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The Gold Rusher Rollercoaster - American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

With one last pop of airtime Gold Rusher sends you into the brake run.  Don't worry you can be like me and if there is no one in line for your seat Six Flags will let you stay on.  Like Ninja I lost count somewhere after my 40th lap.

 The Riddlers Revenge Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

Across the way from Gold Rusher is one of the few stand up coasters by Bolliger & Mabillard that probably won't be turned into a floorless coaster; like so many other stand up coasters of recent, as the park already has one.

The Riddlers Revenge Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

I do have to admit if you filled a park with all of the different styles of steel coasters like mine trains, looping coasters, floorless, flying, 4D, hyper, giga, strata, launched, family, inverted, suspended the standing coaster would probably he near the bottom of the list as to the order that I ride them.

The Riddlers Revenge rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

Riddler's Revenge is a fun looping coaster with six inversions.  When it originally opened the coaster was wrapped around Six Flags Magic Mountain's first generation Intamin freefall ride.  One of Riddler's final corkscrews looped right over Freefall's brake run.

The Riddlers Revenge Rollercoaster - The American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Con 42 at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California

Sitting down to write this going through my mind wondering which of the stand up coasters that I have experienced is the best.  I'm torn a bit between Riddler's Revenge and the Georgia Scorcher.  Both of those were the last stand up coasters designed by Bolliger & Mabillard so we may just end up with a tie.



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