Six Flags Magic Mountain
Valencia, California
The Newhall Land and Farm company
wanted to build a park for their "master planned community" of Valencia, and the result was Magic Mountain.
Since the park opened in May 1971, it has been home to numerous television and movie
shoots. The original park theme centered around gnomes or trolls, but, when Six
Flags bought the park and renamed it Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1979, they threw out the theme and
brought in a hodgepodge of rides. While the park was up for sale in 2006,
Six Flags was unable to find a suitable buyer, so the park remains in the Six Flags chain. Since my last visit, two coasters have opened:
West Coast Racers is a Mobius racing coaster built by
Premier Rides. With four inversions, the launched ride has one track but is
configured so two cars race side-by-side. In 2022, Wonder Woman Flight of Courage, a
Rocky Mountain Construction Single-Rail coaster with three inversions, opened here.
Eight coasters have left the park:
- Colossus (1978-2014) was recently transformed into Wicked Colossus, a steel coaster with inversions. See
pictures below for details.
- Deja Vu (2001-2011) was Goliath at
Six Flags New England from 2012 until it was demolished in 2019. See pictures below for details.
- Flashback (1992-2003) After sitting dormant since 2003, it was demolished in December 2007. See pictures below for details.
- Green Lantern: First Flight (2011-2017) was moved to La Ronde in 2019. It
was expected to open as Vipère in 2020, but it never was assembled. It was removed from the park in 2022, and has not
reappeared anywhere. See pictures below for details.
- Mountain Express (1973-1982) was a Wildcat from Schwarzkopf.
After leaving Magic Mountain, it ran briefly at the now defunct Magic Landing in El Paso, Texas. After a half-decade of sitting dormant, it was moved to
Bosque Mágico in Mexico. Since 1993, it has been known as Montaña Rusa.
- Psyclone (1991-2006) See pictures below for details.
- Sarajevo Bobsleds (1984-1986) was an Intamin bobsled coaster. It is now
La Vibora at
Six Flags Over Texas.
- Shockwave (1986-1988) was an Intamin stand-up coaster.
In 1990, it started a three-year run at Six Flags Great Adventure as Shockwave.
In 1993, it opened as Batman The Escape at
Six Flags AstroWorld and was there until the park closed in 2005. From 2006 until 2017, it sat
in storage at Darien Lake, but it was ultimately scrapped.
