My Battle With Six Flags Magic Mountain | First Visit in a YEAR

[@thomasxl200]

Viper having a line warms my heart

[@thomasxl200]

Anyways I miss it so much

[@EnzoDiscoveryMoonLight23]

if they retracked it then it’ll be actually fun to ride

[@Amrepdude499]

@@EnzoDiscoveryMoonLight23it’s fun to ride in it’s current state

[@FryGuy909]

i found this ride extremely smooth when i rode it back in 2019​@@EnzoDiscoveryMoonLight23

[@bubblegaminglol]

On December 29th 2023 Viper hit a 90 minute wait, but that might just be the six flags app posting inaccurate waits.

[@jerseyharlot]

It’s awesome that after all these years and new additions, Viper is STILL holding out & reliable.

[@christianortiz-v1l]

X2 is my personal favorite coaster in all of the west coast! I can't imagine how Insane Eejanaika is. Twisted Colossus is amazing as well!

[@jasonmdt]

Eejanaika is amazing....

[@SpiderWaffle]

5:30 Scream was super smooth in the back for us yesterday. Smoothest ride on that ever, so much better than last month.

[@ez4039]

Very underrated. I get the Goliath hate. But scream is a super solid ride.

[@RTRC_2012]

Viper is elite, the only thing holding it back is the hard restraints being unforgiving on shorter folks’ ears. Just take the Blue Hawk or Phantom’s Revenge route with new restraints, and Viper is perfect. Also, justice for Goliath, I still like it.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Viper with new trains would be totally reborn

[@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od]

I Love Viper Top 5 Ride At The Park But Elite Is The Last Word I Would Use

[@AMCustomCoasters]

I think they might have Vekoma retrack and reprofile it tbh

[@TheCoasterCraze]

I love how different your SFMM ranking is from my mine. Just shows how amazing of a collection they have

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

Time for a trip down memory lane for Airtime Thrills.

[@michael7054]

Great video! Great to see you had a good time! Really looking forward to this Australian Vlog series!

[@bettymac1866]

You two just made my day. Thank you. And Sam's smile is infectious haha. Have a great trip!

[@jzckvsn]

Planning on visiting next month. I’m really hoping X2 is open when I revisit

[@Aerolandaircraft]

So excited that you're coming to Australia! And have a Six Flags day to you too!

[@SurflinerBoy455]

Good to see Viper getting all love, Though Magic Mountains operations are becoming six flags america's operations, i hope the cedar fair merger can improve operations

[@lyns618]

On our last trip we were there for 3 days. On all 3 days at least half of the rollercoasters were closed at various times throughout day and night.

[@Sugerloadedgirl789]

I get to visit Magic Mountain this year and I can't WAIT to get the epic credits there! Look I WILL give my love to Goliath if no one ELSE will. Titan has been WANTING me to see her sister and now I will! ^^

[@priorityrecords1]

I love goliath too, despite all the peer pressure...

[@Mononoke18]

Just went yesterday it was so fun! I seem to be very lucky every time I visit this park because every time I have visited all rides have been open with pretty great operations!

[@gorbshal2598]

Viper is so underrated! Its my 3rd fav in the park after Twisted and X2

[@blakestoudt2131]

The editing is always informative and funny. I hope this park improves its operations and maintenance after the merger, it really seems like they have more rides than they know what to do with nowadays.

[@ty202]

YOOO SUPPER MAN JUST OPENED AFTER A YEAR THIS VERY DAY.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah i saw that. Crazy

[@AnnoyedMillenial]

Superman was open during fright fest last year. I got on it a few times.

[@sirbossk]

That right there is a Six Flags Magic Mountain day for sure. The operational standards (which were already not that high) have completely gone down the drain in the last year or two. They've still got good coasters, but man, it's been bad.

[@MacRay14]

I went to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in December and it was the worst ops day I've ever experienced at any park ever. It must be a chain-wide thing right now. Just ridiculous.

