Six Flags Magic Mountain
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Six Flags Magic Mountain is a theme park located in Valencia
, California
north of Los Angeles
. It opened on Memorial Day
weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company
. In 1979, Six Flags
purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In 2009, 2.5 million visitors visited the park. On July 1, 2011, Magic Mountain broke the world record for having the most roller coasters (18) in a single park with the debut of Green Lantern: First Flight
, surpassing previous record-holder Cedar Point
in Sandusky, Ohio
. As of October, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain no longer holds the record for most roller coasters in a single park (since the removal of Deja vu), and will share the record for 17 coasters with Cedar Point..
which designed and built many of the original attractions at Disneyland. The admission price in 1971 was $5 for adults, and $3.50 for children between the ages of 3 and 12.
At its 1971 opening, the rides and attractions included Goldrusher
, a steel coaster, the Log Jammer
log flume, the Sky Tower observation tower
, Grand Prix (similar to Disneyland's Autopia ride), El Bumpo (bumper boats), a Carousel
, and other smaller rides. There were four transportation rides to the peak - Funicular - cable railway, later renamed Orient Express, The Metro - three monorail stations around the park; Whitewater Lake, Country Fair and Mountain stations and "Eagles Flight" - Skyride combined two stations at the peak, the long one north to Galaxy Station, and the short one west to El Dorado Station. The Showcase Theater (renamed Golden Bear Theater), was part of the original park and featured Barbra Streisand as the first of many headline performers who would appear at Magic Mountain over the years.
In the 1971 season, Magic Mountain obtained permission from Warner Bros.
to use the Looney Tunes
cartoon characters. However, the park did not begin using these characters for nearly ten years. Instead, in 1972, they began using trolls as the park mascots. The trolls King Blop, also known as King Troll, Bleep, Bloop, and the Wizard became recognizable symbols of Magic Mountain. All King Productions, a contractor, provided the entertainers wearing the costumes until December 31, 1972, when Magic Mountain took on that role. The characters were used until 1985. Also in 1972, a second flume ride named Jet Stream was added.
In 1973 the park added its second roller coaster, the Mountain Express, a compact wild mouse roller coaster
. It had small cars and several tight, fast turns. In 1974 the park also installed a new complex of spinning rides in what would later be known as Back Street. The new additions consisted of the Himalaya, Electric Rainbow, and Tumble Drum. In 1975, the Grand Centennial Railway opened in the Back Street. It took riders on a train journey to Spillikin Corners and back.
in 1976, Magic Mountain became the first park in the world to have a modern, 360-degree steel looping coaster (though previous roller coasters with loops had been built and dismantled elsewhere due to safety issues). When it was built, there was very little in the way of surrounding brush. Now, the tracks are surrounded by trees and bushes, which prevents the riders from knowing the track layout beforehand. Universal
then filmed a major movie at Magic Mountain with the Revolution as its centerpiece called Rollercoaster in 1977.
In 1978, Colossus
, at the time the fastest, largest dual-tracked wooden coaster, opened. Following its first season, it was closed and extensively redone. When it reopened, it was a much smoother ride. In 1991, the camel hump before the last, or third, turn was replaced by a block brake. Though it decreased the speed of the ride after this particular brake, it did allow three trains to run per side at a time, greatly increasing capacity. One of the trains sometimes ran backwards for a few years in the mid-80s. However, until the late 1990s this kind of ride was no longer possible due to the newer ride system in place, as well as different trains. During Fright Fest, the park runs one side backwards using a set of trains acquired from the now demolished Psyclone which was located on the other side of the park.
in conjunction with the now defunct Six Flags AstroWorld
, which had opened a similar ride in 1979. Along with Rapids came the completion of the midway near Spillikin Corners to link with Revolution's area. Finally, a complete circuit could be made around the park. Roaring Rapids was originally designed as a dual-sided station, but only one was fully developed, and all that exists of the possible second side is a few supports. Rapids uses large pumps to circulate water, and each of the two pumps can circulate 88,500 gallons per minute. The reservoir can hold 1.5 million gallons of water, and one of the innovations used on Roaring Rapids was the introduction of guide boards to help eliminate jam ups.
In 1982 the attraction Freefall
was added. Also built by Intamin AG
, it was considered a cutting edge drop tower ride, if not strictly a "roller coaster." The ride simply ascends the tower and then drops down, with the track curving to horizontal, leaving riders on their backs. Others were built for other parks (some of which are Six Flags). Today, most of these rides are obsolete and have been removed. Some flat rides were added and others removed the next year.
In 1984 Sarajevo Bobsleds was erected. Yet another ride built by Intamin AG
, the coaster was basically a bobsled without ice and snow. The coaster was built in honor of the 1984 Olympics
. Six Flags Great Adventure
added a similar ride that same year. In 1986 Sarajevo Bobsleds was removed and now operates at Six Flags Over Texas
as La Vibora
. The other bobsled was moved to Six Flags Great America
and later to The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
in Queensbury, New York
, where it operates as Alpine Bobsled
.
In 1985 Children's World was re-themed as Bugs Bunny
World, as Magic Mountain had abandoned the Trolls in favor of the Warner Brothers' characters. That year, Michael Jackson
visited the park, riding rides such as Colossus, Revolution and Roaring Rapids. In 1986, the park added a steel stand-up looping roller coaster called Shockwave
designed by Intamin AG. This coaster was located in the back of the park replacing Sarajevo Bobsleds. At the end of 1988, the coaster was removed as part of a ride rotation program and went to Six Flags Great Adventure in 1990. It was removed from there in 1992 and was repainted white and re-themed upon its removal to Six Flags Astroworld
. There it was known as Batman The Escape. When Astroworld closed in 2005, the ride was put in storage at Darien Lake, now no longer a Six Flags park.
In 1987 the park re-themed the Back Street. Spinning flat rides were renamed Turbo (Electric Rainbow), Subway (Himalaya), and Reactor (Enterprise). The dance club was re-themed as well, and located near Reactor. After Hours, as it was now called (formerly Decibels), for one summer stayed open later than the rest of the park. It, along with Back Street, would stay open an additional two hours as a place for locals to hang out. This format lasted one season.
, "The Black Belt of Roller Coasters", opened. Built by Arrow Dynamics
, it was the first suspended swing roller coaster
on the West coast. Ninja has gone through very few changes since it was opened in 1988; evidently only the wheels and paint have been changed.
Tidal Wave opened in 1989 to rather large crowds. It is a short, wet ride. A large boat goes up a low-angled incline to a level water trough. The trough, in the shape of a semicircle, ends in a steep drop that leads to a very large splashpool. When the car hits the pool, it displaces large amounts of water on its riders. The ride's exit ramp crosses over the splashpool, causing unwary patrons leaving the ride to get soaked, yet again. In the summer, the exit ramp is a popular place to cool down from the (frequently) 100-degree heat.
In 1990 Viper
, a multiple looping coaster designed by Arrow Development Co.
opened. It features a 188 feet (57.3 m) drop, speeds up to 70 mi/h, 3 vertical loops, a batwing turn that inverts riders twice, and a double corkscrew. Viper still holds the record for highest vertical loop at 14 stories high. It also holds the record for the tallest looping steel roller coaster.
In 1991 Magic Mountain added Psyclone, modeled after the Coney Island Cyclone
. The Spillikin Corners area of the park was re-themed as Cyclone Bay to suit the new coaster, drawing guests into this area. The change was largely cosmetic, as the earlier theme relied on retail establishments that had been removed previously. The Glass Blower had been replaced by the Shooting Gallery, and the Candy Kitchen viewing area was redesigned. With Psyclone, the crowds returned. Due to the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Psyclone's structure was damaged causing a very bumpy ride and the coaster was never the same. (Psyclone was later removed in 2007.) After adding Ninja, Viper, and Psyclone within 4 years, the park was getting a large repertoire of big roller coasters.
The next year, 1992, a coaster built by Intamin AG called Flashback
was added. This one-of-a-kind ride, originally planned to be enclosed in a building, had already operated at Six Flags Great America
and Six Flags Over Georgia
prior to its arrival. Very steep, short drops were designed to make riders feel like they were "diving" down in a plane, and it ended in a 540 degree upward spiral. But, because of the shoulder harnesses, riders were subjected to a lot of head banging. This coaster rarely ran by 1996 (it created too much noise for the nearby water park) and on January 23, 2007, the park announced that Flashback would be removed along with Psyclone. The park also stated that Flashback might be re-built elsewhere within the park for 2008 but the ride was finally demolished for scrap at the end of 2008.
In 1993 Six Flags Magic Mountain entered the Time Warner era. The new ride for the year was Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls. It was a water ride that has two twisting tubes that riders could slide down in using a raft. (Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls was demolished in 2011 to make room for Road Runner Express.) Also that year, there was re-theming and High Sierra Territory was opened. The Showcase Theatre became Golden Bear Theater, the Animal Star Theatre was created in Bugs Bunny World, and a large, fake, wooden tree was built. This year also saw the end of live concerts in the park due to the riot that broke out after the cancellation of a TLC concert.
In 1994 Magic Mountain added what two other Six Flags parks already had, a Bolliger & Mabillard
inverted looping roller coaster called Batman The Ride (which other Six Flags parks also added in the coming years). Batman the Ride (BTR) is an inverted coaster, meaning the usual coaster protocol is reversed; the track is overhead and the cars are below it. The trains travel on the outside of the loops, and rider's legs hang freely, as on a ski lift.
In 1995, no new rides were opened. Instead, a separately gated waterpark called Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
opened in June. That park included a bunch of typical body slides, tube slides, a kiddie water play area, lazy river, and a wavepool.
