Went to six flags mm yesterday, Thursday Jan 6th? NO LINES, NO PEOPLE! Rode every ride in under 5 hours! Dude! Go on Thursday! Walked right on everything!
Magic Mountain is my home park, so I'm naturally biased, but even with that, it's not my favorite park. However, if Magic Mountain had the same level of management that Cedar Fair parks have, it would probably be my #1.
I hope not! I love Viper! Strangely enough, I keep hearing people say Viper hurts to ride, but I've never felt even remotely uncomfortable on it. It always seemed about as smooth as any other of their steel coasters. Maybe it depends on your body type or size or something.
I'm a 5'6 170 pound man and I love that coaster lol. I have no problems with it and my head is right in between those "uncomfortable" restraints. They will only remove viper when the cost to maintain the ride exceeds the money it makes for the park.
Memelord, Viper never hurts me but if they give it new trains with just lap bars, have Vekoma retrack the inversions, and give the ride a new theme and name, than the ride could be much better, even though the Viper is my favorite Arrow looper. I've been on many Arrow loopers on top of that including the Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. What makes the Viper a very important ride is because its the last surviving 7 looper model from Arrow and it deserves a nice rehab or at least lap bar only trains.
Magic Mountain actually used to have far better themimg in the 70s and 80s! Then they spent all their money on the coaster race, which I certainly appreciate (MM is a no-brainer destination because of the coaster lineup alone), and as a result the theming slowly disappeared; instead, like so many parks, they seemed to think that commercial/superhero tie-ins count as theming, whereas for me it's just empty commercialism. Also, MM has clearly cut back on the staffing over the years, and the amenities are terrible compared to many parks. Finally, despite the record number of coasters, on a bad day the lines can be so bad as to make a visit feel like a bad idea. So, in terms of management, it's a poor park. In terms of rides, it's possibly the best in the country.
Everything you said was so on point from the weird smell at new revolution to the ugly t shirts!!!! Lmao!!! I go there practically every weekend because I love so close by it so it's really nice to know the reputation my home park has! I do agree about the theming, it can use some work and the Johnny Rockets line!!!! MAN that is not worth it but oh well I go to ride the rides not to eat gourmet food and stuff. But the X2 lockers? It isn't mandatory you can just put your stuff on the side, at lease that's what I did and they didn't say anything. Great review !!!
Best days to go are Tuesday/Wednesday. Lines are no more than 15 minutes long. We were just there on Tuesday Christmas eve and got to go on the new coaster west coast racers which was awesome.
Trolls are not something I'm not used to, so it doesn't bother me. I can guarantee you the people giving it a thumbs down aren't even watching the video.
PivotCoasterVideos Probably. They don't bother me. If anything I feel bad for them cause it just shows how they have nothing better to do and take pleasure in attempting to make another person feel bad about themselves.
I grew up 20 miles away and "Magic" was a significant part of my childhood. When you go matters as during the summer all the kids are out and temps can easily hit the 100F's and beyond.
Looking at the Magic Mountain vs Cedar Point thing. It’s funny how these places are such products of their location. Magic Mountain is QUINTESSENTIAL Southern California/Los Angeles...concrete, hills, costumed characters with mountains in the distance. Anybody who’s ever been to LA knows that this is, without a doubt, the essence of life there. I’m one of the few people who seem to actually *like* LA. It’s just such a sprawling, impressive, desert metropolis. Then you have Cedar Point...which is a complete microcosm of the upper Midwest. Fried food, views of the lake, funny “offbrand” style theming and long, open roads. It’s another one of my favorite parts of the country because it’s soooo different from where I live in the northeast. People just seem to be a little less bitter and (the funniest part to me) they LOVE their chain restaurants. Up in Boston, we always try to visit whatever hole in the wall place has incredible food made by people who speak exactly no English. I visit my cousins in St. Louis? “Let’s go to the Red Robin...or how about Chili’s....yeah, let’s do Chili’s tonight”. Really, there is no comparison between the two places. The only thing SoCal and Sandusky have in common is that they’re both in the contiguous US.
I was there in 2009, I found the park was a bit dirty and not very well maintained compared to german standarts but the rides (the most important ones) blew me away. The day I was there it was a bit quiet and I only stood in line for Tatsu and X2. Since I love roller coasters this was like heaven! I can't wait to visit again and ride Full Throttle and Twisted Colossus
I wish they had more family/thrill flats. Like I wish they had a Sky Screamer, Zamperla Discovery, Larson Tilt-A-Whirl, and a Larson Flying Scooter ride.
Funny you say that, they're making the tallest Zamperla Discovery in 2018. But I would love to have a sky screamer ever since windseeker at knott's closed down a few years ago
Taylor, is it possible you can update this review when you head to the park in 2018? Especially now they have added a nice dark ride, an upcoming flat ride, and many changes added to the park with the new president. Changes such as: -Refurbed Jet Stream -Upgraded Restrooms -Refurbed Games -New Parking Lot Entrance Signage -New Samurai Summit Signage -Upgraded Bumper Cars -Refurbed Scrambler -New Shaded Canopy for Check-in -New Solar Panel Shaded Parking -Remodeled Johnny Rockets -Water Fountains Replacement
You say SFMM is bad at going between roller coasters? Hersheypark has you walk at least more than 5 minutes (maybe even 10) between Fahrenehit and Great Bear. About 40% of the walk is uphill.
