Comments on: Goliath @ Six Flags Magic Mountain | Coaster Reviews

By: BlackRob

BlackRob — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:53:33 +0000

I love Goliath. Always have and always will. The first drop is really good. It’s certainly not El Toro at SFGAdv, but it’s a good drop. I love and I mean LOVE the blackout on the helix. I don’t blackout each ride. Those rides when I don’t blackout, consider me extremely disappointed. It is the highlight of the ride for me. In my opinion, Goliath is underrated. It is better than SFOT’s Titan. Honestly, I don’t get all the hype with Goliath at SFOG. That’s overrated.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:34:49 +0000

I am so glad to see other people talking about this blacking out thing… It’s been years since I’ve even been on Goliath but I very vividly remember the sensation. It was as though there was a black curtain coming down in front of my eyes – it wasn’t instant for me (well of course the whole thing was probably only 3 seconds but it was long enough for my mind to think about it and process it as it was happening) but as soon as that angle changed it was instantly gone. I love rides and go on them as much as possible but this was a first for me and has stuck with me ever since. Everyone else thought I was crazy that day but glad to see some similar experiences here!

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:10:17 +0000

I’m probably not as precise with the correct medical terminology. Everything went dark for a moment. Probably more of a grey out, but definitely not desirable.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:22:54 +0000

CC, did you black out or grey out. I grey out all the time on I305, Nitro, and Backlot Stunt Coaster, but I never blacked out.

By: Branden

Branden — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:44:37 +0000

I found this coaster really not that bad except in that final low to ground turn and all of the blood rushed from my head and i couldn’t see anything for a second. I have never experienced that before but it was intense. I was still conscious but no vision for a second until we came out of the turn. At the end of the ride my friend got really sick and i myself felt sick later on in the day but i think it was just the sun.

By: eric

eric — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:30:24 +0000

Yes

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:21:05 +0000

Hi all. For those of you who are not experiancing the GLOC, you are prolly screaming all the way through. If one to were relax and just enjoy the feel of the ride, the “6 g turn” will in due course knock the stuffing right out of you. By screaming or bearing down on your abs you can force the blood to stay in your head and not ecpeiance the GLOC. I was relaxing on my first trip trough and was near black out at the end of the 360 turn. A most interesting sensation to loose your factilties like that. Next run, I bore down and did not experiance it. I feel that this is one of the smmothest coasters I have even been on and could ride this all day with no ill effects. The argument about G loads between this and Tatsu do make sense, but Tatsu’s G load is a physics puzzle. Yes, the G load is higher, but on a different plane and is still fully capable of knocking you out if you are not careful. I give this coaster a 8 of 10 for the silky smooth ride and high G loads. This is a great coaster.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:23:31 +0000

Well have ever ridden it yourself?

By: eric

eric — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:47:40 +0000

California just had to get stuck with this crappy hypercoaster… It doesn’t have a very impressive camel back, the twisty-ness is very underwhelming, and I don’t think a coaster should have a helix that powerful.

I don’t hate people who love this ride; I’m just giving an honest opinion here

By: spork

spork — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:12:37 +0000

Goliath is one of my favorite rides at Magic Mountain and the helix is my second favorite part of the ride (after the initial drop). I’ve never come close to blacking out on it until the last time I went. My friend also said he was close to blacking out too. It was the first ride we went on that morning so we weren’t “ready”.

That said, my favorite ride at Magic Mountain might actually be Deja Vu, followed by Tatsu, then Goliath. Pity that Deja Vu’s line moves at a snail’s pace.