, a dual launch coaster, was built. It opened on March 15, 1997. It consisted of a 30 second ride with speeds running from 0 to 100 miles (160.9 km) an hour on a track up a 41 story tower. It was designed by Intamin. Later, the ride only ran one side at a time, switching every 6 months or so, and speeds reached only between 85 and 90 miles per hour (40.2 m/s). However, in 2011 the ride was upgraded to Superman: Escape From Krypton, featuring a backwards launch, new color scheme, and speeds up to 104 miles per hour (46.5 m/s). Also opening in 1996 was Dive Devil, a SkyCoaster
by SkyFun1.
In 1998 a new Bolliger & Mabillard Stand-up roller coaster
called Riddler's Revenge would be added as the tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster, a record that the ride continues to hold. There was also a gang shooting and death in the parking lot that same year. That year, Six Flags was sold to Premier Parks. The next year saw no dramatic changes. In 2000, a steel hypercoaster
, Goliath
, was added. It was built by Giovanola
.
2001 was to be the year of three new roller coasters, but only one actually opened on time: Goliath Jr.
, a steel kiddie coaster. The other two, Déjà Vu
and X (now X²), had mechanical problems. Déjà Vu opened late in 2001 and X opened early in 2002. Déjà Vu was designed by Vekoma
and is a Giant Inverted Boomerang coaster (GIB), a variant of their popular Boomerang
design. It is an inverted coaster with coaches suspended beneath an overhead track that traverses an open-circuit track forward and in reverse and features two completely vertical drops and three inversions. It opened late in 2001, but suffered a lot of downtime. X was designed by Arrow Dynamics, it was the worlds first Fourth Dimensional roller coaster. It is the only one in North America where riders experience going 360 degrees in their seats. Each seat lies on a separate axis from the track. This coaster managed to open briefly on January 7, 2002, only to close due to more technical problems. It reopened late in August of that year. The ride closed for a major refurbishment and re-theme in 2008 where X transformed into X2.
In 2003 Scream!
, designed by Bolliger & Mabillard was added. At this point, Six Flags Magic Mountain tied with Cedar Point
for the park with the most roller coasters in the United States. Scream is similar in concept with Medusa at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
and is a mirror image of Bizarro at Six Flags Great Adventure
. It is a floorless roller coaster
with trains riding above the rails traversing seven inversions on 3985 feet (1,214.6 m) of track on floorless coaches. Six Flags Magic Mountain made few changes in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, Tatsu
, a Bolliger & Mabillard flying roller coaster
was added, causing a temporary closure of Revolution to allow construction to take place. It was much larger than the other three Bolliger & Mabillard Flying Coasters at other Six Flags parks, all named Superman: Ultimate Flight
. Tatsu has a suspended-track orientation featuring vehicles that recline passengers with their backs against the track and facing the ground. This brought the park up to 17 roller coasters, to tie with Cedar Point for the greatest number of roller coasters in a park (albeit Flashback had been standing but not operating for an extended period of time and thus it is debatable whether the park could claim 17 as its number of roller coasters).
. Though management said closing the park was unlikely, rumors still began that the park could be sold to real estate developers, with an intent to close the park and build housing developments in the area. Park officials cited dwindling attendance and rowdy behavior among some of the park-goers (notably teenagers and young adults, who account for a large percentage of the park's attendance) as reasons for wanting to sell the park while management was wanting to move Six Flags into more of a family park direction. The decrease in attendance may be due in part to the fact that the park raised its ticket prices by $
10 to $60 for the 2006 season, as well as increasing the price of parking to $15. Throughout the Six Flags chain, attendance in the second quarter of 2006 was 14 percent lower than it was in the second quarter of 2005.
By the fall of 2006 Six Flags announced that Magic Mountain was still up for sale. They also stated, however, that it would be sold to a company that would continue to operate it as a park, and that closing Magic Mountain was not a possibility. Cedar Fair, Hershey
, Anheuser-Busch
, and several others considered buying the park but none of the offers came close to the asking price.
When Six Flags announced which parks it was selling in January 2007, Magic Mountain was no longer one of them. The company decided not to sell Magic Mountain and its adjacent water park. Spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said that upon further evaluation, the company decided that the Los Angeles parks remained too valuable to relinquish, as sales were increasing, and that the park would not be sold. Other parks were sold as a package and remained open.
In 2007 Psyclone was removed, and Flashback was demolished in early 2008. As a result, Six Flags Magic Mountain no longer tied the record for the most roller coasters in a single park, relinquishing the record to Cedar Point
(Magic Mountain, at this point, had never surpassed Cedar Point in number of operating coasters but tied numerous times). The park itself has begun to focus more on the family market, as a new children's theme area was added. In 2008, Thomas Town
was added as another area for children. Furthermore, X closed down in late 2007 to be transformed into X2: Xtreme to the Second Power. At a cost of $10 million, X2 received new, third-generation trains, a new paint job, flame throwers, and audio effects.
In 2008, the park started work on creating the Magic of the Mountain museum at the top of the Sky Tower with memorabilia throughout the park's history, including old television commercials, park maps, models, and parts of rides. In October, the park announced Terminator Salvation: The Ride
, a wooden roller coaster that opened on May 23, 2009. Terminator Salvation: The Ride took the former location of Psyclone. Terminator features an entirely different track layout; tunnels, in which mist sprays at guests; sound and audio effects, and a truck flaming as you go by it. On January 9, 2011, Terminator Salvation was renamed to "Apocalypse", in an attempt to save money, and the audio effects were removed. It was re-themed as an "end of the world attack" type of theme. Fire and mist effects still remain intact.
quoted Shapiro stating that Magic Mountain will be installing a new roller coaster for its 2010 season followed by Wiggles World
in 2011. Shapiro also stated that the adjacent Hurricane Harbor would receive an expansion.
On May 29, 2010, Mr. Six's Dance Coaster
was scheduled to open however it was delayed until 2011 when it will open under a new theme. On the same day, Mr. Six’s Splash Island opened at the adjacent Hurricane Harbor water park.
On August 3, 2010, it was announced that Superman: The Escape would undergo a major redevelopment before the 2011 season.
On October 20, 2010, Six Flags Magic Mountain officially announced their full plans for 2011 after a video was leaked six days earlier. In addition to opening Mr. Six's Dance Coaster under a new name and theme, Six Flags announced two other attractions. In time for the 2011 season, Superman: The Escape will be refurbished into Superman: Escape from Krypton and will feature new backwards launching cars and a new color scheme. The third and final announcement regards an entirely new thrill roller coaster. The Green Lantern: First Flight
will open in July 2011 as Magic Mountain's eighteenth roller coaster. It will be an Intamin ZacSpin
. This roller coaster will reclaim the world record for the highest number of roller coasters at a single theme park. It was later announced, on November 4, 2010, that the children's roller coaster will be called "Little Flash
" and will be located in Bug's Bunny World.
In late 2010, Six Flags began the process of removing licensed theming from attractions. They terminated several licenses including their licenses with Terminator
and Thomas the Tank Engine
. Terminator Salvation: The Ride
will be renamed and rethemed into Apocalypse beginning January 8, 2011. Thomas Town will be renamed and rethemed to Whistlestop Park
in time for the 2011 season.
On January 18, 2011, the LA Times reported after considering a new theme based on DC Comics
superhero sidekicks, the park opted for simplicity and will rename the Little Flash
coaster to Road Runner Express
. Due to Green Lantern being placed in Gotham City Backlot, Gotham City will be re-themed into DC Universe. In addition, Grinder Gearworks will be "Wonder Woman: Lasso Of Truth" and Atom Smasher will be "The Flash: Speed Force".
In August 2011, several media sources
reported that Six Flags New England
is going to build Déjà Vu from Six Flags Magic Mountain, for the park's 2012 season
.
On September 1, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain announced that they would be opening a new attraction for the 2012 season named Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom
. The free-fall drop attraction will be integrated into both sides of the park's 415 feet (126.5 m) tall Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure and will rank as the world’s tallest drop tower, featuring a plummet from 400 feet (121.9 m) above ground level. One day later, Six Flags Magic Mountain confirmed on Facebook
that Déjà Vu will be removed from the park soon. Then on September 13, 2011, the park announce that Déjà Vu will be removed after October 16, 2011, "Déjà Vu fans, we have created some exclusive after hours ride time for you to ride it again before October 16."
After the 2011 Fright Fest
ended, the Log Jammer
ride closed down for removal.
, the hub of the American film and television industry, has resulted in its appearance in several productions, usually representing a park other than itself. The debut of Revolution was the focal point of the 1977 release Rollercoaster. In 1982, Magic Mountain became the fictional "Walley World" for National Lampoon's Vacation
, with scenes featuring Revolution and Colossus (each using fictional names). On television, Magic Mountain doubled as the theme park in the opening credits of the television series Step by Step. Other TV productions featuring Magic Mountain have included Entourage
, CHiPs
, Wonder Woman
, Way Out Games
, Knight Rider, Beverly Hills, 90210
, Melrose Place, The King of Queens
and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The band "KISS" also filmed a 1978 television movie titled "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
" that featured the band members in the park and near the Colossus Rollercoaster. The park was parodied in the 2002 movie Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams , and several times the Batman and Goliath coasters are seen.