Went here, it was honestly such an amazing park!! Great rides, staff were very friendly, park looked nice, dispatches were speedy, etc. Unfortunately, I didn't get to ride Goliath or Superman because I ran out of time, but I got most of the credits like X2, Tatsu, Twisted Colossus, Viper, Riddlers, Full Throttle and Scream.
I totally agree with your review. Especially about the theming. That's my only real complaint about the park. Magic Mountain is my favorite park in CA, and I'll never pass up a chance to go ride some of the best coasters in existence, but its themed areas are hit-and-miss at best. And some rides are just out of place. This is mainly because it is an older park that was bought by Six Flags and still has many of its original un-themed areas mixing into its themed areas. And then there are just mis-placed rides. For example, Superman should be in the D.C. Universe/Metropolis area, not the asian-themed Samurai Summit. And it would be great if they did *something* with Gold Rusher. It's a nice older ride, but most of the ride is completely un-themed, with bare concrete block walls, views of the un-themed back sides of buildings, and rails and supports that desperately need repainting. And they need to do something about the spots where riders have developed dumb traditions of sticking wads of gum to a support beam on the first lift hill, or throwing old hats in a pile at the side of the track. It just looks dirty. If they ever did a theming overhaul, perhaps something similar to Disney's Big Thunder, with rock work, and maybe even tunnels/caves, and mining town building facades on the back sides of the unthemed buildings you pass during the ride, it would be a much nicer experience! Currently, the only thing loosely themed is its entrance building. And loosely is an understatement.
First trip ever was yesterday. Got 15 new credits all in one day. More than half their coasters were a walk on, including Twisted Colossus (so I took two rides), Riddler's Revenge, Apocalypse, Ninja, Viper, Batman, and even X2. Longest wait was for West Coast Racers - and that's understandable cuz it's new. So surprised how short the lines were. That is, until about 6pm. Park started to fill up for Fright Fest, and got super cold.
The interesting thing is that they're going around the park adding a new ride and then fixing the entire area but it's a huge task to do year after year so if they took two years to fix each area they could be themed really well
Hey Taylor are you ever going to do more park battles it's been like 2 years and many parks have changed. So I think some outcomes will be different. Also if you do choose parks that are really evenly matched so it will keep you guessing until the end. If you read this thanks!
I went here as a gp and passed up twisted Colossus to ride viper Can't complain to much though this park is what got me into coasters in the first place
I love the park. I live in Northern California about an hour from Discovery Kingdom, and I grew up going there. Last year was my first time at Magic Mountain and it was phenomenal. We got the Gold level Flash Pass and it was absolutely worth it. I noticed you mentioned you needed that extra day. With the pass, we did two full walk-throughs of the park and rode every open (non-kid) ride in May when it was fairly busy. The pass is well worth the money if you're going for a novelty visit rather than for those who live nearby. We're going back in two weeks and I'm stoked. All of the negative points you mentioned (except for aesthetic because that asphalt needs to be decorated) were not an issue. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn right down the road so it's just a short Lyft ride away, straight to the entrance. And we went to the Olive Garden that's like a mile away to carb-load the day before so food wasn't a necessity. I think the whole time we were there, I only purchased the drink cup, about 5 refills and an ICEE. My only tip is if you want a funnel cake, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE PARK IS ABOUT TO CLOSE. That line wraps around the whole "Main Street" area.
I am guessing the reason it's hard to find the new revolution's single rider line is because six flags wants us to get VR and wait in long lines. Also are you going to review Six Flags Great America soon?
I love six flags in valencia! My boyfriend and i would always go! Many awesome memories! And during halloween i love how everything is decorated especially at night! Looks so cool !
Wow. What are the dislikes about? There wasn't even anything controversial. Guess some people have nothing to do besides try to bring people down. Keep up the great work, Taylor!
Great review! Ive been going to Magic Mountain since '75 so i been through all the changes. I agree with you pretty much on everything you said, positive and negative. Screampunk Districts theming is the best in the park, I personally can not stand the DC Comics part of anything, especially in the naming of the rides.......before Six Flags acquired the park, they had their own character licensing, and the merchandise was AWESOME....back then..........now it sucks. You are dead on with the service for the food and places not being open. I will say this, since im an arizona resident, when i go to Magic Mountain i always get the platinum fast pass so i can get on everything in one day....and i always advise anyone to never ever EVER go to any amusement park on a Saturday......PERIOD! I am wondering what your thoughts are on that. But must say i do like your reviews....and this is coming from a 53 year old coaster junkie. so KUDOS and keep up the good work.
I adoreeee this place! I live in San Diego, California which is 3 hours away from Valencia. I’m so grateful for my dad buy our whole family the diamond season pass!
Not all movies. In fact, the 2015 movie Vacation was filmed at Six Flags Over Georgia. The movie featured a coaster called Velociraptor, which was at the time Ninja.
