Despite my Single Rider Sickness I was still happy to meet up with a few friends at Magic Mountain.

Taz has apparently been livin’ large at Magic Mountain. Note the double chin and cellulite forming around his legs in the photo to the left. Oddly, I was never a big fan of the Tazmanian Devil in the cartoons, but he’s one of my favorite characters to visit in the parks.

Similarly, I never really thought of Sylvester The Cat as much of a big star, yet he always seems to be wandering the parks, ready for a photo opp. Perhaps that’s the secret to his lack of super-stardom – too much time in the parks and not enough time in the studios making quality cartoons. Hmmm…

Perhaps that could explain why one so seldom sees Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck (clearly the two Loony Tunes giants) out pressing the flesh.

Photos #023 & #024

I actually was feeling pretty bad when this photo was taken on Magic Mountain’s Fourth Dimension roller coaster, X. You can read all about why I felt sick (and why I was alone) in my blog post about it – Single Rider Sickness at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Long story short – Zaira was being a brat so wasn’t allowed to go and I got extremely sick while there.

But its not actually fatigue that has me holding me head like that. I’m just trying to hold my glasses on.

The only reason I went to the park without Z was because X was about to close for a $10 million overhaul which would change out the cars as well as add numerous special effects to the track, and see it renamed as X2. Some people consider this a separate ride, others do not. But when I learned about the revamp there were only three operating days left for X and I had to get while the getting was good.

Photo #022