In the Nickelodeon
show Drake & Josh
, Drake, Josh, and Megan take a trip to Mystic Mountain (parody of Magic Mountain) in the episode "The Demonator", and they ride the "Demonator". Also, in another Nickelodeon show Zoey 101
Zoey and Lisa take Michael to Mystic Mountain (both Drake & Josh & Zoey 101 were created by Dan Schneider
), and they help Michael overcome his rollercoaster fear in the episode "Rollercoaster". He rides the "Spine Twister", which was actually the Goliath
from Magic Mountain. It was also featured in Zombieland
in 2009. In the movie This Is Spinal Tap
, the band performs as second billing to a puppet show at the fictional "Themeland Amusement Park" in Stockton, California
, located 300 miles (482.8 km) north of Valencia. The actual filming location is Magic Mountain's amphitheater. The Kidsongs
video Ride the Roller Coaster is set at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Nick Cannon group The School Gyrls movie premiere was at Six Flags Magic Mountain. In the new movie "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
", they go to a theme park and ride a roller coaster for the first time. The roller coaster was Goliath. Magic Mountain was also used in the opening for the Suzanne Somers
and Patrick Duffy
hit sitcom Step by Step.
In 2011, the park was chosen as the setting for the Travel Channel
's version of the quiz show "Scream! If You Know the Answer".
Valencia, California
Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities that merged to create the...
, California
California
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north of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. It opened on Memorial Day
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
weekend on May 30, 1971 as Magic Mountain, by the Newhall Land and Farming Company
Newhall Land and Farming Company
The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state...
. In 1979, Six Flags
Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...
purchased the park and added the name Six Flags to the park's title. In 2009, 2.5 million visitors visited the park. On July 1, 2011, Magic Mountain broke the world record for having the most roller coasters (18) in a single park with the debut of Green Lantern: First Flight
Green Lantern: First Flight (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Green Lantern: First Flight is the second 4th Dimension steel roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia in California. The ride opened to the public on Friday, July 1, 2011, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend...
, surpassing previous record-holder Cedar Point
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
in Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandusky is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Erie County. It is located in northern Ohio and is situated on the shores of Lake Erie, almost exactly half-way between Toledo to the west and Cleveland to the east....
. As of October, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain no longer holds the record for most roller coasters in a single park (since the removal of Deja vu), and will share the record for 17 coasters with Cedar Point..
History
When the park opened, there were 500 employees and 33 attractions, many of which were designed and built by Arrow Development Co.Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of...
which designed and built many of the original attractions at Disneyland. The admission price in 1971 was $5 for adults, and $3.50 for children between the ages of 3 and 12.
At its 1971 opening, the rides and attractions included Goldrusher
Goldrusher
Gold Rusher is a steel roller coaster made by Arrow Dynamics of the United States. The coaster is located in The Movie District area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California....
, a steel coaster, the Log Jammer
Log Jammer
Log Jammer was a log flume at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It opened with the park on May 29, 1971 and closed on October 31, 2011.- General information :...
log flume, the Sky Tower observation tower
Observation tower
An observation tower is a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision. They are usually at least tall and made from stone, iron, and wood. Many modern towers are also used as TV towers, restaurants, or churches...
, Grand Prix (similar to Disneyland's Autopia ride), El Bumpo (bumper boats), a Carousel
Carousel
A carousel , or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders...
, and other smaller rides. There were four transportation rides to the peak - Funicular - cable railway, later renamed Orient Express, The Metro - three monorail stations around the park; Whitewater Lake, Country Fair and Mountain stations and "Eagles Flight" - Skyride combined two stations at the peak, the long one north to Galaxy Station, and the short one west to El Dorado Station. The Showcase Theater (renamed Golden Bear Theater), was part of the original park and featured Barbra Streisand as the first of many headline performers who would appear at Magic Mountain over the years.
In the 1971 season, Magic Mountain obtained permission from Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
to use the Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
cartoon characters. However, the park did not begin using these characters for nearly ten years. Instead, in 1972, they began using trolls as the park mascots. The trolls King Blop, also known as King Troll, Bleep, Bloop, and the Wizard became recognizable symbols of Magic Mountain. All King Productions, a contractor, provided the entertainers wearing the costumes until December 31, 1972, when Magic Mountain took on that role. The characters were used until 1985. Also in 1972, a second flume ride named Jet Stream was added.
In 1973 the park added its second roller coaster, the Mountain Express, a compact wild mouse roller coaster
Wild Mouse roller coaster
A Wild Mouse roller coaster is a type of roller coaster characterized by small cars that seat four people or fewer and ride on top of the track, taking tight, flat turns at modest speeds, yet producing high lateral G-forces...
. It had small cars and several tight, fast turns. In 1974 the park also installed a new complex of spinning rides in what would later be known as Back Street. The new additions consisted of the Himalaya, Electric Rainbow, and Tumble Drum. In 1975, the Grand Centennial Railway opened in the Back Street. It took riders on a train journey to Spillikin Corners and back.
Roller coaster revolution
With the opening of Great American RevolutionRevolution (roller coaster)
The Revolution, formerly known as Great American Revolution and La Revolución, is a steel roller coaster manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf of Germany and designed by Werner Stengel. The coaster is located in the Baja Ridge area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California...
in 1976, Magic Mountain became the first park in the world to have a modern, 360-degree steel looping coaster (though previous roller coasters with loops had been built and dismantled elsewhere due to safety issues). When it was built, there was very little in the way of surrounding brush. Now, the tracks are surrounded by trees and bushes, which prevents the riders from knowing the track layout beforehand. Universal
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
then filmed a major movie at Magic Mountain with the Revolution as its centerpiece called Rollercoaster in 1977.
In 1978, Colossus
Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Colossus is a wooden roller coaster located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. When it opened on June 29, 1978, it was one of the tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world, and the first roller coaster in the world with two drops in...
, at the time the fastest, largest dual-tracked wooden coaster, opened. Following its first season, it was closed and extensively redone. When it reopened, it was a much smoother ride. In 1991, the camel hump before the last, or third, turn was replaced by a block brake. Though it decreased the speed of the ride after this particular brake, it did allow three trains to run per side at a time, greatly increasing capacity. One of the trains sometimes ran backwards for a few years in the mid-80s. However, until the late 1990s this kind of ride was no longer possible due to the newer ride system in place, as well as different trains. During Fright Fest, the park runs one side backwards using a set of trains acquired from the now demolished Psyclone which was located on the other side of the park.
Six Flags era
In 1979 the park was sold to Six Flags and became known as Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1980. In 1981, Six Flags Magic Mountain introduced a ride that was on the west coast for the first time called Roaring Rapids. It was developed by Intamin AGIntamin AG
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an...
in conjunction with the now defunct Six Flags AstroWorld
Six Flags Astroworld
AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas, USA...
, which had opened a similar ride in 1979. Along with Rapids came the completion of the midway near Spillikin Corners to link with Revolution's area. Finally, a complete circuit could be made around the park. Roaring Rapids was originally designed as a dual-sided station, but only one was fully developed, and all that exists of the possible second side is a few supports. Rapids uses large pumps to circulate water, and each of the two pumps can circulate 88,500 gallons per minute. The reservoir can hold 1.5 million gallons of water, and one of the innovations used on Roaring Rapids was the introduction of guide boards to help eliminate jam ups.
In 1982 the attraction Freefall
Freefall (ride)
The Freefall is an amusement ride developed by Giovanola and marketed throughout the world by Swiss company, Intamin AG. Two generations of this ride were developed. First generation Freefall rides can be identified by the angled supports at the base of the lift tower. Second generation Freefall...
was added. Also built by Intamin AG
Intamin AG
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an...
, it was considered a cutting edge drop tower ride, if not strictly a "roller coaster." The ride simply ascends the tower and then drops down, with the track curving to horizontal, leaving riders on their backs. Others were built for other parks (some of which are Six Flags). Today, most of these rides are obsolete and have been removed. Some flat rides were added and others removed the next year.
In 1984 Sarajevo Bobsleds was erected. Yet another ride built by Intamin AG
Intamin AG
Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an...
, the coaster was basically a bobsled without ice and snow. The coaster was built in honor of the 1984 Olympics
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from 8–19 February 1984 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Other candidate cities were Sapporo, Japan; and Gothenburg, Sweden...
. Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation...
added a similar ride that same year. In 1986 Sarajevo Bobsleds was removed and now operates at Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Over Texas is a major amusement park located in Arlington, Texas , east of Fort Worth and about west of Dallas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain. The park opened on August 5, 1961 following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate...
as La Vibora
La Vibora
La Vibora is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, United States.This is one of Intamin’s Bobsled coasters, commonly known as the Swiss Bob...
. The other bobsled was moved to Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
and later to The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom
The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom is an amusement and waterpark located in Queensbury, New York. It is advertised as being located in Lake George, New York...
in Queensbury, New York
Queensbury, New York
Queensbury is a town in and the county seat of Warren County, New York, United States. The town is located in the southeastern part of the county. The population was 25,441 at the 2000 census. The town is named in honor of Queen Charlotte, the consort of George III of Great Britain and Ireland. It...
, where it operates as Alpine Bobsled
Alpine Bobsled
Alpine Bobsled is a steel roller coaster of bobsled design. It has been at three places:* From 1984 to 1988, named Sarajevo Bobsled, at Six Flags Great Adventure* From 1989 to 1996, named Rolling Thunder, at Six Flags Great America...
.
In 1985 Children's World was re-themed as Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny
Bugs Bunny is a animated character created in 1938 at Leon Schlesinger Productions, later Warner Bros. Cartoons. Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray rabbit and is famous for his flippant, insouciant personality and his portrayal as a trickster. He has primarily appeared in animated cartoons, most...