Spot on with this review! I love this park, even with its flaws. The improvements that need to be made are the following: 1. Fix/Replace Viper (Personally would prefer if they keep it, just fix the roughness) 2. Improve Merchandise 3. Cleaner Bathrooms 4. Upgraded Park Entrance ( Love the entrance from the vehicle though, very iconic) 5. Get the much-anticipated Giga Coaster (I suspect the park will get it in 2020, 20th coaster) 6. Replace/Upgrade theming of the Cyclone Bay section of the park (It feels like a dead part of the park) 7. Faster Operations 8. Friendlier/More Experienced Employees Fortunately, the park is definitely going in the right direction thanks to the SFMM President, Bonnie Weber. This is reflected by the fact that attendance increased 7.3 % in 2016 and has been increasing over the last few years. I'm very pleased that instead of just focusing on adding roller coasters, they have systematically been improving other aspects of the park. Bonnie has stated that her vision is to improve one part of the park every year, along with adding a new attraction. The biggest and best news for 2017 was that beginning in 2018, SFMM will be open 365 days on par with the other world class theme parks in California. This means that instead of hiring seasonal employees in part time gigs (mostly teenagers), the park will be able to hire permanent, full-time staff that will increase the overall guest experience. It will fix problems 7 & 8 on my list.
Gustavo Roman thankfully they already fixed the boardwalk area. I also agree with fixing up viper. Maybe a new paint job and hopefully some trains that are actually comfortable because that ride is fantastic! Cyclone bay is finally getting a re-theme and a new coaster so yay!!!! They need to update the restrooms at the front of the park they’re all bad and don’t have enough stalls.
How to make sfmm better than cedar point 1. Clean the park , fix the concrete with stone pathways , new theme areas , and cleaned bathrooms . 2.Better employment that care . 3.Dollywood type food 4.More family rides and kiddie rides and new kids area like Dc Super Friends and revamp Bug Bunny World to Bugs Bunny Boom Town . 5.Add hotels for family and something like City Walk with food dinning and multiple stores 6 . Parking lot like the ones in Universal Studios that leads to the City Walk type place . 7.Better themed ride and adding theming to ride , like theming scream and changing it name . 8. Add Themed log flume like Timber Mountain Log Flume 9.Add a Water Coaster like Escape From Altantis themed to Aquaman 10.Add Safari off road adventures 11.Better shows 12.Make better Merchadise 13.Add a SkyScreamer as tall as 420 feet 14.Remove viper and Green Lantern First Flight or send it SFSL . 15. Turn Riddlers Revenge to a sitdown ( If it they want to ) 16.Rmc Apocalypse 17.Add a Giga Coaster . 18. Add Intamin pre-fab wooden coaster . 19.Intamin megalite like Skyrush but smaller . 20.Eurofighter like Cannibal or Dive coaster 21.Expand Full throttle by adding a noninventing loop with some banked turn and inversions 22. New X2 smaller trains with better rotations . 23.B&M wing coaster . 24. Family Boomerang kiddie koaster . 25.Add skyride 26.New water coaster , something like wahoo racers to hurricane harbor , something like King Cobra , and more group slides 27. Add a Zamperla Frissbree , Enterprize 2.0 , and S&S Screamin Swing
sfmm is doing fine it needs to keep adding flat rides and with crazanity and drop of doom it is doing well. A giga would be cool and also a dive coaster but not essential as they have some phenomenal coasters anyway. Honestly clean up the park and it takes the number one spot for me especially after crazanity opened
Been going to this park since the late 70's. I think this is a very fair review. Definitely nailed it with the food/food service. It SUCKS! But, you don't go there to eat. Great place for coasters! Great review. Well done.
haha the guy with the green costume on the stilts in scream punk district is a good friend of mine. and it wasn't a broken sewage pipe, it always smells by the new revolution. i think its the water
Idk I'd consider Gold Rusher, Ninja, and the water rides to be commendable as kid rides. Plus there's an Arcade Section and all of the non-coaster rides.
Me who’s going to here for the first time after being an enthusiast for years…trying to now figure out how to get on everything and I literally could have planned for months….idk at least I got the flash pass
I say definitely go towards the back first and use your flash pass on the rides in the front of the park. Go immediately towards Goliath, twisted colossus, west coaster racers, etc. They ones in the back usually get the most packed!
Couldn’t agree more about the merch thing, and being honest, I had the same problem with carowinds. Came all the way from New York and fury jumped into my top 3 immediately, so I wanted to get a shirt, and I ended up with something way too loud that I thought was just okay. I’m late but thought I’d add this
Also if you're thinking about buying a pass, gather 3/4 friends around fright fest time to get the "buy a day get the year" but if you have 4+ people you automatically upgrade to a gold pass which gives you free parking, parking is $20. This why you're paying no additional fee for parking or a gold pass.
I agree Johnny rockets is slow, if they took your order gave you a number and move you to the side it would go by so much quicker. But they make you stay at the window and wait for your food, that makes the line go by so slow.
I was there a couple weeks ago. I recommend a good 10 hours in the park if you’re a die hard coaster enthusiastic. You will need the time to do all the coasters without feeling rushed. There are about 17 there now. I felt really rushed with my 8 hours in the park and with all the long lines. I did most, but not all the coasters.
Taylor you know you can grow palm trees no matter where you live. It just depends on type of palms grow in your zone. Like I live in Tennessee and own a couple majesty palms.
One problem I had with one of the rides was Viper. You wait half an hour for a really cool coaster. And a select few times, the block sections were SO bumpy, they gave me a headache.
As someone who lives in the Dallas area and wishes this was our home park, I love the shot you took against Over Texas at 2:10. Magic Mountain gets rides like Twisted Colossus, we get gimmicky rides like Joker or a loop ride that any carnival could have =(
If you go to Six Flags Magic Mountain, SFMM as we Californians call it, you must ride, Superman Escape From Krypton, Tatsu, X2, Twisted Colossus, Full Throttle, Goliath and Scream. This is my home park and it gets an 8.5 while Knotts Berry Farm gets a 9.
update: TAYOR the New revolution does not have a single rider line anymore . I went yesterday(12/22/16) and they didn't have a single rider so I had to wait in the longer line.
