Justin Bieber ruined my night at Six Flags

After a full day of riding roller coasters and eating fried food at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, I figured there was no combination of words more annoying than the workers' go-to salutation -- "Have a Six Flags day."

That was until I heard someone scream, "Justin Bieber!" Again and again and again.

My path first crossed with the pop phenom as the sun began to set on Saturday night. I had been waiting for about 15 minutes to ride the Tatsu coaster. Unlike most at the park, the popular, dragon-themed ride maintains two carts on two sets of tracks in order to load the multitude of riders quickly.

But as I neared the front of the line, the cycle stopped. Employees paused for several minutes, as the loading gates remained closed. Operators tend to alert riders when a coaster has been shut down for temporary maintenance, but this time, no one picked up the intercom.

An explanation came from a young girl nearby who was leaning over the railing, partaking in the pastime of people-watching to alleviate boredom.

"Justin Bieber!" she shrieked. Her friends' ears perked up like wolves. They joined in on the railing and the scream fest. In unison, they reached into their handbags for digital cameras.

Bieber and a few friends filed through an alternate route into the loading area. Workers ushered them to the front of the ride, harnessed them into their spots and latched the nearly two dozen remaining seats. The adjacent cart stayed stagnant until Bieber's rode around the tracks and returned.

My ears practically ringing from the constant pleas for the pop star's attention from kids nearby, Bieber and his buds calmly filtered out the way they had come. Meanwhile, the fans' cheers took a nosedive as many had realized that they had just been dusted off as second-class citizens so the boy wonder and his entourage could get the star treatment.

"I hate Justin!" one girl screamed as he left.

"Yeah, but I still like that one song," her friend admitted.

The fallout can be seen in public Facebook status updates. Daniel Calabro-Avila wrote, "Stupid Justin Bieber almost ruined Six Flags today."

Venus Palafox wrote, "Went to six flags to have a good time but instead felt sick afterwards. Justin Bieber was there & instead of being excited about it like all the young kids I was just annoyed that we had to wait an extra 30 min so he could ride the roller coaster by himself."

I spent my remaining hour or so at the park calculating the likelihood of not getting stuck in another Bieber trap, as I dodged the path of girls shouting, "Did you guys hear? Justin Bieber is here!"

-- Mark Milian
twitter.com/markmilian

Photo: WireImage

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Comments

[lemon]

you could be a little nicer to him he just was trying to have fun just like you if he would of rode the roller coster with everyone else he wouldn't of enjoyed the ride so give him a breake

[Jules]

You have my sympathies. I took my Mom to The Grove for Mother's Day and we got caught in a seemingly unrelenting "Justin/Screaming Fan/Paparazzi" whirlwind. This kid and his "crew" did everything they could to encourage the chaos. Completely ruined our afternoon. Hey Master Bieber: YOU OWE US LUNCH!

[Chip Taylor]

Too bad he didn't fall off Colossus

[Sue]

He looks like a girl. What is all the fuss about? When I was 12 I liked Brad Pitt, and none of the "JTT" types. Gimme a MAN to look at.

[gorgeous]

i seriously dont like this kid ! his head is swollen with his own admiration for him self ! cant wait til his voice changes and he falls off the sceen ! BEAVER .. YOU SUCK !

[C_Mc]

Teen heartthrob flash-in-the-pan Jesse McCartney did this to me on Outer Limits at Kings Dominion in VA in 2005, when my group was literally next in line to get on after a 45 minute+ wait.

While it took me 25 minutes on Google to find/remember who the heck he was, my annoyance remains. Now that he's possibly over 21, he's gettin a cheap drink to the pants if I ever run into him out here.

[theMike]

so instead of screaming "JUSTIN! JUSTIN!" you write a blog screaming, "JUSTIN! JUSTIN!"

i fail to see the difference.

[Bieber Fever]

I'm obsessed with the Justin Bieber obsession. I need to know what it is about this kid that drives the young girls crazy... he's such a wiener.

[kaylin]

ugh ! get over it ! he was just trying to have fun ! they did the safest thing they could do so get over it ! it was either that or have people pushing eachother to try and get on the ride with him people could have been hurt , badly ! Why does everyone hate a 16 year old boy who did absolutley nothing to them ? if your as "old" or "mature" or as "smart" as you clearly state you are why are you wasting your time looking him up and reading articles about him and dissing his fans ? when CLEARLY the ones who need to grow up is YOU ! the HATER the one thats JEALOUS ! hes sucessful and loved unlike YOU who is reading this, green with envy like sriously GROW UP HATERR !

[tigerstripes]

Saturday night at Six Flags? That's selfish on his part, Bieber should've really picked another night to go. And I mean, *any* other night.

