The Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California • 102

Super Bonanza 11-ride ticket book are children 11 and under pay free for children under 3. THE CORKSCREW would approach a four-scream rating if it weren't so short. The ride lasts only 70 seconds, two-thirds of which is spent in climbing slowly to a height of 70 feet. The descent, however, is a fabulous 45-mph prelude of speed and vertigo be-fore the coaster twists through a helix of two tight 360-degree turns. The sensation is not as wrenching as it appears to be from the ground, but it still evokes both visual and physical ecstasy.

THE PROPELLER SPIN and THE WHIRLWIND are identical to Magic Mountain's Electric Rainbow and Scrambler, respectively. See below. THE SKY JUMP is a simulated parachute drop from a 20 -story tower. Riders stand in metal baskets that work like elevators on cables. The baskets are hoisted 200 feet at a speed of 12 feet per second, then dropped at twice that speed.

The sensation is nicely stomach -lifting, but unless you suffer acrophobia, the ride is not all that thrilling. The aerial view, however, is a must. THE LOG RIDE like the Log Jammer at Magic Mountain, is more or less boring. The two rides are almost identical except that the Knott's version is mercifully shorter and less drenching. MONTEZOOMA'S REVENGE will open May 26.

It's Knott's entry in the new-ride sweepstakes. It will feature two towers each more than 100 feet tall connected by a 76-foot 360-degree loop. Each car will be shot with a force of six times the weight of gravity through the loop at a speed of 54 miles an hour. The car travels up the first tower until gravity stops it near the top. Then it will descend, running backward through the loop, past the loading platform and up the rear tower.

Then it will come back to the platform. The ride sounds fantastic, but it will last less than 30 seconds. MAGIC MOUNTAIN Located on Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, (805) 255-4111. From May 28 through Sept. 11, open Monday -Thursday 10 a.m.

-6 p.m., Friday-Sunday 9 a.m. -midnight (for off-season hours call the park). Admission $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for children (3-11) includes unlimited admittance to all rides, attractions, and entertainment. THE REVOLUTION is the world's longest steel rollercoaster, but its real claim to gut-lifting fame is its 360-degree vertical loop. Where the Knott's Corkscrew twists through its two loops, the Revolution shoots straight up into one larger loop.

The ride is 113 feet high at the top and reaches a speed of 60 mph. The Revolution is excellent white-knuckle fare, yet it is very gentle. Unlike, for example, Disneyland's bobsleds, the Revolution does not jerk riders into the sides of the cars. It allows riders to concentrate on the thrill instead of the pain. THE SCRAMBLER is an old-fashioned whip ride.

The idea is to spin small discs off-center on a larger spinning disc. Whenever the cars on the small discs hit the outer edge of the larger disc, the riders feel a whipping sensation, as though they were being flung back and forth on the end of elastic belts. The ride is a traditional carnival attraction and still one of the best. THE ELECTRIC RAINBOW is a revolving drum on a lever. Riders stand facing the center, and the drum gains speed until the centrifugal force holds the riders against the metal-mesh of the drum's outer wall.

Then the lever lifts until the drum is revolving vertically like a Ferris Wheel. The sustained thrill is tremendous and the gradual tilting of the drum gives the thrill a welcome change of texture. THE ENTERPRISE works on the same principle as the Electric Rainbow, except that, instead of standing on the periphery of the drum, riders sit in hinged cars that swing out from the disc when the ride begins. Then the disc rises into a vertical position. This ride may be a bit more unsettling to the stomach than the Electric Rainbow, but the visual effect from the trajectory of the cars is fantastic.

THE LOG JAMMER is supposed to be an aquatic rollercoaster, with log-shaped boats rushing through a mae of chutes. The effect is more like a leisurely insider's tour of a sewer system, with the exception of one great fall that invariably bathes the riders. Bring a towel. THE COLOSSUS will be Magic Mountain's latest extravaganza. It should be completed by mid-June and will be the largest wooden rollercoaster ever CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 (33L70CK) LJu0 pnrD uuJU rvi i i irrrv-N VI r- -i I I I IV k.

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