r/SixFlagsMagicMountain

Twisted and Scream added to the list.

Via

I've been hoping for the "cedar fair"ification of magic mountain, and I'll be honest and say I'm not seeing it yet. We had a relatively quick trip on Saturday; not being motivated to get there for rope drop without x2 we got to the park entrance a few after 11. we rode:

• full throttle: five minute wait, 10 minute minor delay. great coaster but the brakes at the end do kinda ruin the last element (even in the very back)
• goliath x2: no wait. this one's underrated; i get standing airtime on the first drop and camelback if i can keep a good amount of lap bar room
• twisted colossus x3: basically no wait for three cycles, then it quickly filled up. got two half duels, though on the second of those the other train caught up on the lift hill a second too late so it wasn't exactly a duel. the ops were trying hard but needing to re-verify specific seats always kills them.
• scream x2: no wait. we both had our best ride ever on this ride and gave it another try...second ride wasn't quite as good. if you can keep your head in front of or behind the restraints you'll have a better time
• lex luthor: half-cycle wait. really hope they can keep this when they scrap superman
• wonder woman: 15-20 minutes. does anyone know why they don't let you wear a sweater tied around your waist on rides? risk of it flying off?
• riddler's revenge: 15-20 minutes. have never waited for this before, the park was really getting busy. this had a wait because operations were *awful*, however. for whatever reason they continually waited two minutes between locking/clearing all the seats and sending the ride. after riding georgia scorcher and enjoying it, i was hoping my opinion on this would turn a corner. nope:(
• crazanity: 30 minutes including a 20-minute delay. having ridden some other giant frisbees recently i can say this is the best one i've done.
• gold rusher: no wait. some transitions are pretty painful here.
• tatsu: 15 minutes even though we used our single-use fast lane because they had the station queue backed up to the top of the stairs even though they were on a single train.
• viper x2: no wait, natch. partner won't ride this with me because she fears a concussion after a terrible first ride (as far as i know this is her only nope of any ride). good rides, i hope they keep the coaster forever, but i do think they're approaching a point where they'll need to have some retracking done
• great american revolution: 25 minutes including a 15-minute delay. shoutout to the man assigned rows 8 and 9 with his wife and kid, who sent those two to row 9 and decided to grab row 10 for himself. we were assigned row 10 and told him he had been directed to 8, he said "oh i don't think they have assigned rows on this." sure man. when we told him they did he refused to move without calling over a male ride op from past the ride gates (who had other things to be doing) to confirm he had to go to the row he was assigned, because clearly the woman who grouped him wasn't a sufficiently acceptable authority and he wasn't about to listen to us. the men in this hobby can really frustrate me. if you're reading this, because you're definitely on here, maybe let your kid ride with you man, it's sad lol. unrelatedly a lot of people cut directly into the station queue from the pathway to x2/viper, and the grouper isn't really positioned to be able to notice that and do their actual job.

Other notes: it was a rough day to see two different posts on this sub about gross conditions in the restaurants lol. really did not make me want to use my food pass, though i'd already had the asada nachos (pretty good tbh, but maybe i won't return to tacos etc.) and my partner had the garlic parmesan boneless wings (good but you only get five). they need more drink stations, no reason for there not to be one by batman and wonder woman, or TC and Scream (or a separate line is needed at twisted pies).

construction was moving along, i attached a vid taken from the full throttle station. i wish they had a schedule for when the characters come out, we did see taz (at his ride) and daffy duck (wandering looney tunes land). the park needs dramatically more shade, as does knott's. the new buses look pretty but we left at 4 pm and there were at least 50 people waiting to get on—we definitely would have had to wait for a second or maybe a third bus. not sure who thought those would have enough capacity.

i love this park but at some point you have to stop hoping for change and actually see it. two years since the merger was completed we have a new looney tunes land, though it removed like five kiddie rides and replaced zero so it's hard for me to see that as a benefit to families given how busy this park gets. it seems like they're investing in the horror nights entertainment, but we'll have to wait and see. operations remain quite slow except in isolated cases. apocalypse had a ghostrider-length wait (all the way to the turn immediately past the queue) that i just don't think should be possible without awful operations. the restaurants generally had half-hour waits past noon, and drink locations separated from restaurants are few and far between.

tldr: it was nice to see the park busy, I just wish more people were leaving with unequivocally positive experiences, and i don't really think that's currently possible at either magic mountain or knott's. the broader chain's disinterest in investing in these parks the way they do those on the east coast and midwest is truly baffling to me, given these are some of their only year-round parks.

Noticed familiar Fright Fest props going up in different locations for this season. Trick 'r' Treat facade being built where Saw used to be and its former site next to Riddler's Revenge is being left vacant. Stuff for Plaza de la Muerte being moved to Metropolis near Justice League since the area around Looney Tunes Land is being disrupted by new coaster construction. Devil's Triangle being moved to the walkway by Revolution to make room in the entrance plaza for a new opening show featuring a sinister new "Kurvatu" character.

The area directly over the food at Magic Mountain has years of neglect. I watched a piece of lint / dust fall off the cable and float into the tray of tortillas. Gross. Be careful.

Construction walls are up around the building and mostly blocking off the view of Superman. I noticed lone employee(s) clearing out the place while it looks like slow demolition has started at one end. I thought it was funny that they posted a sign advising that the restroom facilities there were closed...

First time Knotts season pass holder. Got the base pass and season pass for parking for 2026-2027. When I added it to my Apple wallet, it also added a Six flags silver pass.

Read online that six flags silver pass is no longer being sold this year, but the terms and conditions say it’s valid until 09/06/2026. Will this pass work for Magic mountain until then, or until 2027? If either, does it include parking?Thanks

A critter had a nice dinner last night. This is how the restaurant opened. 🫣🤢

they left the door unlocked lol