[@cobblebalt4835]

tell me about it lol. i flew across the country to be met with 1 train ops on everything, full throttle and wcr being broken down all day, and twisted colossus being closed for maintenance which was not disclosed on the app

[@emoranger37]

That Debaser cut @7:56 is beautiful

[@The_Tmk-k1x]

Magic Mountain looks amazing! Hopefully I will get there soon ( also todays my birthday :D )

[@AirtimeThrills]

Happy birthday!

[@The_Tmk-k1x]

@@AirtimeThrills Thank you so much! You made my day ❤

[@reg1m0nz83]

still waiting for that cedar fair money to funnel into the park lmaoo

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

[@sharktooths]

I can't believe I'm gonna miss you in my home country by so close! I'm heading back there to visit family in february and was hoping to at least get DC rivals in.

[@DawsonsMemes]

I’m already loving the intro

[@boilercoasters8442]

X2 was also running two trains when I visited SFMM for the first time last year. No onboard audio or fire effects but the ride is absolutely insane. The outside seat provides one of the most uncomfortable experiences on a coaster, but you feel so exposed going through those intense elements. I'd say it's my #1 in California, but that could've definitely changed if Ghostrider wasn't closed.

[@jasonmdt]

It gave me a mild concussion I think... ha

[@hmsverdun]

1 train ops are brutal man especially when they are slow loading. I had it all day at SeaWorld Orlando last week. Fortunately no one was there so the wait times were very low anyway and i had line skip but watching a train load and go through was just annoying.

[@SlimFury]

My experience has been very similar. The day started lousy but improved as it progressed. X2 did sneak into my number 7 spot.

[@mt_xing]

After visiting Fuji Q Highland, I will never again complain about X2 running one train. I'm pretty sure Magic Mountain cranks through far more riders per hour with one train on X2 than Fuji Q does with two trains on Eejanaika (both due to shorter 5 row trains and also abysmally slow ops that makes Six Flags look like Disney).

[@masterkenobi4066]

Was the onboard audio running on X2?

[@ThrillReport]

Gotta love that premium experience💰💰💰💰

[@smeagolbeagle2316]

Chris, SFMM question: So last trip there (1998 lol) was there Thu/Fri the week of Labor Day. School back in session and all rides were open, 90% station waits (except Discovery was filming the grand openg of Riddler)...Is that still a decent week to miss crowds there? Want a trip this year...tia :) Glad u got on X2. Most of the reason for my trip!!

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yep after school is back, the park is still open during the week. Thats a good time to go, just beware of closures

[@scottyjbd]

You will hardly recognize the park, it's so much better now!

[@smeagolbeagle2316]

@@scottyjbd I know, right?? Our top rides were Batman, Log Ride (RIP), and Superman (1 year old, went about 25-30' from the top). Made the mistake of riding Psyclone first! Neck still hurts lol...Flashback was more fun to ride!

[@toyoracer33]

Our Magic Mountain lists are soooo different. But I have to say that their coasters do seem to ride very differently from different to visit.

[@johanlenox]

scream and riddler are more fun in the winter or at night when they run slower and there’s a breeze imo. nothing worse than being rattled to death in 100 degree heat

[@johanlenox]

and batman, just got to that part.

[@charlessaunders1217]

Great idea to go to a big crazy park on the least populated time on the year, that’s why most of the coasters are running one train

[@AirtimeThrills]

Parking lot was mostly full tho

[@revived2036]

Very true

[@MrTWINARMAGEDDON]

Even on somewhat busy days many coasters have 1 train

[@grobble8954]

That's not true. I was at MM for 3 days in mid June, schools were already out in Southern CA & they were running 1 train on X2 with a 1 1/2 to 2 hr wait all day, 1 train on Apocalypse with 1hr+ wait all day, a Bunch of other coasters were running 1 of 2 trains(Superman)or 2 of 3 trains available. Lines were long not b/c it was super busy(less than 1/2 of lot filled), just b/c of poor ops. Lex Drop was closed b/c of no staff & they had several other coasters running shifts, opened half the day & then closed & something else opened & they shuffled staff. Food service was terrible, half of things closed & ridiculous lines for the 2 or 3 half decent spots

[@nooodisaster]

Wrong, that's just Magic Mountain's horrible ops. I went recently in the summer on a holiday weekend and every single coaster was running 1 train except Twisted Colossus... which was running 2.

