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Park News - (2/3/12) A news article from the UK confirms that Six Flags Hurricane Harbor at Magic Mountain will add the Lo-Q Q-band virtual queue system to the park for the 2012 season.
    (1/31/12) Sue Carpenter from Six Flags Magic Mountain wrote in earlier today to let us know that the photos posted last week at TheCoasterGuy showing off what appeared to be a valley on X2, was nothing of the sort. According to Sue, “During the week when the park is closed, we put our coasters through certain scenarios.  One of the scenarios that you might have heard about was having a train valley.  We recently did it with X2 and you erroneously reported that the ride was down. The ride was not down, we were performing scheduled testing. The cranes were already in place ready to assist us with the different scenarios we had planned for the day. This is standard operating procedures with theme parks. Again, the park was closed at the time of the testing and X2 was fully operational on the weekend.”
    So there you have it…
    (1/20/12) Six Flags Magic Mountain is looking for fans to serve as extras in a new Six Flags commercial. If your available on Friday, Jan. 27th from 12pm to 9pm, age 18 or over, and willing to ride Goliath, Colossus and Riddler multiple times, they need you! Send a current photo of yourself to sfmmfilming@gmail.com before Monday, Jan. 23rd, and notifications will be made on Tuesday, Jan. 24th. If you are selected, you will also receive $50. (Score! You get PAID to ride roller coasters. A dream come true!)
    (1/4/12) Theme Park Review has announced that the ERT schedule for Six Flags Magic Mountain during the West Coast Bash event (Feb 18-19) will feature 2 hours of morning ERT on Goliath, Colossus, Scream, Batman and Green Lantern.  The two day Knott’s / Magic Mountain event always sells out, so pick up your tickets while you still can here.
    (12/21/11) Six Flags Magic Mountain served as the backdrop for an interesting car stunt in the parking lot the other day. A former skateboard stunt rider took things up a notch by doing by flipping his car upside-down while jumping over a giant 60 foot skateboard. Check out the video below.

    (11/8/11) Theme Park Review has announced the official dates for the West Coast Bash 2012 event, which will take place on Saturday, February 18th at Six Flags Magic Mountain and Sunday, February 19th at Knott’s Berry Farm. Details about what will go on at each park will be announced as the event gets closer.
    (11/7/11) A few new pictures showing off Déjà Vu as it slowly is taken down to be shipped across the country have been posted to TheCoasterGuy this week.
    (9/26/11) A huge and very detailed three part review of every coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain can be found over at RollerCoasterPhilosophy this week. Be sure to check it out, even if you’ve never been to the park before, this summary will get your up to speed quick on what you can expect.
    (8/29/11) In case there was still any doubt, the LA Times confirmed last week that Déjà Vu was being removed from the park.

2012 - Lex Luthor Drop of Doom - (9/2/11) It’s one thing to read about Lex Luthor’s Drop of Doom… but wait until you see it! Check out the animated video below.

    (9/1/11) Six Flags Magic Mountain has announced the Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom, which will be the world’s tallest vertical drop tower ride standing 400 feet into the air. Long a dream for many, there will be two Intamin drop tower rides mounted to the sides of the Superman: Escape from Krypton tower, seated on an eight-across person bench.  Simply amazing, and long overdue. Way to go SFMM for finally realizing the potential you’ve had sitting there for so long and claiming a record that I don’t think anyone will be able to take away from you for a long long time.
    (9/1/11) While I’ve been getting rumors about a new drop tower attraction on the way to SFMM for 2012… the latest little tidbid is very interesting, as they claim the site will host “two” towers and not just one. Very curious… is this two separate attractions for capacity’s sake or are we about to see some kind of unique new attraction where the riders are suspended between the two towers?  We’ll know soon enough!
    (8/26/11) Going along with the rumors of a possible new massive drop tower project coming to SFMM in 2012, the latest video blog from the park also seems to tease about this same thing at the very end. Check it out here… a cryptic shot of the Superman tower. This does fit in with another rumor I’ve heard… that the tower ride could possibly be themed to Superman’s nemesis… Lex Luthor. I was kind of hoping that rumor was not true myself as there is nothing about Lex that screams ‘Drop Tower’ to me. Plus he’s just not as menacing as some of the other DC comic villains in my opinion. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
    (8/17/11) The latest buzz from Magic Mountain points a clear finger to me at the park adding a large new drop tower for the 2012. The park has been without one for a few years now, and has long been lacking a next-gen style drop tower anyway, so this should be a good fit. The only question is… who will make it? S&S, Intamin, Moser or someone else entirely?  As for the location… it could fit just about anywhere in the park, since drop towers have a tiny footprint, so there is no telling until we find some survey flags. I’m hearing the announcement will also come in early September, so we wont have to wait much longer anyway.

