Goliath • Six Flags Magic Mountain

Intensity

Goliath was not a pleasant experience for me. The first half (before the mid-course break run) is OK, nothing amazing or exceptional though. But the second part is way too intense. I greyed out almost the entire time, and I was not particularly dehydrated or tired that day (and it was in the morning…). And they almost completely stop the train in the MCBR… I didn't had a lot of fun on this coaster, in my opinion its layout is just poorly designed.

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Goliath is a little overhated. It pulls some nice forces at the bottom of the first drop and the downwards helix. The closer to the front of the train you sit the more floater you'll get over the camelback. It's still a very smooth ride, and the restraints are the most comfortable in the whole park. Of course we all wish it was more of an airtime packed hyper and that first drop was steeper but things could be worse.

Intensity Smoothness Dead spots

I thought Goliath was fine. Not the worst hyper I've ever ridden, but not the best. The helices pull some amaing forces, but that requires the mid-course brake run to kick in pretty good. It wasn't kicking as hard as I've seen in some videos when I went though.

Intensity Airtimes

This was my first hyper, and I rode this for the first time before I knew about B&M hypers. I did, and still enjoy this ride, because it has many fun factors too it. The drop is both great and disappointing. Any drop that is that tall is always a good time, but it's not very steep so you do not get any airtime. The turnaround is a dead moment, and it goes into an "airtime" hill with mild floater at best. Then the MCBR grinds you to a complete halt, but I think that is for the best because of what comes after. The twister sections after the MCBR is very intense, and I gray-out every time. If the MCBR didn't slow you down, I would probably pass out every time. If I could change a couple things, I would make the drop steeper and change the layout to put a little more focus on good airtime hills. It is still a solid ride, however.

ファーストの底でえらいプラスGがかかったのを覚えています・

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This is the first hyper that I've been on, (besides Manhattan Express, but I don't count that one), and I have to say, it was great! But from what I have heard, it is definitely not the best of the bunch. It did have some dead spots in there and the mid-course break run wasted all of the momentum that the coaster originally had.

Lap Bar Intensity Dead spots

The ride is pretty fun, but the awful mid-course brake run almost ruins it. If it wasn't for the awesome downward helix and the wonderful G-force it provides, the ride would definitely be a lot more forgettable.

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First drop is fun, but other than that you only get one moment of floater airtime. It feels like all the speed and energy is wasted on big turns - one of those rides that gets you all psyched because of the drop, but as soon as you get to the bottom of it the rest of the ride is pretty boring.

It's hard to image a 250ft coaster being dull, but somehow SFMM managed it with this one! We've been spoiled by so many other, better hypercoasters. The MCB grinds the ride to almost a complete halt, taking a lot of the G out of the "fabled" helix. The drops aren't especially steep, airtime is limited due to use of straight-track rather than parabolas (think Blackpool's Big One), and the boxy-trains by todays standards don't expose you anywhere near the same as Intamin or B&M efforts.

Smoothness Disappointing!

Where is the "Intense" in the pros? This thing pulls some great positive Gs.

Comfort Intensity Disappointing! Airtimes Dead spots

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First Drop Nice surprise! Fun

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