[rigpa]

don't sweat it man, we all have the inevitable Bieber sex/drug scandal to look forward to in the future. just think, when you see the mugshot in a few years you can tell your friends, "hey! i saw that guy at six flags!"

[jasmine]

omg just because he is famus dosnt mean he cant have fun git over it that you saw him dosnt mean that is enugh to ruuin a day you idiots

[ale]

You're bitter. How old are you? Aren't you a little old to be trash talking a kid?

[Robespierre]

Justin Bieber. Full of himself. What an arrogant little prick! I won't be buying his music anymore. I hope the backlash on social media is wilting! Lemon, you must be a teenage girl infatuated with this pretty runt. This kind of behavior needs to be outed.

[Riss]

When you pay $55.00+ to attend Six Flags - it sucks to have to wait in line for an additional 30-60 minutes so that a 16-year-old "star" can cut the line with 4-6 of his friends and exclusively use the rides (that you paid for and patiently waited to use).

I don't care if he wouldn't enjoy it if he rode it with the "usual" crowd - that's the price you pay when you become a sensation that is sure to burn out or check into rehab by the time he reaches 18.

If he wants to use the park - fine - but do it on his own time and his own dime. He should rent the park out for the entire day so that he can prance around through it and not ruin it for the rest of us.

[MsJustinbelieberkissesxoxo]

u noe wat all of u so called "fans" need 2 grow up nd get a life..'oh,justin is such a self-centered boy, oh, justin is so full of himself, oh justin is just another one of those bratty stars,oh,justin this,justin that..SHUT UP! u guys just cnt stand the fact tht justin is a star nd tht he does deserve some fun in his life once in a while..nd i cnt stand any of u beun such hipocrits right now.so wat u had 2 wait 4 another freakin 30mins..none of u even hav anythin' 2 do w/ ur life 4 2mins! nd the fact tht all of u r complainin 4 a stupid ride is ridicules cuz one...30 mins u could go get icecream or sonten,sec...NONE of u shld be complain' in the 1st place cuz if it were u,u wld nvr say tht 2 urself nd 3rd..u plp r such prisses justin cnt hav fun lik we do now nd yet..HE'S NOT COMPLAIN' nd if all of u guys want 2 ride the damn thin' so badly..y dnt U rent the park 4urself..oh thts right NONE OF U HAV MONEY..SO LEAVE HIM ALONE.......got sonten against tht..i cldnt care less

[Helix]

Could've sworn you had to be OVER 13 to make comments on this article.

[brianna]

yall need to chill because if u were like justin bieber u would be the same way ok so u need to back of of Justin Bieber and get a life. If u don't like him then say it to yourself because we don't need to know.

[Lynne]

Can somebody PLEASE translate MsJustinbelieberkissesxoxo's post into english since the rest of us don't speak gibberish?

[anon]

Hey, @brianna I don't like Justin Bieber, and you need to know.
To the other weeping fans on message boards - vowels matter.

[Alex]

To those of you who think Justin Bieber needs this special treatment, try to remember when Fabio got hurt on a roller-coaster. He wasn't alone, but it wasn't his fans who hurt him. It was a freaking bird. I've never heard of a celebrity, other than loliticians, getting hurt by fanatics while amusing themselves in public.

As a compromise, it would have been easy to hold a place in line for this jerk while he waits for his turn by the exit, load other riders, lock their restraints, then load him and his posse, so people can't rush him. Also, someone this spoiled should have a few personal guards to keep fanatics out of arms' reach while he waits in line, or maybe his own roller-coaster in the back yard,

I also want to point out that the Six Flags staff went along with this stupidity, so they need to share just as much blame. If some celebrity were to ask for special treatment at my business, I'd tell them to go wait their turn. That would be their only warning before I call the police to escort them off my property.

[jasmin]

hey mark...my name is jasmin you don't know me but, i read ur story on justin bieber...and i think that what happened at six flags his balistic...i mean i like justin bieber and all but,he is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo over rated and that's probably why so many people have soo much animosity and rage towards him...i mean did u see the interview of him on yt(youtube)he says that the only way a girl can get his attention is if she screams the loudest,i mean that is sooo doggish 2 have girls scream 4 ur attention

[lisiney]

will you people just shut up he's 16!!! He wanted to have fun so keep your gay
comments to your self because if you are older than ten you really need to GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Justin Bieber is just like anyother teen give him a break
he's a star so what all i see is i boy that wants to have fun

[julieanna aguilera]

i think it would be asweome to see justin at sixflags

[julieanna aguilera]

justin is just a kid all he was tryimg to do is have fun all u ppl need to stop hating