[@larrylarrys1310]

Im hopefully going here this summer, I just really hope x2 and twisted colossus is open

[@gdy2shus]

Love for Viper makes a lot more sense than love for Magnum XL. Looking forward to some Viper soon.

[@G3R0George]

My brother was there on Friday, and X2 was open for 15 minutes the entire day. Superman was closed the entire time, and Crazanity opened up at like 4pm. Also, he said Wonder Woman was running better than Twisted Colossus which I doubt because it rattled me around last year but I'm not getting back there until next month so we'll see!

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I'm with you on Viper. It is smooth. My # 3 in the park, top 60 overall.

[@yokester74]

The last two times I’ve been there have convinced me MM is the worst run park in America. It was filthy, terrible ride ops. I swear I got chlamydia while there.

[@noahkessler5500]

Damn getting 2 trains and fire on x2 is lucky. I’ve been to mm 3 times and I’ve only seen it with one train never fire and one time it was closed for the day. Still might be my favorite ride there tho it was insane

[@IAmAnonymyz]

LMAO the Tatsu R.O. started to do the Ninja HI-YA! Viper isn't rough at all by Arrow Standards lol.

[@MichaelMonroeGoodman]

I miss that you had moved to Oklahoma, good for you

[@MrBlonday]

Biggest strike I ever gave to MM was Wonder Woman 1 train ops. Average dispatch time was like 5 minutes no joke. But Goliath running 2 trains same day? What an odd visit I had lol

[@jackcapell8471]

I'm being completely honest when I say every video I see of this park it just looks like it's run like complete garbage. That whole park needs to be repainted fixed gutted set on fire something. I went there 15 years ago and it was the same crap. Half the rides closed. Garbage everywhere. Areas looking either not taken care of or just totally abandoned. I really don't understand the direction of this park. Then they build a low capacity single rail coaster. I just don't get it. Fix the ascetic first so your park doesn't look like a ghetto mess. I really love the themeing of freaking plywood under west coast racers and how the whole plaza feels unfinished. It's just so perfect for this park.

[@AirtimeThrills]

They were working on renovating areas one by one pre covid. That was a positive step. Lately theyve just been having a big problem keeping rides open and with decent capacity. This was a pretty crowded day on MLK weekend

[@jackcapell8471]

@AirtimeThrills yeah covid definitely didn't help. I just saw one video from Samuri summit and it looked totally abandoned so many leaves on ninjas roof looked like it was about to collapse. Hopefully the Cedar Fair - Six flags Merger helps this park. I would like to get there again someday. Not relevant but just got my 100th credit on Surf coaster. It was great and really surprising!

[@CynthiaV505]

We need to band together and contact the higher ups to remind them that people are pissed at how this park is being run@@AirtimeThrills

[@nuttyfruitloaf]

6:35 CHEETO POPCORN IS UNRIVALED! 🔥 🐆🍿

[@ScottyMania313]

Be sure to get some Tim Tams in Australia!!! If you don't know what those are, you're in for a treat. It's a favorite of Rhea Ripley so you know it's legit.

[@ThoosiesCorner]

Glad you got to go back.

[@TheCoasterSerpent]

This is horrifying. This is their flagship park and these are the operations you can expect? Are you serious? I get its January but damn. I get my home park is Cedar Point but I never and I mean NEVER outside of rainy extremely dead days where the park knew it was going to be dead, do I see one train ops at Cedar Point. This is only worrying for the future.

[@Crs3050]

Kings Island is my home park and I thought the same thing. I’m very worried about the future with Six Flags. We’re already preparing our daughter that this may be the last year we go all out with season long fastlane, meal plans, drink plans, etc.

[@CoasterParadise12323]

I want to go to this park so much! My home park is Kings Island, and I definitely have a better hyper with Diamondback! But I still want to go to this park! Keep up the good work!

