Six Flags Magic Mountain

We went early and after only an hour of walking around, the lines were already so long that each ride took an hour (or more) to ride. Even the line to get a bottle of water was long. Not worth it in my opinion to pay that much only to stand in ridiculous heat waiting around for a 3 minute thrill.

About ten years ago, I was in Anaheim to go to Disney, and we pretty much finished the whole park in a day, so we decided to go up to Magic Mountain for a day and check out the rides.

We planned on spending all day at the park, and hoped to hit a ride an hour, plus an hour for lunch, and we did a little better than that. The lines were pretty bad, and worse than the lines were all of the linejumpers and rowdiness happening in the park.

The psyclone was a trip, even moreso now that I’ve rode the real cyclone a few times. The ninja and revolution were also pretty incredible. The Superman ride had just opened that year, but they were running 2 hour+ lines, so we didn’t even try.

What I remember most was that after a few hours of the heat, I thought we should go on the water ride to cool off. We went on the thing where a whitewater raft goes down the river and sort of bounces around with the current. Right as we were at the front of the boat, it dropped down a small waterfall, and COMPLETELY soaked us. I was like about as wet as you’d be if you jumped in a swimming pool with your clothes on. I had to wring out my shirt and dump water out of my shoes. But I wasn’t hot for the rest of the day!

I’ve been there a few times. Once, when I went with my family for my birthday, we got there right when the gates opened. Rather than lining up for the first ride we saw, we headed to the farthest corner of the park. The lines were all really short and we got to go on the Superman ride 3 or 4 times in a row before people started diffusing that far into the park. It was definitely a strategy that worked well for us!

The park was so empty, it was beautiful. I did not have to wait longer than 30 minutes for any ride. I also heard Mother’s Day is supposed to be another day the park is empty.

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I’ve been to Magic Mountain maybe 4-5 times. The last couple times, we went during some off time and I loved it. We got to get on the rides really quickly, no lines. This was perfect and a lot of fun.

lots of fun! bring suntan lotion!

this place has the giant record-breaking rides which are superfun but its always trashed and in my opinion one of the sloppiest-run parks ever. don ‘t be surprised to see 3 hour waits and if its really busy you may go on 3 rides and just want to go home. someone buy these people a broom.

I love rollercoasters! Six Flags Magic Mountain is awesome! The best time to go is in the 2nd week of September, when it’s still open on weekdays, but the kids are back in school. You can do all the rides in one day because the waits are like 5-15 minutes! Another tip is to stay in line when the coasters break down. They are up and running in 5-10 minutes, and then the wait is always shorter from all the people that get out of line and leave. Break downs don’t scare me, because Six flags is really safe, safer than Disneyland, and safer then riding in your own car!
I waited only 1 hour to ride The X, and it was awesome! I would wait 4 hours (the usual summer wait) any day, because it is THAT good. Not only do does the track have loops and drops, but the individual seats spin forwards and backwards as well. The suspense going up the hill is great because you go up sitting backwards, so you don’t know exactly when the drop is coming. Enjoy the view, before you know it your going to be falling face down, like free falling from an airplane! A total rush!
Goliath has to be my other favorite. I think the big drop is like 200 feet. No matter how many times you go on it, the moment you reach the top and see down you freak! At the end of the day I’ll get off and immediatly get get in the short line to go on again like 5 times in a row!
If you’ve never been on a roller coaster you HAVE to go! I went here my first time, and started out on an “easy” one, but then went straight to Goliath, and was hooked. Every time someone visits me in So Cal we go.

I love this place… best place if u love to get on thrilling rides!

I think I’ve already been on all the rides. So much fun!