Despite the rain today, I ventured over to Six Flags Magic Mountain to get a quick update on the Twisted Colossus construction. After this weekend, the park will be back to its weekends-only off-season schedule, and since I’m going to be at Disneyland tomorrow, I had to do it today. That’s necessarily a bad thing though, because the park was pretty dead, so it was an easy in and out.

The first thing I heard when I got out of my car was some hammering on metal. I looked up and was surprised to see some guys working on the track in the rain:

They were working on the blue track on the first drop:

Some more new track has been added since my last update. The green track has been extended from the bottom of the first drop and now has a small airtime hill just like the blue track has:

Both tracks now come down the first drop and get a quick pop of airtime before heading up the second hill:

After the small hill, both tracks start heading up the second hill:

From a distance, you can now get a better sense of the track heading up the second hill, and the short dip right afterwards, before getting to new “High 5” element on what used to be the boring first turnaround:

It looks like most of the steel supports have been placed on that second hill and are just awaiting more track to arrive so it can be placed:

Here’s a closer shot of where the track ends as of today:

Another shot of the steel cross supports awaiting new track on the second hill:

If you look really close at those steel supports at the very top, you can already see where they are starting to angle to make a banked turn:

If you consider the difference in height from the top of the lift hill to the second hill, I think it’s safe to assume that the trains are going to have some serious speed and will be haulin’ butt as they make their way through the rest of the circuit:

Nothing to show on the inside of the park, as the construction wall is up and is quite high. I’m hearing that they are already tearing up the midway and planter boxes in this area, starting the transformation into the new Screampunk District:

Back out front, you can see where the old track has been removed from the last turnaround and what is still there. I’m hearing that much of the old track will remain throughout this area as it is needed for structural integrity:

As I was returning to my car, the two construction workers were still working on the first drop track, however, they moved over and were now working on the green track:

This is where they were working on the track at:

This made me laugh. I was standing in the pouring rain, holding an umbrella, and taking pictures. When I zoomed in on this tag, I realized it said “Warning: Hot work in progress, watch for fire!” I wasn’t laughing because it was silly, as I think safety should always be the top priority. I just made me giggle because I was struggling to read what it said while standing in the rain:

With so much of the old structure gone, but so many footers remaining, it’s pretty easy to see where some of the old track used to run. That is the roof of the station in the background, and you can see the green track elevated in the middle as it returns to the station:

That’s it for this week’s Twisted Colossus construction update. I’ll be sure to post another one next week.

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