Personal Narrative: Twisted Colossus

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Twisted Colossus (Narrative) To start with, my friends and I had just pulled to the amusement park known as Six Flags, Magic Mountain when I saw it. This thing was the coolest one I had ever seen! We started to walk towards the front gate while I was stared at the monstrous metal/wood beast. Once we got past the front gate, I could get a better look at the curves of the rollercoaster, the drops, and that menacing 5 second inversion. I thought to myself, “I have to ride that thing!” and I went to my sister and asked her, “What ride are we going on first?” She told me we would go on the one I was staring at all along, the one I had been excited to ride on the whole time, the one ride with the 85 degree drop, Twisted Colossus. Immediately,

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