Taylor, as a person who frequents Cedar Point, I must say that you need to make the seat belt as tight as possible without pushing the bar down further than it needs to be.
You push the bars down until you're secure with room and of course you belt in properly. then push your legs against the bar hard so the ride op cant staple you. Isn't this a known thing among coaster people?
@@stompingpeak2043When I went on el toro, I just sat still and got stapled by the ride op and genuinely hated the ride because of it, but when I rerode it later that day, I pushed my legs a bit higher so the guy couldn't push the restraint down as much and that instantly became my favourite coaster.
I think the roughness adds to the fun of it to be honest. You can never really go onto an older ride and expect it to be smooth. Magnum is a classic and I have fun with it. If you are more used to the newer, smoother rides like Millennium and Gatekeeper, then you will probably not enjoy this ride. If you are into the bumps and shakes a wooden coaster can give you, then you will like Magnum. I love smooth rides, but I love the classic "bump you around" rides too. Also a note to new riders or people who don't like to be "beaten up" by rides. Ride in the first car. The first car is a whole different experience from the last one (that's typical on pretty much any ride). Magnum is a bit more gentle in the first car. You may get the bumps and roughness, but you don't get popped up and down and whipped around like in the last car. So ride in front unless you want bruises and whiplash.
Generally speaking, if your're younger than Magnum XL-200, you don't get Magnum XL-200. It's may not be the best steel roller coaster out there anymore, but it's definitely still my favorite.
Park Connoisseur Magnum is all about the ejector air time and it has such a different experience than coasters today. to this day its in my top 5 favorite coasters and I'm only 15. It's because I love the air time. coasters don't have to be smooth to be good, often the more shaky ones like magnum are better
Park Connoisseur Exactly what I was gonna say. If you are younger and grew up with all the crazy stuff that started coming out in the mid 90's and on, then the Magnum prob won't do much for you. I remember all of the hype the year it opened, and I waited almost 2 hours to get on it. Before that, the Gemini was the biggest ride in the park. Everyone had the feeling of conquering the Magnum after riding it, and I believe that was actually the slogan at the time. It was much smoother during the first few years, but I still usually head straight to the Magnum first when I walk into the park.
This is a really ridiculous statement. So are you saying that you can't give a ride an honest review because it was built in 1947? 1950? What about the corkscrew? That was the first ride to have three inversions and the second to have an inversion period. That's a rough ride too, but I don't see people jumping to defend that Ride. It was revolutionary for its time, wasnt it? The point is the quality of rides need to be assessed on how they are today, not 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago. It doesn't the can't appreciate the history of it. You can say a ride is rough and unridable while still pointing out that it was one of the best of its time
+BB 5 bucks This is the main reason I like this ride. It's a good coaster (although largely overshadowed by Cedar Point's lineup) with a short line (if any, I've been when it was a walk-on). At almost any other park it would be the #1 coaster there, but at Cedar Point it's rougher than anything except a few others (**cough** Mean Streak **cough**).
From the park that brought you world class coasters like Maverik, Millenium Force, and Raptor. And Arrow Dynamics comes the coaster you either love, or you hate. It started the coaster wars......wait, what? IT DIDN'T? (cut to a pic of Bandit at Yamiorland in Japan). OK, so the coaster that was the first ever hyper (cut to a pic of the now defunct 70 metre shuttle coaster at Fuji Q Hilands). Geez Japan, what is it with having all these coasters that beat Magnum? OK, so it's still the first ever full circut hyper, right? OK. Expierience the first ever full circut hyper that created the scariest creature in the coaster community, the Cedar Point fanboy (show clips of them defending CP to all extreme measures).
+rollercoasterfan2000 *From the park with World Class rides which wouldn't be world class if people weren't blinded by the fact they are in Cedar Point (cough Millenium Force cough)
This is a classic ride! One of my favorites at Cedar Park which is my home park. It’s historic as well and helped break barriers down. Without Magnum there would be no 300 or 400 foot roller coasters. This was built in 1989. Of course it will have some roughness but the view on this ride is amazing. The beach looks amazing! The Magnum is an oldie but a goodie! Ride it again next season!
I think everyone's opinion will depend a lot on how old they are. My first trip to CP was in late August of 88 when the only coasters were Blue Streak, Mine Ride, Corkscrew, Wildcat, Gemini, and Iron Dragon. there were no lines, and I had the time of my life. We went back at the same time the next year, and we had no clue they had added Magnum. There was no internet, no twitter, no nothing. I was an 8 year old kid who was playing baseball all summer. Nothing has even come close to the feeling of seeing Magnum for the first time. We could see it driving up, it was 2 very tall red hills. I asked my dad what that was because I didn't remember seeing it last time. He said it was a new ride. I was like, what does it do? He said it was a roller coaster. And right at that point all the feelings started to kick in: the anxiety, the excitement, the fear, and all these other emotions that made it difficult to walk and talk. And then to finally ride it and have it shatter all your expectations. That's what this ride means to me. Back then I would have given it an infinite number out of 10. Now I give it a 9. But someone who goes to CP for the first time this year, or someone who is 25 and has been on coasters all over the country or even the midwest won't think this is all that special and I can totally understand their point of view when they give it a 6. I also think that because I have been going to CP for so long that maybe I am used to the "roughness" of the older rides. because I still feel that Magnum is smooth, and the lap bars have never bothered me. This year I took my dad to CP for father's day. He hadn't been in like 20 years and he didn't like the B & M's all that much. He did love MF and Maverick. So we went on those countess times and we went on Magnum 10 times, Gemini 8 times, and Mean Streak 6 or 7 times.