[@DoswarePictures]

My home park doesn’t even have a hyper.

[@CoasterParadise12323]

@@DoswarePictures what is your home park?

[@DoswarePictures]

@@CoasterParadise12323 Michigan’s Adventure

[@CoasterParadise12323]

@@DoswarePictures Ah.

[@johanlenox]

wow i have never waited to get onto viper

[@tomm7511]

More coasters at magic mountain then nearly all of Australia :(

[@AirtimeThrills]

More than i rode lol

[@exploretherapy2421]

Love your vloggs

[@sammacca5632]

🇦🇺🇦🇺Don’t expect 2 trains on ANY Aussie coaster. Just be prepared for 1 train service. They only ever offer 2 trains in Aus for about 3 weeks over Christmas, and sometimes during the short school holidays through the year. That aside hope you enjoy our parks. Also remember, our entire country has less people than one city in America, don’t expect our parks to be on the same scale. (In saying that I think they’re pretty awesome considering that fact) 😊🇦🇺

[@AirtimeThrills]

You know what, most of the coasters did have 2 trains when i was there

[@gdy2shus]

I think the Six Flags Magic Mountain day is exactly this all the time. Strike, strike, strike, strike, I got to ride X2! Wipe the slate clean. 😂

[@ZZCoasters]

3:08 we call that the moral support

[@jasonbrown9878]

Made the mistake of buying a season pass with the intention of taking long weekends and flying from Seattle to the park occasionally to get away from the rain. BIG MISTAKE. When we went many of the rides were broke down, running only one train, or the few that were operational had very long lines. The food courts ran out of food AT NOON! Except for X-2, an overall bad experience. Wont be comming back until Cedar Fairs superior management and monitary infusion is able to bring the park back up to quality standards. My advise, don't go until Cedar Fair is able to make proper improvements. Especially to its maintenance department. Maintenance has failed miserably there. Just waiting for the major disaster.

[@GRIMEZ186]

Scream has been running one train for a year now idk what the he’ll is going on

[@AirtimeThrills]

I think it's just hidden and unpopular and they think all they need is one

[@guerrerowarrior1]

Wait, do they still have ticket booths?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I think theyre limited now

[@guerrerowarrior1]

@@AirtimeThrills hmmm… I’m trying to figure out what to do. 😂 My friends and I are going in May, and I want to get them the discount tickets (I’m a diamond elite member-the one before six flags changed their memberships), and it’s my understanding that the discount will only work at the ticket booth?

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@guerrerowarrior1 you may be able to do that online but I wouldnt count on it. Once youre inside the security area there's always the willcall area i think you can get this done

[@DanielRodriguez-sl6tt]

Update: Christmas tree’s and Lights are still up in the park.

[@MichaelMonroeGoodman]

I am with you, I love viper, and think it is a classic don’t understand the hate

[@THNDRClan]

Bro I live in Australia and your coming down lets go

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

Ugh I was there for two days and X2 was closed both days. Unforgivable.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Common problem for a lot of people. Sucks for out of towners who are playing roulette with X2s operating schedule

[@Sonic-gy7kq]

@@AirtimeThrillsYep. And on fright fest weekend :/. Win some u loose some. At least I got on green latern. First stand-up. Kinda like in ur video, they have a lot of coasters right, but seems only half them open lol. Staffing issues primarily I get it. In every service industry its like that rn.

[@WhatAG23]

I already know bro was HYPED to get some laps on Goliath🔥🔥🔥

[@AirtimeThrills]

Scream and Goliath for sure

[@Heatherofscots]

Happy Travels !

[@Rickyfingers]

My son and I went Thanksgiving week of '23. X2 closed, Viper closed, Ninja closed and Superman closed. Nearly all other coasters running one train. Horrible ops and a complete let down. Seems you had a similar experience. This park use to rock. What happened?

[@seanlewis1148]

What happened? Finances and poor management over the years.