World, as Magic Mountain had abandoned the Trolls in favor of the Warner Brothers' characters. That year, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
visited the park, riding rides such as Colossus, Revolution and Roaring Rapids. In 1986, the park added a steel stand-up looping roller coaster called Shockwave
Batman The Escape
Batman The Escape is a steel stand-up roller coaster in storage at Darien Lake Theme Park Resort. Previously it was located at Six Flags Magic Mountain from 1986 until January 1989 ; Six Flags Great Adventure from 1990 until the Labor Day Weekend of 1992 ; and Six Flags AstroWorld from 1994 until...
designed by Intamin AG. This coaster was located in the back of the park replacing Sarajevo Bobsleds. At the end of 1988, the coaster was removed as part of a ride rotation program and went to Six Flags Great Adventure in 1990. It was removed from there in 1992 and was repainted white and re-themed upon its removal to Six Flags Astroworld
Six Flags Astroworld
AstroWorld was a seasonally operated theme park located on approximately of land between Kirby Drive and Fannin Avenue, directly south of Loop 610 in Houston, Texas, USA...
. There it was known as Batman The Escape. When Astroworld closed in 2005, the ride was put in storage at Darien Lake, now no longer a Six Flags park.
In 1987 the park re-themed the Back Street. Spinning flat rides were renamed Turbo (Electric Rainbow), Subway (Himalaya), and Reactor (Enterprise). The dance club was re-themed as well, and located near Reactor. After Hours, as it was now called (formerly Decibels), for one summer stayed open later than the rest of the park. It, along with Back Street, would stay open an additional two hours as a place for locals to hang out. This format lasted one season.
Time Warner era
In 1988 NinjaNinja (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Ninja is an Arrow Dynamics steel suspended roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is the fastest roller coaster of its kind in the world, joint with Vortex at Canada's Wonderland, both with top speeds of ....
, "The Black Belt of Roller Coasters", opened. Built by Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of...
, it was the first suspended swing roller coaster
Suspended swing roller coaster
A suspended roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster in which the car hangs from the bottom of the rolling stock by a pivoting fulcrum or hinge assembly. This allows the car and riders to swing side to side as the train races along the track...
on the West coast. Ninja has gone through very few changes since it was opened in 1988; evidently only the wheels and paint have been changed.
Tidal Wave opened in 1989 to rather large crowds. It is a short, wet ride. A large boat goes up a low-angled incline to a level water trough. The trough, in the shape of a semicircle, ends in a steep drop that leads to a very large splashpool. When the car hits the pool, it displaces large amounts of water on its riders. The ride's exit ramp crosses over the splashpool, causing unwary patrons leaving the ride to get soaked, yet again. In the summer, the exit ramp is a popular place to cool down from the (frequently) 100-degree heat.
In 1990 Viper
Viper (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Viper is a steel roller coaster made by Arrow Dynamics of the United States. The roller coaster is located in the Baja Ridge area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California....
, a multiple looping coaster designed by Arrow Development Co.
Arrow Dynamics
Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of...
opened. It features a 188 feet (57.3 m) drop, speeds up to 70 mi/h, 3 vertical loops, a batwing turn that inverts riders twice, and a double corkscrew. Viper still holds the record for highest vertical loop at 14 stories high. It also holds the record for the tallest looping steel roller coaster.
In 1991 Magic Mountain added Psyclone, modeled after the Coney Island Cyclone
Coney Island Cyclone
The Coney Island Cyclone is a historic hybrid roller coaster in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York City. On June 18, 1975, Dewey and Jerome Albert, owners of Astroland Park, contracted to operate the Cyclone under an agreement with New York City...
. The Spillikin Corners area of the park was re-themed as Cyclone Bay to suit the new coaster, drawing guests into this area. The change was largely cosmetic, as the earlier theme relied on retail establishments that had been removed previously. The Glass Blower had been replaced by the Shooting Gallery, and the Candy Kitchen viewing area was redesigned. With Psyclone, the crowds returned. Due to the 1994 Northridge Earthquake Psyclone's structure was damaged causing a very bumpy ride and the coaster was never the same. (Psyclone was later removed in 2007.) After adding Ninja, Viper, and Psyclone within 4 years, the park was getting a large repertoire of big roller coasters.
The next year, 1992, a coaster built by Intamin AG called Flashback
Flashback (roller coaster)
Flashback was a steel roller coaster made by Intamin of Switzerland. The coaster was located in the Six Flags Plaza area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California....
was added. This one-of-a-kind ride, originally planned to be enclosed in a building, had already operated at Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Great America is a Six Flags theme park in the Chicago metropolitan area, located in Gurnee, Illinois. It first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984, making it the seventh park in the chain...
and Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia
Six Flags Over Georgia is a theme park located west of Atlanta, in unincorporated Cobb County. Opened in 1967, it is the second park in the Six Flags chain, after the original opening in 1961 in Texas....
prior to its arrival. Very steep, short drops were designed to make riders feel like they were "diving" down in a plane, and it ended in a 540 degree upward spiral. But, because of the shoulder harnesses, riders were subjected to a lot of head banging. This coaster rarely ran by 1996 (it created too much noise for the nearby water park) and on January 23, 2007, the park announced that Flashback would be removed along with Psyclone. The park also stated that Flashback might be re-built elsewhere within the park for 2008 but the ride was finally demolished for scrap at the end of 2008.
In 1993 Six Flags Magic Mountain entered the Time Warner era. The new ride for the year was Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls. It was a water ride that has two twisting tubes that riders could slide down in using a raft. (Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls was demolished in 2011 to make room for Road Runner Express.) Also that year, there was re-theming and High Sierra Territory was opened. The Showcase Theatre became Golden Bear Theater, the Animal Star Theatre was created in Bugs Bunny World, and a large, fake, wooden tree was built. This year also saw the end of live concerts in the park due to the riot that broke out after the cancellation of a TLC concert.
In 1994 Magic Mountain added what two other Six Flags parks already had, a Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard
Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president...
inverted looping roller coaster called Batman The Ride (which other Six Flags parks also added in the coming years). Batman the Ride (BTR) is an inverted coaster, meaning the usual coaster protocol is reversed; the track is overhead and the cars are below it. The trains travel on the outside of the loops, and rider's legs hang freely, as on a ski lift.
In 1995, no new rides were opened. Instead, a separately gated waterpark called Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is the name of a chain of water parks that are part of the Six Flags amusement park chain. Although the parks are not identical, common features include a variety of body slides, speed slides, tube slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and shopping areas.In Prince George's...
opened in June. That park included a bunch of typical body slides, tube slides, a kiddie water play area, lazy river, and a wavepool.
Premier Parks era
In 1996 Superman: The EscapeSuperman: The Escape
Superman: Escape from Krypton is a launched steel shuttle roller coaster located in the Samurai Summit area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California that opened in 1997. It is similar to Tower of Terror II, which opened two months prior in Dreamworld, Australia...
, a dual launch coaster, was built. It opened on March 15, 1997. It consisted of a 30 second ride with speeds running from 0 to 100 miles (160.9 km) an hour on a track up a 41 story tower. It was designed by Intamin. Later, the ride only ran one side at a time, switching every 6 months or so, and speeds reached only between 85 and 90 miles per hour (40.2 m/s). However, in 2011 the ride was upgraded to Superman: Escape From Krypton, featuring a backwards launch, new color scheme, and speeds up to 104 miles per hour (46.5 m/s). Also opening in 1996 was Dive Devil, a SkyCoaster
Skycoaster
Skycoaster, most commonly also named Ripcord or Xtreme SkyFlyer , is an amusement park ride, produced and managed by Skycoaster, Inc....
by SkyFun1.
In 1998 a new Bolliger & Mabillard Stand-up roller coaster
Stand-up roller coaster
A stand-up roller coaster is a roller coaster designed to have the passengers stand through the course of the ride. These roller coasters are very intense, and generally carry taller height restrictions than other rides.-History:...
called Riddler's Revenge would be added as the tallest and fastest stand-up roller coaster, a record that the ride continues to hold. There was also a gang shooting and death in the parking lot that same year. That year, Six Flags was sold to Premier Parks. The next year saw no dramatic changes. In 2000, a steel hypercoaster
Hypercoaster
A hypercoaster can mean one of two things:*Any continuous-circuit roller coaster with a height or drop measuring greater than 200 feetOr, more narrowly:*A style or model of roller coaster with three features:**A height of 200–299 feet...
, Goliath
Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Goliath is a steel roller coaster made by Giovanola of Switzerland. The hypercoaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California and is promoted with a sub-tropical theme that is characterized by ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization...
, was added. It was built by Giovanola
Giovanola
Giovanola Freres SA was one of the prominent thrill ride manufacturers in the world. It was well-known for thrill rides and also built electrical power stations, water storage tanks, pipelines, highway bridges, and many other steel products. The company started out as a small metal forging shop,...
.
2001 was to be the year of three new roller coasters, but only one actually opened on time: Goliath Jr.
Goliath Jr.
Magic Flyer is a small, oval-circuit steel roller coaster made by Bradley and Kaye that opened in 1971. The coaster is located in the Whistlestop Park area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.-History:...
, a steel kiddie coaster. The other two, Déjà Vu
Giant Inverted Boomerang
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters...
and X (now X²), had mechanical problems. Déjà Vu opened late in 2001 and X opened early in 2002. Déjà Vu was designed by Vekoma
Vekoma
Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment...
and is a Giant Inverted Boomerang coaster (GIB), a variant of their popular Boomerang
Boomerang (roller coaster)
Boomerang is a model of roller coaster built by Vekoma, and named after the hunting implement based on the traditions of the Indigenous Australians...
design. It is an inverted coaster with coaches suspended beneath an overhead track that traverses an open-circuit track forward and in reverse and features two completely vertical drops and three inversions. It opened late in 2001, but suffered a lot of downtime. X was designed by Arrow Dynamics, it was the worlds first Fourth Dimensional roller coaster. It is the only one in North America where riders experience going 360 degrees in their seats. Each seat lies on a separate axis from the track. This coaster managed to open briefly on January 7, 2002, only to close due to more technical problems. It reopened late in August of that year. The ride closed for a major refurbishment and re-theme in 2008 where X transformed into X2.