I know exactly what you mean. I had that same feeling in 1992 when we pulled into Cedar Point with my family. I was 9.... my brother, sister and I were just astonished, scared, and excited. WHAT IS THAT!?!?!?!
agreed. but maybe its an age thing? im 34 and remember the days before Intamin and B&M coasters. Magnum was considered smooth! so i dont expect every ride to be smooth like Millenium Force.
You may find this strange, but this is the main reason for me wanting to go to Cedar Point! This coaster is the inspiration behind the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (our favourite park), and without Magnum XL 200, we'd have no Big One in Blackpool (that sounds dodgy right?!)! Thanks for the review and footage, will be riding this with a very open mind but it's a firmly a bucket list coaster for me and to say I have finally ridden it will make me very, very happy.
I love this ride, i don't think it's rough at all! The slow lifthill is amazing because, you get a great view of Lake Erie. The ending hills also provide some of the best airtime in the park. This is my second favorite in the park right behind Maverick.
This coaster is a classic that I can't get enough of. The reason the line is shorter is only because of the newer taller crazier coasters at Cedar Point. I give it a 10. 🎢
I rode magnum for the first time last week and I really liked it I got so much air time where I sat and it went so much faster than I though it was going to go.
Never understood the hate for this ride. Rode it twice in a row after a rough rain on 7/19 and didn't find it too rough. And got some good ejector on the hills in the second half. For 1989, it's pretty insane. This came 2 days after a King's Island visit. As much as I love The Beast, I can never understand how someone could fault this coaster for being rough but call that ride smooth.
This is a magnificent coaster, worthy of the ACE plaque at the entrance. My daughter and I had a lot of laps on Magnum this year, usually in row 17. Magnum is a must ride every time we set foot in the park. In 2019, it was the only coaster we rode every visit. My daughter ranks Magnum SOLIDLY in her top three. We only have weekend day trips to work with for our coaster trips, but we still strapped into 57 different coasters (so far) in 2019. Magnum is pretty high on my list too. The view, the wonderful sound of an Arrow lift hill, the second hill after the first tunnel, left seat going thru the pretzel, the occasional drastic temperature difference inside the first tunnel after the pretzel. There’s many little things I’ve come to love about Magnum in 30 years that just make it special.
This is the opposite of what you would normally do on a coaster, but the trick tor receiving a pain free ride on Magum is to tighten the seat belt as much as possible, seriously... tighten the crap out of it. This prevents you from slamming into the lap bar so violently and makes a ride that I previously didn't care for a pretty great experience.
I was a kid when this ride opened in (1989?) The line wait was 3-hrs - to go up a steep climb into infinity - then STILL climbing until...the drop down made Soak City look the size of a quarter. My teeth eyes and stomach went into my butt as we entered the 1st tunnel. I did not ride again!
My daughter and I got 7 rides on Magnum in under an hour today. Yes, it is more rough than a modern steel.....but Magnum was hand welded and fabricated on site. The restraints are admittedly terrible and the ejector moments can be painful. Don’t get stapled and don’t ride a wheel seat. I love a loose bar on this ride. I have been riding this coaster for many years and I have developed a fondness to it quirks. My daughter (age 10) has been riding it with me for four years now and also enjoys it. She was excited about it being a walk on today. I know Magnum has its detractors, but it’s a ACE landmark for a reason. I don’t mind the roughness, but I do wish that Cedar Point could retrofit more modern restraints. Ride on. 👍
I thought the ride was awesome. My favorite part was the bunny hills and the air time and the sharp hills. Yeah it hurt a little but totally worth it. I would give this ride a 8.
Had my first trip to Cedar Point last weekend and this ride completely blew away my expectations. The ejector pops at the end were incredible, and having grown up riding the Beast it's hard to be bothered by a little roughness. I honestly would call it my #3 at the park after SV and Millennium. We did unintentionally get a night ride on it, though, and I snagged the magic car 1, row 3 seat, so these might be factors.
I know at the end of this video you mention that you took in to account the age of the ride but honestly it really comes off on your reviews of older non-computer designed rides that you don't give them the credit they deserve for the era they were built in. You seriously need to take a giant step back and think about it! You CANNOT give an honest review of rides that were built about 10 years before you were even born and try to compare them to ones made just a few years ago. Like trying to compare a top of the line car from 1980 to a bottom of the line car built in 2010. There is simply no way to even begin to compare the 2 fairly. The 2010 car even though it is the WORST EVER for 2010 is still WAY BETTER than one built in 1980. This coaster deserves a 10 for most of the categories you are rating if it was simply based on others built at or around the same time. To compare it to a modern coaster in any way is a faulty review.
Amen. This was a groundbreaking ride in 1989. The smoother designs by B&M, Intamin, and Morgan were still a few years away. The first time I rode this... it was the smoothest rollercoaster in the park!
Don’t you understand the problem with your logic? You’re simply reviewing it off nostalgia. While Taylor is being as objective as possible. It only matters if it’s a good ride TODAY.
Magnum has the best drop because of how slow you go over the top. On millenium you only feel the drop if you are in the front. Dragster you don't feel a drop at all because you basically just fly over the top and it has the twist.
When I rode this ride, sure it was a little rough, but I was filled with way too much excitement and adrenaline to even think about that. Come to think of it, Magnum was my very first hyper coaster ever. So what I'm saying is, despite the roughness, I really enjoyed it. What a heck of a ride.
I LOVE this ride!!!! If you want a great ride, then lightly tighten the lap bar as possible. All the pain goes away on the airtime hills. It might be a bumpy ride, but that gives the ride its character. It seems like it has a lot more personality then newer coasters. Also, I got airtime on every hill but the second hill. Magnum XL-200 has some of the BEST airtime I've ever gotten on a roller coaster. On B&M Hypers, I don't really feel like I'm coming up out of my seat, but on Magnum, I go FLYING.
