & Black, Brand New Train Vehicles & New Special Effects like on Board Audio & Flame Throwers ... on May 24, 2008 X2 Opened to the Public at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
    Disclaimer: I do not own this; it belongs to its respective owners. No copyright infringement intended. Also, this is a non-profit video. All rights reserved.
    #SixFlags #ThemePark #RollerCoaster
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  • @mighty_-
    @mighty_- 3 года назад +49

    13:03 How does the guy know what being in a dryer feels like.

  • @xygomorphic44
    @xygomorphic44 3 года назад +24

    Life's greatest certainties:
    1. Death
    2. Taxes
    3. X being broken down the one day you visited magic mountain

    • @NotNafex
      @NotNafex 3 года назад +5

      Lmao, even if it is running the effects don’t work more than half the time lol

  • @HumanStateOfEmergency
    @HumanStateOfEmergency 5 лет назад +120

    The coaster that cost Arrow Dynamics everything...

    • @bigboi-gx1xf
      @bigboi-gx1xf 3 года назад +3

      But It was a big investment but first they went bankrupt but six flags finished

    • @Obeboothrills
      @Obeboothrills Год назад

      Fr

  • @scottmatta8581
    @scottmatta8581 5 лет назад +38

    I rank this #1 just because it takes you so far out of your element. I've been on more than 100 different coasters and never experienced anything like this before! Truly amazing!

    • @XantinwoX
      @XantinwoX 3 года назад

      not hundreds but i have been on many and same! nothing like this one.,., i had the please of the first few months it opened. cool to know

  • @johnduck2190
    @johnduck2190 5 лет назад +22

    One of the sickest coasters on the planet 🌎 period!

  • @AirtimeThrills
    @AirtimeThrills 5 лет назад +84

    I like when they mention the weight of the trains...like yup, thats gonna be a problem in about 6 years

    • @ksksksks2909
      @ksksksks2909 4 года назад +2

      Airtime Thrills o my god I love your videos

    • @davidliu323
      @davidliu323 4 года назад

      what happened?

    • @Max-ro7sz
      @Max-ro7sz 3 года назад +1

      @@davidliu323 I think he's talking about Green Lantern First Flight

    • @GavHern
      @GavHern 3 года назад +8

      @@davidliu323late reply but they had to overhaul X into X2 due to technical issues causing downtime, mostly because of the trains. The new trains feature several techniques to reduce the weight of the train such as holes in the steel. you can see some of these design choices on a board in the ride queue

    • @arthurgonzalez722
      @arthurgonzalez722 Год назад

      Brah I’m late but I thought you watched your RUclips videos on another account or sum also huge fan

  • @BlueUKLouis
    @BlueUKLouis 4 года назад +15

    WOW! I remember when I first rode X, I was like 15 or 16 years old. Back then, all the dope coasters that you see in Magic Mountain today were a part of an era of Magic Mountain that was dubbed "The Extreme Park": DeJa Vu (sadly no longer operating) and Scream were a part of this historical moment.
    Thanks for the upload!

    • @YuukiTakemoto1996
      @YuukiTakemoto1996 3 года назад +1

      Yes, I remember watching the Travel Channel and there being roller coaster segments. It's how I learned of X-Flight at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.

  • @joeyclemenza7339
    @joeyclemenza7339 3 года назад +10

    Paul Ruben is the reason a lot of us are now coaster enthusiasts. I used to loooove watching him and his coaster specials on Discovery and TLC back in the early and mid 2000's. a true legend in the field.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  3 года назад +1

      Agreed.

    • @YuukiTakemoto1996
      @YuukiTakemoto1996 3 года назад

      Same. X-Flight at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure was one of my most anticipated coasters because of him.

    • @rct3isepic
      @rct3isepic Год назад

      I've ALWAYS wanted his job! Him and his coaster riding Banana

  • @cterry511
    @cterry511 5 лет назад +67

    I remember getting on X the first time it opened and the guy had to lock me into the seat with a screwdriver.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  5 лет назад +20

      Yes i remember they used a tool to unlock the seats, Damn can't Believe i forgot about that, & they would step on a pedal on the bottom to unlock them.

    • @giojo01
      @giojo01 5 лет назад +12

      I remember that. It was so ghetto. Lol. But a great ride.

    • @XantinwoX
      @XantinwoX 3 года назад +5

      i think there was a purpose for that , not ghetto lol

  • @jvillagrana87
    @jvillagrana87 4 года назад +28

    No matter how many times I ride this coaster i still get nervous when going up the lift hill.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  4 года назад +9

      Same, Swear it is the only ride that scares the hell out of me every single time ... That climb up backwards makes it seem way higher then it actually is.