In 2003 Scream!
Scream! (roller coaster)
Scream! is a steel floorless roller coaster made by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, and was the park's 16th roller coaster....
, designed by Bolliger & Mabillard was added. At this point, Six Flags Magic Mountain tied with Cedar Point
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
for the park with the most roller coasters in the United States. Scream is similar in concept with Medusa at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, formerly Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA, is an animal theme park located in Vallejo, California. The park includes a variety of roller coasters and other amusement rides, along with a collection of...
and is a mirror image of Bizarro at Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, owned by Six Flags Entertainment Corp., the world's largest amusement park corporation...
. It is a floorless roller coaster
Floorless roller coaster
A floorless roller coaster is a roller coaster with trains that ride above the track and allow the passenger's legs to dangle. It is a fairly new concept in roller coaster design brought forth by manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. The first ever floorless coaster debuted in 1999 at Six Flags Great...
with trains riding above the rails traversing seven inversions on 3985 feet (1,214.6 m) of track on floorless coaches. Six Flags Magic Mountain made few changes in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, Tatsu
Tatsu
Tatsu, meaning "dragon" in Japanese is a steel flying roller coaster operating at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It opened May 13, 2006. The ride was promoted with a Japanese mythology theme. Tatsu is the only flying coaster to have a Zero-G Roll...
, a Bolliger & Mabillard flying roller coaster
Flying roller coaster
A flying roller coaster is a variation of roller coaster meant to simulate the sensations of flight by harnessing riders in a prone position during the duration of the ride. The roller coaster cars are suspended below the track, with riders secured such that their backs are parallel to the track...
was added, causing a temporary closure of Revolution to allow construction to take place. It was much larger than the other three Bolliger & Mabillard Flying Coasters at other Six Flags parks, all named Superman: Ultimate Flight
Superman: Ultimate Flight
Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel flying roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard. Themed to the popular comic book character, Superman: Ultimate Flight has been installed at three Six Flags theme parks around the United States. Superman: Ultimate Flight simulates flying like the...
. Tatsu has a suspended-track orientation featuring vehicles that recline passengers with their backs against the track and facing the ground. This brought the park up to 17 roller coasters, to tie with Cedar Point for the greatest number of roller coasters in a park (albeit Flashback had been standing but not operating for an extended period of time and thus it is debatable whether the park could claim 17 as its number of roller coasters).
2006 attempted sale
On June 22, 2006, Six Flags, Inc. announced that it was exploring options for six of its parks, including Magic Mountain and its neighboring water park, Hurricane HarborSix Flags Hurricane Harbor
Six Flags Hurricane Harbor is the name of a chain of water parks that are part of the Six Flags amusement park chain. Although the parks are not identical, common features include a variety of body slides, speed slides, tube slides, wave pools, lazy rivers, and shopping areas.In Prince George's...
. Though management said closing the park was unlikely, rumors still began that the park could be sold to real estate developers, with an intent to close the park and build housing developments in the area. Park officials cited dwindling attendance and rowdy behavior among some of the park-goers (notably teenagers and young adults, who account for a large percentage of the park's attendance) as reasons for wanting to sell the park while management was wanting to move Six Flags into more of a family park direction. The decrease in attendance may be due in part to the fact that the park raised its ticket prices by $
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
10 to $60 for the 2006 season, as well as increasing the price of parking to $15. Throughout the Six Flags chain, attendance in the second quarter of 2006 was 14 percent lower than it was in the second quarter of 2005.
By the fall of 2006 Six Flags announced that Magic Mountain was still up for sale. They also stated, however, that it would be sold to a company that would continue to operate it as a park, and that closing Magic Mountain was not a possibility. Cedar Fair, Hershey
The Hershey Company
The Hershey Company, known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey's, is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which is also home to Hershey's Chocolate World. It was founded by Milton S...
, Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. , is an American brewing company. The company operates 12 breweries in the United States and 18 in other countries. It was, until December 2009, also one of America's largest theme park operators; operating ten theme parks across the United States through the...
, and several others considered buying the park but none of the offers came close to the asking price.
When Six Flags announced which parks it was selling in January 2007, Magic Mountain was no longer one of them. The company decided not to sell Magic Mountain and its adjacent water park. Spokeswoman Wendy Goldberg said that upon further evaluation, the company decided that the Los Angeles parks remained too valuable to relinquish, as sales were increasing, and that the park would not be sold. Other parks were sold as a package and remained open.
2007–2009
Cedar Point
Cedar Point is a 364 acre amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, United States on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. Cedar Point is the only amusement park with four roller coasters that are taller than...
(Magic Mountain, at this point, had never surpassed Cedar Point in number of operating coasters but tied numerous times). The park itself has begun to focus more on the family market, as a new children's theme area was added. In 2008, Thomas Town
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
Thomas and Friends is a British children's television series, first broadcast on the ITV network in September 1984. Until 2003, it was named Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. This series was shot on 35mm film...
was added as another area for children. Furthermore, X closed down in late 2007 to be transformed into X2: Xtreme to the Second Power. At a cost of $10 million, X2 received new, third-generation trains, a new paint job, flame throwers, and audio effects.
In 2008, the park started work on creating the Magic of the Mountain museum at the top of the Sky Tower with memorabilia throughout the park's history, including old television commercials, park maps, models, and parts of rides. In October, the park announced Terminator Salvation: The Ride
Terminator Salvation: The Ride
Apocalypse is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is located in the Cyclone Bay section of the amusement park, on a plot of land formerly occupied by the Psyclone roller coaster.-History:...
, a wooden roller coaster that opened on May 23, 2009. Terminator Salvation: The Ride took the former location of Psyclone. Terminator features an entirely different track layout; tunnels, in which mist sprays at guests; sound and audio effects, and a truck flaming as you go by it. On January 9, 2011, Terminator Salvation was renamed to "Apocalypse", in an attempt to save money, and the audio effects were removed. It was re-themed as an "end of the world attack" type of theme. Fire and mist effects still remain intact.
2010–2011 capital expenditures
In a 2009 Interview with Six Flags President and CEO Mark Shapiro, the Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
quoted Shapiro stating that Magic Mountain will be installing a new roller coaster for its 2010 season followed by Wiggles World
Wiggles World
Wiggles World is a themed land at the Dreamworld amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. On 17 September 2005, the area opened replacing the previous Gum Tree Gully section...
in 2011. Shapiro also stated that the adjacent Hurricane Harbor would receive an expansion.
On May 29, 2010, Mr. Six's Dance Coaster
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it will have a new location in Bug's Bunny World. As of...
was scheduled to open however it was delayed until 2011 when it will open under a new theme. On the same day, Mr. Six’s Splash Island opened at the adjacent Hurricane Harbor water park.
On August 3, 2010, it was announced that Superman: The Escape would undergo a major redevelopment before the 2011 season.
On October 20, 2010, Six Flags Magic Mountain officially announced their full plans for 2011 after a video was leaked six days earlier. In addition to opening Mr. Six's Dance Coaster under a new name and theme, Six Flags announced two other attractions. In time for the 2011 season, Superman: The Escape will be refurbished into Superman: Escape from Krypton and will feature new backwards launching cars and a new color scheme. The third and final announcement regards an entirely new thrill roller coaster. The Green Lantern: First Flight
Green Lantern: First Flight (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Green Lantern: First Flight is the second 4th Dimension steel roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia in California. The ride opened to the public on Friday, July 1, 2011, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend...
will open in July 2011 as Magic Mountain's eighteenth roller coaster. It will be an Intamin ZacSpin
4th Dimension roller coaster
A 4th Dimension roller coaster is a type of steel roller coaster whereby riders are rotated independently of the orientation of the track, generally about a horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the track. The cars do not necessarily need to be fixed to an angle.-History:John F...
. This roller coaster will reclaim the world record for the highest number of roller coasters at a single theme park. It was later announced, on November 4, 2010, that the children's roller coaster will be called "Little Flash
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it will have a new location in Bug's Bunny World. As of...
" and will be located in Bug's Bunny World.
In late 2010, Six Flags began the process of removing licensed theming from attractions. They terminated several licenses including their licenses with Terminator
Terminator (franchise)
The Terminator series is a science fiction franchise encompassing a series of films and other media concerning battles between Skynet's artificially intelligent machine network, and John Connor's Resistance forces and the rest of the human race....
and Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine
Thomas the Tank Engine is a fictional steam locomotive in The Railway Series books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher. He became the most popular character in the series, and the accompanying television spin-off series, Thomas and Friends.Thomas is a tank engine, painted blue...
. Terminator Salvation: The Ride
Terminator Salvation: The Ride
Apocalypse is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is located in the Cyclone Bay section of the amusement park, on a plot of land formerly occupied by the Psyclone roller coaster.-History:...
will be renamed and rethemed into Apocalypse beginning January 8, 2011. Thomas Town will be renamed and rethemed to Whistlestop Park
Whistlestop Park
Whistlestop Park is a themed kid's area with various rides at several Six Flags amusement parks.-History:Before being named Whistlestop Park, these themed areas were named Thomas Town from 2007 to 2010....
in time for the 2011 season.
On January 18, 2011, the LA Times reported after considering a new theme based on DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
superhero sidekicks, the park opted for simplicity and will rename the Little Flash
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it will have a new location in Bug's Bunny World. As of...
coaster to Road Runner Express
Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it will have a new location in Bug's Bunny World. As of...