Frankly whenever I finally get to Cedar Point (not easy living in Italy) I'd probably ride this first for its heritage, and the zero queue time, then MF right after to see how far coasters evolved in just 10 years. To "fix" Magnum XL 200's roughness and make it as exciting as it was the day it opened, I'd fit new, custom tailored smooth-as-a-supermodel's-ass floorless trains (probably by B&M) which instead of lame shoulder restraints would have soft, cushioned Y belts with computer controlled "give" in the mechanism for airtime thrills. Lure riders in by mounting a Ferrari 308 on a Magnum XL 200 plinth on Midway, and give the queue and station a complete "80s nostalgia" makeover, with Magnum P.I props, 80s hits (have music on the long as Hell lift hill and long post-brake run too) and lots of neon lighting. And 80s hair for the ride attendants
I've been following the channel for several months now, and enjoy your reviews. Keep up the fine work you're doing and I look forward to the almost always daily video at Coaster Studios.You touched on it's age in the video, and I classify Magnum more as a classic ride. I first rode this in '93 and was digging a re-ride when I returned to CP this past summer. It's as fun as I remembered, and I didn't notice that much of difference in the bumpiness department. Then again, it was 22 years between rides. FWIW, It's sort of funny for me to see that many of the coasters I loved as a teen are criticized for being rough today. To be fair, when compared to newer coasters, Magnum is pretty rough!
Also the key to Magnum is keep the belt tight but bar loose. Ya feel the air but with less knee smashing. Now I like a rough ride, I wont lie sometimes I do like to let myself fly. Yeah you are flying into the restraints and it hurts a bit but what can I say I like it.
It's a fair review. This ride became optional in 2000 when they built Millennium. The slow lift hill is part of its charm, but the rough airtime is not.
When I went in May (on a weekday, before school got out, and when it was cloudy) I only waited for the duration of 1 dispatch. It could have been a walk on if i settled on middle-back rows. Overall, Magnum was my first hyper coaster, was good in 2010, and just deteriorated over the last 5 years.
Although it often gets shaky after the first two hills, this ride always has a short line, and is consistently fun. One of the best night rides at CP too after Valravn and Millennium, because of the tunnels. I definitely like this coaster quite a bit.
Taylor, I think the main reason why this coaster gets such a good rep was not only was it a record breaker, but it has also been regarded as the coaster that sparked the beginning of the coaster wars.
+coaster studios you have to ride magnum xl200 with the lap bar about 1-2 clicks off that way its not too tight and you feel the airtime hills the most plus its not painfull
I like it. 7/10. It is rough, though tolerable in my book guess it all depends on the personal threshold. It does have intense airtime, the restraints do suck. It's a one time per visit ride for me but I like it. I try my best to keep space with the harness
Moonsault scramble was a shuttle coaster, not a full circuit and the definition of "hyper coaster" says it must be a full circuit. It's the same thing as superman at magic mountain and TTD. Superman was the first coaster over 400 ft and opened before TTD, but was not the first strata coaster, TTD was.
I went today and I dont know if I rode if i rode it on a perfect day but I found this ride pretty smooth. The bunny hills however did hurt just a little but not as much as people say.
Now that I have finally visited Cedar Point, I do agree that the lap bars make the airtime more uncomfortable because it really hurt my legs when they kept getting bumped into the lap bars. The smoothest isn’t too great either, but the main issue is that it is painful with how my legs always seem to hit the restraints. I am skinny btw.
Hi Taylor, thank you for your reviews, notably of Magnum at Cedar Point. I wondered if anyone else had complained at how rough of a ride it is. Nearly to the point of getting hurt! One would hope Cedar Point would rehab it, at least as far as the restraints go.
Im gonna love Magnum from afar from now on. It wasn't super rough until the second half where I got brusies from the restraints and the bunny hills. Sooooo painful, it was cool at first but 1/4 of the way through the bunny hills I was cringing and trying to figure out ways to stop the pain, it sucked but I least I got the credit lol
I would have given Magnum XL 200 a 4 to be honest. It wasn’t the worst coaster I have been on, but it did hurt my legs pretty bad so I rank it just below average. I wasn’t expecting it to be as bad as it was because I had heard so many great things about it. Out of all of the roller coasters at Cedar Point, this and Gatekeeper were the biggest let downs. I mention Gatekeeper because I was expecting to have a super good ride, but it just wasn’t as intense as I thought. It was still fun, but didn’t bring the intensity I wanted which I realize is a problem with a lot of wing coasters. Out of the 12 roller coasters I rode at Cedar Point Magnum ranked towards the bottom for me. Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Top Thrill Dragster and Maverick were incredible. The only problem with Maverick is it is harder to re ride it because it hurts my neck after awhile, but it is still a great ride.
This coaster is one of my favorites because new Hyper coasters don't have ejector air time, they have bad floaters. Now there are quite a few amazing new Hypers out there, but the small hills are amazing because your not locked under a tight lap bar. also this ride gives a great different experience, I like shaky and kind of bumpy coasters like this because it changes the ride in a great way. smooth coasters are good for inversions and steep drops and other "fancy" elements. older coasters is all about the air time. This coasters gives the air time.
When it was built it was great, but that was 1989, this coaster was all bent by hand, no computers which is why it’s rough, now we are in 2020. 31 years, of course it’s going to get rough. It was the first coaster to go over 200 ft. Yes the lap bars suck but that is what Arrow used unless it went upside down, in that case it got OTSR. Arrow isn’t know for their smoothness.
Magnum is almost always broken down... when i was in line for it last season I was talking to one of the operators and he said it has broken down 4 times that day for at least 45 minutes. It was only like 3 pm though. So i stayed in line hoping it would be fixed and after about 30 minutes they made everyone leave the line so they could shut it down for the rest of the day.
