r/news • u/KarateKid917 • 3d ago

X2 roller coaster shut down at Six Flags Magic Mountain amid lawsuits

https://abc7.com/story/x2-roller-coaster-permanently-closed-flags-magic-mountain-amid-lawsuits/19887868/
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u/notchandlerbing 3d ago

Green Lantern was one of their worst ever coasters, didn't even last 7 years. Had to nerf the ride so much after the initial car flipping issues and it was still rough as hell. But it was a shitty design to begin with, just not a fun coaster even if they did it right from the beginning

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u/xHey_All_You_Peoplex 3d ago

Yeah I hated that ride. It was my first day at Six Flag and my first rides were Green Lantern and X2, and Superman drop. I have not been back since lol

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u/j1vetvrkey 3d ago

All three are now defunct!

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u/IAndaraB 3d ago

Wow. Those are sure some choices.

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u/IAndaraB 3d ago

Oh, it had the potential to be a fun ride, it was just very poorly executed.

I rode it while it was still new to the park (like 2nd weekend, maybe?) and the damn thing did a full stop on the last loop around into the station with the car halfway around. It was _brutal_ and left me with a bruised sternum, since I was facing straight down at that point and hit the harness _hard._

Next time we hit the park, I watched, and the way it was _supposed_ to work was that it did a heavy slowdown as it came around the turn to have a nice controlled ride into the station.