It’s been two weeks since I’ve been to Six Flags Magic Mountain and the Twisted Colossus build is really picking up steam(punk) now. These pictures were taken on Sunday, March 1st.

The entire first turn around, including the brand new High 5 element, has been completed. This is a very twisted section of track and is a far cry from the slow, lumbering turnaround that used to exist here:

This is the first High 5 coaster element in the entire Western Hemisphere:

If you’re not familiar with a High 5, the tracks roll into a 90 degree bank on their sides, facing each other. If the trains are properly lined up, it gives the illusion that the riders in each train can stretch their hands out and “High 5” the riders in the other train:

It took a lot of reinforcing steel to support the High 5 element:

I love this next photo. It gives an optical illusion that one section of blue track is crossing underneath the High 5 element:

Some very long pieces of lumber were needed to help tie the new High 5 steel supports into part of the original structure that had been cut away:

From the side you can see that both tracks exit the High 5 and rise up slightly. The blue track dives down low while the green track continues on a bit higher:

From a slightly different angle, the two tracks appear to parallel each other:

From the front, it’s easier to see the blue track diving down low and the green track continues to rise up a bit:

The green track will be entering the Double Down element on this drop, crossing over the top of the blue track in the process:

There is a lot of special steel supports needed to keep all that heavy track in place:

Here’s a better shot of the steel supports needed to secure the track:

The green track didn’t go much higher before starting its drop as well:

Several of the supports for the Double Down element have already been placed:

Here you can see the steel chains used to hold the track in place until they can properly secure it to the supports and the next section of track:

There’s lots of new, white wood stacked up out front. As they start to lay track on this side of the structure, this wood will be used to build over and around the track for the new elements like the Top Gun Stall and the Zero G Roll:

There’s also a lot of new steel track pieces ready to be installed:

More track pieces ready to go down:

And even more track pieces ready to go down:

I find it interesting that the old crow’s nest from the lift hill has been preserved. I have no idea what they could use it for, but it’s still in one piece:

That’s it for this week’s Twisted Colossus construction update. What do you think? Are you getting excited to ride it yet?

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