They can't, unlike Steel Dragon the wheel assembly for Magnum is on the inside of the track instead of the outside. Chance could come in though and put Lightning Runs trains on.
Magnum is inconsistant, i went to cedar point 10 times and counting. if you were in a full train on a busy day, than your experiance is more painful. If there is no one in line and your the only person on the train, you actually get airtime and it is painless
hey Taylor your videos are the coolest during the park walkthroughs you should talk about the rides a little and give some facts the ride that would be cool just a suggestion
You need to know how to work the lap bars. Always leave it a click up and hold it up with you legs. If you follow these steps, that return trip is the best on any coaster.
Thank you for bring up the lap bars hurting your legs on those airtime hills at the end. They hurt my thighs really bad and it gets worse every yr. It's getting to the point where I'm thinking I should start avoiding this ride.
Me and my cousin rode it on our first trip to Cedar Point on Tuesday 7/17/18. We did not like it at all, it was shaky, rough, and painful. Thankfully, we knew to skip it entirely on our second day, Wednesday the 18th. But yea, Magnum was a complete dud for us. We both gave it a 1 out of 10.
piece of advice, slouch a bit and the lap bar doesn't rest on your thighs. Much less painful. Also the first airtime hill inst meant to have airtime, (although front row as a ridiculous pop) its meant to be tall and give a chance to take in the view. It does get some decent lines with only two trains(hour, hour and a half) but with three trains it has the highest capacity in the park.
Definitely think it's overrated, but still like it. It can be pretty brutal, though. One year, I got an unusually smooth night ride, one of the last rides of the night, and there were no trims. Definitely the best ride experience I've had on magnum.
Couldn't they get B&M to retrofit the ride with new cars? It worked for Steel Dragon 2000, it could work here. That would not only take care of the bumpiness, but also give the ride a more open feel.
This was the first ride I rode. I was 7 and 46 inches. my dad told me to stand up on my tip toes. I was about to fall off the ride. But I remember I got a ton of airtime.
I was very interested to see your review of this coaster. Everyone talks about this ride like it's one of the best hyper coasters. Heck, the Golden Ticket awards (corrupted and unreliable as they are) had Magnum XL 200 in the top 10 steel coasters in 2013. It was good to see a genuine review of this coaster. Great Video as always.
I thought I was the only on hurting from the lap bar restraint! Good to know I am not. I feel this ride needs a new train and eventually should be redone with a cable lift and a 500 ft hill. One can dream haha!
people don't ride it because it's rough and older, and when you have MF,ttd and b&ms in the park it gets forgotten. I still love it though, best ride in the park at sunset
Magnum XL... the most condom-sounding rollercoaster in the universe.
Nit Picker lol
Nit Picker that’s why I ride it so much...
It worked, it stopped my gf from getting pregnant
I never thought of that, I always thought of a type of gun when I hear Magnum XL 200.
@@Hehe-nt4oe I see what you did there
i think the roughness and the sorta painfull air time made this ride what it is
The airtime was kinda nice it’s in between the hills that is super rough and painful
@@gamergamer-uk9tv didnt find it to be painful at all. I mean Im smaller so yeah but I didn't experience any pain
@@devonchannell46 yeah I know what you mean I only found it rough and slightly painful because I have *thunder thighs*
I'm nine and it really doesn't hurt but if I ride it twice it hurts
Taylor quote of the year " they were given a park map, the should know where it is so its their fault
Taylor, as a person who frequents Cedar Point, I must say that you need to make the seat belt as tight as possible without pushing the bar down further than it needs to be.
You push the bars down until you're secure with room and of course you belt in properly. then push your legs against the bar hard so the ride op cant staple you. Isn't this a known thing among coaster people?
@@stompingpeak2043When I went on el toro, I just sat still and got stapled by the ride op and genuinely hated the ride because of it, but when I rerode it later that day, I pushed my legs a bit higher so the guy couldn't push the restraint down as much and that instantly became my favourite coaster.
I think the roughness adds to the fun of it to be honest. You can never really go onto an older ride and expect it to be smooth. Magnum is a classic and I have fun with it. If you are more used to the newer, smoother rides like Millennium and Gatekeeper, then you will probably not enjoy this ride. If you are into the bumps and shakes a wooden coaster can give you, then you will like Magnum. I love smooth rides, but I love the classic "bump you around" rides too.
Also a note to new riders or people who don't like to be "beaten up" by rides. Ride in the first car. The first car is a whole different experience from the last one (that's typical on pretty much any ride). Magnum is a bit more gentle in the first car. You may get the bumps and roughness, but you don't get popped up and down and whipped around like in the last car. So ride in front unless you want bruises and whiplash.
Janeil Nold Well said m8, you have a real "coaster enthusiast" taste.
Just avoid that third seat, that seat easily provides the most ejector airtime on this ride.
@@AdamSmith-gs2dv ejector air time is fun
So you have fun when your leg is hurting on the Air Time Hills
I sat in the 2nd car 3rd seat and I got so great air time half the ride i though I was going to fly out of my seat but it was super fun
In 1989 this ride melted faces... A classic. 10/10.
Generally speaking, if your're younger than Magnum XL-200, you don't get Magnum XL-200. It's may not be the best steel roller coaster out there anymore, but it's definitely still my favorite.
Park Connoisseur Magnum is all about the ejector air time and it has such a different experience than coasters today. to this day its in my top 5 favorite coasters and I'm only 15. It's because I love the air time. coasters don't have to be smooth to be good, often the more shaky ones like magnum are better
Park Connoisseur Exactly what I was gonna say. If you are younger and grew up with all the crazy stuff that started coming out in the mid 90's and on, then the Magnum prob won't do much for you. I remember all of the hype the year it opened, and I waited almost 2 hours to get on it. Before that, the Gemini was the biggest ride in the park. Everyone had the feeling of conquering the Magnum after riding it, and I believe that was actually the slogan at the time. It was much smoother during the first few years, but I still usually head straight to the Magnum first when I walk into the park.