  • @JJJJ-he8bz
    @JJJJ-he8bz 3 года назад +8

    My life has generally sucked by I feel so blessed to have ridden the original X as a kid and X2 as an adult.

  • @dislikemyvidsplease4256
    @dislikemyvidsplease4256 4 года назад +14

    2000 x is so awesome shilke is awesome
    2018 HOLY VENGEANCE SHILKE

  • @jimflorio9535
    @jimflorio9535 4 года назад +8

    4:33 The master of all things RMC

  • @MaNiCgAbE
    @MaNiCgAbE 5 лет назад +27

    I have never seen this video. Great upload from a great era in coaster history.

  • @WASTEOFTIMESTUDIOS
    @WASTEOFTIMESTUDIOS 4 года назад +18

    It is a shame that this ride ultimately ended Arrow, but at least they went out with a bang.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  4 года назад +8

      Definitely, They Created the most iconic Roller Coaster of all time .... Ive seen so many people who have X2 literally Tattooed on their body.

    • @BryanVGK23
      @BryanVGK23 2 года назад +1

      Sorry if it’s a dumb question but how so? This is one of the most iconic coasters ever created

    • @a.castro925
      @a.castro925 2 года назад

      @@BryanVGK23 it forced arrow dynamics to go bankrupt due becuase they had to remodel it into x2. Or something like that

  • @TheAwesomist
    @TheAwesomist 5 лет назад +15

    This video is fantastic. Great find!

  • @VinceHere98
    @VinceHere98 2 года назад +3

    The ride that ended up being the death of Arrow.
    While this ended up being the last coaster they would ever built, they truly did go out with a bang. My mind totally felt numb when I rode this beast.
    It took me over an hour to get on this ride, mostly because it was running with just one train. But GOD DAMN it was worth it. Hopefully the next time I ride this it’ll run with two trains so the wait time won’t be so long.

  • @Buddy-2707
    @Buddy-2707 3 года назад +7

    X2 has a MUCH better ring to it

  • @gregg5958
    @gregg5958 11 месяцев назад +1

    The only coaster that I have ever ridden 21 times in a row. It was media day and I still don’t know how I managed to do that without getting sick. But I’m glad I did because rides on it were much harder to come by once it opened to three hour lines, 1 train op, and entire days or even weeks of f closure. X was a mess in it’s early days, but what a spectacular ride it is. Wish there were more of these around as I do worry about the longevity of this ride with so few made.

  • @coolsnax6701
    @coolsnax6701 3 года назад +3

    When you close your eyes on X2 it really does feel like you are flying

  • @gravexx_
    @gravexx_ 3 года назад +5

    I got on this ride when I was 11 right before they changed it to x2

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  3 года назад +2

      You are very luck theres people who would kill to have ridden the original X.

  • @willthecreator
    @willthecreator 4 года назад +7

    The first drop on this felt like I was being RKOed

    • @bigt7706
      @bigt7706 Год назад

      Lol perfect description

  • @latesha-kharizma
    @latesha-kharizma 4 года назад +3

    I rode this the month it came out and it was scary as hell. Ive rode the new X as well. Both are dope!

  • @geo-fy1my
    @geo-fy1my 5 лет назад +4

    beast of a coaster !!

  • @giojo01
    @giojo01 5 лет назад +7

    The spoiler wings on the original were dope. They didnt have them with the 2nd version X2.

  • @YuukiTakemoto1996
    @YuukiTakemoto1996 3 года назад +2

    I went on this when I was 9 in 2005. It scared the SHIT out of me! I swore to never ride it again.

  • @devdevthrills
    @devdevthrills 4 года назад +3

    “X Lover” 😂😂😂

  • @DooneyfromEastATL
    @DooneyfromEastATL 5 лет назад

    I love this ride!

  • @SnoopyMan6000vids
    @SnoopyMan6000vids Год назад

    Many years Later he made Tons of Good RMCs

  • @Frecks
    @Frecks 5 лет назад +1

    I love this ride

  • @scottedward3030
    @scottedward3030 5 лет назад +2

    Rick Turner "there are no bad seats" ohhhh boy...

    • @hellacia8151
      @hellacia8151 5 лет назад

      Front seat = best seat. And that's usually the thing with most arrows, back gets too rough

  • @yamillara5626
    @yamillara5626 5 лет назад +6

    Damn I never knew this

  • @JJJJ-he8bz
    @JJJJ-he8bz 4 года назад +6

    People say Im anti social and never lived life and I can tell them yeah but Ive ridden X2 that makes up for it lol

    • @YuukiTakemoto1996
      @YuukiTakemoto1996 3 года назад +1

      I've only rode X...