I just went at the beginning of July. I went on a Monday and there were practically no lines, which was great. I was able to get all of the coaster credits in one day, except for Apocalypse and Green Lantern. Was bummed about Apocalypse being closed. Wonder if they're ever going to reopen the other one. Anyway, very glad that they pulled the VR off of Revolution. If you ask me, nothing of value was lost; it's still an excellent ride. So uh. Yes. Great park. Would go back in time to re-experience.
The thing about six flags is if you go at a good time( I went during the Santa Clarita Fire) there was no one there and the longest wait time was for Superman which was an hour. Or just get the flags pass
Living in New Jersey, I’m happy I have the 2nd best, Great Adventure, and I always go there as it’s extremely fun. But It extremely sucks how far away Magic Mountain is. I never seen the time or money to even think about going. I really wish I’ll get to go 1 day. I don’t when, but I really would love to go there. Looks extremely fun to take probably 4 days there, going to both the dry park and the water park.
If SFMM were to get a new front gate, I think there should be a fountain in the middle with a big Six Flags sign up top, and the ticket booths for admission into the park on the side, kind of like Carowinds.
Went to six flags mm yesterday, Thursday Jan 6th? NO LINES, NO PEOPLE! Rode every ride in under 5 hours! Dude! Go on Thursday! Walked right on everything!
sandra walrath sadly its closed on weekdays now due to low profits
joeys nephews ummm it's never closed lol
sandra walrath I always go on Thursdays, no lines!!!
joeys nephews that's only in winter
Wow Jan 6 is my birthday I’m going this Saturday
Thanks for reviewing my home park :)
EquestrianGamerGirl same here
This and Knott's are my home parks (yes, I like both six flags and cedar point)
EquestrianGamerGirl same
You are so lucky. I live all the way back in Korea, which has few coasters
I have Disney world, sea world, six flags, wild adventures and more
Magic Mountain is my home park, so I'm naturally biased, but even with that, it's not my favorite park. However, if Magic Mountain had the same level of management that Cedar Fair parks have, it would probably be my #1.
If Goliath was a b&m it would be top 3 in the world tbh
nobody:
this dude: anyone else see the quality of those palm trees?
It’s literally a tree is this a plant review channel or something lol
I live in Massachusetts. They look nice tho
Don’t blame him he might not live in California or somewhere else in California California has a lot of climates it is huge
Ive been coming to Magic for almost 20 years and worked there for 8 and everything in this review is spot on
Omg airtime thrills
They need to fix viper -_- it would be fun if it didn't hurt so bad.
memelord cucumber not completely sure I think they are taking it out
I hope not! I love Viper! Strangely enough, I keep hearing people say Viper hurts to ride, but I've never felt even remotely uncomfortable on it. It always seemed about as smooth as any other of their steel coasters. Maybe it depends on your body type or size or something.
I'm a 5'6 170 pound man and I love that coaster lol. I have no problems with it and my head is right in between those "uncomfortable" restraints. They will only remove viper when the cost to maintain the ride exceeds the money it makes for the park.
memelord cucumber viper is quite smooth
Memelord, Viper never hurts me but if they give it new trains with just lap bars, have Vekoma retrack the inversions, and give the ride a new theme and name, than the ride could be much better, even though the Viper is my favorite Arrow looper. I've been on many Arrow loopers on top of that including the Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. What makes the Viper a very important ride is because its the last surviving 7 looper model from Arrow and it deserves a nice rehab or at least lap bar only trains.
I grew up going in this theme park so frequently, and im proud to say that i can never get enough of this place.
I think it would be cool if Magic Mountain added a super loop in the Screampunk area of the park and made it look like a giant gear
Jakob Ogan I've never been on one so I'd definitely like to try it out even if it's just okay. I'm a GP so I like most rides.
Brian McNally wuts gp stands for???
Jose Gonzalez general public
JJ Savage ohhhh thanks
Uh they don't make arrow loopers. Sorry
Magic Mountain actually used to have far better themimg in the 70s and 80s! Then they spent all their money on the coaster race, which I certainly appreciate (MM is a no-brainer destination because of the coaster lineup alone), and as a result the theming slowly disappeared; instead, like so many parks, they seemed to think that commercial/superhero tie-ins count as theming, whereas for me it's just empty commercialism. Also, MM has clearly cut back on the staffing over the years, and the amenities are terrible compared to many parks. Finally, despite the record number of coasters, on a bad day the lines can be so bad as to make a visit feel like a bad idea. So, in terms of management, it's a poor park. In terms of rides, it's possibly the best in the country.
Everything you said was so on point from the weird smell at new revolution to the ugly t shirts!!!! Lmao!!! I go there practically every weekend because I love so close by it so it's really nice to know the reputation my home park has! I do agree about the theming, it can use some work and the Johnny Rockets line!!!! MAN that is not worth it but oh well I go to ride the rides not to eat gourmet food and stuff. But the X2 lockers? It isn't mandatory you can just put your stuff on the side, at lease that's what I did and they didn't say anything. Great review !!!
Jaz Maria i live like 3 miles from here tooooooo
Best days to go are Tuesday/Wednesday. Lines are no more than 15 minutes long. We were just there on Tuesday Christmas eve and got to go on the new coaster west coast racers which was awesome.