I was born in 96 and love Magnum, easily my second favorite coaster at CP after Maverick.
This is a really ridiculous statement. So are you saying that you can't give a ride an honest review because it was built in 1947? 1950? What about the corkscrew? That was the first ride to have three inversions and the second to have an inversion period. That's a rough ride too, but I don't see people jumping to defend that Ride. It was revolutionary for its time, wasnt it? The point is the quality of rides need to be assessed on how they are today, not 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago. It doesn't the can't appreciate the history of it. You can say a ride is rough and unridable while still pointing out that it was one of the best of its time
hell its my 3rd favourite ride there
I had a 5 minute wait for this ride
One time no one was in line, so my family stayed buckled in and rode it 6 times in a row before the park closed😂
+BB 5 bucks This is the main reason I like this ride. It's a good coaster (although largely overshadowed by Cedar Point's lineup) with a short line (if any, I've been when it was a walk-on). At almost any other park it would be the #1 coaster there, but at Cedar Point it's rougher than anything except a few others (**cough** Mean Streak **cough**).
I had a walk on
BB 5 bucks I waited an hour for this...
It helps that this thing eats people when it runs three trains.
Do you agree that the vehicles look like storm trooper armor or something star warsy
I classify this and The Beast as a “Fun Rough”.
Indeed
I smell a parody
From the park that brought you world class coasters like Maverik, Millenium Force, and Raptor. And Arrow Dynamics comes the coaster you either love, or you hate. It started the coaster wars......wait, what? IT DIDN'T? (cut to a pic of Bandit at Yamiorland in Japan). OK, so the coaster that was the first ever hyper (cut to a pic of the now defunct 70 metre shuttle coaster at Fuji Q Hilands). Geez Japan, what is it with having all these coasters that beat Magnum? OK, so it's still the first ever full circut hyper, right? OK. Expierience the first ever full circut hyper that created the scariest creature in the coaster community, the Cedar Point fanboy (show clips of them defending CP to all extreme measures).
+rollercoasterfan2000 *From the park with World Class rides which wouldn't be world class if people weren't blinded by the fact they are in Cedar Point (cough Millenium Force cough)
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When I stayed at the Breakers last week I had this room where out the window you were able to see this coaster!!!
This is a classic ride! One of my favorites at Cedar Park which is my home park. It’s historic as well and helped break barriers down. Without Magnum there would be no 300 or 400 foot roller coasters. This was built in 1989. Of course it will have some roughness but the view on this ride is amazing. The beach looks amazing! The Magnum is an oldie but a goodie! Ride it again next season!
This ride delivers the strongest airtime I have ever experienced. However, the uncomfortable restraints and the rough ride really hurt this coaster.
I think everyone's opinion will depend a lot on how old they are. My first trip to CP was in late August of 88 when the only coasters were Blue Streak, Mine Ride, Corkscrew, Wildcat, Gemini, and Iron Dragon. there were no lines, and I had the time of my life. We went back at the same time the next year, and we had no clue they had added Magnum. There was no internet, no twitter, no nothing. I was an 8 year old kid who was playing baseball all summer.
Nothing has even come close to the feeling of seeing Magnum for the first time. We could see it driving up, it was 2 very tall red hills. I asked my dad what that was because I didn't remember seeing it last time. He said it was a new ride. I was like, what does it do? He said it was a roller coaster. And right at that point all the feelings started to kick in: the anxiety, the excitement, the fear, and all these other emotions that made it difficult to walk and talk. And then to finally ride it and have it shatter all your expectations. That's what this ride means to me. Back then I would have given it an infinite number out of 10. Now I give it a 9.
But someone who goes to CP for the first time this year, or someone who is 25 and has been on coasters all over the country or even the midwest won't think this is all that special and I can totally understand their point of view when they give it a 6.
I also think that because I have been going to CP for so long that maybe I am used to the "roughness" of the older rides. because I still feel that Magnum is smooth, and the lap bars have never bothered me. This year I took my dad to CP for father's day. He hadn't been in like 20 years and he didn't like the B & M's all that much. He did love MF and Maverick. So we went on those countess times and we went on Magnum 10 times, Gemini 8 times, and Mean Streak 6 or 7 times.
I know exactly what you mean. I had that same feeling in 1992 when we pulled into Cedar Point with my family. I was 9.... my brother, sister and I were just astonished, scared, and excited. WHAT IS THAT!?!?!?!
Am I the only roller coaster enthusiast who likes bumpy rides?
I don't mind bumpy rides. I don't find Magnum to be all that bumpy either, maybe I'm used to it?
agreed. but maybe its an age thing? im 34 and remember the days before Intamin and B&M coasters. Magnum was considered smooth! so i dont expect every ride to be smooth like Millenium Force.
No! I am the only person I know who actually enjoys Viper at SFMM. Yeah, I said it.
Nope
Obscure Creation YES
This crushed my thighs to the point that all of the final hills I yelled owwww!!!! every time
I went on it last Sunday and it was great, the ride was so fun and I really didn't mind the bumps and the airtime was amazing.
You may find this strange, but this is the main reason for me wanting to go to Cedar Point! This coaster is the inspiration behind the Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach (our favourite park), and without Magnum XL 200, we'd have no Big One in Blackpool (that sounds dodgy right?!)!
Thanks for the review and footage, will be riding this with a very open mind but it's a firmly a bucket list coaster for me and to say I have finally ridden it will make me very, very happy.
I disagree almost entirely
Riding an Arrow coaster is riding a piece of history. They won't be around forever. Enjoy them while you can.
When I was there, some person LITERALLY crapped themselves on Magnum!