[@eekedout]

I’d like to see someone retrack Viper. My 10yr old daughter had her head slammed back and forth like a ping pong ball on the transition into the right turn before the corkscrew. She was crying and could barely get off the ride. That same spot slammed my neck into the restraint and left a bruise.

[@cobblebalt4835]

I heard from frequent visitors that they’ve been running 1 train on mostly everything for the entire season, very odd

[@idontreallyknow5088]

Viper still going strong ❤

[@MacRay14]

I need someone to explain one train ops to me. What the hell is the point? How could it cost more money to have more trains running? Six Flags has been awful with this lately

[@AirtimeThrills]

On unpopular coasters I can see it's unnecessary wear and tear on the track and trains to run fewer cycles. On popular coasters, or coasters like Twisted Colossus that had an hour wait running 2 trains - the equivalent of one train on a normal coaster - when it needs 3 to have a shot at consistently dueling, and it has 4 trains so it can always have one out of the cycle for maintenance...I dont know what the logic is for having two off the tracks.

[@MacRay14]

@@AirtimeThrills oh totally agree on the unpopular rides. I'm just still fuming about my SFDK trip last month where they only had half the rides open for most of the day and then the ones that were open were all one train ops! Had to wait over an hour for Medusa and the park wasn't even that busy! Then when we got off, the line was twice as long. It was just a really quick way to make me rethink buying a season pass. They definitely had the employees available to make ops better because so many were standing around at the closed rides to just tell people they were closed.

[@Explic11t]

I went to Magic Mountain for the first time in November 2023 ( I really wanted to go to more Amusement Parks after Covid and seeing your channel!) - and after travelling to 7 or 8 so parks I finally met an Enthusiast. It happened to be me and him being single riders for Goliath in the back row. I knew what you said about the coaster, but still, I was in the back row, a full train, and it's really freakin' tall! It at least has to be somewhat okay! Right!? No, him and I had basically a regular conversation about coasters that could not be interrupted by Goliath - I audibly sighed during the first drop and said, "oh, that sucks", and my new friend just said, "yeah...". At least the Helix was fun, but the rest of the Coaster is useless.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Goliath deserves its haters

[@mike6340]

Goliath is awesome. I don't understand the hate

[@gorbshal2598]

West coast at #3? I mean to each their own but its one of my least fav in the park. Very weak launches, pretty forceless and boring elements, and on top of that you have to try to survive the comfort collars. Racing is cool but that's about it.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah ill drop it a bit after this visit

[@JJJJ-he8bz]

I flew in for Christmas from the 12-22 to 12-26 and X2 was most of my trip. It forced me to go to Universal Hollywood check out Nintendo Land and got the shock of my life on Xcelerator Christmas Eve then X2 finally opened by about 4pm Christmas Day. So it all ended up working out😂

[@AnnoyedMillenial]

Tatsu has been running 1 train for forever. It wasn’t just the day you visited.

[@CoasterSn00p]

X2 WITH THE FIRE FX WHAT

[@C3T1C]

Will six flags magic mountain ever reopen their sky tower?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I heard they're starting a process to do so. But it will probably take years if they follow through with it

[@AMCustomCoasters]

​@@AirtimeThrillsits gonna cost $15M+ to reopen. I get they want to revitalize the park and give it new life to attract families, but definitely seems like an investment of that size would be better suited for a part of a major new coaster.

[@Cat3465]

Probably not any time soon, unless they’re teasing it as a “GIGA”

[@XscreamThrills]

Why does this park always look so dingy?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I dont really get a dingy feel in person being there

[@ThomasKBurke]

Why’d you move from Santa Clarita to Oklahoma? I’m from Glendale, in San Diego since ‘08. Magic Mountain has a special place in my heart too.

[@AirtimeThrills]

There were a lot of factors. Money being a big one

[@ThomasKBurke]

@@AirtimeThrills Yea Santa Clarita is insanely expensive now, it’s not the alternative to living in LA that it was in the 90’s and early 2000’s. The whole state is pretty much that way now. I’m looking at Utah or Florida… plenty of coaster action in Florida, and Lagoon and the Vegas coasters in Utah.