Looks like there's a troll or cedar point fanboy
Trolls are not something I'm not used to, so it doesn't bother me. I can guarantee you the people giving it a thumbs down aren't even watching the video.
They should find something better to do with their lives. Probably just jealous of your popularity or something.
PivotCoasterVideos Probably. They don't bother me. If anything I feel bad for them cause it just shows how they have nothing better to do and take pleasure in attempting to make another person feel bad about themselves.
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0:30 scream is stuck😂😂😂
The park wasn’t open yet notice how the parking lot was mostly empty
x2 used to have bins right in the spot where the lockers are. they probably saw a missed profit.
What's with the dislikes? The video was just uploaded.
either an army of bot accounts or the cedar point fanboys are enraged
John F it's the Cedar point fanboy. he made several accounts and disliked the video multiple times
John F glitched
Cedar point fanboy just isn't happy that magic mountain fanboy got his review
Haters what else
I grew up 20 miles away and "Magic" was a significant part of my childhood. When you go matters as during the summer all the kids are out and temps can easily hit the 100F's and beyond.
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Looking at the Magic Mountain vs Cedar Point thing. It’s funny how these places are such products of their location. Magic Mountain is QUINTESSENTIAL Southern California/Los Angeles...concrete, hills, costumed characters with mountains in the distance. Anybody who’s ever been to LA knows that this is, without a doubt, the essence of life there. I’m one of the few people who seem to actually *like* LA. It’s just such a sprawling, impressive, desert metropolis. Then you have Cedar Point...which is a complete microcosm of the upper Midwest. Fried food, views of the lake, funny “offbrand” style theming and long, open roads. It’s another one of my favorite parts of the country because it’s soooo different from where I live in the northeast. People just seem to be a little less bitter and (the funniest part to me) they LOVE their chain restaurants. Up in Boston, we always try to visit whatever hole in the wall place has incredible food made by people who speak exactly no English. I visit my cousins in St. Louis? “Let’s go to the Red Robin...or how about Chili’s....yeah, let’s do Chili’s tonight”. Really, there is no comparison between the two places. The only thing SoCal and Sandusky have in common is that they’re both in the contiguous US.
Six Flags Magic Mountain has some of the best coasters like x2
Yea I have to agree also the best six flags park!
I was there in 2009, I found the park was a bit dirty and not very well maintained compared to german standarts but the rides (the most important ones) blew me away. The day I was there it was a bit quiet and I only stood in line for Tatsu and X2. Since I love roller coasters this was like heaven! I can't wait to visit again and ride Full Throttle and Twisted Colossus
I wish they had more family/thrill flats. Like I wish they had a Sky Screamer, Zamperla Discovery, Larson Tilt-A-Whirl, and a Larson Flying Scooter ride.
Funny you say that, they're making the tallest Zamperla Discovery in 2018. But I would love to have a sky screamer ever since windseeker at knott's closed down a few years ago
Magic mountain doesn't have a sky screamer?? Wth!
Taylor, is it possible you can update this review when you head to the park in 2018? Especially now they have added a nice dark ride, an upcoming flat ride, and many changes added to the park with the new president. Changes such as:
-Refurbed Jet Stream
-Upgraded Restrooms
-Refurbed Games
-New Parking Lot Entrance Signage
-New Samurai Summit Signage
-Upgraded Bumper Cars
-Refurbed Scrambler
-New Shaded Canopy for Check-in
-New Solar Panel Shaded Parking
-Remodeled Johnny Rockets
-Water Fountains Replacement
You say SFMM is bad at going between roller coasters? Hersheypark has you walk at least more than 5 minutes (maybe even 10) between Fahrenehit and Great Bear. About 40% of the walk is uphill.
Carlos Vera You just have to know how to get around Hershey the best way
That's because Fahrenheit and Great Bear are in completely opposite parks of the park.
It probably takes upwards of ten to even fifteen minutes to walk from X2 to Batman: The Ride.
Carlos Vera It would take thirty to get from Goliath to Tatsu, and they aren't even at opposite ends.
thats a bit of a long shot but sure
X2 had bins and shelves when it first opened but they eventually switched to lockers and I didn’t want to ride it after that.
I will be heading there on August 20, 2019, and I even bought a flash pass, because you will never know how long those lines can get.
Went here, it was honestly such an amazing park!! Great rides, staff were very friendly, park looked nice, dispatches were speedy, etc. Unfortunately, I didn't get to ride Goliath or Superman because I ran out of time, but I got most of the credits like X2, Tatsu, Twisted Colossus, Viper, Riddlers, Full Throttle and Scream.
The merchandise is perfect at six flags magic mountain!
Thanks, going in June-July. Super excited
J Terry TV same
It’s a really fun park!
The three times that a ride twisted colossus I didn't race
Tyler Yong I know. It's kind of a hit and miss! I was able to race two out of the four times I road it. Smh.
Tyler Yong Some Days They Duel And sometimes Or Mostly No
It’s the slow loading guests!
The first/only time I went on it, I raced, loved it
Tyler Yong I always race ? Weird
I totally agree with your review. Especially about the theming. That's my only real complaint about the park. Magic Mountain is my favorite park in CA, and I'll never pass up a chance to go ride some of the best coasters in existence, but its themed areas are hit-and-miss at best. And some rides are just out of place. This is mainly because it is an older park that was bought by Six Flags and still has many of its original un-themed areas mixing into its themed areas.