    • @JJJJ-he8bz
      @JJJJ-he8bz 3 года назад +1

      @@YuukiTakemoto1996 I’ve done both they are the same the only difference is the music

  • @seanlewis1148
    @seanlewis1148 5 лет назад +4

    Sup, RCA, I rode this back when it first premier to passholders on Christmas Eve2001............was hooked ever since!!!!!!

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  5 лет назад +2

      I ended up riding it 2003 or 2004, i thought the original was a lot smoother and had a lot less force.

    • @AirtimeThrills
      @AirtimeThrills 5 лет назад

      I was so mad I couldnt get out there on Christmas Eve but rode it a few days later

    • @cterry511
      @cterry511 5 лет назад

      I think we did the day after Xmas. Best ride I have ever been on. Not saying much tho

  • @TheEmeraldX
    @TheEmeraldX Год назад

    1:03 "You're always facing forward or backwards depending on what the car is, but it doesn't change during its path."
    Spinning coaster: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @josequijada424
    @josequijada424 2 года назад

    this reminds me 2hen i rode this with my wife (was my gf back then) she almost had heart attack lol
    me ...i still ride this 5x's in a row when i can ... fucken love this ride! thanks Alan....

  • @WildGuyWiley
    @WildGuyWiley 5 лет назад +6

    Praise be Alan, Praise be

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  5 лет назад +1

      He also designed Twisted Colossus 🙌🏻

    • @junicstr13
      @junicstr13 4 года назад

      Roller coaster addict who designed Tatsu and full throttle?

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  4 года назад

      @@junicstr13 Bolliger & Mabillard Built Tatsu & Premier Rides Built Full Throttle.

    • @junicstr13
      @junicstr13 4 года назад

      Roller coaster addict I meant who designed the layouts and stuff, the people who did it.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  4 года назад

      @@junicstr13 oh I honestly don't know I haven't really read up on it or seen any documentary that explain ... I do know that Alan also designed Twisted Colossus tho ")

  • @diegod3593
    @diegod3593 5 лет назад +3

    Oh my gosh it's ALAN

  • @JohnFleming-sw7hn
    @JohnFleming-sw7hn 5 месяцев назад

    Only in roller coaster tycoon 2!
    I can build many of these dimension coasters as I want!

  • @willthecreator
    @willthecreator 5 лет назад +5

    When life sucks just call Allen Sculkie

    • @eyezayu707
      @eyezayu707 5 лет назад +1

      Great spelling.

    • @seanlewis1148
      @seanlewis1148 4 года назад +1

      Will Jones Alan Schilkie*
      But, you're on the money bruh!!!

  • @geminiburglar
    @geminiburglar 3 года назад

    I want to ride this soooo badly!!!

  • @vidfreak727
    @vidfreak727 Год назад

    Deja Vu should also have gotten a video like this. Yes, it’s just another boomerang, but it’s a boomerang on super steroids!

  • @stephenn77
    @stephenn77 2 года назад

    Zipper and a rollercoaster had a baby named
    X!!

  • @angle_o0o566
    @angle_o0o566 4 года назад

    How many times are they going to say future

  • @HotelBedSheets
    @HotelBedSheets 4 года назад

    15! Haha!! 😂

  • @themagicboy6548
    @themagicboy6548 3 года назад

    0:11 young Shilke!

  • @DirtBikeBoy5ive
    @DirtBikeBoy5ive 2 года назад +1

    2:58 “That’s what she (my ex) said!”

  • @brogaming7393
    @brogaming7393 2 года назад +3

    Wait, X2 was formally called X before refurbishment?

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  2 года назад +1

      Yes, It also sported different trains and a completely different color scheme.

    • @brogaming7393
      @brogaming7393 2 года назад

      @@RollerCoasteraddict oh yeah, also the trains in x2 are white now

  • @TheINVG
    @TheINVG 5 лет назад

    Dinoconda in china looks fierce as well

    • @vicjaxon4474
      @vicjaxon4474 4 года назад

      Well it is a mix of flying dinosaur and anaconda sooo

  • @themagicboy6548
    @themagicboy6548 3 года назад +1

    6:05 50,000lbs no wonder there were problems

  • @Musiv4you
    @Musiv4you 2 месяца назад

    0:46 does 6 flags still have that sign in the park today?

