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From The Movie District themed area at Magic Mountain, you can proceed with your circle tour of the park, which takes you ahead to Cyclone Bay. Or, you can climb the mountain in the middle of the park, detouring to the Samurai Summit themed area.
For now, let's say that you've chosen to climb to Samurai Summit. Good choice! Why? Because Samurai Summit is now heavily under construction (with a new ride coming for summer 2006!) All paths onto the hill have been closed, except ONE, the path near The Movie District's Goldrusher mine train ride. In fact, it appears that the Samurai Summit's name might be changed when the new ride opens. That's not "for sure," but the oriental gardens have been removed, and if the theme will remain the same, then why did they remove them? The Sky Tower is closed. (That's the tall tower you saw back in my "Six Flags Plaza" photos, and which you'll also see in the photos below. It housed a slow, elevator-to-the-top ride and provided stunning view opportunities.) It's still standing, though, and, personally, I hope it's not torn down. It's such a landmark--a building that just SHOUTS, "You're at Magic Mountain now!"
Two rides DO remain open on the summit, "Superman the Escape" and the "Ninja" roller coaster. Superman the Escape is a HUGE 41-story tower that's a whopping 415 feet tall! It's ridden in a 15-passenger car that shoots out from the base station, going from 0 to 100mph in just 7 seconds! The ride ascends the tower, hangs at the top briefly, and then drops back down to the ground way below, giving riders a feeling of weightlessness. Confession time: I've never had the nerve to try this ride: it's just TOO tall and TOO scary-looking! But, there is a tamer, but not TOO tame, coaster at Samurai Summit, and that's the Ninja. It's a suspended coaster (the passengers ride BELOW the track) that travels at speeds up to 55mph. I thought it was a fun ride. It was thrilling without making me feel like death was an imminent possibility!
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