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Pulling a spur of the moment trip, luckily got the last Roomette leaving LAX on Fri the 20th (bedrooms were sold out already...watching, and hoping one opens up...)-Saw a brief article online about how 6 Flags Magic Mountain was going to close Colossus this year, by August. I'm not a huge theme park fan, but my 13 YO Son and I have watched National Lampoons Family Vacation about 200 times, and every time at the end, when we watch Chevy and Family, with John Candy on the coaster, he says "We need to go ride that one Dad".....Frankly I didn't even know where that was shot at, or if it was still running-But reading that article, it mentioned Six Flags Magic Mountain was "Wally World" and Colossus was the coaster, and that it was going to be shut down this year....
Well, I went and did something rash, and decided we had to ride it before it was torn down. Flying to LAX on a Thursday evening, getting a rental car. Will do the park Friday, ride the Wally World Coaster before it gets knocked down, and then catch the SL/TE that night for the 10 PM departure that night, and get home late Sunday evening. I take the TE regularly between CHI and FTW, and have gone from Yuma-STL once, but that was a long time ago-Have a few Q's
1. I've never really been to LA, other than flying in, getting a car, and leaving the city-It looks like quite a ways from LAX Airport where we will drop the rental, over to LAUS where we catch the train-Is there a better/cheaper alternative than a cab? Shuttles? Light Rail? Direct express type city bus?
2. I've seen a thread that I can't find now, with some cool pictures out the window looking int Mexico-What section of the route is right along the visible boarder looking into the buildings in Mexico? My son will think that's pretty neat-
3. I remember from my last trip between YUM and STL, we went over a really high bridge in the desert somewhere-I can't recall the name, but I know someone here knows where it is.
4. Lounge in LA-Since we're dropping the rental off, and cabbing over, I will have some padding in the schedule to allow for traffic, being a Friday night-Assuming we get there early, LAX has a Metropolitan Lounge now, correct?
Well, I went and did something rash, and decided we had to ride it before it was torn down. Flying to LAX on a Thursday evening, getting a rental car. Will do the park Friday, ride the Wally World Coaster before it gets knocked down, and then catch the SL/TE that night for the 10 PM departure that night, and get home late Sunday evening. I take the TE regularly between CHI and FTW, and have gone from Yuma-STL once, but that was a long time ago-Have a few Q's
1. I've never really been to LA, other than flying in, getting a car, and leaving the city-It looks like quite a ways from LAX Airport where we will drop the rental, over to LAUS where we catch the train-Is there a better/cheaper alternative than a cab? Shuttles? Light Rail? Direct express type city bus?
2. I've seen a thread that I can't find now, with some cool pictures out the window looking int Mexico-What section of the route is right along the visible boarder looking into the buildings in Mexico? My son will think that's pretty neat-
3. I remember from my last trip between YUM and STL, we went over a really high bridge in the desert somewhere-I can't recall the name, but I know someone here knows where it is.
4. Lounge in LA-Since we're dropping the rental off, and cabbing over, I will have some padding in the schedule to allow for traffic, being a Friday night-Assuming we get there early, LAX has a Metropolitan Lounge now, correct?
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