. Due to Green Lantern being placed in Gotham City Backlot, Gotham City will be re-themed into DC Universe. In addition, Grinder Gearworks will be "Wonder Woman: Lasso Of Truth" and Atom Smasher will be "The Flash: Speed Force".
In August 2011, several media sources
News media (United States)
Mass media are the means through which information is transmitted to a large audience. This includes newspapers, television, radio, and more recently the Internet. Those who provide news and information, and the outlets for which they work, are known as the news media.Some high-quality news media...
reported that Six Flags New England
Six Flags New England
Six Flags New England , formerly Riverside Amusement Park, is a Six Flags theme park, named for the New England region, in which it is located. Located off of Massachusetts State Route 159, Six Flags New England is located less than from the major City of Springfield, Massachusetts, in the nearby...
is going to build Déjà Vu from Six Flags Magic Mountain, for the park's 2012 season
Giant Inverted Boomerang
A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters...
.
On September 1, 2011, Six Flags Magic Mountain announced that they would be opening a new attraction for the 2012 season named Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom
Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom
Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is a drop tower ride currently under construction at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. The ride will be integrated into the existing Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure.-History:...
. The free-fall drop attraction will be integrated into both sides of the park's 415 feet (126.5 m) tall Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure and will rank as the world’s tallest drop tower, featuring a plummet from 400 feet (121.9 m) above ground level. One day later, Six Flags Magic Mountain confirmed on Facebook
Facebook
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that Déjà Vu will be removed from the park soon. Then on September 13, 2011, the park announce that Déjà Vu will be removed after October 16, 2011, "Déjà Vu fans, we have created some exclusive after hours ride time for you to ride it again before October 16."
After the 2011 Fright Fest
Fright Fest
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ended, the Log Jammer
Log Jammer
Log Jammer was a log flume at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It opened with the park on May 29, 1971 and closed on October 31, 2011.- General information :...
ride closed down for removal.
Themed park areas
There are presently nine separately themed areas within the park - each zone featuring its own distinct rides, attractions, and food service venues.| Area | Description |
|---|---|
| Six Flags Plaza | Turn of the century portal that guests utilize to enter and exit the park. Features gift shops, food service venues, photo services, and guest relations. |
| Baja Ridge | South of the border flair can be found in this barren desert landscape where three roller coasters await guests. |
| Cyclone Bay | Guests can partake in a myriad of rides and midway games. |
| DC Universe | The rides and attractions in this area are inspired by the DC comics universe. |
| Samurai Summit | Japanese folklore and mythology come to life in the form of three roller coasters atop this rugged hillside. |
| Rapids Camp Crossing | This area simulates a campsite set deep in the American wilderness. |
| Colossus County Fair | Carnival-style games test skills of every kind while three gargantuan roller coasters of three different natures beckon thrill seekers. |
| High Sierra Territory | In the shadows of towering redwoods amongst a setting not unlike California's great national parks, guests can explore attractions suitable for all ages.
The Looney Tunes characters have taken up residence in this outpost filled with rides designed specifically for children.
Guests can embark on a train ride through a scenic landscape aboard the passenger coach of a tank engine. |
| The Movie District | Movie-inspired, guests can plunge 50' off a waterfall, catch a live-action stunt show, climb a staggering rock wall, or fulfill their need for speed on two roller coasters. |
Cinema and television
Magic Mountain's proximity to downtown Los AngelesLos Ángeles
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, the hub of the American film and television industry, has resulted in its appearance in several productions, usually representing a park other than itself. The debut of Revolution was the focal point of the 1977 release Rollercoaster. In 1982, Magic Mountain became the fictional "Walley World" for National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Vacation
Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall...
, with scenes featuring Revolution and Colossus (each using fictional names). On television, Magic Mountain doubled as the theme park in the opening credits of the television series Step by Step. Other TV productions featuring Magic Mountain have included Entourage
Entourage (TV series)
Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
, CHiPs
CHiPs
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, Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (TV series)
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, Way Out Games
Way Out Games
Way Out Games was a weekly athletic competition game show where a total of 51 teams representing the United States and Puerto Rico competed in a series of athletic events, with emphasis based on humor and the unexpected....
, Knight Rider, Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
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, Melrose Place, The King of Queens
The King of Queens
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and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The band "KISS" also filmed a 1978 television movie titled "KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park is a 1978 television film, starring American hard rock band Kiss...
" that featured the band members in the park and near the Colossus Rollercoaster. The park was parodied in the 2002 movie Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams , and several times the Batman and Goliath coasters are seen.
In the Nickelodeon
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show Drake & Josh
Drake & Josh
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, Drake, Josh, and Megan take a trip to Mystic Mountain (parody of Magic Mountain) in the episode "The Demonator", and they ride the "Demonator". Also, in another Nickelodeon show Zoey 101
Zoey 101
Zoey 101 is an American television series that ran from January 9, 2005 to May 2, 2008 starring Jamie Lynn Spears as teenager Zoey Brooks, produced for Nickelodeon and syndicated worldwide. The show was initially filmed at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, then at stages in Valencia,...
Zoey and Lisa take Michael to Mystic Mountain (both Drake & Josh & Zoey 101 were created by Dan Schneider
Dan Schneider (TV producer)
Daniel James "Dan" Schneider is an American songwriter, actor, writer, and producer of films and television. He is the co-president of his own production company called Schneider's Bakery....
), and they help Michael overcome his rollercoaster fear in the episode "Rollercoaster". He rides the "Spine Twister", which was actually the Goliath
Goliath (Six Flags Magic Mountain)
Goliath is a steel roller coaster made by Giovanola of Switzerland. The hypercoaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California and is promoted with a sub-tropical theme that is characterized by ruins of the ancient Mayan civilization...
from Magic Mountain. It was also featured in Zombieland
Zombieland
Zombieland is a 2009 American zombie comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. The film stars Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as survivors of a zombie apocalypse...
in 2009. In the movie This Is Spinal Tap
This Is Spinal Tap
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, the band performs as second billing to a puppet show at the fictional "Themeland Amusement Park" in Stockton, California
Stockton, California
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, located 300 miles (482.8 km) north of Valencia. The actual filming location is Magic Mountain's amphitheater. The Kidsongs
Kidsongs
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video Ride the Roller Coaster is set at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Nick Cannon group The School Gyrls movie premiere was at Six Flags Magic Mountain. In the new movie "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer is a 2011 comedy film based on Megan McDonald's Judy Moody book series, released on June 10, 2011. It stars Jordana Beatty as a third grader named Judy Moody who sets out to have the most thrilling summer of her life...
", they go to a theme park and ride a roller coaster for the first time. The roller coaster was Goliath. Magic Mountain was also used in the opening for the Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne Somers is an American actress, author, singer and businesswoman, known for her television roles as Chrissy Snow on Three's Company and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step....
and Patrick Duffy
Patrick Duffy
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hit sitcom Step by Step.
In 2011, the park was chosen as the setting for the Travel Channel
Travel Channel
The Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,...
's version of the quiz show "Scream! If You Know the Answer".