    • @ZZZQQQBQT
      @ZZZQQQBQT 3 дня назад

      No some of them don’t exist anymore so they changed the sign

  • @Robert-iv8vc
    @Robert-iv8vc 5 лет назад +6

    I rode the original X , long before the changes. I have a feeling that X2 is essentially a "detuned" version.

    • @RollerCoasteraddict
      @RollerCoasteraddict  5 лет назад +5

      So i take it you have never been on X2?

    • @jeffwood1631
      @jeffwood1631 4 года назад +3

      I was in the same boat as you, I rode the original X years ago not long after it first opened, but hadn't had a chance to go on it since because it was closed the couple times I went to SFMM between then and the ride closing for the refurb. Started going again this last summer, and let me tell you, it's an even better ride, and the effect weren't even working. Because of the newer, lighter trains, X2 is 5 mph faster than X was (used to be 70, now it hits 75 mph), and the whole ride just seems to be more intense. And for an even crazier ride experience, sit in the back (hint: hangtime in the inversions).

    • @Robert-iv8vc
      @Robert-iv8vc 3 месяца назад

      Couldn't agree more. X2 is very “detuned” by virtue of different trains .

  • @Moodle9
    @Moodle9 5 лет назад +4

    Zipper carnival ride=4d

  • @giojo01
    @giojo01 5 лет назад +6

    This ride pretty much put Aero Dynamics out of buisness.

    • @looneygamer3825
      @looneygamer3825 5 лет назад +1

      Gi Jo true they went bankrupt RIGHT after

    • @jackschissler255
      @jackschissler255 5 лет назад +1

      LooneyGamerYT they kinda went bankrupt halfway through the project and Six Flags had to find someone else to finish the project. But yes, it was the coaster to end Arrow. So sad.

    • @dboyq329
      @dboyq329 4 года назад +1

      Please enlighten me. How did producing this work of art end the company? I'd think that this would send them to the bank to make several large deposits due to the demand for more of these from other parks. Actually SF got a deal @ 20 mil!!!

    • @giojo01
      @giojo01 4 года назад +1

      @@dboyq329 the ride was first of it's kind and a mechanical nightmare for Aero. Lots of design flaws and opening date push backs. The ride was closed 6 months after its opening to the public. The trains mechanical mechanisms would constantly jam and lock up. Aero dynamics had already survived 2 bankruptcies but after X's debacle, they threw in the rag.

    • @dboyq329
      @dboyq329 4 года назад

      @@giojo01 oh wow......had no idea.
      Man, with today's advancements, they really could produce some sickening pieces that I could Invision being @Cedar Point. I bet maintenance sucks ass tho.....Ha Thank you greatly for that enlightenment yo!

  • @looneygamer3825
    @looneygamer3825 5 лет назад +4

    That’s old color scheme though. Ew

    • @Jellyyfishyy
      @Jellyyfishyy 4 года назад +1

      Pink lemonade

    • @NotNafex
      @NotNafex 3 года назад

      Peeps

    • @dojavillager5998
      @dojavillager5998 3 года назад +1

      At least it was unique and not one of the 4 colors six flags paints all their rides.

  • @darincampbell467
    @darincampbell467 2 года назад

    That is a lie about Six Flags Magic Mountain having the most coasters! No, no, no, no, no!!! It is Cedar Point with a total of 17! At least if you are going to put out info, make sure that it is accurate. Cedar Point is the coaster capital of the world. I just had to correct that false statement! Peace.

    • @A_A610
      @A_A610 2 года назад

      Cedar Point and Magic Mountain were neck and neck with the record for a while (each constantly adding coasters to one-up each other). At the time this was produced, Magic Mountain had the record.
      At the time of this writing, Magic Mountain retains the record with 19 and a 20th under construction, but Energylandia in Poland is set to tie that in 2023. Cedar Point currently has 16 operating coasters, tied for third place (behind Canada's Wonderland and Energylandia as of this writing's 17; Wonderland Eurasia in Turkey technically has 17 as well, but the park's been closed since 2020).

  • @anniegarcia441
    @anniegarcia441 5 лет назад +1

    Hangtime at Knott’s is better

    • @cthomas2812
      @cthomas2812 5 лет назад +7

      Nah...

    • @MaNiCgAbE
      @MaNiCgAbE 5 лет назад +7

      Fake news

    • @user-sr1wr6cc6u
      @user-sr1wr6cc6u 5 лет назад +8

      Umm...they are too different

    • @odsclan8288
      @odsclan8288 5 лет назад +1

      California Dreaming i swear😂

    • @Hervinbalfour
      @Hervinbalfour 5 лет назад +1

      Annie can't be serious??? There is no comparison. This must be a troll.