And then there are just mis-placed rides. For example, Superman should be in the D.C. Universe/Metropolis area, not the asian-themed Samurai Summit.
And it would be great if they did *something* with Gold Rusher. It's a nice older ride, but most of the ride is completely un-themed, with bare concrete block walls, views of the un-themed back sides of buildings, and rails and supports that desperately need repainting. And they need to do something about the spots where riders have developed dumb traditions of sticking wads of gum to a support beam on the first lift hill, or throwing old hats in a pile at the side of the track. It just looks dirty. If they ever did a theming overhaul, perhaps something similar to Disney's Big Thunder, with rock work, and maybe even tunnels/caves, and mining town building facades on the back sides of the unthemed buildings you pass during the ride, it would be a much nicer experience! Currently, the only thing loosely themed is its entrance building. And loosely is an understatement.
First trip ever was yesterday. Got 15 new credits all in one day. More than half their coasters were a walk on, including Twisted Colossus (so I took two rides), Riddler's Revenge, Apocalypse, Ninja, Viper, Batman, and even X2. Longest wait was for West Coast Racers - and that's understandable cuz it's new. So surprised how short the lines were. That is, until about 6pm. Park started to fill up for Fright Fest, and got super cold.
The interesting thing is that they're going around the park adding a new ride and then fixing the entire area but it's a huge task to do year after year so if they took two years to fix each area they could be themed really well
Was this you're first time seeing a Palm tree?
yugioh guy lol no
+Coaster Studios Where did you see your first Palm tree?
yugioh guy California when I was like 6
Coaster Studios Oh. Was this your last time seeing one?
Oddly enough I hate Palm Trees. I live in Florida so I know that's a Catch 22 but yeah. My least favorite tree.
3:27 when the full throttle entrance is nicer than the park entrance
My home park!! There's something so magical about the coaster selection here. Truly some of the best in the world!
What park would you say has the best layout, Taylor? (I like Kings Island's)
Lucas Bradley I like Knotts berry farm
OWA cause it’s a simple oval lmao. Simplest thing ever and that’s why I like it haha
Six Flags magic mountain and cedar point are my two favorite places on earth
Hey Taylor are you ever going to do more park battles it's been like 2 years and many parks have changed. So I think some outcomes will be different. Also if you do choose parks that are really evenly matched so it will keep you guessing until the end. If you read this thanks!
At the moment I'm not planning any future park battles
ugh so long since last one
I went here as a gp and passed up twisted Colossus to ride viper
Can't complain to much though this park is what got me into coasters in the first place
I love the park. I live in Northern California about an hour from Discovery Kingdom, and I grew up going there. Last year was my first time at Magic Mountain and it was phenomenal. We got the Gold level Flash Pass and it was absolutely worth it. I noticed you mentioned you needed that extra day. With the pass, we did two full walk-throughs of the park and rode every open (non-kid) ride in May when it was fairly busy. The pass is well worth the money if you're going for a novelty visit rather than for those who live nearby. We're going back in two weeks and I'm stoked. All of the negative points you mentioned (except for aesthetic because that asphalt needs to be decorated) were not an issue. We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn right down the road so it's just a short Lyft ride away, straight to the entrance. And we went to the Olive Garden that's like a mile away to carb-load the day before so food wasn't a necessity. I think the whole time we were there, I only purchased the drink cup, about 5 refills and an ICEE. My only tip is if you want a funnel cake, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE PARK IS ABOUT TO CLOSE. That line wraps around the whole "Main Street" area.
I am guessing the reason it's hard to find the new revolution's single rider line is because six flags wants us to get VR and wait in long lines. Also are you going to review Six Flags Great America soon?
National Coaster News When I went on Superman The Ride at SFNE Lines just Suck.
I love six flags in valencia! My boyfriend and i would always go! Many awesome memories! And during halloween i love how everything is decorated especially at night! Looks so cool !
Wow. What are the dislikes about? There wasn't even anything controversial. Guess some people have nothing to do besides try to bring people down. Keep up the great work, Taylor!
Great review! Ive been going to Magic Mountain since '75 so i been through all the changes. I agree with you pretty much on everything you said, positive and negative. Screampunk Districts theming is the best in the park, I personally can not stand the DC Comics part of anything, especially in the naming of the rides.......before Six Flags acquired the park, they had their own character licensing, and the merchandise was AWESOME....back then..........now it sucks. You are dead on with the service for the food and places not being open. I will say this, since im an arizona resident, when i go to Magic Mountain i always get the platinum fast pass so i can get on everything in one day....and i always advise anyone to never ever EVER go to any amusement park on a Saturday......PERIOD! I am wondering what your thoughts are on that. But must say i do like your reviews....and this is coming from a 53 year old coaster junkie. so KUDOS and keep up the good work.
Flamingo land in the uk has 5 kid coasters..
Moreitsdavid idk why he said 4 we have like 6
At 5:30 Taylor turned into the joker... "I'm a guy with simple taste..."
I adoreeee this place! I live in San Diego, California which is 3 hours away from Valencia. I’m so grateful for my dad buy our whole family the diamond season pass!
Fer We have Sea World San Diego to thank for giving Magic Mountain life....THEY created it!!!!!
I'm a SFMM lifer and the one point I'd disagree with is the food. Compared to other Six Flags parks, the food choices here are terrible
Not all movies. In fact, the 2015 movie Vacation was filmed at Six Flags Over Georgia. The movie featured a coaster called Velociraptor, which was at the time Ninja.
