Incrediblecoasters

X2 Review

We're here at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Today's ride we'll be reviewing for you is the redone X2!!! X was awsome and X2 is even better!!! First you climb into the seats and lock yourself in. The temptation just keeps building and building as the speakers keep playing a voice that simply repeats "X2! X2! X2!" in a creepy voice. Finally, after that anticipation, the seats rotate into position and away you go! As you go around the turnaround, you hear Frank Sinatra's "It had to be you." Which for first time riders, brings fear to their souls. (It just made me laugh at those people.) Then you listen to "Enter Sandman" by Metallica as you climb up the lifthill. For the general public, this is hell. Finally, as you slowly crest the lifthill, you know the moment is here. You're about to drop. Then you here Aerosmith singing "Going Down" from love in an elevator as you do that fantastic backflip down that first drop. As you you fall, you are simply in a state of bliss. After that crazy first drop, all you can think is "That was much better than Millenium Force's first drop. And the operators were actually nice to me on X2, so that gives it bonus points." After that amazing first drop, you soar up into the first raven turn. At the top of the raven turn it's a nice view, but then you drop down a second time. While it's not nearly as awsome as the first drop, the second drop out of the raven turn is still alot of fun. Then you flip up into a bunny hop. When you go up, you flip 360 degrees, which is awsome and after that flip, you get some airtime as you flip back rightside up before heading for the turnaround. The turnaround is nothing special, but at least you have the Music of Beastie Boys to keep you company for those 3 seconds of non-insanity. but then you get a little more airtime as you drop back down a little bit. But the insanity is just going to grow and grow. The Half Half is weird, but strangely cool. But things arn't going to be cool for very long. After the confusion of the half half, there's nothing you wake you up and a nice serving of FIRE!!!!!! FIRE, FIRE, LOTS AND LOTS OF FIRE!!!!!!!!! It's all in your face blinding you for a few seconds. Once the fire has cleared up, you just realize you are about to dive into the second raven turn of death!!! With no time to see it coming, you just lunge out of your seat and down into the fog . While you don't get airtime on it, your ass is definitely out of your seat on it. Then you flip back to normal as you glide into the brake run. Then all you can say is, "Wow." You want to rush back in line and ride it again, but sadly, the line is now 2 hours long. I would HIGHLY recommend riding this ride as this ride is BADASS!!!!! Get here at park opening, then run like hell to X2!! Don't walk, cause the line will be 2 hours by the time you get there!!!! It's worth it.

10/10

Location: Six Flags Magic Mountain

Opened: X opened in 2002, X was remodeled into X2 in 2008.

Built by: Arrow/S&S Power

Last Ridden: December 27, 2011

Click here to see an X Raw Footage Video. (This was before it became X2.)