Current roller coasters
| # | Current Name | Year First Opened | Manufacturer | Location in Park | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apocalypse | 2009 | Great Coasters International Great Coasters International Great Coasters International, Inc. is a Sunbury, Pennsylvania-based roller coaster manufacturer which has created several award-winning rides since its formation in 1994. Starting in 2006 with Thunderbird in Finland, the company expanded beyond the United States and began building coasters in... |
Cyclone Bay | Wooden roller coaster featuring steeply banked turns and twisting drops. |
| 2 | Batman: The Ride Batman: The Ride Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster found in many Six Flags theme parks, as well as other parks around the world, including Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Fiesta Texas , Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags St. Louis, Six Flags... |
1994 | Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president... |
DC Universe | Floorless coaches suspended beneath an overhead track whip around steeply banked turns and five inversions. |
| 3 | Canyon Blaster Canyon Blaster (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Canyon Blaster is a steel family roller coaster located in the Bugs Bunny World area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.-External links:*... |
1999 | Miler Coaster Company | High Sierra Territory | Junior roller coaster. |
| 4 | Colossus Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Colossus is a wooden roller coaster located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. When it opened on June 29, 1978, it was one of the tallest and fastest wooden roller coasters in the world, and the first roller coaster in the world with two drops in... |
1978 | International Amusement Devices | Colossus County Fair | Twin wooden roller coaster. |
| 5 | Gold Rusher Goldrusher Gold Rusher is a steel roller coaster made by Arrow Dynamics of the United States. The coaster is located in The Movie District area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.... |
1971 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
The Movie District | Riders dip, turn, and dive up and around the park's mountainous terrain. |
| 6 | Goliath | 2000 | Giovanola Giovanola Giovanola Freres SA was one of the prominent thrill ride manufacturers in the world. It was well-known for thrill rides and also built electrical power stations, water storage tanks, pipelines, highway bridges, and many other steel products. The company started out as a small metal forging shop,... |
Colossus County Fair | Riders brave an opening drop of 255 feet (77.7 m) into a subterranean tunnel and multiple steep banking turns. |
| 7 | Green Lantern: First Flight Green Lantern: First Flight (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Green Lantern: First Flight is the second 4th Dimension steel roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia in California. The ride opened to the public on Friday, July 1, 2011, just in time for the 4th of July holiday weekend... |
2011 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
DC Universe | Riders navigate a stacked track path while strapped to seats that freely pitch forward and backward on a separate axis from the track. |
| 8 | Magic Flyer | 1971 | Bradley and Kaye | High Sierra Territory | Junior roller coaster. |
| 9 | Ninja Ninja (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Ninja is an Arrow Dynamics steel suspended roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It is the fastest roller coaster of its kind in the world, joint with Vortex at Canada's Wonderland, both with top speeds of .... |
1988 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Samurai Summit | Swinging coaches suspended from an overhead steel track whip around steeply banked turns and curves in and out of the treetops. |
| 10 | Revolution Revolution (roller coaster) The Revolution, formerly known as Great American Revolution and La Revolución, is a steel roller coaster manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf of Germany and designed by Werner Stengel. The coaster is located in the Baja Ridge area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California... |
1976 | Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.... |
Baja Ridge | Riders careen through steep banking turns and spirals in and out of the treetops. |
| 11 | The Riddler's Revenge The Riddler's Revenge The Riddler’s Revenge is a Bolliger and Mabillard stand-up roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Opened on April 4, 1998, Riddler's Revenge set stand-up coaster records for height , drop , speed , track length , largest vertical loop , and the most inversions... |
1998 | Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president... |
The Movie District | Riders traverse six upside-down turns on 4370 feet (1,332 m) of steel track while in a standing position. |
| 12 | Road Runner Express Road Runner Express (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Road Runner Express is a steel junior roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. On November 4, 2010, Six Flags corporate had an Investor Meeting webcast where they released the new name for the kid's coaster and that it will have a new location in Bug's Bunny World. As of... |
2011 | Vekoma Vekoma Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment... |
High Sierra Territory | Junior roller coaster. |
| 13 | Scream! Scream! (roller coaster) Scream! is a steel floorless roller coaster made by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Colossus County Fair area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, and was the park's 16th roller coaster.... |
2003 | Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president... |
Colossus County Fair | Floorless coaches riding above the rails traverse seven inversions on 3985 feet (1,214.6 m) of steel track. |
| 14 | Superman: Escape from Krypton | 1997 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Samurai Summit | Riders accelerate in reverse from 0 to 104 mi/h in seven seconds and climb nearly 41 stories into the air. |
| 15 | Tatsu Tatsu Tatsu, meaning "dragon" in Japanese is a steel flying roller coaster operating at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It opened May 13, 2006. The ride was promoted with a Japanese mythology theme. Tatsu is the only flying coaster to have a Zero-G Roll... |
2006 | Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting Engineers is a roller coaster design consultancy based in Monthey, Switzerland. The company was founded in 1988 by Walter Bolliger and Claude Mabillard, with Bolliger acting as president and Mabillard as vice-president... |
Samurai Summit | Suspended beneath a steel track, riders experience a total of 263' in elevation changes while harnessed in a prone position. |
| 16 | Viper Viper (Six Flags Magic Mountain) Viper is a steel roller coaster made by Arrow Dynamics of the United States. The roller coaster is located in the Baja Ridge area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.... |
1990 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Baja Ridge | Riders are turned upside-down seven times in three different ways and reach speeds of 70 mi/h |
| 17 | X² | 2002 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Baja Ridge | Riders experience predetermined forward and reverse somersaulting maneuvers while harnessed in seats that pitch on a separate axis from the track. |
Other current attractions
| Ride | Year Introduced | Manufacturer | Location in Park | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneer | 1980 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Colossus County Fair | Swinging pirate ship ride. |
| Cyclone 500 | 1992 | J & J | Cyclone Bay | Go-Kart attraction. Requires nominal fee for participation. |
| Dive Devil | 1996 | SkyCoaster Inc. Skycoaster Skycoaster, most commonly also named Ripcord or Xtreme SkyFlyer , is an amusement park ride, produced and managed by Skycoaster, Inc.... |
Cyclone Bay | Large swing attraction simulating the experience of sky diving. |
| Flash: Speed Force | 1974 | Mack Rides MACK Rides Mack Rides is a German company that designs and constructs roller coasters. The family that owns the company also owns Europa Park.-History:The creation of the Mack company goes back to 1780, by Paul Mack, when he started building carriages. The Mack company started to design roller coasters in 1920.... |
DC Universe | Mack Musik Express ride known in the past as Himalaya from 1974–1986; Subway from 1987–1993, ACME Atom Smasher from 1994–2004, and Atom Smasher from 2005-2010. |
| Grand Carousel | 1971 | Philadelphia Toboggan Company Philadelphia Toboggan Company The Philadelphia Toboggan Company is one of the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing companies in the world.Mack Rides of Germany dates back to 1781, but it did not start building coasters until 1921 Based in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, it was established in 1904 by Henry B... |
Six Flags Plaza | Merry-go-round with origins beginning in 1912. It was removed in the 1960s from the Savin Rock Amusement area in West Haven, Connecticut West Haven, Connecticut West Haven is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 52,721.-History:... and sold to Magic Mountain. |
| Jet Stream | 1972 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Cyclone Bay | Flume ride. Known from 2001-2006 as Arrowhead Splashdown. |
| Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom is a drop tower ride currently under construction at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. The ride will be integrated into the existing Superman: Escape from Krypton tower structure.-History:... |
(2012) | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Colossus County Fair | Free fall drop thrill ride from a height of 400', attaining a terminal velocity of 85 miles per hour. |
| Orient Express | 1971 | Kornenberg Shipbuilding Co. | Six Flags Plaza / Samurai Summit | Cable car ride was known from 1971-1988 as Funicular. |
| Roaring Rapids | 1981 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Rapids Camp Crossing | Rapids water attraction simulating a wilderness raft expedition. |
| Sandblasters | 1971 | Reverchon | The Movie District | Bumper cars. |
| Scrambler | 2003 | Eli Bridge | The Movie District | The park's former old Scrambler was damaged from an uprooted tree. This Scrambler was relocated from Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas Six Flags Over Texas is a major amusement park located in Arlington, Texas , east of Fort Worth and about west of Dallas. It is the oldest park of the Six Flags chain. The park opened on August 5, 1961 following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate... . |
| Sky Tower & Museum | 1971 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Samurai Summit | 38-story observation tower. In 2008, a museum was added to the top of the tower showcasing memorabilia from the park's history. |
| Swashbuckler | 1983 | Chance Industries Chance-Morgan Chance Morgan, a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer, was formed in 2001 with the merger of Chance Industries and D. H. Morgan Manufacturing . The main office is D. H. Morgan's former location in La Selva Beach, California and they utilize Chance Industries' former manufacturing... |
Colossus County Fair | Chance Yo-Yo attraction. |
| Tidal Wave | 1989 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
The Movie District | Shoot-the-Chute flume. |
| Wonder Woman: Lasso of Truth | 1974 | Hrubetz | DC Universe | Round Up ride; known in the past as: Electric Rainbow from 1974–1986, Turbo from 1987–1993, Gordon Gearworks from 1994–1998, and Grinder Gearworks from 1999-2010. |
Former rides & attractions
| Ride | Year Opened | Year Closed | Manufacturer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Steam Train | 1971 | 1981 | Crown Metal Products | The Train ride to the troll country. |
| Billy the Squid | 1971 | 1973 | Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.... |
Polyp Ride Octopus (ride) The Octopus is a type of amusement ride in the shape of an octopus. Five to eight arms attached to a central axis spin and move up and down in random, while cars at the end of the arms spin on rotary bolts. Each Octopus ride has the arms attached the middle of the ride. The middle of the ride will... . In 1973 this Polyp ride had a maintenance problem and was removed. The Jolly Monster was built on its site. |
| Circus Wheel | 1971 | 1999 | Chance Industries | Chance Trabant with Roman theming. It spun in a clockwise direction and tilted at the same time. The Trabant was removed and replaced with a Tilt-A-Whirl, retaining the Circus Wheel name. |
| Circus Wheel | 1981 | 2008 | Sellner Manufacturing Sellner Manufacturing Sellner Manufacturing is the Faribault, Minnesota manufacturer of the Tilt-A-Whirl and other amusement park rides. Started by Herbert Sellner in 1926 and still family owned.-History:Herbert Sellner made lamps, toys and library tables... |