Spot on with this review! I love this park, even with its flaws. The improvements that need to be made are the following:
1. Fix/Replace Viper (Personally would prefer if they keep it, just fix the roughness)
2. Improve Merchandise
3. Cleaner Bathrooms
4. Upgraded Park Entrance ( Love the entrance from the vehicle though, very iconic)
5. Get the much-anticipated Giga Coaster (I suspect the park will get it in 2020, 20th coaster)
6. Replace/Upgrade theming of the Cyclone Bay section of the park (It feels like a dead part of the park)
7. Faster Operations
8. Friendlier/More Experienced Employees
Fortunately, the park is definitely going in the right direction thanks to the SFMM President, Bonnie Weber. This is reflected by the fact that attendance increased 7.3 % in 2016 and has been increasing over the last few years.
I'm very pleased that instead of just focusing on adding roller coasters, they have systematically been improving other aspects of the park. Bonnie has stated that her vision is to improve one part of the park every year, along with adding a new attraction.
The biggest and best news for 2017 was that beginning in 2018, SFMM will be open 365 days on par with the other world class theme parks in California. This means that instead of hiring seasonal employees in part time gigs (mostly teenagers), the park will be able to hire permanent, full-time staff that will increase the overall guest experience. It will fix problems 7 & 8 on my list.
Gustavo Roman thankfully they already fixed the boardwalk area.
I also agree with fixing up viper. Maybe a new paint job and hopefully some trains that are actually comfortable because that ride is fantastic!
Cyclone bay is finally getting a re-theme and a new coaster so yay!!!!
They need to update the restrooms at the front of the park they’re all bad and don’t have enough stalls.
Ohhhhh there is a theme alright. It’s called allergies. There are so many plants I was literally crying all day
I'm very glad your back, Taylor. Great video 😃😃😃
I remember going to Six Flags when Viper was considered a new coaster and that same bad smell by Revolution was there then.
I'd like to ride ANY Magic Mountain coaster some day.
def go on either twisted, tatsu, or x2
How to make sfmm better than cedar point
1. Clean the park , fix the concrete with stone pathways , new theme areas , and
cleaned bathrooms .
2.Better employment that care .
3.Dollywood type food
4.More family rides and kiddie rides and new kids area like Dc Super Friends and revamp Bug Bunny World to Bugs Bunny Boom Town .
5.Add hotels for family and something like City Walk with food dinning and multiple stores
6 . Parking lot like the ones in Universal Studios that leads to the City Walk type place .
7.Better themed ride and adding theming to ride , like theming scream and changing it name .
8. Add Themed log flume like Timber Mountain Log Flume
9.Add a Water Coaster like Escape From Altantis themed to Aquaman
10.Add Safari off road adventures
11.Better shows
12.Make better Merchadise
13.Add a SkyScreamer as tall as 420 feet
14.Remove viper and Green Lantern First Flight or send it SFSL .
15. Turn Riddlers Revenge to a sitdown ( If it they want to )
16.Rmc Apocalypse
17.Add a Giga Coaster .
18. Add Intamin pre-fab wooden coaster .
19.Intamin megalite like Skyrush but smaller .
20.Eurofighter like Cannibal or Dive coaster
21.Expand Full throttle by adding a noninventing loop with some banked turn and inversions
22. New X2 smaller trains with better rotations .
23.B&M wing coaster .
24. Family Boomerang kiddie koaster .
25.Add skyride
26.New water coaster , something like wahoo racers to hurricane harbor , something like King Cobra , and more group slides
27. Add a Zamperla Frissbree , Enterprize 2.0 , and S&S Screamin Swing
Jonathan Reyes You Sound Like A CP Fanboy
Jonathan Reyes disagree on RMC apocalypse it’s a great GCI
That is easily into the triple-digit millions!
sfmm is doing fine it needs to keep adding flat rides and with crazanity and drop of doom it is doing well. A giga would be cool and also a dive coaster but not essential as they have some phenomenal coasters anyway. Honestly clean up the park and it takes the number one spot for me especially after crazanity opened
Jonathan Reyes You certainly asking a lot. Greedy.
My home park!!! This is the marquee park of the Six Flags chain.
I like how scream is stuck in the lift at the beginning shot xd, also the trolls are back ;-;
I love this park so much every coaster is crazy!!!
Been going to this park since the late 70's. I think this is a very fair review. Definitely nailed it with the food/food service. It SUCKS! But, you don't go there to eat. Great place for coasters! Great review. Well done.
I live in Pennsylvania. I don't live in the richest family but we're not poor. I really wanna go here. Ugh.
haha the guy with the green costume on the stilts in scream punk district is a good friend of mine. and it wasn't a broken sewage pipe, it always smells by the new revolution. i think its the water
Idk I'd consider Gold Rusher, Ninja, and the water rides to be commendable as kid rides. Plus there's an Arcade Section and all of the non-coaster rides.
Big Boi I wouldn’t consider Ninja a kid coaster. That thing is very aggressive!
Me who’s going to here for the first time after being an enthusiast for years…trying to now figure out how to get on everything and I literally could have planned for months….idk at least I got the flash pass
I say definitely go towards the back first and use your flash pass on the rides in the front of the park. Go immediately towards Goliath, twisted colossus, west coaster racers, etc. They ones in the back usually get the most packed!
