Ew. Why would they do that to such a historically significant and iconic coaster? Revolution is one of my most beloved coasters. Ever since being a kid, I've gone on it every time that I've visited Magic Mountain (except maybe once, when it was closed, which was likely very disappointing). Sure, it's tame, but I appreciate the "vintage" feel of it and getting to experience what thrilled people back in the 70s and 80s. I guess that it's largely nostalgia, and I understand that it can't be very thrilling for newer generations who don't have that, but I wish that there were some other alternative.
Can you simply decline the headsets or, at least, take them off to experience the coaster as it was intended? I assume not, but that could be a way of accommodating both younger and older riders.
That's terrible. One of the best things about the older coasters is that, to make up for them not being quite as thrilling any more, they tend to have really short lines. I especially love to hit up coasters like (original) Revolution later in the day, when you can get in line, be on the coaster minutes later, get off, get back in line and be riding again only minutes later. Riding a tame coaster on a whim, because there's next to no line, and then riding it over and over again in quick succession gets me more excited than waiting in a long line for a hot, new coaster. It's really disappointing if they're slowly replacing all of the "quick line" rides with much longer ones because of a gimmick. Perhaps that might shorten lines on other rides by spreading parkgoers out, but not necessarily.