You have to ride it in the dark, sight unseen and it is absolutely amazing!!!
I remember riding it the year it debuted, and OMG it was SCARY at the time. I will never forget that ride up the lift hill.
I love this ride, i don't think it's rough at all! The slow lifthill is amazing because, you get a great view of Lake Erie. The ending hills also provide some of the best airtime in the park. This is my second favorite in the park right behind Maverick.
I was at Cedar Point yesterday, and this coaster ad a 2 minute line. I went on it 3 times, and loved to each time.
This coaster is a classic that I can't get enough of. The reason the line is shorter is only because of the newer taller crazier coasters at Cedar Point. I give it a 10. 🎢
I rode magnum for the first time last week and I really liked it I got so much air time where I sat and it went so much faster than I though it was going to go.
Never understood the hate for this ride. Rode it twice in a row after a rough rain on 7/19 and didn't find it too rough. And got some good ejector on the hills in the second half. For 1989, it's pretty insane. This came 2 days after a King's Island visit. As much as I love The Beast, I can never understand how someone could fault this coaster for being rough but call that ride smooth.
This is a magnificent coaster, worthy of the ACE plaque at the entrance. My daughter and I had a lot of laps on Magnum this year, usually in row 17. Magnum is a must ride every time we set foot in the park. In 2019, it was the only coaster we rode every visit. My daughter ranks Magnum SOLIDLY in her top three. We only have weekend day trips to work with for our coaster trips, but we still strapped into 57 different coasters (so far) in 2019. Magnum is pretty high on my list too. The view, the wonderful sound of an Arrow lift hill, the second hill after the first tunnel, left seat going thru the pretzel, the occasional drastic temperature difference inside the first tunnel after the pretzel. There’s many little things I’ve come to love about Magnum in 30 years that just make it special.
This is the opposite of what you would normally do on a coaster, but the trick tor receiving a pain free ride on Magum is to tighten the seat belt as much as possible, seriously... tighten the crap out of it. This prevents you from slamming into the lap bar so violently and makes a ride that I previously didn't care for a pretty great experience.
William Mahony doesn't that prevent airtime though?
I was a kid when this ride opened in (1989?) The line wait was 3-hrs - to go up a steep climb into infinity - then STILL climbing until...the drop down made Soak City look the size of a quarter. My teeth eyes and stomach went into my butt as we entered the 1st tunnel. I did not ride again!
For me it’s a 10/10. I loved the bumpiness and airtime.
yeah the roughness and bumpiness doesnt bother me.
This was my first "big kid" coaster so it will always hold a special place in my heart
Same
My daughter and I got 7 rides on Magnum in under an hour today. Yes, it is more rough than a modern steel.....but Magnum was hand welded and fabricated on site. The restraints are admittedly terrible and the ejector moments can be painful. Don’t get stapled and don’t ride a wheel seat. I love a loose bar on this ride. I have been riding this coaster for many years and I have developed a fondness to it quirks. My daughter (age 10) has been riding it with me for four years now and also enjoys it. She was excited about it being a walk on today. I know Magnum has its detractors, but it’s a ACE landmark for a reason. I don’t mind the roughness, but I do wish that Cedar Point could retrofit more modern restraints. Ride on. 👍
I thought the ride was awesome. My favorite part was the bunny hills and the air time and the sharp hills. Yeah it hurt a little but totally worth it. I would give this ride a 8.
taylor this is a classic... you can't expect a speed demon roller coaster like the other
Had my first trip to Cedar Point last weekend and this ride completely blew away my expectations. The ejector pops at the end were incredible, and having grown up riding the Beast it's hard to be bothered by a little roughness. I honestly would call it my #3 at the park after SV and Millennium. We did unintentionally get a night ride on it, though, and I snagged the magic car 1, row 3 seat, so these might be factors.
My top 3 at CP is Maverick, SV, and then Magnum. I don’t let roughness ruin my fun. The beast is rough but I don’t let that ruin my fun. I loved it
I know at the end of this video you mention that you took in to account the age of the ride but honestly it really comes off on your reviews of older non-computer designed rides that you don't give them the credit they deserve for the era they were built in. You seriously need to take a giant step back and think about it! You CANNOT give an honest review of rides that were built about 10 years before you were even born and try to compare them to ones made just a few years ago. Like trying to compare a top of the line car from 1980 to a bottom of the line car built in 2010. There is simply no way to even begin to compare the 2 fairly. The 2010 car even though it is the WORST EVER for 2010 is still WAY BETTER than one built in 1980.
This coaster deserves a 10 for most of the categories you are rating if it was simply based on others built at or around the same time. To compare it to a modern coaster in any way is a faulty review.
Amen. This was a groundbreaking ride in 1989. The smoother designs by B&M, Intamin, and Morgan were still a few years away. The first time I rode this... it was the smoothest rollercoaster in the park!
dmaxsba Well said, u got the coaster enthusiast taste m8
dmaxsba His opinion, don't bash his opinion makes you look foolish
Don’t you understand the problem with your logic? You’re simply reviewing it off nostalgia. While Taylor is being as objective as possible. It only matters if it’s a good ride TODAY.
Comparing old coasters to new is exactly what a coaster review channel is for.
My parents used to say you could see Canada from the top on a clear day. You gotta understand that this coaster paved the way.
nearly jerky/bumpy this ride is the most bumpiest ride I've ever got on! when I got off my legs hurt very bad
Thank you!! Someone who shares my opinion on this ride
Magnum has the best drop because of how slow you go over the top. On millenium you only feel the drop if you are in the front. Dragster you don't feel a drop at all because you basically just fly over the top and it has the twist.
When I rode this ride, sure it was a little rough, but I was filled with way too much excitement and adrenaline to even think about that. Come to think of it, Magnum was my very first hyper coaster ever. So what I'm saying is, despite the roughness, I really enjoyed it. What a heck of a ride.