Well this is the only way to get every ride in one day go on Christmas or Christmas Eve becuase almost no one goes on those days and you should be set
congrats on 41k
Lol now he has 123k
It was Good, I rode most of the coasters, I DIDN'T Ride Riddlers Revenge,X2(unfortunatley),Green Lantern, and Apocolypse(unfortunatley)
Sfmm is my home park and all of those are good but green lantern sucks some seats are good but most are bad
Six Flags Advertisement Mountain, is more like it.
Couldn’t agree more about the merch thing, and being honest, I had the same problem with carowinds. Came all the way from New York and fury jumped into my top 3 immediately, so I wanted to get a shirt, and I ended up with something way too loud that I thought was just okay. I’m late but thought I’d add this
For a future coaster there it would be cool if they added a V2. Simple doesn't take up to much space and its fun.
I agree the twisted colossus shirts were either just a picture of it with a hashtag or this crazy robotic design
Also if you're thinking about buying a pass, gather 3/4 friends around fright fest time to get the "buy a day get the year" but if you have 4+ people you automatically upgrade to a gold pass which gives you free parking, parking is $20. This why you're paying no additional fee for parking or a gold pass.
Me and my son eligh love watching your videos, Keep up the good work!
It's one of my home parks and I'm glad you recommended it
This Friday Im going to LA And I Really Want To Go Here
I agree Johnny rockets is slow, if they took your order gave you a number and move you to the side it would go by so much quicker. But they make you stay at the window and wait for your food, that makes the line go by so slow.
this is my home park and i had no idea it was this famous. this is super cool.
I was there a couple weeks ago. I recommend a good 10 hours in the park if you’re a die hard coaster enthusiastic. You will need the time to do all the coasters without feeling rushed. There are about 17 there now. I felt really rushed with my 8 hours in the park and with all the long lines. I did most, but not all the coasters.
I think that sfmm is the best and it my home park but I think tatsu is the best coaster there
shcullcrusher 088 twisted colossus and x2 are so much better lol
shcullcrusher 088 I like tatsu but I have that pretzel loop
Hate^
I like Twisted colossus and full throttle
I totally agree. I love tatsu. The pretzel loop was amazing
All the coasters look so smooth!
Twisted Collusus and Tatsu are my favorite. X2 is intense as hell
Taylor you know you can grow palm trees no matter where you live. It just depends on type of palms grow in your zone. Like I live in Tennessee and own a couple majesty palms.
I love my six flags, been going since 93, rode old rides and new rides, have my season pass
You can get a magic mountain shirt with magic mountain printed and with the year they opened at the shop next to Apocalypse
Magic mountain is by far one of my favorite Parks!
One problem I had with one of the rides was Viper. You wait half an hour for a really cool coaster. And a select few times, the block sections were SO bumpy, they gave me a headache.
I like the fact that Magic Mountain is year round operations (except for Hurricane Harbor).
It isn't! Not until this year that is.
It's not this year
As someone who lives in the Dallas area and wishes this was our home park, I love the shot you took against Over Texas at 2:10. Magic Mountain gets rides like Twisted Colossus, we get gimmicky rides like Joker or a loop ride that any carnival could have =(
trentos h That wasn't Titan@ 2:10, it was Goliath
If you go to Six Flags Magic Mountain, SFMM as we Californians call it, you must ride, Superman Escape From Krypton, Tatsu, X2, Twisted Colossus, Full Throttle, Goliath and Scream. This is my home park and it gets an 8.5 while Knotts Berry Farm gets a 9.
I should visit this park!
update: TAYOR the New revolution does not have a single rider line anymore . I went yesterday(12/22/16)
and they didn't have a single rider so I had to wait in the longer line.
I just went at the beginning of July. I went on a Monday and there were practically no lines, which was great. I was able to get all of the coaster credits in one day, except for Apocalypse and Green Lantern. Was bummed about Apocalypse being closed. Wonder if they're ever going to reopen the other one. Anyway, very glad that they pulled the VR off of Revolution. If you ask me, nothing of value was lost; it's still an excellent ride. So uh. Yes. Great park. Would go back in time to re-experience.
in LA you go to Six Flags, Long Lines you usually get though them
Taylor, I love these park review. When and what are you gonna make your next park review on?
For magic mountain’s next coaster I think they should get an Intamin Blitz or a MACK extreme spinner
The thing about six flags is if you go at a good time( I went during the Santa Clarita Fire) there was no one there and the longest wait time was for Superman which was an hour. Or just get the flags pass
Living in New Jersey, I’m happy I have the 2nd best, Great Adventure, and I always go there as it’s extremely fun. But It extremely sucks how far away Magic Mountain is. I never seen the time or money to even think about going. I really wish I’ll get to go 1 day. I don’t when, but I really would love to go there. Looks extremely fun to take probably 4 days there, going to both the dry park and the water park.
You should review your experience at six flags great america!
Not sure if all the hate is from Cedar Fair fanboys or if it's from Six Flags fanboys hating that you didn't praise SFMM for everything.
its neither. The people giving thumbs down didn't even watch the video.
Ki11aLegion c
i am so glad this is my home park
If SFMM were to get a new front gate, I think there should be a fountain in the middle with a big Six Flags sign up top, and the ticket booths for admission into the park on the side, kind of like Carowinds.
I went when I was younger and I was scared to go on almost all of the rides. Now I want to go back and go on as many rides as possible.