Justin Garvanovic
Phew. This is a two day review that has left me exhausted. Yesterday started off with the seven hour drive down from Santa Cruz to Six Flags Magic Mountain - amazing landscapes, but not a lot else.
Nothing organised at park, but not for want of trying. It was a real shame that the most anticipated park of the trip couldn't even let us in early to get at the head of the queue for X. Fortunately all the previous parks had done us proud, but it was a major shame. It will now get better though.
The park itself was generally hellishly busy, we had supposedly picked a quiet time to visit, but it was packed with school kids, that fortunately all left at around 4pm. This left the entire park empty, with just about all coasters being walk-ons, except one. X.
For a laugh, at 7pm I went to check the queue length - it was two and half hours... The park was due to shut at 8pm... Oh, and this was the shortest it had been all day. Suffice to say, on day one no one from the group rode it. We also timed the gap between trains and figured out it had a capacity of around 280 riders per hour.
Oh, and one more thing - the park trying to stitch us up for nearly $1,200... Basically they wanted to charge us for 2 days at a group rate of $29 per day. What they neglected to say was that if we went in on the first day, we could add a second day for $7. A saving of $22 per person, or $1,166 in total! It does now mean we can have some more colour pages in the trip report - I know what park won't be featured on those pages...
The next morning started early, we wanted to be at the head of the queue. If SFMM weren't going to help us, we were going to help ourselves. So, after the gates opened, off we dashed, ran, jogged, sped and crawled our way to X, and with a few movements of the public, we had us all together. :>
So onto the ride. The reason for the delay is that the unloading / loading set up really needs 2 trains to operate well, but they only had one. I won't describe the ride as I don't need to, but I found it OK. The first drop is great, but I am not convinced about the second half. And as I think I mentioned when I first wrote about it, there is a "judder" in the car due to direct connection nature of the track to the seat position. Overall though a good ride, but not the park's best.

Here's my run down of those I remember.
Viper - awful.
Psyclone - awful.
Riddler's Revenge - superb.
Batman - extreme.
Déjà Vu - surprisingly good.
Revolution - a travesty. Anton would have been ashamed to see it like this.
Colossus - dull.
Ninja - pretty good.
Superman - fun.
Goliath - still the park's best coaster. Non stop action. From loads of airtime, to loads of "landtime" - the opposite of "airtime"!!! I don't think I can fault it.

For those that think I've missed Flashback, well it's there, but it doesn't operate, well not on my two recent visits anyway. This does make it hard for SFMM to claim 15 coasters.

The rest of the park adheres to the usual Six Flags pattern, and you can take from that what you will... But I am sure you know what I mean.

I am glad it's finished with now. The trip can carry on in earnest now.

Phil Coates
Six Flags Magic Mountain a fantastic park. Coasters, coasters, and more coasters. The park's skyline has to be seen to be believed.

Tom Marshall
Well, Six Flags Magic Mountain (SFMM) was probably the park I was looking forward to the most...  and in many ways I was disappointed, but in many others was surprised.  Firstly, the good, "X" is superb, a totally unique ride - I hope we see more of these soon.  Déjà Vu - A smooth Vekoma(!) - especially the freefall drops at each end.  Goliath - amazing, 3G helix....  Now for the bad points, Revolution has been mangled beyond recognition - this should be a classic Schwarzkopf coaster- smooth swooping drops and great twists.  SFMM have added awful restraints and overbraked this ride to the point where it literally trundles over the crest...  and you bash your shoulders on the restraints which have been added. Viper was simply terrible...  a typical Arrow looper, but again braked so much it destroys the speed of the ride...  Superman isn't getting to 100MPH, despite what the advertising said, and the less said about Psyclone, the better...   The weather was if anything, too hot (98F in the shade at around 4pm) - as a result the day was very tiring... but it was worth it just for that one ride on X.  Finally, a quick "Hello" to my parents and sister who I know are reading this!

Gijs Maarse
I had a great day at the rollercoaster capital of the world. Déjà Vu was the biggest surprise. Your floating in your seat all the way down the vertical towers. X wasn't as disorientating as I thought it would be, but still amazing (never screamed that hard in my life). Riddlers Revenge is superb and probably the best stand-up in the world. Batman (my first) is nice and nasty. Superman is fast but not very exciting. Goliath is high and speedy and the helix is a killer, but I like the one in Holland better. It's a shame the park has got rude personnel and really bad service, because it has got the greatest selection of thrill-rides in the world.

Malcolm Marr
Six Flags Wally World (because there is no magic there) has some great rides (Riddlers Revenge, Goliath), some good rides (Batman, X) and some downright appalling rides (Psyclone, Revolution). Having queued for an hour for Déjà Vu for it to break down as I got to the gate then for it to break down a second time when I tried later in the day, I now know why this ride is so called. The attitude of the staff leaves a lot to be desired too. I was offered a fast pass to any ride, including those that weren't running but I couldn't get one for the ride I was queuing for. All in all a park with some great rides but no magic.

Superman is quiet enough and short enough to fit at Alton Towers - I'm surprised they've not considered getting one  :-)

Ton Kramer
Strange park. Airtime on a boomerang, completely busted woody, a bad Arrow looper and silly operators. Great rides though. I REALLY like X. The backseat is interesting because you see the tracks in some of the positions.

Pjotr Everts
FOR THE DUTCH READERS

Vandaag waren we in SFMM. Wat een gigantisch slecht park is dit!!! Attracties, shops, restuarants etc. waren veelal gesloten en 8 attracties deden het niet! En het ziet er allemaal ook erg goedkoop uit. Veel van de achtbanen hirer zijn ook ronduit slecht. X was wel erg leuk, maar ik verwachtte er toch net iets meer van. Morgen gaan we naar de Universal Studios, hopelijk eindelijk eens een goede int door attractie doen...