[@SnowghostFilms]

Hope you enjoyed DC Rivals as much as I did. (Also, we had the first 100mph coaster, and I think you’ll like How Enthusiasts Describe Goliath)

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah ToT did technically open to the public before Superman, but Superman had a sneak preview in the fall of 96

[@Kittyhat]

gonna call Goliath "jolly orange mine train"

[@Vice4Life]

The second that last clip cut: "Not cool, man"

[@donoakes85]

Just remember our ride ops in Aus are Gio-Crapola so have LOW expectations……..like snail pace and our parks are also awful compared to what you are used to.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah i got to witness it lol

[@anxiouspanda2402]

As an employee this is hilarious 😂

[@fredericklockard3854]

We haven’t been there in years but we love it. Unfortunately we have to land in LA to get there and I’m never going to that shit hole again.

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

You didn't ride Riddler's Revenge????? Unbelievable!!!!!! Is it still closed? Also was Ninja open or closed?

[@AirtimeThrills]

Riddler just didnt have time for it. Ninja and Superman were closed

[@impracticallychristopher]

I have never seen Twisted Colossus with more than two trains. I’m not convinced there’s a third one 😂

[@AirtimeThrills]

You gotta come in the summer or something cuz 2 trains is brutal

[@CynthiaV505]

I get surveys emailed after a trip, and I tell them what they're doing wrong, but I don't know if they actually read the comments

[@HayFatYT]

So sad that six flags completely abandoned New Orleans, they could've at least sold the land and found a new location for a park!

[@AussieCoasterReviewer]

Viper front car is elite, Viper back car rattled my brains out

[@danielward4868]

Never been to this park. Looks insane though

[@colinmiller4946]

OOOOOOOOH, he is back

[@gilbertceballos8674]

Tatsu > viper Crazy to have viper ahead of tatsu 😂

[@priorityrecords1]

Tatsu took me 90% there (to puking). I won't ride it anymore. Same with scream...

[@everydayrandomnesswithevan1791]

I know I’m in the minority on this, but I prefer Goliath over Mako at Sea World Orlando. I rode it twice and got ZERO airtime on it. Overall it just bored me to death. I’m sorry but sometimes steep drops are overrated. I like how long and shallow Goliath’s first drop feels. Not every drop has to be about airtime. Plus I gray out on the helix every time on Goliath. Yes I need to ride the other B n M hypers before I can make a final judgement, but so far I prefer Goliath over Mako. Fight me.

[@CZsWorld]

I was there today. I don't understand your obsession with West Coast Racers and your sleeping on Wonder Woman.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I dont love WCR that much, but i do think its better than WW

[@ThePirateprincess23]

I'm surprised to actually see a line for Viper. Each time I had gone to Magic Mountain (all before Covid), Viper rarely had a line that long.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Vipers line i believe was the product of everyone leaving X2 at the same time

[@ThePirateprincess23]

@@AirtimeThrills kinda funny how that works. I remember the first time I rode Apocalypse (when it was Terminator Salvation: the Ride) for the first time back in 2009, it had a delayed opening due to technical issues so the ride operators were directing people to go ride Déjà Vu next door.

[@gabrieldally6044]

You went to California and you had one day to go to a park in the the one you went to was Magic Mountain? 😭

[@AirtimeThrills]

Ha...yes well it was in the town i was staying in

[@Trainmaster909]

Viper back row I thought my neck was going to go. This is coming from a guy that can marathon X2 with a fast pass all day

[@AirtimeThrills]

I just dont get thr viper hate esp among enthusiasts

[@Brandon-qd2lb]

Here we go again with the one train ops… it’s like a worse version of sea world! These parks only care when it’s busier!

[@katashworth41]

And to think that day I was in the NEC which is (probably) the hottest building in England, even in January.

[@ColeYote]

"Okay, back at home in Oklahoma it's about 17° right now." Alright, decent weather, good to hea- "Here in Valencia it's about 60" How in the goddamn did I get tripped up by not realizing you mentioned Fahrenheit two videos in a row?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I am useless when it comes to celsius