2013 - New Coaster - (1/27/12) The first 2012 edition of the SFMM GoBigCam video blog ends with what some are thinking could possibly be a clue about the park’s 2013 attraction. While the theme of the video is about working out, the hostess ends it by posing in front of a Wonder Woman backdrop and says, “Maybe by 2013 I’ll look like that,” in reference to Wonder Woman. With Six Flags seeming to have a renewed focus on ride’s themed after the DC Comics characters, could it be time for a Wonder Woman themed coaster all these years?
    Now in all seriousness, this “clue” is probably way way WAY off track here. After all, the new 2013 coaster is supposed to take over the Log Jammer spot, which is located no where near the DC Universe section of the park. So I really don’t put any stock into this idea at all. I’ve got a feeling we could be seeing something with a more unique theme coming in 2013.

    (11/3/11) Sue Carpenter, spokeswoman for Six Flags Magic Mountain confirmed to the local news that the Log Jammer is now closed, to be removed to make way for a future park expansion project which will be announced sometime in 2012. So at least we know where to keep our eyes focused for the park’s 2013 ride plans… lets just hope they try to work in some of the natural landscaping and water features leftover from the Log Jammer into the new ride.
    (11/2/11) With the demise of the Log Jammer happening any day now, you can take one last look at the ride as it stands today over at Theme Park Review, as well as catch some pictures of Déjà Vu coming down.
    (10/28/11) Sad news today regarding the fate of the Log Jammer at SFMM.  I’ve been told that a sign in a ‘break room’ at SFMM indicated that the Log Jammer only had a few days left to run. The basic gist of seems to be that the Log Jammer will be no more following Halloween.
    (10/19/11) Its been a few weeks, and I’m sorry to say that the rumors about the possible removal of Log Jammer from SFMM have not let up. As wrong as it seems to remove a classic “log ride” from any park… I’m starting to get worried the rumor could be true. If so… get your last rides in while you still can, or regret it forever.
    (9/19/11) To be honest, this is the first I’ve heard of the following rumor… and I have yet to get the story fully double-checked with any other sources at this point, so I have to remain skeptical about it still. That said, a report has come in claiming that Magic Mountain may be considering the possible removal of the popular Log Jammer flume ride. I really hope not, as it get hot beyond belief in the summer at The Mountain, and that park really needs more water rides, not less. Even today, I think the Log Jammer probably has the most consistently long line of all the park’s water rides. If anyone has anything else to share about this, please do let me know.

2014-2015 - Colossus Refurbishment - (1/30/12) It’s a bit early to lock down this project, but I’m hearing that after The Rattler, Colossus may indeed be the next Six Flags coaster to get a major overhaul from Rocky Mountain Coasters. Look for this in either 2014 or 2015 and I’ll leave you with this little tidbit... if the rumors I’m hearing are true, the name Colossus may mean something to the world once again.
    (4/25/11) Screamscape sources indicate that following the successful opening and transformation of the Texas Giant this past weekend, management has now set their eyes upon the next candidate for transformation. We’ve heard it rumored before, but now it seems like a good bet that Colossus at Magic Mountain will be the next woodie to ride the Iron Horse rail system. Much like the transformation of the Texas Giant, I’m told that the ideas they are planning for Colossus will be quite shocking and take it to the next level. Stay tuned!
    (6/5/10) I’ve got a soft spot for Colossus at SFMM… after all it was the woodie I rode most as a kid growing up in SoCal. I remembering riding it with the 3-Bench PTC trains in the early years and on the 2-Bench California style Morgan trains that were added in later years. I’ve even ridden it backwards many times using a borrowed B&M train from the Psyclone coaster.  That said… I’m hearing that Colossus is due to another revamp sometime in the next few years… as the Morgan trains are coming to the end of their lifespan and need replacing. Facing the aspect of buying some costly new coaster trains, management is hoping to find a way to market this costly expense in their favor and all eyes are keeping careful tabs on the Texas Giant rebuild in progress, as Colossus is said to be a possible candidate for the process as well.
    If Colossus does get the green light, it’s said that we could very well see some huge changes made to the ride’s layout in order to spice things up like banking those slow flat turns, and making the hills even more thrilling and full of airtime. Yep… I think it would be a great idea to make remodel Colossus back into the monster coaster it could be once again, so cross your fingers.