I LOVE this ride!!!! If you want a great ride, then lightly tighten the lap bar as possible. All the pain goes away on the airtime hills. It might be a bumpy ride, but that gives the ride its character. It seems like it has a lot more personality then newer coasters. Also, I got airtime on every hill but the second hill. Magnum XL-200 has some of the BEST airtime I've ever gotten on a roller coaster. On B&M Hypers, I don't really feel like I'm coming up out of my seat, but on Magnum, I go FLYING.
Frankly whenever I finally get to Cedar Point (not easy living in Italy) I'd probably ride this first for its heritage, and the zero queue time, then MF right after to see how far coasters evolved in just 10 years.
To "fix" Magnum XL 200's roughness and make it as exciting as it was the day it opened, I'd fit new, custom tailored smooth-as-a-supermodel's-ass floorless trains (probably by B&M) which instead of lame shoulder restraints would have soft, cushioned Y belts with computer controlled "give" in the mechanism for airtime thrills. Lure riders in by mounting a Ferrari 308 on a Magnum XL 200 plinth on Midway, and give the queue and station a complete "80s nostalgia" makeover, with Magnum P.I props, 80s hits (have music on the long as Hell lift hill and long post-brake run too) and lots of neon lighting.
And 80s hair for the ride attendants
I like your attention to detail.
I love the magnum have since i was a lil kid and it was the biggest baddest around. Still a must ride for me everytime
I thought it was actually really fun. I only got to ride it once though because the person I was with hated it.
I've been following the channel for several months now, and enjoy your reviews. Keep up the fine work you're doing and I look forward to the almost always daily video at Coaster Studios.You touched on it's age in the video, and I classify Magnum more as a classic ride. I first rode this in '93 and was digging a re-ride when I returned to CP this past summer. It's as fun as I remembered, and I didn't notice that much of difference in the bumpiness department. Then again, it was 22 years between rides. FWIW, It's sort of funny for me to see that many of the coasters I loved as a teen are criticized for being rough today. To be fair, when compared to newer coasters, Magnum is pretty rough!
Taylor plz do a re review. Just because a ride is rough doesn’t mean it sucks. Magnum absolutely slaps.
Magnum XL-200 should be your next Coaster Parody
Also the key to Magnum is keep the belt tight but bar loose. Ya feel the air but with less knee smashing. Now I like a rough ride, I wont lie sometimes I do like to let myself fly. Yeah you are flying into the restraints and it hurts a bit but what can I say I like it.
If you ride this, from my experience the back is the smoothest! I rode it twice the other day, and the middle was rougher!
The reason people like magnum is cuz it doesn’t give you a headache and it’s fun to try different rows on and the airtime is crazy
I love this coaster because it's just so 80s, the train the station it's all so 80s looking and I love it.
It's a fair review. This ride became optional in 2000 when they built Millennium. The slow lift hill is part of its charm, but the rough airtime is not.
When I went in May (on a weekday, before school got out, and when it was cloudy) I only waited for the duration of 1 dispatch. It could have been a walk on if i settled on middle-back rows. Overall, Magnum was my first hyper coaster, was good in 2010, and just deteriorated over the last 5 years.
Although it often gets shaky after the first two hills, this ride always has a short line, and is consistently fun. One of the best night rides at CP too after Valravn and Millennium, because of the tunnels. I definitely like this coaster quite a bit.
Coaster Studios, I love your videos and I watch them when I have time. Fantastic! What is best row for this coaster?
Thank you! 2nd to last row is the best.
Last car 1st or 2nd row. If you can handle the roughness the first car third row provides amazing ejector airtime.
Hands down my favorite roller coaster!!!
Taylor, I think the main reason why this coaster gets such a good rep was not only was it a record breaker, but it has also been regarded as the coaster that sparked the beginning of the coaster wars.
+coaster studios you have to ride magnum xl200 with the lap bar about 1-2 clicks off that way its not too tight and you feel the airtime hills the most plus its not painfull
I like it. 7/10. It is rough, though tolerable in my book guess it all depends on the personal threshold. It does have intense airtime, the restraints do suck. It's a one time per visit ride for me but I like it. I try my best to keep space with the harness
correction: Moonsault Scramble was the first hyper coaster. 229ft approximately
Moonsault scramble was a shuttle coaster, not a full circuit and the definition of "hyper coaster" says it must be a full circuit. It's the same thing as superman at magic mountain and TTD. Superman was the first coaster over 400 ft and opened before TTD, but was not the first strata coaster, TTD was.
It only went 56 MPH, so the trains probably never even reached 200'. Sad!
The bbq place next to Magnum is really good.
I went today and I dont know if I rode if i rode it on a perfect day but I found this ride pretty smooth. The bunny hills however did hurt just a little but not as much as people say.
It's not even a painful rough! It's a thrilling kind of bumpy!
Now that I have finally visited Cedar Point, I do agree that the lap bars make the airtime more uncomfortable because it really hurt my legs when they kept getting bumped into the lap bars. The smoothest isn’t too great either, but the main issue is that it is painful with how my legs always seem to hit the restraints. I am skinny btw.
Hi Taylor, thank you for your reviews, notably of Magnum at Cedar Point. I wondered if anyone else had complained at how rough of a ride it is. Nearly to the point of getting hurt! One would hope Cedar Point would rehab it, at least as far as the restraints go.