Mark Riley
Having been caught in the bar until 2am, this morning was a bit of a struggle first thing.  But after watching X go throughout it's motions only moments before trying the crazy ride out for myself, I quickly recovered.  The quiet park and amazing coasters certainly created an incredible day.  Goliath, X, Superman and Batman are all wonderful in my book (but what would I know?)

Terry Jarvis
For twenty years I've been wanting to visit this park and finally the dream has become a reality.  This park has an amazing array of roller coasters.  X with it's insane flipping motion; Superman for it's acceleration and freefall.  But for me Goliath tops them all for it's insane lengthy G-force.

Jonas and Torbjoern
We had a great, hot day in the sun at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Déjà Vu was by far the most scary one, Goliath our favourite and X somewhat weird, but not as exciting as we had hoped it to be. But still - a brilliant day at SFMM. :)

FOR THE NORWEGIAN READERS:

Vel, da var vi ferdig med SFMM - en legendarisk park med naermere 15 berg- og dalbaner. Haaper alle dere hjemme misunner oss skikkelig. Hihi. >:)

Steve Fagin
Well, what can I say? My first visit to Six Flags MM was like getting to heaven only to find out that Basil Fawlty runs the gaff. But the rides were terrific and queues very short. Goliath just about beats the rest for me.

Chris & Claire McFarlane
Another good day at a good park, plenty off coasters, highlights being X, Déjà Vu, Riddlers Revenge and Goliath all very good rides.  I had wanted to ride the Revolution for about 20 years since seeing the movie "Rollercoaster". Sadly we found the ride very disappointing.  I am sure that the ride should and has been such good fun, but it has been ruined by the awful overheads (Schwarzkopf lap bar restraints have been proved to work!) and the two brake sections around the ride that bring it to a virtual stop so it crawls around the next section, very sad.

Florian Kragl
Riddlers Revenge - high, fast and smooth, but my second ride was horrible: The guy in the row in front of me vomited and his lunch spread over my left side.

Marco Schmidt
It's definitely one of the best Parks in the world, although it's pretty rotten down and the staff is horrible.

Tony Pycroft
Lots of rides at the park unfortunately the operations of most of them leaves a lot to be desired - especially the operation of Déjà Vu, Colossus and Superman - all excellent rides if they were run properly.  Apart from that, Goliath is fantastic, X is amazing, and these two make the park worth visiting.

Andrew "Viper" Barrett
Well, I couldn't have voted for a better day at Magic Mountain, the rides had no queues, it wasn't busy like we thought it would be, I've only ridden Viper three times, but no one believes me (Ed: we know he's ridden every seat really :> ) The hype has worn off it now, because of the new coasters they've got there now.  Goliath was just amazing, X was way over my expectations as well, I find it a very friendly park, staff and members of the public.  I'd love to visit the park again in the future.

Paul Orsmond
Park is amazing. X is absolutely outstanding - smooth and fast.  Other great rides - Riddlers Revenge, Superman, Goliath, Déjà Vu & Batman.  Just a shame we never got an ERS on anything.  Overall, a superb day.

Martin Valt
Just driving past Pasadena as I type this. It's difficult to concentrate with Beach Boys songs in your head. Returning from a day-and-a-half at the Mountain. Highlight was the entire group running for the front of the X line as soon as the park opened. Amazingly we made it. X is an astonishing coaster providing a genuinely unique ride experience. As for the other coasters - briefly - Goliath, Riddler and Batman are world class. Déjà Vu is surprisingly intimidating. Psyclone is the worst woodie in the world. Hi to Erica, Nige, Steve, Martian, John L and the Rathe clan.

Chris Hull
Having  visited SFMM before it's a shame to see that this park has continued to attract the crowds whilst still leaving many of  their rides in disrepair.  However that said a few comments. Batman is still intense and enjoyable, Riddler is a fantastic stand-up, Deja Vu is surprisingly enjoyable and Goliath is the pick of the bunch. X is showing signs of roughness even since my visit in January.  Still a very interesting ride but with an appauling loading cycle.  This detracts from having the chance to ever re-ride during the rest of the day.    It is also a real shame to see what they have done to rides like Collosus and Revelution.  Two top class rides in their day that have been "modified" (for some reason or another) and have been totally transformed from their former glory.  If only they could have the chance to rise again? Come on Six Flags - You can do better! 

David Ellis & Susan Roberts
Despite being run by Six Flags we had a good day in the park. It was a bit too hot to be comfortable (mid 90s) but most of the queues were short. Goliath was terrific, with plenty of speed, weightlessness and so smooth. X was very unusual but exciting. Colossus was ok but in a poor state of repair. Riddler's Revenge is the best stand-up coaster around. All in all a great park - shame about the management!

Jeff and Leslie Graham (USA)
Although the park failed to acknowledge our existence, we managed to have a good time nonetheless. We thought Goliath was a snore and we had mixed reviews of Déjà Vu (she liked it, I didn't). I loved Superman and thought it was a ton of fun. Riddler is a brilliant design, just too bad it is a stand up. One ride on X was certainly not enough!! Except for X, the lines on all the other coasters were very short. Shout out to Mike and Doug at Zoom.

Peter Davies
Another great day.  X is amazing words cannot describe the sensations on the ride (Ed: well, there are, but we can't put them on a family website!).  Goliath is awesome, the helix ending is intense.  The two woodies were not that good, as they were overbraked.  On the whole, a nice park but badly run.  Thanks John!