SEAWORLD SAN DIEGO
CraZanity at Six Flags
seconds before sending them down
the steepest drop in California his-
tory. With five inversions (one being
the second negative-G stall loop in
the entire Western Hemisphere),
guests can experience a feeling of
weightlessness not found on most
coasters. The ride is even better at
night, when chase lighting moves
with the train car as it travels along
the track.
Always ones for innovation,
the showrunners at Knott’s were
also the first to develop corkscrew
inversion (used in the aptly named
Corkscrew ride) in 1975 and the first
to create a flywheel launch coaster
with Montezooma’s Revenge three
years later. Last year marked another
first for the amusement park: VR
Showdown in Ghost Town offers
a permanent, free-roaming virtual
reality experience that allows players
to interact with one another as well as
the simulated world around them.
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characters is venturing out through
the beginning of September as part of
the new Sesame Street Party Parade,
featuring 10 themed floats, famous
characters like Elmo and Big Bird, and
special moments that stop the parade
for performances such as jumping
rope, hula hooping and guitar playing.
SIX FLAGS
MAGIC MOUNTAIN
Thrill-seekers should head straight
for Six Flags, an amusement park that
certainly wasn’t built for the faint of
heart. The rides here are bigger and
better than anywhere else in Southern
California, and the park recently
launched an initiative to keep the
gates open every day of the year.
With more than 15 large-scale roller
coasters, as well as an assortment
of rides aimed at kids and families,
daredevils and little ones can have
simultaneous adventures in this
Valencia-based park.
Perhaps most important to note is
the upcoming opening of CraZanity
at Six Flags’ new boardwalk-themed
area. This summer, the pendulum
ride, which moves back and forth
while rotating and gaining height with
each swing, will entertain visitors at
speeds of up to 75 mph. The ride will
offer a feeling of weightlessness that
appeals to thrill-seekers near and far.
“With the addition of CraZanity
at Six Flags Magic Mountain, the
park will go to an extreme level with
another record-breaking element:
Lego City Deep Sea Adventure will take visitors on a submarine ride.
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Children will be enamored with all of
the changes taking place at San Diego’s
Legoland park this year. At the begin-
ning of 2018, the amusement park’s
Lego Show Place Theater launched
a new 4-D movie experience called
“Lego Ninjago – Master of the 4th
Dimension,” where children are wel-
come to join Master Wu in the on-site
dojo for an interactive training session.
Another expansion will be revealed
this summer with the launch of a new
water-based ride, Lego City Deep Sea
Adventure. This submarine ride will
escort visitors down below on a voy-
age to a sunken ship, offering views
of colorful octopi and scuba divers,
both made out of Legos, in addition
to 2,000 real sea creatures like tropical
fish, stingrays and exotic sharks.
Last summer, this marine-themed
park opened Ocean Explorer, a kid-
friendly land focused on deep-sea
discovery. Despite the addition of
five new rides, which are aimed at
children and reminiscent of classic
carnival rides, the attraction that has
parkgoers buzzing is the Electric Eel
roller coaster.
This coaster, which is the tallest and
fastest in San Diego County, opened
in May, inviting guests to experience
what it’s like to twist and flip like an
eel swimming through the ocean.
Accelerating to more than 60 mph
in mere seconds, this new thrill ride
electrifies riders with multiple launch
experiences throughout the course of
the ride, a height of nearly 150 feet
and a 360-degree heartline roll that
comprises elevation changes to keep
the riders’ hearts at roughly the same
height throughout the ride. As part
of the same expansion, the park also
commenced Mission: Deep Discovery,
a virtual adventure that has teams of
one to four people explore the deep
ocean. The excitement doesn’t end
there, either, as a moray eel exhibit is
located nearby, offering large windows
perfect for viewing the animals in their
underwater habitat.
While the opening of its third
roller coaster is a big deal, Electric Eel
is not the only enhancement to the
park. Though SeaWorld San Diego
is already home to the Sesame Street
Bay of Play, this slew of educational