Im gonna love Magnum from afar from now on. It wasn't super rough until the second half where I got brusies from the restraints and the bunny hills. Sooooo painful, it was cool at first but 1/4 of the way through the bunny hills I was cringing and trying to figure out ways to stop the pain, it sucked but I least I got the credit lol
I would have given Magnum XL 200 a 4 to be honest. It wasn’t the worst coaster I have been on, but it did hurt my legs pretty bad so I rank it just below average. I wasn’t expecting it to be as bad as it was because I had heard so many great things about it. Out of all of the roller coasters at Cedar Point, this and Gatekeeper were the biggest let downs. I mention Gatekeeper because I was expecting to have a super good ride, but it just wasn’t as intense as I thought. It was still fun, but didn’t bring the intensity I wanted which I realize is a problem with a lot of wing coasters. Out of the 12 roller coasters I rode at Cedar Point Magnum ranked towards the bottom for me. Steel Vengeance, Millennium Force, Top Thrill Dragster and Maverick were incredible. The only problem with Maverick is it is harder to re ride it because it hurts my neck after awhile, but it is still a great ride.
I’ve only ridden it 3 times, granted the first time I was like six, I didn’t like it the first two and thought it was super fun the 3rd time.
This coaster is one of my favorites because new Hyper coasters don't have ejector air time, they have bad floaters. Now there are quite a few amazing new Hypers out there, but the small hills are amazing because your not locked under a tight lap bar. also this ride gives a great different experience, I like shaky and kind of bumpy coasters like this because it changes the ride in a great way. smooth coasters are good for inversions and steep drops and other "fancy" elements. older coasters is all about the air time. This coasters gives the air time.
I go to Cedar Point about 10-12 times a year and I completely agree with you
I didn't get to ride this or Maverick during my last trip to CP. They were both down :(
I love this ride so much!
I can't wait to see Cedar Point putting Magnum down (along with Corkscrew and Gemini). Can you imagine a massive Mack spinning coaster on that land?
You're a lunatic to suggest the removal of Gemini. Thank goodness you aren't in charge.
I had no wait for this... I went on a Friday and there were only about 5 people on the roller coaster the entire day. Weird.
When it was built it was great, but that was 1989, this coaster was all bent by hand, no computers which is why it’s rough, now we are in 2020. 31 years, of course it’s going to get rough. It was the first coaster to go over 200 ft. Yes the lap bars suck but that is what Arrow used unless it went upside down, in that case it got OTSR. Arrow isn’t know for their smoothness.
And that is kind of somethink I like about their rides. They are janky as hell, but that just kind of adds to the charm.
The only thing I dont like about the magnum is the restraints I could slip right out of my seat if I tried besides that it was a good ride
It has crazy air time but with that it was so painful I couldn't ride it again. I thought my train was coming off the track.
Magnum is almost always broken down... when i was in line for it last season I was talking to one of the operators and he said it has broken down 4 times that day for at least 45 minutes. It was only like 3 pm though. So i stayed in line hoping it would be fixed and after about 30 minutes they made everyone leave the line so they could shut it down for the rest of the day.
I'm hoping some day they get B&M trains like Steel Dragon.
Same.
They can't, unlike Steel Dragon the wheel assembly for Magnum is on the inside of the track instead of the outside. Chance could come in though and put Lightning Runs trains on.
Yes they need b&m hypercoaster restraints
I heard the ride is rough because the track was built by hand and not with the newer technology used today.
Magnum is inconsistant, i went to cedar point 10 times and counting. if you were in a full train on a busy day, than your experiance is more painful. If there is no one in line and your the only person on the train, you actually get airtime and it is painless
hey Taylor your videos are the coolest during the park walkthroughs you should talk about the rides a little and give some facts the ride that would be cool just a suggestion
You need to know how to work the lap bars. Always leave it a click up and hold it up with you legs. If you follow these steps, that return trip is the best on any coaster.
Try Excalibur at Valleyfair, same restraints, except the ride is way shorter in duration and the ejector is crazy, not to mention, some imsane g's.
Thank you for bring up the lap bars hurting your legs on those airtime hills at the end. They hurt my thighs really bad and it gets worse every yr. It's getting to the point where I'm thinking I should start avoiding this ride.
Me and my cousin rode it on our first trip to Cedar Point on Tuesday 7/17/18. We did not like it at all, it was shaky, rough, and painful. Thankfully, we knew to skip it entirely on our second day, Wednesday the 18th. But yea, Magnum was a complete dud for us. We both gave it a 1 out of 10.
piece of advice, slouch a bit and the lap bar doesn't rest on your thighs. Much less painful. Also the first airtime hill inst meant to have airtime, (although front row as a ridiculous pop) its meant to be tall and give a chance to take in the view. It does get some decent lines with only two trains(hour, hour and a half) but with three trains it has the highest capacity in the park.
Definitely think it's overrated, but still like it. It can be pretty brutal, though. One year, I got an unusually smooth night ride, one of the last rides of the night, and there were no trims. Definitely the best ride experience I've had on magnum.
I love this coaster.
So excited going in two weeks 😁!!!!
Couldn't they get B&M to retrofit the ride with new cars? It worked for Steel Dragon 2000, it could work here. That would not only take care of the bumpiness, but also give the ride a more open feel.
This was the first ride I rode. I was 7 and 46 inches. my dad told me to stand up on my tip toes. I was about to fall off the ride. But I remember I got a ton of airtime.
I was very interested to see your review of this coaster. Everyone talks about this ride like it's one of the best hyper coasters. Heck, the Golden Ticket awards (corrupted and unreliable as they are) had Magnum XL 200 in the top 10 steel coasters in 2013. It was good to see a genuine review of this coaster. Great Video as always.
I can't wait for the Parody,I have some ideas
I thought I was the only on hurting from the lap bar restraint! Good to know I am not. I feel this ride needs a new train and eventually should be redone with a cable lift and a 500 ft hill. One can dream haha!
people don't ride it because it's rough and older, and when you have MF,ttd and b&ms in the park it gets forgotten. I still love it though, best ride in the park at sunset