This Sellner Tilt-A-Whirl Tilt-A-Whirl Tilt-A-Whirl is one of the best-known flat rides, designed for commercial use at amusement parks, fairs and carnivals in which it is commonly found. The rides are manufactured by Sellner Manufacturing of Faribault, Minnesota... was known in the past under the names Fiesta Dance 1981-1981; Baile de las Flores 1982-1988 and Jolly Roger 1988-1999. The Tilt-A-Whirl was removed to make room for 3-Point Challenge basketball game. Tilt-A-Whirl has been in storage in a boneyard. |
| Condor | 1988 | 1989 | Huss Rides | This Huss Condor was open for two years before being removed. It was removed to make room for Viper. |
| Crazy Barrels | 1971 | 1989 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
This Intamin Drunken Barrels was formerly located at a county fair. The Barrels were removed, but an abandoned platforms are still there behind the basketball game near the Metro station. |
| Déjà Vu Giant Inverted Boomerang A Giant Inverted Boomerang is a type of steel shuttle roller coaster manufactured by Vekoma. The ride is a larger, inverted version of Vekoma's popular Boomerang sit down roller coasters... |
2001 | 2011 | Vekoma Vekoma Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment... |
Located in "Cyclone Bay". A Floorless coaches suspended beneath an overhead track traverse the track forward and in reverse. Removed and the coaster was sent to Six Flags New England as Goliath. |
| Dragon | 1974 | 1981 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
This transportation cable car transported riders from the upper level of the back of the mountain down to the lower level of this area, and vice versa. The ride was removed and Ninja was built in 1988. The Dragon's track, wall, and upper station are still visible under Ninja. The lower station is still standing because abandoned in between Jets Stream and old Spin Out on site. |
| Eagle's Flight - El Dorado | 1971 | 1981 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
This Intamin AG aerial sky-way ride took passengers from the upper part of the mountain to the lower land on the north of the mountain. The station was next to El Bumpo's area. |
| Eagle's Flight - Galaxy | 1971 | 1994 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
A second aerial sky-way ride from the top of the mountain to the lower land in the County Fair area. |
| El-Bumpo | 1971 | 1979 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Gas-powered bumper boats located on the pond. |
| Flashback | 1992 | 2008 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Steel roller coaster featuring a stacked design and numerous steep rolling track dives. The Flashback has been standing but not operating since 2003 and demolished in 2008 and scrapped. |
| Freefall | 1982 | 2008 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
An Intamin 1st-generation Freefall. The ride was standing but not operating from 2005 to 2006; however, it was scrapped for the 2008 season. |
| Galaxy | 1971 | 1979 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
An Intamin double Ferris wheel with cable pulley that looked like a V-shaped beam. The ride was removed and was located where Buccaneer and Swashbuckler are now sitting. |
| Grand Centennial Excursion Railroad | 1975 | 1985 | A big steam train that took passengers around. Located north of the main mountain. | |
| Granny Gran Prix | 1971 | 2007 | D. H. Morgan | This track-guided car ride was known as Chevron Gran Prix (Gas Powered) from 1971-1986. A new turnpike (electric-powered) was opened for three years before being moved in 1988 to Bugs Bunny World. The old guided track was demolished to make room for Tidal Wave. In December 2007 it was demolished to make room for Thomas Town's opening in 2008. |
| Jolly Monster | 1973 | 1981 | Eyerly | A standard Eyerly Monster ride which replaced Billy the Squid. This thrill ride was at the Pirate's Cove near Colossus, Buccaneer, and Swashbuckler. The ride was removed and its site sat empty for 7 years before the Tilt-A-Whirl was moved there. |
| Log Jammer Log Jammer Log Jammer was a log flume at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. It opened with the park on May 29, 1971 and closed on October 31, 2011.- General information :... |
1971 | 2011 | Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics Arrow Dynamics was a roller coaster and amusement ride design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. In 2002, the company went bankrupt but was quickly bought by fellow amusement ride manufacturer S&S Power to form S&S Arrow. During its peak, Arrow Dynamics was responsible for some of... |
Log flume featuring two large drops. |
| Magic Pagoda | 1974 | 1984 | A walk-thru attraction located on Samurai Summit. It featured a talking Buddha, a mirror maze, a strobe light room (with a dragon flying overhead), a walk through a miniature version of Chinatown and various other small scale items of interest with a Chinese Theme. Now used as part of a walk-through maze for the Halloween season. | |
| Metro | 1971 | 2011 | Universal Mobility | This monorail ride ran two stations at the High Sierra Territory and Colossus County Fair but the monorail had been standing but not operating since 2001. As of 2008, the park does not have plans to re-open the attraction. The trains were located near the former location of Flashback where they sat for 10 years. In 2011 the monorail trains are relocated to Hersheypark Hersheypark Hersheypark is an amusement park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, near the Hershey Chocolate Factory.Hersheypark was opened on April 24, 1907 as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company, an American confectionery company. Later, the company decided to open the park to the... . The abandoned track and station are planned to be scrapped. |
| Mountain Express | 1973 | 1982 | Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.... |
Wildcat coaster located near where Flashback stood. Relocated to Magic Landing as Wildcat and then to Bosque Magico as Montana Rusa. |
| Psyclone | 1991 | 2006 | Dinn Corporation Dinn Corporation Dinn Corporation was a former roller coaster designing and manufacturing company established in West Chester, Ohio in 1983 by Charles Dinn. They are noted for building twelve wooden roller coasters in the United States, including:* Georgia Cyclone* Hercules... |
A wood tracked roller coaster patterned after the Cyclone at Astroland park in Brooklyn, New York. It was torn down for the 2007 season, and piles of wood remained at the site for many days after the destruction. The site is now home to another wooden coaster, Apocalypse. |
| Reactor | 1977 | 1993 | Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.... |
A Schwarzkopf Enterprise, known from 1977-1987 as Enterprise, was renamed Reactor in 1987. This thrill ride was removed at the end of the 1993 season. |
| Sarajevo Bobsleds La Vibora La Vibora is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, Texas, United States.This is one of Intamin’s Bobsled coasters, commonly known as the Swiss Bob... |
1984 | 1986 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
Bobsled coaster named after the 1984 Olympics. Removed due to the Six Flags ride rotation program and replaced with Shockwave. It was moved to Six Flags Over Texas and opened as Avalanche, but was later renamed and rethemed as La Vibora to better match the Spain section of the park. |
| Scrambler | 1973 | 2003 | Eli Bridge | This scrambler had a lot of damage from an uprooted tree and was scrapped; however, Six Flags Magic Mountain received another scrambler from Six Flags Over Texas. |
| Shockwave | 1986 | 1988 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
A Steel Standup looping roller coaster. it was removed in 1989 and relocated to Six Flags Great Adventure due to the ride rotation program. |
| Sierra Twist | 1973 | 2008 | Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs.... |
A Schwarzkopf Bayern Kurve Bayern Kurve The Bayern Kurve is an amusement park and carnival ride made in both a portable and park model that debuted in 1965 and was invented by Anton Schwarzkopf, a legendary German engineer of amusement rides. During the ride, riders sit in one of the sixteen bobsled-themed cars that travel at a... ride, originally known as Swiss Twist. It was a high-speed bobsled ride with a circular track. The ride was removed due to aging parts and high maintenance costs. |
| Spin Out | 1971 | 2008 | Chance Industries | A Chance Rotor Rotor (ride) The Rotor is an amusement park ride, designed by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in the late 1940s. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949, and was exhibited at fairs and events throughout Europe during the 1950s and 1960s... known from 1971-1972 as Bottoms Up. Featured in the video for Belinda Carlisle Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments... 's #1 hit song, "Heaven is a Place on Earth" The video was directed by Diane Keaton Diane Keaton Diane Keaton is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970... . |
| Thrill Shot | 2001 | 2011 | S&S Power S&S Power S&S Worldwide is a company known for its pneumatically powered amusement rides and roller coaster designing.-History:S&S Worldwide was founded by Stan Checketts as S&S Sports, Inc. S&S Sports manufactures bungee jumping and trampoline equipment. S&S Sports was sold in 1996... |
Rapidly ascending slingshot attraction. The ride requires a nominal fee from guests to participate. Thrill Shot has closed in 2009 due high maintenance costs and plan to removed in 2011. |
| Tumble Drum | 1974 | 1980 | This walk-through barrel roll was located near the Electric Rainbow (Round up ride). | |
| Yosemite Sam Sierra Falls | 1993 | 2010 | WhiteWater West Industries | Double tube waterslides with dingy raft on location at the Bugs Bunny World. Demolished to make room for Road Runner Express. |
| Z-Force | 1987 | 1993 | Intamin AG Intamin AG Intamin Worldwide is a designing and manufacturing company in Wollerau, Switzerland. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The U.S. division of the company is located in Glen Burnie, Maryland, and is headed by Sandor Kernacs. The Intamin brand name is an... |
An Intamin Looping Starship/Space Shuttle themed as an Air Force fighter plane. The ride was removed at the end of the season in 1993 to make room for Batman: The Ride Batman: The Ride Batman: The Ride is a steel inverted roller coaster found in many Six Flags theme parks, as well as other parks around the world, including Six Flags Great America, Six Flags Great Adventure, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Fiesta Texas , Six Flags Over Georgia, Six Flags St. Louis, Six Flags... . |
Accidents
The park had fatal accidents and injuries through the years.- On February 5, 1978, a man was killed after rocking a gondola car on Eagles Flight, El Dorado (Skyride) slipped from its cable and fell 50 feet (15.2 m) to the ground. The man's wife was also seriously injured.
- Also in 1978, a woman was ejected from the Colossus ride, and fell to her death. The incident led to several ride modifications, including re-profiling the double-hump section of track and installing trim brakes there.
- In 1996, a part-time employee was killed while crossing the tracks of the Revolution roller coaster. She was struck by a train full of guests as it returned to the station.
- In 2000, a young boy riding Spin Out slipped up the barrel walls of the ride while in operation, and once he reached to top of the barrel his head struck a water pipe that was between the barrel and the main structure. After realizing what happened the operator pressed the emergency stop button both effectively stopping the ride and trapping the injured child and other guests. Operators were trained that in case of an emergency they were to stop the ride normally but quickly. Activating the emergency stop interrupts the power supplied to the ride and requires a maintenance technician to reactivate it. Spin Out operated until 2008 when it was demolished.
- In June 2001, a woman riding Goliath suffered a fatal brain aneurysm during the ride and was discovered unconscious when the vehicle returned back to the loading platform.
- On April 9, 2004, a female park employee was struck and killed by one of Scream's trains during a morning test run. It is still unknown as to why she entered an unauthorized restricted area below the attraction that ultimately resulted in her death.
- On August 30, 2008, Michael Rohrer, 20, of West Hollywood entered a restricted area by scaling two separate 6' perimeter fences to retrieve a lost hat and was fatally injured when he was struck by a passing vehicle on Ninja at approximately 4 PM PST. He was treated at the scene by park first-aid, then air-lifted to UCLA Medical Center in Los AngelesLos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
in comatose condition. He died from his injuries at 2 AM the following morning. - In 2009, a man was hit by a parking lot shuttle tram. It is not known why he was standing in the middle of the road. It is thought to be a suicide attempt, though the man has made no comments.